audreysmagic RN

Psych, Peds, Education, Infection Control

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    Would you pray with a student?

    audreysmagic replied to smudges.blips's topic in School

    I always describe myself as "spiritual but not religious." I believe in the Christian faith, but as a lesbian nurse, I was rejected soundly by many church folk. I know the God I believe in still...
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    Inappropriate to ask teachers to stop sending kids after a certain time?

    audreysmagic replied to Scorchednurse's topic in School

    Time heals
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    Welp, this day sucks already

    audreysmagic posted a topic in General Nursing

    Got to work and found out a good friend at work (and outside of it) died unexpectedly. No one knows anything about the circumstances yet, but it's all just...so sad. We had a round of hugging and...
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    Welp, this day sucks already

    audreysmagic replied to audreysmagic's topic in General Nursing

    I so appreciate the support from you
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    Welp, this day sucks already

    audreysmagic replied to audreysmagic's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you, guys. You're awesome. I got through the lecture portion of the day...now on to data input and copious amounts of
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    Anybody have rituals they do when a patient passes?

    audreysmagic replied to crnfaIwillbe's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a coffee nut, but a rare one who's also a tea snob. I love the pay-it-forward, though maybe just doing so without the actual message might be best...out of the blue, it could be a little...
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    Mom Passed

    audreysmagic replied to hppygr8ful's topic in General Nursing

    You are absolutely not a terrible person. You're a human being with valid
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    Mom Passed

    audreysmagic replied to hppygr8ful's topic in General Nursing

    I'm so sorry. Love to you and your family. It's even more complicated in situations like yours, I
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    allnurses avatars

    audreysmagic replied to Davey Do's topic in Nursing Humor

    This was a perfect start to my morning - I'm smiling so hard now!
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    Tell on yourself, if you dare...

    audreysmagic posted a topic in General Nursing

    What's the goofiest mistake you've made on the job? No, I don't mean the med errors or the medical mistakes you learned from. Those are important and often terrible experiences, of course, but this...
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    Do what now? ( How to save a stroke victim according to facebook)

    audreysmagic replied to That Guy's topic in General Nursing

    ...natural selection? Though, sadly, usually that isn't supposed to involve a 3rd
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    Do what now? ( How to save a stroke victim according to facebook)

    audreysmagic replied to That Guy's topic in General Nursing

    When one "gets" a stroke...they're contagious, you
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    May the Nurse's Force Be With You

    audreysmagic replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    I'm so putting that up in my cubicle.
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    Double diapering alert patients who ask? I think it's neglectful. However...

    audreysmagic replied to Surfin USA's topic in General Nursing

    Nutmegge says: And the OP is MIA. Do we get to count this for flounce bingo?
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    Mom hand

    audreysmagic replied to OhioBPH's topic in School

    My hands are always cold, so my mom hand is highly unreliable,
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    Medication Mishap

    audreysmagic replied to Amethya's topic in School

    I have a policy with medication - trust no child. It's my background as a pediatric psych nurse. I'm back doing that, but when I worked in the schools (three glorious years To Amethya - you seem...
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    Patients say the darndest things...

    audreysmagic posted a topic in General Nursing

    I know we've had threads like this before, but they always made me laugh and I enjoyed them thoroughly. (Staff, feel free to consolidate with another thread if needed.) We've all had patients who...
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    We are getting a therapy dog!

    audreysmagic replied to OhioBPH's topic in School

    Funny story - one time, when I was charge nurse on the floor, our therapy dog came to visit, so I went into the dayroom to ask who wanted to come see the dog. Two hands go up. Ten or so more kids...
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    We are getting a therapy dog!

    audreysmagic replied to OhioBPH's topic in School

    Ahh, that's so cool! My hospital (peds/adolescent psych) has a therapy dog that comes on Tuesdays, and I happened to be in the lobby when she came in. The rest of my day was significantly improved...
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    Do you consider it helpful or not to be given a Pt’s attitude during a report?

    audreysmagic replied to DesiDani's topic in General Nursing

    Yup, was coming in to say exactly this. In psych, obviously, the behaviors are critical information in the report. I do agree, though, with other posters in that there's a professional way to put...
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    In need of a confidence boost!

    audreysmagic replied to Emm_RN's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    As a staff educator, I would DEFINITELY want to know if you felt you weren't getting a good learning experience with your preceptor. NotReady4PrimeTime is absolutely right - people deserve a good,...
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    Which shift do you prefer and why? 7-3 or 3-11?

    audreysmagic replied to kingvonnBSN2017's topic in Psychiatric

    I'm NOT a morning person, and I used to prefer 3-11 for the reasons the other posters mentioned...no management, get to sleep in. However, after moving for a bit to 7-3, I wouldn't go back. Getting...
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    Thread for Trolls

    audreysmagic replied to Davey Do's topic in Nursing Humor

    Hi, I've failed the NCLEX 22 times, but it's my DREAM to be a nurse. What can I
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    Are anti-vaccine people conspiracy theorists generally?

    audreysmagic replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Same! I'm dying...totally putting that in my infection control lecture next week at work.
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    If you have filed a report for Medical Neglect

    audreysmagic replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    Agree with those that are saying that it'll help bring needed resources. When I was a school nurse, I did exactly that on a kid with bedbugs that weren't being dealt with, and the poor child was...