nurseangel47

nurseangel47

geriatric, hospice, med/surg

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  1. need help about telephonic nursing

    nurseangel47 posted a topic in Telephone Triage

    Don't know if this is the best place to ask this/these questions but here goes: I'm trying awfully hard to land a telephonic nursing position where they're hiring on three second shifters full time....

  2. How many of you are on prescription drugs for anxiety, depression, mental health?

    nurseangel47 replied to caffeineRx's topic in General Nursing

    It is with some comfort that I read posts such as these. After having been nurtured by functionally "insane" parents, I was determined not to follow their sick patterns when raising my own little...

  3. hating my job in the er

    nurseangel47 replied to baby_gurl0604's topic in First Year After Licensure

    When I was practicing, I found that fearful feeling in my gut actually kept me on my toes but too much at times...a sort of functional anxiety if you will. What I did learn over the years, was to...

  4. It's 48 hours after the test ended!

    nurseangel47 replied to NurseDaddy2006's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Wow! What a nerve racking wait you had! Whew! Make that cocktail an extra jumbo, won't you? And have two or three, put your feet up, and prepare to hold on to the comet tail of being a registered...

  5. How much would you have to win to quit working as a nurse? How much would it take?

    nurseangel47 replied to mikethern's topic in General Nursing

    Mikethe rn: How do you know the return would be so concrete if investing in stocks? I don't know anything at all about the stock market, etc. but how can one predict it doesn't turn way down or way...

  6. May be interviewing for a dialysis job, HELP!

    nurseangel47 replied to midcom's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I did dialysis nursing for about a year and half and in my younger days as a nurse. It is difficult in that the populace of patients never feel good, ever. They are chronically tired, drained, achy,...

  7. Leaving the Profession!

    nurseangel47 replied to chrispicritah's topic in General Nursing

    Momdebo: I like the idea of creating subway sandwiches, being a "safe" sandwich artist as is the logo on their shirts! I have considered it. In fact, it was the first non-nursing job I stated that...

  8. how do you deal?

    nurseangel47 replied to kyliebear's topic in General Nursing

    KylieBear, I sooo feel your pain and frustration. Try hospice nursing. It is AWESOME! I, too, became tired of fighting the good fight. Now work in a non-nursing job. No pay compared to nursing...

  9. The exhausting side of home care

    nurseangel47 replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

    sorry....got cut off by hitting wrong button on keyboard! The end, it's near. The only reason I resigned is because of a bat out of you know where who took it upon herself to do a witch hunt within...

  10. The exhausting side of home care

    nurseangel47 replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

    What with oncall duties where you don't get enough sleep on the week/weekends that you're "on" plus the dreaded paperwork overload, it's no wonder that my brief (less than a year) stint in home health...

  11. Spiritual Experiences

    nurseangel47 replied to greensister's topic in General Nursing

    This is eerily similar to a story my husband (who is originally from England, also) tells whenever he's in one of his "spiritual" moods... He was then still living in England at the time. No, he's...

  12. My Poor Hands have been Washed Raw

    nurseangel47 replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in General Nursing

    Come to think, it just might be the Udderly Smooth lotion or cream that someone else has posted...didn't read it before I posted,

  13. My Poor Hands have been Washed Raw

    nurseangel47 replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in General Nursing

    Walmart and other sundry stores market a remarkable product called udder cream...it's in a container with print similar to a cow's hide, the white background w/black spots all over. Might be called...

  14. question about stethoscopes?

    nurseangel47 replied to student-with-no-life's topic in General Nursing

    And along this vein, what brand/company would I find a moderately priced general med/surg practical stethoscope, not listening for cardiac/pulmonary/g.i. sounds outside my usual realm of nursing...

  15. LPN role in Clinical Research

    nurseangel47 replied to greatan's topic in Research

    Most of the research jobs in nursing involve more extended education than LPN. Not knocking LPNs, believe me! I LOVE YA'LL! I've learned more from them than other RNs on the floors, believe me! But...

  16. Question for OR nurses

    nurseangel47 replied to puddingpie's topic in Operating Room

    What a WONDERFUL opportunity for you as a new nurse and congratulations! Wow! I bet you ARE excited! I would be over the moon if that were where I was starting out getting my feet wet in the...

  17. A Father's Tears

    nurseangel47 replied to Elvish's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Oh my, Arwen...what a poignant version of such an outcome of nursing you've shared. I cannot type any more than that. Not because of tears as so many others have responded, but because,...that's...

  18. overseas nurses leaving the UK for better opportunities anywhere abroad

    nurseangel47 replied to angel Ann's topic in International Nursing

    Sorry 'bout that, Silverdragon 102...'bout the need/cause for you to have to edit that part of my post. I shall be more cautious and succinct/aware of delicate factors such as what I had originally...

  19. overseas nurses leaving the UK for better opportunities anywhere abroad

    nurseangel47 replied to angel Ann's topic in International Nursing

    Bless your heart! I am "connected" to your lovely country via my boyfriend/live-in "common law" (in our state of North Carolina) who has been over here for twenty three years or so...he's from the...

  20. That DREAMY First Check!

    nurseangel47 replied to Williss2's topic in General Nursing

    I'd give anything to be able to bring in even a part time nursing salary! Due to temporary mental/emotional ?instability? due to not being on the correct combo of antidepressants for bipolar disorder...

  21. Needle Stick Injury tonight, really stressed, advice please

    nurseangel47 replied to bulletproofbarb's topic in General Nursing

    I cannot tell you how many times I accidentally got stuck by a HUGE bore needle while taking off and getting others ready behind the present pt. for hemodialysis! It was from being in too much of a...

  22. If your job went from 8 hour to 12 hour shifts...

    nurseangel47 replied to TooterIA's topic in General Nursing

    Unfortunately for me, I was once under the "martial law" from the powers above us "lowly nurses" (ahem!) that we would have no choice (due to sheer lack of number of warm bodies with nursing...

  23. Irritating coworker -RANT

    nurseangel47 replied to Monica RN,BSN's topic in Correctional

    I find the comments that a correctional nurse is found in such an environment or maybe LTC because they cannot find work anywhere else rather offensive. I've worked in both. I am not a bad

  24. RN- How do I get the most from CNA/s while not causing major conflict on the unit

    nurseangel47 replied to kyrn1999's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I, sorrowfully, disagree to some degree, with the comment made stating that cna's job or job description, however you want to phrase it, is just as important as the nurses's. Now, having said that....

  25. New grad in ED

    nurseangel47 replied to alison99's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Wow! Aren't you the lucky newbie on the block in emergent nursing care delivery?! I mean that sincerely, tho' when reading it, it sounds a bit sarcastic, don't mean it that way at all. I think you...