pixierose BSN, RN

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    Should I feel bad for not picking up extra shifts?

    pixierose replied to nursekaterpn's topic in General Nursing

    You are never the last resort - don’t fall for it! (and even if you were? It’s NOT your problem to staff the
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    I was slapped by a patient

    pixierose replied to FNPStudentLife's topic in General Nursing

    This is absolutely assault. If you were walking down the street and the same guy asked for directions, then slapped you when he wasn’t happy with the plan ... you’d press charges. We normalize...
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    Nurses Are So Bossy...

    pixierose replied to gehrig592's topic in General Nursing

    OP, all I’m thinking here is “FALL RISK” and other potential liabilities in response to your complaints. All it would take is, “my husband can take me to the bathroom” and boom. Please...
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    Nurses Are So Bossy...

    pixierose replied to gehrig592's topic in General Nursing

    Thread will be shut down in 3 ... 2 ... 1 ... Patient- care and safety is #1. If families present are intervening in said care and safety, I will not hesitate to ask them to step out. Using an example...
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    Do I have to disclose mental illness

    pixierose replied to NurseChaiPls's topic in General Nursing

    Oh hell naw. Mental illness still carries a very real stigma, even out here in the nursing world. Even in the psych unit I work at per diem, there are some amazing, understanding folks ... but...
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    Pyxis Problems

    pixierose replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    Two words: “Failed drawer” ... ... every time someone needs that IM of Ativan. Yelling and banging sounds out in the milieu. Yelling and banging sounds in the med
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    Written Up

    pixierose replied to medteleER's topic in General Nursing

    Just to add to this discussion ... you see orders like this all the time on psych units. 1mg lorazepam scheduled at HS and 0.5mg lorazepam PRN q4 for anxiety ... zyprexa for increased agitation and...
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    Written Up

    pixierose replied to medteleER's topic in General Nursing

    This is why they get paid the big bucks. Never hesitate to call, OP ... it’s always better to
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    Written Up

    pixierose replied to medteleER's topic in General Nursing

    Well ... Do you think you double dosed the patient? Did you have questions RE: the order? I would not have given both doses. The PRN is treating both - sleep and anxiety. Q8 is also key here. I...
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    Robot tells man he'll be dead in hours

    pixierose replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    My ‘like’ is in support - I’m sorry,
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    Robot tells man he'll be dead in hours

    pixierose replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    The more I think of it, the more I agree with you. When I think “robot,” I think of that mindless thing that wanders Stop and Shop scaring the hell out of people (I think it catches attention to...
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    Robot tells man he'll be dead in hours

    pixierose replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I’m not getting that from the article, mostly because the article is so poorly written and sensationalized. But as a society, I agree: we don’t talk about death. There are some great books out...
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    Robot tells man he'll be dead in hours

    pixierose replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I was especially bothered that the physician couldn’t appropriately and effectively communicate with the patient d/t his impaired hearing (and the fact that the robot couldn’t get to his...
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    Do as I say, and not as I do.

    pixierose replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    (raises hand not too energetically) We have a Clark. He was the tech who was going to be “fast bros!” with the psych patient we admitted who was highly agitated but non vocal during his brief ED...
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    Vent

    pixierose replied to TheMoonisMyLantern's topic in General Nursing

    So just to confirm, I had a talk with a very good friend of mine since my teen years. She’s now a physician at a busy ED in a nearby state. They don’t review “the basics.” There are no cutesy...
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    Would you be insulted?

    pixierose replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    Be like Elsa. The colleague has a problem, not you. Congrats on grad
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    Vent

    pixierose replied to TheMoonisMyLantern's topic in General Nursing

    I think I found something worse than sharing something unique about myself ?. Can you imagine? The only ones who would show up probably wouldn’t be the ones with exceptionally awesome stories to...
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    HELP!!!!! PANICKING! Career change??

    pixierose replied to rn9687's topic in Nursing Career

    Would it look bad? Oh yes. Yes it would. What’s an appropriate time of waiting? Preferably, one year. Out of curiosity, what’s the difference in
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    Vent

    pixierose replied to TheMoonisMyLantern's topic in General Nursing

    I think the best training formats have been when meaningful discussion was had. Not when cutesy openers were utilized, or games were played halfway through when I had to work with others to find a...
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    Thoughts on vegetarian/ vegan diet

    pixierose replied to bs76247's topic in General Nursing

    I’m a vegetarian. Even by eliminating meat, etc from your diet, you can still eat incredibly poorly (i.e., substituting unhealthy carbs, processed foods). As a nurse, I feel we can provide...
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    Pit Bull Service Dogs

    pixierose replied to RobbiRN's topic in General Nursing

    It could be a Yorkshire terrier ... like others said, I wouldn’t go near that situation with a 10 foot pole. People or animal, aggression shouldn’t be
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    Vent

    pixierose replied to TheMoonisMyLantern's topic in General Nursing

    We had a mandatory meeting last week with the head of ... something and the DON. We started by introducing ourselves (since the head of whatever and DON never go on the floors) and saying one thing...
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    Bring back our childhood diseases!

    pixierose replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Ok. I’ll go there. Trump is pretty well known for his ignorance regarding pretty much everything, but since I’m talking about vaccines ... Example:...
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    Pre nursing student has a question for current RNs

    pixierose replied to HotSauce77's topic in General Nursing

    I don’t think anyone here said anything that psych nursing is FULL of tangible and satisfying results. And those who said that there are some tangible results in this thread are not still in school....
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    It’s that most wonderful time of the year (catching everything)

    pixierose posted a topic in General Nursing

    So after being a schoolteacher for years and years and being a nurse for 2+ ... I’ve been exposed to a lot and thought I’ve had a good handle on keeping myself relatively sick-free. When my...