ORNurseAngie

ORNurseAngie specializes in Med/surg/tele/OR.

Latest Activity

1. RN to Pharmacist

   ORNurseAngie replied to spopeye's topic in Career Support

   There are lots of avenues to explore in pharmacy not just retail in the cvs or walgreens. There are pharmacists that work clinically in the hospital and dose meds like coumadin, tobramycin, vancomycin etc. They can also do research as well. In some h...

2. Hateful, mean nurses

   ORNurseAngie replied to CupCakeRN's topic in Relations

   I would find evidence of them abusing their patients and report them to the board of nursing. How stupid and childish!

3. Advice for the New Cardiac RN

   ORNurseAngie replied to ElizabethRN10's topic in Cardiac

   I too just took a job in telemetry step down unit after pretty much six years of medsurg, give or take the couple years I spent as an OR nurse. I am a little nervous as this is a larger hospital than I currently work at but optimistic that I will do ...

4. St john Main hospital

   ORNurseAngie replied to Ms.RN's topic in Michigan

   what about the area? is it a bad area? is it scary to drive there?>

5. Highest paid specialty in nursing ?

   ORNurseAngie replied to Elleveein's topic in General Nursing

   Do we really have to ruin a perfectly nice informative discussion by being rude to each other? Lets be professional please!

6. isolation

   ORNurseAngie replied to optimusgts's topic in General Nursing

   we do not isolate patients for MRS anymore, although I forget why. The infection control nurse told us why but I forgot.

7. Medication pass times

   ORNurseAngie posted a topic in Med-Surg

   I have a question regarding medication pass times. At the hospital I currently work if a medication is due at 1000 we have an hour before and an hour after to complete the med pass. Is this the norm? I am constantly being interrupted and have to stop...

8. Attention OR Nurses

   ORNurseAngie replied to anneles's topic in General Nursing

   I love working in the OR (even if I currently am not doing it right now). It is totally different type of nursing. A periop training program will definatly help you out quite a bit and don't expect to feel totally comfortable on your own for at least...

9. The Problem with Nursing

   ORNurseAngie replied to sarjasy's topic in General Nursing

   I think you just wrote this to get some attention! Focus on school and come back and post on what it really is like to be a nurse.

10. Nursing Stereotypes and a Dumb Society

    ORNurseAngie replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    ? why not follow a heroic float nurse who can legitimately work in ob one day and er the next? or a travel nurse who can legitimately work in reno one season and nyc the next? haha instead of the real housewives of orange county and the other lo...

11. nurses and spelling

    ORNurseAngie replied to Bormio's topic in General Nursing

12. nurses and spelling

    ORNurseAngie replied to Bormio's topic in General Nursing

    I think that you are very rude!!

13. To those who have been pregnant and working

    ORNurseAngie replied to NickiLaughs's topic in General Nursing

    I just previewed my post after I sent it, can you say holy run on sentences. Wow what happened to that BSN degree, certainly doesn't show in my writing skills! LOL

14. To those who have been pregnant and working

    ORNurseAngie replied to NickiLaughs's topic in General Nursing

    I am presently pregnant right now working on a busy med surg floor on midnights. I am the charge nurse and I take a full 6 patient load, I am just getting back into med surg after two years of working the OR. I am fifteen weeks pregnant but I feel ok...

15. how to you deal with this?

    ORNurseAngie replied to HeatwaveRN's topic in General Nursing

    Difficult to deal with for sure. I often times wonder why in the world do these people come to the hospital then. Document, document notify physician and consult social work and psych are all great ideas. I never never argue with patients anymore abo...