pixierose BSN, RN

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    It’s that most wonderful time of the year (catching everything)

    pixierose replied to pixierose's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks, guys. Interesting about the oral care. I do disinfect my phone but my husband doesn’t and then places his phone on my side of the bed when he naps ?. Someone at work mentioned they started...
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    Pre nursing student has a question for current RNs

    pixierose replied to HotSauce77's topic in General Nursing

    So totally agree with this. You’re certainly going to have your frequent flyers, yes. But I’ve seen my fair share of success stories in inpatient psych too. I’m not in nursing for the calling,...
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    Bring back our childhood diseases!

    pixierose replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I’ve typed and deleted several times in response to this article. My response: she’s a twit. She is using her social platform to spread dangerous misinformation on vaccinations. She has most...
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    Are O2 sats a vital sign?

    pixierose replied to roxhannah's topic in General Nursing

    Like Davey, even the inpatient psych floor I work on absolutely uses this as a VS (mostly intermittent). I had a patient come back from ECT Monday with 91-92%; it then dropped and stayed at 84% so...
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    If you could give one piece of advice back when you were a new grad RN, what would it be?

    pixierose replied to Mursthetics's topic in General Nursing

    I just hit two years officially a few days ago. So still a youngin’. But: Nursing is 24/7 care. You only work 12 of those hours, give or take. You’re not going to complete every.single.task. An...
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    Older Doctor doesn't think nurses should be in charge

    pixierose replied to angeloublue22's topic in General Nursing

    Um, no. I work under my nurse manager. She hired me; she evaluates my performance. We are hired, fired, and managed by other nurses. I operate under a nursing scope of practice, different than a...
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    Worsening Health, Considering Resignation

    pixierose replied to Serhilda's topic in General Nursing

    I’m sorry you’re going through this. I have an autoimmune disorder that has many neuro s/s (flashing lights, muscle weakness, migraines, etc). On that note, I work psych and neuro ICU. My FT neuro...
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    Older Doctor doesn't think nurses should be in charge

    pixierose replied to angeloublue22's topic in General Nursing

    When I first started working on my unit, I had a physician tap me on the shoulder, then demand that I give up my chair to him. Because, “that’s how it should be.” Thank god it was a joke,...
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    I've had enough.

    pixierose replied to MBar1's topic in General Nursing

    By posting here, you are looking for help. You want to feel something different than what you feel now. If that creates a “label” (that is between you and your prescribing physician and/or...
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    Over using sympathy card

    pixierose replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    So many good points: we don’t have the “healthy rituals” that helped our ancestors cope, but like Viva stated so beautifully in her post our fast paced society expects people to hide away our...
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    Med error . I’m devastated

    pixierose replied to Stephen ww's topic in General Nursing

    Of course you’re shaken up - it’s because you’re a *good* nurse. We’ve all made med errors. Those that haven’t, will. We just need to learn from them. This is a *facility wide* learning...
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    I’m burnt out

    pixierose replied to EDNURSE20's topic in General Nursing

    Everything previous posters have said. Never feel guilty not saying yes to OT, not picking up your phone when you recognize that number and let it go straight to VM. Your NM doesn’t feel guilty, why...
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    What's up with this RN?

    pixierose replied to Guest219794's topic in General Nursing

    Several of my notes were used in court for a patient. In this particular case (combo med/psych), I used “this writer was notified of ...” in the beginning of one of my notes RE: a particular...
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    How do you give notice?

    pixierose replied to HiddencatBSN's topic in General Nursing

    Depends greatly on the type of relationship you have with your nurse manager(s), and the type of impression you want to leave. I did as you stated in the first paragraph with my first psych job. I...
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    How do you decompress?

    pixierose replied to BarrelOfMonkeys's topic in General Nursing

    I’ve gotten into coloring recently. It’s fairly relaxing. If it wasn’t -50 below, I’d go hiking with my pooches and drag the kids. Lol at the Amazon shopping
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    Death threats at work?

    pixierose replied to UKRNBSN's topic in General Nursing

    Like the real world out there, take threats seriously. I had a patients’ father threaten me with bodily harm. He was angry, and he took it out on the easiest target: the teeny RN who was...
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    Calling Out for EXCEPTIONAL Snow Conditions

    pixierose replied to River&MountainRN's topic in General Nursing

    Even with six feet all at once, work would still expect us to get our orifices in ... ... and sleep over with the 18 allotted cots (for 50+ scheduled
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    Calling Out for EXCEPTIONAL Snow Conditions

    pixierose replied to River&MountainRN's topic in General Nursing

    You plan ahead, usually by going in much earlier prior to your scheduled shift. I’m scheduled to work all weekend, and the NE is going to get hammered with wet heavy snow in my area, followed by...
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    Help me name my baby!

    pixierose replied to audreysmagic's topic in General Nursing

    Oh noes! What about: Aynjel Angelle Aenjul I'm trying to be all inclusive, here. Sheesh .. I guess I'm not too PC . Maybe I should head back to that
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    Help me name my baby!

    pixierose replied to audreysmagic's topic in General Nursing

    I think we found a winner. It's perfect. But ... Avalen Avalenn Avalin Avalinn Avallen Avallin Avallon Avallyn Avallynn Avalon Avalonn Avalyn Avalynn
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    Help me name my baby!

    pixierose replied to audreysmagic's topic in General Nursing

    But in keeping with the times, it requires an alternative spelling to be hip! Like: Anjelica Angelika Anjelika Anngelica Annjelica Anngelika Annjelika Angelikka Angelicca
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    Are We Too PC?

    pixierose replied to traumaRUs's topic in General Nursing

    Well. She lived through that famine. My intention is that she speaks for it more than a song. Or any American, for that matter. And since I now have said song in my head, I'm
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    Are We Too PC?

    pixierose replied to traumaRUs's topic in General Nursing

    Oh honey, no. Listen to what you're saying, please. "Intended for western ears." Did you even read the article I posted? Which were *not* from western mouths but *were* intended for western ears? In...
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    Are We Too PC?

    pixierose replied to traumaRUs's topic in General Nursing

    You'd be the epitome of cool to those
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    Are We Too PC?

    pixierose replied to traumaRUs's topic in General Nursing

    'We got this, Bob Geldof, so back off' | Ethiopia News | Al Jazeera For every good intention, you'll find one of the above. And it WAS a good intention, no argument. But ... it's not so black and...