audreysmagic RN

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    MSN or DNP for NP degree - what's better??

    audreysmagic replied to localgirl85's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Can't speak to the MSN vs DNP specifically, but I did work at a pediatric office that hired both FNP and PNP. I would think FNP would offer the most flexibility, since you did mention wanting to do...
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    How do you feel about being a nurse?

    audreysmagic replied to Grier's topic in General Nursing

    I love it and I hate it and then I love it again. I've found that a lot of the same things that burn all nurses out - short-staffing, low morale, management issues - plague me and I get overwhelmed,...
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    New Nurses

    audreysmagic replied to shay95's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I can't agree with this enough. I've had several other nurses tease me for writing a novel” in a patient's chart, but that documentation has saved my hide
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    Another student death

    audreysmagic replied to NutmeggeRN's topic in School

    I am so sorry. I still think about the young ones I've lost a lot. Please don't hesitate to reach out for help if you have trouble dealing with this - that's so
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    Is She Artistic or Autistic?

    audreysmagic replied to Donna Maheady's topic in General Nursing

    I wish there was a love button for this! Lauren sounds amazing, and for as many challenges as autism can provide, it's so wonderful to see a parent celebrating their autistic child instead of trying...
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    ED to Psych Report

    audreysmagic replied to Hey_Brittany's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I always want to know at minimum - age, gender, reason for admission, diagnosis, how they've been behaviorally in the ER, any meds given in the ER and why, last set of vitals, any pertinent abnormal...
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    The worst job you had before becoming a Nurse?

    audreysmagic replied to Want2BeeRN's topic in General Nursing

    OMG, I had the exact experience in my short canvassing career! Rich people slammed doors in my face; the poorer people were at least kinder at saying no. It sounds so identical to my gig, I wonder if...
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    The worst job you had before becoming a Nurse?

    audreysmagic replied to Want2BeeRN's topic in General Nursing

    Canvassing. It was an environmental group with a cause I believed strongly in, but...wow, for a job I was depending on to pay the bills... I had a minimum to make each week in donations or I made...
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    What's up with all the 'failed NCLEX' posts?

    audreysmagic replied to Magsulfate's topic in General Nursing

    Full disclosure - I passed the NCLEX on #78 in 2004, so, yeah, I have no idea what it's like these days. And I'm not even going to pretend I'm sad to have missed the paper-and-pencil two day boards....
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    Call me Cinderella

    audreysmagic posted a topic in Psychiatric

    Oh, man, this one may take the cake this week for me. I needed some like minded peeps to understand. It's kind of hilarious, in the laugh-so-you-don't-crack sort of way... So we're all familiar with...
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    A little ICD-10 humor, especially for outpatient nurses

    audreysmagic replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    I showed a coworker here in Admitting at our hospital some of my personal favorite ICD-10 codes and she was 100% convinced it was a humor website. I don't have the link handy, but Google "Struck by...
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    A little ICD-10 humor, especially for outpatient nurses

    audreysmagic replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    I have a theory that half the ICD-10 codes exist because someone took the complaints that sometimes there just wasn't a specific enough code for a situation, got a little too passive-aggressive, and...
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    missing pinning ceremony for dying father's birthday

    audreysmagic replied to ichiro12's topic in General Students

    Definitely go be with your dad! I only vaguely recall my pinning ceremony. I did quite enjoy it, but I feel like you'll cherish the memories of your time with him so much more than you would...
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    Rant - How should *I* know?

    audreysmagic replied to canigraduate's topic in General Nursing

    I physically twitch every time I see that. As someone who has spent a good portion of my career working with autism, it just triggers a Pavlovian response to rage.
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    Rant - How should *I* know?

    audreysmagic replied to canigraduate's topic in General Nursing

    I love you all so, so much. Just throwing that out there. Flounce Bingo is now my new favorite thing, next to the Internet Butthurt Reporting
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    why do many MAs and CNAs call themselves nurses?

    audreysmagic replied to murseforever's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Funny story. I used to work with a mental health tech that was, quite frankly, a jerkface. I hated him and I don't hate many people. He treated the patients like dirt and was always trying to take...
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    Trivial Question: What do you usually bring for lunch?

    audreysmagic replied to justmehappy's topic in Nurses Rock

    I work nights, and the cafeteria's closed, so it's definitely bring my lunch or pay for delivery - which I try not to do often, except as a treat after payday! We didn't have a staff fridge in my...
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    Brian Short News

    audreysmagic replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    This site has been so educational and supportive for me in many phases of my career. I'm incredibly grateful for the legacy Brian left behind, and my condolences to those who knew and loved him and...
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    How long for a job offer?

    audreysmagic replied to Belle7788's topic in Nursing Career

    I would absolutely follow up, even if it's just a quick phone call. I wanted my current job so badly I could taste it, and I had basically the same experience - being told "I want you" by the...
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    Does your hospital or facility badge include your credentials?

    audreysmagic replied to icuRNmaggie's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    My current badge has my first name, and then "Registered Nurse" typed underneath. We don't use abbreviations on the badges, for transparency, and also because in psych, confused pts/paranoid people...
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    Because nobody is a better expert in the art of nursing than...

    audreysmagic replied to PeepnBiscuitsRN's topic in General Nursing

    I think you should write "stupidity" under patients' allergy list and inform the PR guys that this contraindicates them from coming into contact with the
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    Confessions Of A Nurse With Poor Interpersonal Skills

    audreysmagic replied to TheCommuter's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I have a high-functioning form of Asperger's and I SO feel you. I can communicate pretty freely with children (hence my choosing pediatric nursing) but if I float to an adult unit, I have to smile...
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    Now that I have some down time, what nursing stories book would you recommend?

    audreysmagic replied to Love78's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I second anything written by Tilda Shalof. I like her style a lot, and while she's Canadian, so a lot of her tales seem strange in light of the US health system, it's good reading. Her Camp Nurse...
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    Keep out! Nurse Sleeping

    audreysmagic replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    When I was waiting on a license, I did some canvassing for an environmental group...I saw a very cute cartoony sign that said, "Please don't knock, peds night nurse sleeping!" ... After getting that...
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    Drug Shortages

    audreysmagic replied to CrufflerJJ's topic in Patient Medications

    This drug shortage is a real problem. Hospitals get first dibs, so a lot of hospital-based providers don't realize how bad it is. My brother is a paramedic and they only recently got Ativan back in...