nurseangel47

nurseangel47

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  1. Just when does a shift end???

    nurseangel47 replied to dcoffee's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    At a skilled LTC I use to work we had the simple rule of fifteen minutes. If an order was received by first shift by 2:45 pm then that shift took care of implementing the new order, taking the order...

  2. Does anyone have a problem with hearing heart sounds?

    nurseangel47 replied to student456's topic in General Nursing

    there're tapes out there you can buy/borrow also on these sounds...they are a bit tricky until you listen to the extra loud ones on the tapes. They are extra pronounced and it is very readily...

  3. Day in the life of a hospice nurse

    nurseangel47 replied to FirstYear2005's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Use to be a hospice nurse...based on my experience and memory I can answer basics. Started in the office:would first check ongoing log book which had new admits/discharges/deaths/admits to our hospice...

  4. What would you do first?

    nurseangel47 replied to eden's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Remembering the ABCs of resuscitation: airway, breathing, circulation... I'd go for the oxygenation, then narcan and there should hopefully be more than one pair of hands doing this type of...

  5. What Is The Difference Between Cna And A Cma

    nurseangel47 replied to hart to heart's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    A cma (certified medical assistant) can generally perform most garden variety doctor office type procedures/tasks such as taking brief history, charting for doc, taking/recording VS, administering...

  6. clients as stressor

    nurseangel47 replied to student_nurse_2006's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    that obnoxious and combative drunk presenting the emerg. dept. involved in a MVA

  7. A month until starting my job

    nurseangel47 replied to Imafloat's topic in First Year After Licensure

    CONGRATULATIONS! If that cute little boxer dog in your avatar is your pet, I'd say be sure and include him/her in daily romping dog games and fun! I lost my beloved dog this past July and still...

  8. I Passed Nclex!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    nurseangel47 replied to GracieLVN's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Congrats to you, Grace!

  9. Is it always better to die at home?

    nurseangel47 replied to Jo Dirt's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Just my two cents worth...use to be a hospice nurse. Loved it, too, if anyone on here is considering it. Wish I had stayed in that genre of nursing. Anyway, as far as dying at home versus in...

  10. Hey everyone

    nurseangel47 replied to angchick's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    :welcome: angchick! Yes, do have the babies you want either all before or all after the nursing education. I did it when my girls were both little and missed out on three years of life with them due...

  11. Bringing some spirit on the unit...

    nurseangel47 replied to Dempather's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You are SUCH a nice person for not only working the holiday slots but thinking of livening up the place a bit for coworkers as well as the patients. You sound like a very nice person and awesome...

  12. I passed!

    nurseangel47 replied to Imafloat's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    CONGRATULATIONS, bsnin06.... Yea for you!

  13. Calling In Sick.

    nurseangel47 replied to weirdRN's topic in General Nursing

    Hi and I can so totally relate to this issue. I have been out of work for approx. one year and as you can well imagine, desperate for that paycheck! I really shouldn't have chosen full time hours but...

  14. North Carolina Roll Call

    nurseangel47 replied to RNPATL's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    Hi all fellow NCarolinians! I've been a member since a couple of days ago but have been lurking in the shadows for months now reading the posts. Love this site! I live in the general Winston-Salem...

  15. Health Assessment Lab Final...eeks!

    nurseangel47 replied to CoolKell10's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    That rocks, CoolKell10! You just needed to get that under the belt and over with experience in the lab and I bet the rest of the verbal lab exams will go much smoother for you this semester! Great!...

  16. ICU fluids

    nurseangel47 replied to texasnursingstudent's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Hi, texasnursingstudent: Sorry I don't have that vault of knowledge in the ol' cranium... Don't remember studying that way back in the day...been nursing since '86 Maybe if you look in your chemistry...

  17. 501 ways to know you've been on allnurses.com too long!

    nurseangel47 replied to Roy Fokker's topic in Nursing Humor

    117. You turn off ringers on both land lines of home phone, alternate checking voice messages left on home answering machine versus new posts on allnurses even though you're between jobs and hoping...

  18. Becoming an NP with little to no nursing experience??

    nurseangel47 replied to Blurr156's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Hi, Blurr156! Blllluuuuthhhhgggghhhh (supposed to be a "raspberry", blown from mouth in taunting way!) don't know how to spell a sound! hehe to those committee members/et al who think that you " '...

  19. need advice... thanks in advance

    nurseangel47 replied to Tealeaf72's topic in General Nursing

    ClassicDame is so righton with her statements. I, too, went to college later in life immediately after having two daughters. One was an infant, one was three years old. It was the hardest time of...

  20. ::::sigh::::

    nurseangel47 replied to Imafloat's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Hi, MyBSNin06::balloons: :monkeydance: :mortarboard: I bet you did just fine. I remember taking my boards way back in the day when you arrived at the state's capital, spent the night and sat through...

  21. Cancer Assignment

    nurseangel47 replied to RNstudent07's topic in General Nursing

    Unfortunately I can answer these questions with personal firsthand experience: I am the one who had cancer. My initial response to the diagnosis?-I felt literally that someone had taken an axe and...

  22. Career path for hospice nurse?

    nurseangel47 replied to wonderbee's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Hi, RNKittyKat. I have been a hospice nurse in the not too distant past. I can tell you right now hands down that if I had the decision to do over again, I'd have never, ever left the genre. It is...

  23. info agency free to take NCLEX exam,IELTS etx

    nurseangel47 replied to heavenly_angels's topic in International Nursing

    :welcome: to allnurses, heavenly angels...don't know the answer to question posed...maybe someone in your area will see it and respond

  24. Why did you take up nursing? What's your story?

    nurseangel47 replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    I had many reasons to become a registered nurse. When I was a little one, probably in second grade, there was a classmate who had a deformed left hand. Just a blob of fisted flesh with a fingernail...

  25. Don't know what to expect in nursing

    nurseangel47 replied to NewBrand's topic in General Nursing

    Hi, Brandy I went to nursing school when I was in my late twenties, with an infant and a three year old at home to take care of. My husband then (I'm divorced from him now) traveled in his job and...