frenchfroggyAPRN MSN, LPN, RN, APRN

I was born in France - Air Force Brat - ( French) so my nickname growing up was frog (froggy), and I’m an APRN

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I was talking to a patient and his son. While discussing his prostate cancer history, the son pipes up and says “ Dad’s cancer didn’t menastasize “. I had to cover my mouth to keep from laughing out loud.

Despite having multiple deaths in our city of 60,000+ people. We have meant that still are saying “ it’s not real, it’s just the government conspiracy”! Crazy!

Looks like you had “that patient” again last night!

First time to renew APRN license. Where is a good place to find CE's?

I received an LPN in 1998, started working and realized that was not for me. I went back to school and graduated with my BSN in 2004. I worked in a wide range of areas - cardiac, renal, ED, Med-Surg, ICU and my favorite Neurosurgery Stepdown. In 2011...

I graduated last May and didn't pass my boards until November ( severe test anxiety). I had to take my test twice. I finally got my license the beginning of this month. I haven't found a job yet, so I am working as an RN until I find one.

i took the Fitzgerald course, and went through the online portion of it very thoroughly. Also bought the Leik comprehensive review book. Read through both of those and took lots and lots of questions. I passed the ANCC on the second try. First try I ...

I do the same thing to my husband and son, dives them crazy!

I do the same thing to my husband and son, drives them crazy!

Doctor X needs y..... Uh, I'll tell him you are a little covered up. I'll send some help back.

We call them "skids" =SCDs

Recently left a position I had for nearly six years. I was written up and demoted for a policy that had not been written yet on a Tuesday, thought about it and went in on Thursday to give them a final work release from an ortho (was injured in Octobe...

223. When you have taken a pain pill and are fighting sleep just to read this thread! 224. When you find a new thread and cant stop reading.

I am the Team Leader of our shift. If any med errors/transcription errors/other errors are found I write them up, the others do not. It should come from a supervisor not a floor nurse. If management doesnt know about them HOW ON EARTH ARE THEY SUPPOS...

Our Docs act more like children than the kids themselves do. They wont talk to each other, and expect the nurses to fix their problems between them

I work in a 25 bed acute care hospital. We do it all, ER and floor, so we dont have to worry about floating. We help each other out. If ER gets busy the RN/LPN on the floor helps (sometimes it takes all hands on deck, all 4 of our shift plus all of t...

Thank you for your wonderful story. It brought tears to my eyes, This is what makes you want to be a nurse, and makes all the crap we put up with worth it.:yeah::yeah:

Way to say it AngelfireRN. I completely agree with what you say. I cant remember how many times, I have had some one come in our ER and say they have a "disability" and both they and I know they are full of $%#@. It makes me so mad when there is some...

Projectile fecal emesis- luckily I was fully gowned/gloved/masked:D suctioning of any type makes me go weak in the knees The worst I have ever had was inserting a foley into a dehydrated elderly patient and getting chocolate milk looking pus out in...

Triaged a man cc back pain when asked was he employed, "No I am disabled" when asked what is your disability "my back". When asked what was he doing when his back pain started today lifting a refrigerator. I asked him, aren't you not supposed to do t...

Had a man in triage last week, came in CC "just dont feel good, need to see a doctor" After more questions, found out he had been seen the day before by his PCP received Rx for MDI and ABO, surprise , he didnt get them filled because Medicaid wouldn...

I dont mind being called Ma'am, what I do mind is the condescending tone that is sometimes used. Sometimes by people who know better.

I can handle blood, puke and any others but anything that pertains to Trach's, or suctioning. I hurl just at the thought of the sound that the suction machine makes.:barf02: I was told by an RT that I "shouldn't be a Nurse if I couldn't suction":angr...