audreysmagic RN

Psych, Peds, Education, Infection Control

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    How will Trump's War on Opioid Abuse Affect Non-abusers in Pain?

    audreysmagic replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    ^^^ This. If we don't fund mental health care, those with addiction issues won't get the help they need, and people who start out self-medicating with alcohol/drugs will continue to become addicted in...
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    Those darned flying lice!

    audreysmagic posted a topic in School

    So, I don't work school health anymore, but I stay here because I adore you all with the power of a thousand fiery suns. And I figured no forum could appreciate this little gem more... I work on an...
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    Those darned flying lice!

    audreysmagic replied to audreysmagic's topic in School

    Feel free! I stole it from a friend long ago. And, yes, I shudder to think of what might have happened if I couldn't get that pesky bug...we'd have been on the news for sure. "Adolescent Girls Held...
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    Those darned flying lice!

    audreysmagic replied to audreysmagic's topic in School

    Thanks! She's very much my spirit animal.
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    Nurses and bullies...

    audreysmagic replied to nightingale4me's topic in General Nursing

    So, so true. So much of "NETY" cries come down to this. We have a nurse in my department who's one of the above. She's very rude to anyone not management (thinking management, who's actually...
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    Nurses and bullies...

    audreysmagic replied to nightingale4me's topic in General Nursing

    I know a nurse manager who's been doing this and it's amazing. Are you consistently the problem on your unit? We'll move you to another unit to see if it's a better fit. Has this been continuing to...
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    Old Dog, New Tricks

    audreysmagic replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    100% agreed. Davey's posts always bring a smile to my face, if not an outright
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    Old Dog, New Tricks

    audreysmagic replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    ...welp, two months ago, I would have asked where to apply!
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    Old Dog, New Tricks

    audreysmagic replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    This is me all over. I could change my place without abandon - and until we got new leadership (which has been a godsend, honestly), my hospital could have been Wrongway North. But the people here...
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    Messed up bad.....

    audreysmagic replied to OHRN2011's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Best wishes to you, OP. I'm not in recovery, myself - had the fortune to not struggle with substance abuse - but I work in behavioral health, often with the detox side of things, and I've seen how...
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    Hs senior in need of advice please!

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

    I did the "community college, then transfer" - actually, working on that second degree now. It was 13 years apart, though...which I do not recommend. If you do get the associate degree, I HIGHLY...
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    No Acute Care experience: Will I survive as a school nurse

    audreysmagic replied to ~Shrek~'s topic in School

    Community clinic and psych are honestly good backgrounds for school nursing, if you ask me, as long as you have experience with the age group - which you've said you do! You'll see more psych in...
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    I just need some advice - or a hug. One or the other.

    audreysmagic replied to Doxie_loverRN's topic in General Nursing

    Hey, there! Have a hug. ((((Doxie_loverRN)))) I feel you. I'm entering the "crispy around the edges" phase of being burned out in my current position, and it's never a fun place to be. (To borrow...
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    Working with a felony

    audreysmagic replied to kandikissesrn's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    I feel for your situation, OP. I think Wrongway Regional Medical Center must be my facility's parent company - we'll call it Wrongway North, as we're up in the Chicago region. Pulse and RN? Check....
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    Gender neutral bicycle!

    audreysmagic replied to hppygr8ful's topic in Nursing Humor

    LOL! That gave me a good chuckle. Not long ago, before stuffed animals officially became contraband at our facility, I had a adolescent patient with a teddy bear she'd given a male-sounding name to....
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    Tattoos

    audreysmagic replied to ThatChickOmi's topic in General Students

    I have several tattoos, all carefully placed to be easily covered if work requires it. In fact, many people are shocked to find out that I have them summer comes around and I start wearing short...
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    Research patient or see patient first?

    audreysmagic replied to RNingBSNing's topic in General Nursing

    I work in adolescent psych, so I don't have an acutely (medically) ill population. When I did the medical side of things, though, as soon as I got report, I wanted to lay eyes on the patient and then...
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    Research patient or see patient first?

    audreysmagic replied to RNingBSNing's topic in General Nursing

    Truer words were never
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    MD was angry I questioned him.

    audreysmagic replied to ella2990's topic in General Nursing

    That was my first thought. I see so, so many times in reviewing the records of psych patients that are being transferred where the doctors are signing off just to get them off the floor. I had a...
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    Books to give to favorite patients in NICU

    audreysmagic replied to megelizabeth1992's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not in NICU, but policy on my unit is that any gifts brought by staff have to be for the WHOLE unit, not just one patient/family. Bringing books for the unit library (it literally fits on one...
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    Nurse tech working as RN

    audreysmagic replied to esrun77's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, and I thought my facility cut corners sometimes. When we're short a nurse, they give us an extra tech so we'll be at the proper staffing ratio, but they never expect the tech to do nursing work....
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    Paper Charting venting

    audreysmagic replied to raindrops1234's topic in General Nursing

    I got exceptionally good at deciphering doctors' handwriting in my first nursing job, because one of the doctors I worked with pretty often had notoriously terrible handwriting. This has come quite...
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    How important is it to get a BSN?

    audreysmagic replied to matcha-cat's topic in General Students

    In this job market, with the push for BSN pretty much taking over, I'd encourage any ADN student to go right for the BSN. I'm not against ADN programs by any means; I graduated from an excellent one...
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    pediatric HH, please help

    audreysmagic replied to tami2017's topic in Home Health

    ^ Ha, you said exactly what I was thinking about the agency. I actually had a wonderful experience with them in one state, but when I moved to another and went to them to pick up peds homecare...
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    Is LVN licensure possible (or probable) for an unmedicated schizoaffective? (California)

    audreysmagic replied to Seagull01's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I worked in an office - granted, it was a large practice with multiple doctors - and it was stressful at times. Great at others, but definitely stressful. And a lot of offices require a year of...