audreysmagic RN

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    Allnurses needs nurses

    audreysmagic replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Also, is it just me, or have you guys noticed a trend in the people who don't seem to get the "anonymous" side of AN? A lot of new folk with avatar pictures I'm 99% sure are of themselves (unless...
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    Allnurses needs nurses

    audreysmagic replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Poor little Larry the Louse...so
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    Allnurses needs nurses

    audreysmagic replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Since we're talking AN crushes, you and a lot of the regulars in the SN forum are mine! :) Also a few of the regular
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    Tell on yourself, if you dare...

    audreysmagic replied to audreysmagic's topic in General Nursing

    Ah, yes, the positive Q...looks something like this: :roflmao::roflmao::roflmao::roflmao: This sounds exactly like something I'd have done, though knowing my luck, I wouldn't have had people who were...
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    Tell on yourself, if you dare...

    audreysmagic replied to audreysmagic's topic in General Nursing

    It's SO good if you can find a copy! I read it several times in nursing school. I found out about it through an Emergency! (the TV show) fan forum.
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    Illinois eligibility for nclex -rn

    audreysmagic replied to janes36's topic in Nurse Registration

    Be persistent with the BON if you need to. I applied by endorsement and it took months, even when I had my stuff together. They're REALLY slow, and aggressive emailing sometimes is the only way....
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    Nurses' march in DC?

    audreysmagic replied to elkpark's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Oh, man, I so wish I could go! I was planning to go to DC in June, but alas I'm working the weekend of this event and don't have enough time to arrange to take it off. I went to nursing school and...
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    Facility not allowing us patient contact

    audreysmagic replied to stockmanjr's topic in General Students

    I'd say I'm shocked, but...just like not all nurses are excellent nurses, not all instructors should be teaching and not all managers should have any sort of power. And you'll find some really...
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    Facility not allowing us patient contact

    audreysmagic replied to stockmanjr's topic in General Students

    As someone who works in inpatient psych, that's just BS. Clearly this facility shouldn't be allowed to continue to host clinicals. I tried to think of all the liability reasons one might not have...
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    Back to nights!

    audreysmagic replied to audreysmagic's topic in General Nursing

    I'll have to look into that...checking out my options. The new blackout curtains for the bedroom are already on the way...if I'm going to do this, I'm going to do it right this time. ;-D Especially...
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    Back to nights!

    audreysmagic posted a topic in General Nursing

    It's funny how I spent so long earlier in my career trying to get off nights, and I'm now excited to be going back on. (It does help that I live 15 minutes from work now as opposed to an hour an a...
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    Is it customary where you work to recheck BPs manually?

    audreysmagic replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    I work in child/adolescent psych currently, so 90% of the time, what the machine gives me is in what I consider an acceptable range and I move on with my day. I'll recheck a high/low reading myself,...
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    How many patients you guys take on your duty?

    audreysmagic replied to Seong40's topic in General Nursing

    I'm transferring to your hospital! USA - inpatient psych - average, 8-9 patients if two nurses on the unit as the scheduling grid dictates...up to 20 if they only have one nurse available (we're...
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    My coworker was high and got away with it

    audreysmagic replied to Volley88's topic in General Nursing

    Teenagers being teenagers, I have been accused by many of my patients of "smoking crack" when I tell corny jokes while passing their meds...it's turned into an in-joke with my usual crew on the unit....
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    My coworker was high and got away with it

    audreysmagic replied to Volley88's topic in General Nursing

    ^ This. My private texts would be INCREDIBLY worrisome to some, taken out of context, especially since a lot of my friends and I are writers and, "I want to make Krystof suffer but not kill him" does...
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    Allnurses needs nurses

    audreysmagic replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I had a similar experience - I was planning to go to nursing school so I could work as a RN while going to med school; I wanted to be an emergency pediatrician. Once in nursing school, I realized I...
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    My inner snowflake

    audreysmagic replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    You can be classy and poor and you can be uncouth and rich... I think it's less the societal class and more the values and behavior people are raised with,
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    My inner snowflake

    audreysmagic replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Agreed. I do cosplay at comic/sci-fi/media conventions frequently; it's a fun hobby, and I keep it fairly modest due to personal preference (though on my off time, not representing my employer, it...
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    Geriatric Nursing?

    audreysmagic replied to CarolynB1991's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Geri psych will keep you on your toes! It's good work, especially if you like older folks. And good background for LTC, too, because you see a lot of those same issues on LTC floors. I'd recommend...
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    Major Kiddo Accomplishment!

    audreysmagic replied to Nurse in MT's topic in School

    Ahhh, that's so awesome! When I did school nursing, I was primarily tied to the severe/profound disability classrooms, and I just reveled in their accomplishments! I know how GREAT it feels and you...
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    Rough day on the unit

    audreysmagic replied to GuestAnon's topic in General Nursing

    We all have rough days where we're not at our best. And one's first encounter with a violent patient is pretty unsettling. Honestly, if you keep working at it like you say you have been, it'll come...
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    Not today Satan, not today!

    audreysmagic replied to ~Mi Vida Loca~RN's topic in General Nursing

    "Not today, Satan!" is my go-to for ANY situation that displeases me, honestly... :) I'm just so immune to run-of-the-mill haunted hospital stories by now, I guess because I was a Ghostbusters fangirl...
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    Need help with HW!

    audreysmagic replied to Nursing_excellence's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I agree with the others - I deal heavily in gallows humor, but there's just nothing funny about burns, if you're trying to do a genuine and accurate presentation. A lot of my peds psych patients have...
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    My inner snowflake

    audreysmagic replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Also, you really have to know your environment. What's appropriate for one unit might not be for another. Some behavior is just never work-appropriate, but you can have a different approach with,...
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    My inner snowflake

    audreysmagic replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    That's the issue of finding the fine line. There IS one, and too many people not only cross it but rollerblade right over it without ever seeing the line. My crew is known to be offbeat - we...