angeley1978 MSN

angeley1978 has 41 years experience as a MSN and specializes in Nurse Education.

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1. My Inspiration to Become a Nurse

   angeley1978 replied to PrudenceNurse's topic in Rock

   Thank you Linda. This was great.

2. Should nurses be getting involved in the Reopen America protests nationwide?

   angeley1978 replied to A Hit With The Ladies's topic in COVID

   The Spectator is a conservative tabloid. "Some suggest"? Seriously. The figures speak for themselves. This Swedish herd immunity nonsense is being amplified by right wing conservative news outlets. They are much worse off than other countries in thei...

3. Should nurses be getting involved in the Reopen America protests nationwide?

   angeley1978 replied to A Hit With The Ladies's topic in COVID

   Nursing is supposed to be evidence-based. This is the result of the Swedish herd immunity model: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1102257/cumulative-coronavirus-cases-in-the-nordics/ Not too impressive... And they have almost ten times the numb...

4. My Life as a Nurse

   angeley1978 replied to CoMoNurse's topic in General Nursing

   With a few exceptions, this has been my life as a nurse as well. After my life altering back injury, I went back to school and am now a nurse educator. I envy my students who are just starting the journey. In spite of the heartache and pain, and mayb...

5. Preceptor is SO BAD!

   angeley1978 replied to Guest606's topic in General Nursing

   Maybe. But I once allowed myself to be talked into staying on a unit in similar circumstances. At the end of a year I wanted to quit nursing altogether. I quit the job instead and learned that there is a big world of nursing out there. I went on to h...

6. Preceptor is SO BAD!

   angeley1978 replied to Guest606's topic in General Nursing

   I totally disagree with those who are saying "Stick it out". My advice is to get out. As a nurse educator with 27 years of bedside clinical experience, including ICU, I am appalled at the preceptor's behavior. Unless you want to view this as an exerc...

7. Dumbest thing a doctor has done/said to you

   angeley1978 replied to WorriedNurse25's topic in Relations

   I called a doctor once to let him know that his patient was running a temperature of 101.4 F., was difficult to arouse, and had a heart rate that was above 90. He told me to call him back if his temp went to 101.5. I hung up and then called him right...

8. Catholic Nurse Sues Duke University Hospital After Refusing to Assist with Abortions

   angeley1978 replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Headlines

   Sounds like Duke dodged a bullet by letting this nurse go--she was always going to put her personal beliefs above her patients' welfare. Also sounds to me like someone desperately in need of attention...

9. What was it like to be a nurse in the 1980s

   angeley1978 replied to fatrabbit's topic in General Nursing

   I remember it pretty much the same way. I got Hepatitis B from a patient two months out of nursing school because we rarely wore gloves.

10. Calling patients by "pet" names.

    angeley1978 replied to dbabz's topic in Relations

    I disagree. I think Mr. & Mrs., Miss, Ms. or whatever are too formal. They may have been OK for our parent's generation but the Boomers have never been a formal bunch. I am a Boomer (and RN of 35 years) and have been a patient many times. I don't...

11. Ebola Nursing Survey: to Quarantine or Not to Quarantine

    angeley1978 replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in COVID

    I'm grateful for the chance to have a conversation about this with other nurses. I've been a nurse for 31+ years and the single most compelling lesson I learned in all those years is that things are not always as they seem and consequently, better sa...