audreysmagic RN

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    Open book exams

    audreysmagic replied to audreysmagic's topic in General Students

    That's my big point. If you're using it to find the answers and not to double-check yourself, you're going to run out of time fast. Especially as most timed tests allot 1 minute or less per...
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    Open book exams

    audreysmagic replied to audreysmagic's topic in General Students

    Thanks for the well-wishes. (I replied to this earlier, but it didn't seem to go through, so apologies if it double-posts.) I agree that memorization does absolutely have its place, especially when...
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    Open book exams

    audreysmagic replied to audreysmagic's topic in General Students

    Oh, yes, that's DEFINITELY the trap of open book. People who rely on it as a way to avoid studying will get burned. It's critical to already know your material to know exactly where to look, and use...
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    Stopped at 75 question. I'm almost sure I failed

    audreysmagic replied to ybvmoveon's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I don't know how you actually did or your case, obviously. As Guy in Babyland said, how you did in nursing school might be a good predictor. But I got bumped out at 76, nearly 14 years ago...if the...
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    BONUS: Nurses Week Meme Contest

    audreysmagic replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    When you realize you've spelled "milieu" with two L's all day long, in every chart, and no one's
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    Create Your Own Meme

    audreysmagic replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    When you get to work and you're fully
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    Some people are just plain rude!

    audreysmagic replied to HburgRN07's topic in School

    I'll have to remember that one! I'm the queen of thinking of the perfect comeback three hours
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    Some people are just plain rude!

    audreysmagic replied to HburgRN07's topic in School

    Lord, do I know this feel. Even my mom, who's also a nurse, was like, "So it's kind of like babysitting?" when I started school nursing. Until I explained that I had trach kids, brittle diabetics,...
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    Doctors Say the Darnedest Things

    audreysmagic replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    Another favorite I just remembered. A patient had inserted a foreign object into a particularly sensitive area...and I don't know if it was lady business or just students being students or the fact...
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    Please Leave A Message..

    audreysmagic replied to cooties_are_real's topic in School

    This used to drive me batty, too! I didn't even escape from it when I got out of school nursing...if anyone, anywhere in our child/adolescent psych facility calls, the hospital main number is the ID...
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    Doctors Say the Darnedest Things

    audreysmagic replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    I have a lot of golden ones from the psychiatrists I currently work with, but one immediately comes to mind...I was venting a bit because my adolescent patients were being SUPER impulsive and...
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    Doctors Say the Darnedest Things

    audreysmagic replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    We had a Lebanese doctor and a Syrian doctor on staff at my place of employment, who were the best of friends, and at the time, relations between the two countries were heating up. The President had...
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    Doctors Say the Darnedest Things

    audreysmagic replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    (for context, he was talking about stereotyping people on how they look and how it leads to harmful conclusions) "But, be honest - who looks more like a terrorist, him or
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    taste of medication

    audreysmagic replied to socoamaretto's topic in General Nursing

    I'm told the Thorazine tablets that come stock from my hospital's pharmacy have a sweet-flavored coating. As much as I love good ol' vitamin T sometimes, I had to remind my adolescent patients that...
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    Anybody else dealing with pertussis?

    audreysmagic replied to Kittery's topic in School

    THIS THIS THIS THIS. Also, the "my child might get autism!" First - DEBUNKED. Second - are you honestly saying you'd rather have a child suffer a terrible, life-threatening disease and possibly DIE...
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    Anybody else dealing with pertussis?

    audreysmagic replied to Kittery's topic in School

    I'm not in the schools anymore currently, but a local district just had a mumps outbreak. MUMPS. I breathed a sigh of relief that this was, at the moment, not my problem, but I did have to be alert...
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    An Eclectic Recovery Thread

    audreysmagic replied to Davey Do's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Hi, Davey! Sorry to hear you're having a rough time of it. I think a lot of us are. Me, I've been stressed to the max at work (though there is hope on the horizon - I'm going to nights AND MISS...
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    I am not a chew toy

    audreysmagic replied to audreysmagic's topic in Psychiatric

    Oh, I squeak sometimes, all right, just not over that. But thank you. The support here is the absolute
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    Allnurses needs nurses

    audreysmagic replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I've definitely considered writing for the site and if I can get paid for it, so much the better, but I still don't ever plan to put a picture of myself up. True, though, paying for generated content...
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    Submit a School Review and Qualify to Win $100!

    audreysmagic replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

    This is really great! I was happy to find my current school already listed...will definitely look up when I get another minute to review my ADN program, though it's been a few years. I love the...
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    Loss of son and finding a future

    audreysmagic replied to bellcollector's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

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    Kiss My Nursing Dream Goodbye?

    audreysmagic replied to HanaJ's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I went to nursing school straight out of high school. I was with a lot of second-career students at my community college, but I feel like it was the right choice for me, so I would never discourage...
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    Kiss My Nursing Dream Goodbye?

    audreysmagic replied to HanaJ's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Absolutely agree with this. My hospital cut out tuition reimbursement awhile back - and even when they had it, you had to pay for your classes upfront and then get your money back after you passed...
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    Injection Gone Wrong: Part 3

    audreysmagic replied to Brenda F. Johnson's topic in General Nursing

    MA's cost less? ...would be my guess. In any case, this has been a definite wake-up call to watch your sites closely for deltoid injections! And know who is giving you a shot and what training they...
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    Advice!? Graduating and... PREGNANT!

    audreysmagic replied to libirdy's topic in General Students

    Congratulations on graduation and the new baby! I agree with the posters who say wait. That way, you're not tied to a "we expect you back by this date" and you have time to enjoy your little one...