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angelbsn

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  1. Meds you hate to give....

    Leave-em-dead (Levophed). I love giving Adenosine!!! Nothing like asystole for about 15 to 20
  2. If not a nurse...what????

    I would raise long-haired dachshunds on the beautiful white sands of my own private beach on my own private island. And photograph them. Come to think of it, Richard Branson's place would do just...
  3. In our ED, if a NH refuses to take a pt back after an ED visit, it's a big no-no...too many legalities around NH "dumps" (which we get often). Our ED docs are great at calling the pt's doc to...
  4. Received this email today and I am steamed!!!

    :yelclap: Dusktildawn: I couldn't have said it better myself. After 8 yrs in critical care/trauma, you just gotta have a sense of
  5. Received this email today and I am steamed!!!

    OMG...if you can't take a moment to laugh once in awhile, you'll burnout really fast. What irritates me is people who have to be so d*&^ serious 24/7. Lighten up, you'll live
  6. Well duh...I'm in ED, shoulda known the answer to that question before I asked. Chalk it up to 12 long hours and a blonde moment. Thanks,
  7. tia/brain damage/blonde roots all contributed to me screwing up this original
  8. Sorry, but I fail to understand how knowing the difference between RN, LPN, & CNA are relevant to vetinary
  9. I just find this so sad...nursing is a difficult enough profession without nurses turning on each other. I knew when I became a nurse that I wouldn't be making enormous sums of money or be cannonized...
  10. How long is too long?

    It's a personal decision. . .if you find you're compromising your principles or becoming physically ill at the thought of going to work, you should change--pronto. However, if you want a wide variety...
  11. What other careers did you consider before nursing?

    I was a hairdresser for 12 yrs before I became a nurse. At least now when my "clients" have an emergency, it's usually an actual
  12. Funny Sign In Slips

    Funniest c/o I've ever had: :rotfl: Passed out while sleeping
  13. I was punched

    :angryfire :angryfire Call the police!! Press charges yourself!! I worked as an agency RN for a couple of months before I decided to go staff at the ED where I'm currently employed. I was giving...
  14. Med Errors

    I went five whole years as an RN before I made my first real med error...and it was a doozy (it's been 2 yrs & I'm still dealing with the state board). Thankfully, the pt suffered no lasting ill...
  15. things I didn't learn in nursing school

    undefined I could probably write a book on that one, but the primary lesson I never learned in nursing school is that I can be, will be, & have been assaulted by