audreysmagic RN

Psych, Peds, Education, Infection Control

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    Leaving school Nursing thoughts...

    audreysmagic replied to KSM-RN's topic in School

    I'm so glad I'm not the only one irrationally angry at this billboard. Or the ones that list your current ER wait time, like...that's assuming no one's dying before you. I left school nursing because...
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    I. CAN'T. DIAGNOSE.

    audreysmagic replied to WyVy's topic in School

    I used to use the "no x-ray vision" quote all the time when I lived in the academic land of tiny people. I was always amazed at the parents who got so mad when I sent their kid to the ER with a bone...
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    BLS

    audreysmagic replied to Davia's topic in General Nursing

    It's actually not a bad idea, but good luck enforcing it that often. Does sound like a facility thing instead of AHA, because I've never heard of it,
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    Blindsided by a colleague.

    audreysmagic replied to tch1920's topic in School

    THIS. I really hate when people's crappy behavior gets excused because "they're stressed out." Well, so am I, and I manage not to be a total butthole. A sarcastic pessimist at times, yes, but that's...
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    We knew it was coming but it still sucks

    audreysmagic replied to JerseyTomatoMDCrab's topic in School

    I'm so sorry. It's always especially awful with the little ones, even when you see it
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    Tell on yourself, if you dare...

    audreysmagic replied to audreysmagic's topic in General Nursing

    Another one - I had the classic battleax instructor from HELL on one of my clinical rotations. She didn't like me very much, but she only liked one student or two out of each rotation. She had taken...
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    Tell on yourself, if you dare...

    audreysmagic replied to audreysmagic's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, man, I'm shuddering on your behalf...glad that turned out better than expected. I definitely keep all of my personal stuff out of the patient areas if possible after the one time I left my...
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    School nurse spots leukemia in a pupil

    audreysmagic replied to Emergent's topic in School

    I did the same, though, at
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    Blindsided by a colleague.

    audreysmagic replied to tch1920's topic in School

    I eagerly await the post that starts with, "My precious son had a 98.1 temperature, which is MUCH HIGHER than his baseline of 97.0, and he was OFFENDED that he didn't get to go home for his...
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    Used CPR on my neighbors toddler today... it wasn't enough... warning, graphic..

    audreysmagic replied to NursingInChaos's topic in General Nursing

    Same, and the news just keeps getting better! :) I'm so pleasantly amazed by how well this little guy's
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    April 2017 Caption Contest - Select $100 Winner!

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

    "Well...that's one way to try to
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    Orders from hell...

    audreysmagic replied to Leonardo Del Toro's topic in General Nursing

    My favorite, for a patient who was convinced she was pregnant...and she wasn't, the doctor actually wrote an order, "Stop asking for pt to be evaluated for pregnancy" after like the third nurse...
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    Orders from hell...

    audreysmagic replied to Leonardo Del Toro's topic in General Nursing

    Please send that doctor to my psych unit. ...I kid, but WOW, what
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    HELP new school nurse/immunizations

    audreysmagic replied to bandaidsplease's topic in School

    Y'all out here still trying to make fetch happen... But to OP, welcome! This forum is THE BEST. They were invaluable when I was a (lurking) school nurse...and now that I'm in peds psych, I still...
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    Used CPR on my neighbors toddler today... it wasn't enough... warning, graphic..

    audreysmagic replied to NursingInChaos's topic in General Nursing

    Ahhhh, this is such amazing news! I mean, yes, he probably will have some residual damage, but I'm so glad to hear he's improving so quickly. As Wuzzie mentioned, the water must've been cold when he...
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    When patients self-harm, who tends to it?

    audreysmagic replied to LilaDavis's topic in Psychiatric

    I'd have retired by now if I had a dollar for every time I had to remind people of this...granted, at least it was never related to bodily
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    When patients self-harm, who tends to it?

    audreysmagic replied to LilaDavis's topic in Psychiatric

    We've had to remove the bathroom soap dispensers on my adolescent girls' unit due to them figuring out how to get them open and removing the springs. We had to get rid of pencils, markers...now we're...
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    Peds is NOT easy!

    audreysmagic replied to Double-Helix's topic in Pediatric

    One of my first homecare cases was a formerly shaken badly...school-aged at the time in body, but still a three month old developmentally. She would scream for HOURS due to her brain damage, and all...
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    The "Best" Nurse Pass Notes

    audreysmagic replied to WineRN's topic in School

    Once, I (politely) asked a repeat offender teacher if she'd send her own children to a health clinic for some of the stuff her students came with passes for - a question that often served me well in...
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    The "Best" Nurse Pass Notes

    audreysmagic replied to WineRN's topic in School

    OMG, yes, the many "pinkeye" and "lice" slips for allergy eyes or dandruff... And when you tell the teacher, "It's not this," the first thing you hear right back is the "I don't know - I'm not...
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    Confused

    audreysmagic replied to jenal77's topic in Emergency

    I honestly think that's where it starts for most nurses, being so obsessive about it. Prudence and good practice and considering safety are of COURSE always top priorities, but I think they use the...
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    Vitamins are a controlled substance?

    audreysmagic replied to Volley88's topic in Patient Medications

    We have to count loratadine (yes, Claritin) at my hospital because of the staff use issue. When it was floor stock, it just kept
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    Confused

    audreysmagic replied to jenal77's topic in Emergency

    Thank you for this. I hear this SO much, over and over, and it's usually regarding situations the board doesn't give two craps about. One's employer might, but that's another story. (And I often...
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    BSN or ADN in The Chicagoland area

    audreysmagic replied to Katbas's topic in Illinois Nursing

    I'd definitely recommend the BSN. So many hospitals around here are requiring BSN now. Almost every listing says "BSN preferred" and they'll consider ADN, but I never heard back from any of the top...
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    Illinois Masonic RN Residency Summer 2017

    audreysmagic replied to cwruRN1's topic in Illinois Nursing

    Can't actually shed much light on the program in question, but best of luck. That's a great hospital, and you're sure to learn a lot