AngelfireRN

AngelfireRN MSN, RN, APRN

med-surg, psych, ER, school nurse-CRNP

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  1. Frustrating!

    AngelfireRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Thanks, Ivan...it's all

  2. Documentation is your friend.

    AngelfireRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Boy, that statement has never been more true than this week. I have been called on the carpet I don't know how many times since I started work at my soon-to-be-former job about my documentation. No,...

  3. Documentation is your friend.

    AngelfireRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    Geez, what a card. I hope the reprimand had the desired effect. That's just

  4. This just gripes the crud out of me...

    AngelfireRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Y'all feel free to tell me if I'm awful for feeling this way. I've just seen so much of it lately, I'm sick. Had one today that absolutely tipped my control balance. He came in a few days prior,...

  5. Family Members

    AngelfireRN replied to CBsMommy's topic in General Nursing

    I would absolutely have a "come to Jesus" with the family. I have had on several occasions. I remember, as a newish nurse, having an almost catatonic elderly lady, with an NG tube and tube feeds....

  6. This just gripes the crud out of me...

    AngelfireRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    Point taken, I'll defer to them for response. My uncle is a lawyer, and as honest as the day is long, even if he is a

  7. This just gripes the crud out of me...

    AngelfireRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    No, but unfortunately, in today's society, it's a very apt one. Not all lawyers are fit for that category, but we all know that there are ambulance-chasers all over. I believe that's what was

  8. This just gripes the crud out of me...

    AngelfireRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    Life, that made me laugh...thank you. And I would not put it past a few at our clinic to do just exactly

  9. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    AngelfireRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Glad everyone's getting a kick out of the 'hoo-hoo', lol. You slip into the vernacular they understand...case in point, I was attempting to explain to a male patient the importance of him going...

  10. This just gripes the crud out of me...

    AngelfireRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    To be honest, I'm surprised he hasn't been back in, claiming an exacerbation or some such. With this particular one, that's about par for the course. Actually, with quite a few where I work, it's...

  11. The word is "serendipity'.

    AngelfireRN posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Well, guys, my time in the land of rampant nepotism is fast drawing to a close. In the past week, I have gotten not one, but THREE job offers. And all of them are offering 10-plus dollars more an...

  12. This just gripes the crud out of me...

    AngelfireRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    I can't speak for all disabled persons everywhere, and I'm not trying to. This post was about one case that starched my Underoos, no more. I didn't generalize, and I didn't call names to anyone...

  13. This just gripes the crud out of me...

    AngelfireRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    In no way and at no time did I say that. If you NEED help, then you should be able to GET help. This jerk does NOT. He is looking for an easy way out, and asking my clinic to aid and abet. I never...

  14. This just gripes the crud out of me...

    AngelfireRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    And I have nothing against Medicaid, except those who abuse it. I'm not generalizing. Someone mentioned that we were likely paying for his care, and Medicare/Medicaid comes out of my check ever two...

  15. This just gripes the crud out of me...

    AngelfireRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    I would have pointed at her and said,"Really? Well, we're exerting exactly the amount of effort to get you discharged as you're exerting to try and be a productive member of society." And then I...

  16. This just gripes the crud out of me...

    AngelfireRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    I always say, Jen, the only thing holding up that halo are the

  17. This just gripes the crud out of me...

    AngelfireRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    As soon as you find out how, I wish you'd tell me. I documented the whole incident, which made him even madder. Now it part of his chart, and it's considered a legal document. And it says...

  18. This just gripes the crud out of me...

    AngelfireRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    Nailed it...he's Medicaid. We're already paying for him to sit on his lazy bum, but he wants

  19. This just gripes the crud out of me...

    AngelfireRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    Because his PFTs, while essentially normal, suggested that he MAY have very SLIGHT obstructive disease. Hence, the rescue albuterol. That way, he can not say he was not treated. He can say that he...

  20. This just gripes the crud out of me...

    AngelfireRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    Xtx, no worries, we're so used to that sort of thing at the clinic, we issue flea collars to all new employees. Along with complimentary monthly rounds of

  21. This just gripes the crud out of me...

    AngelfireRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, the nerve! How dare you suggest he actually be proactive! Why should he have to give up something he loves just to improve his health? The idea. I'll go get the mop to clean up all that sarcasm...

  22. I&D vs. I&D

    AngelfireRN replied to kool-aide, RN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm an NP, and I would have just smiled and nodded, lol. Don't sweat it, this is how everyone

  23. I&D vs. I&D

    AngelfireRN replied to kool-aide, RN's topic in General Nursing

    I personally have only ever heard it used to describe Incision and Drainage. We always called the other "debridement". Be interesting to see what others have

  24. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    AngelfireRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    My favorite threat with young, male diabetics...threaten what they value most. And yes, I really DID care for a 40-something whose "hoo-hoo" fell off from gangrene, related to poor DM control. The...

  25. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    AngelfireRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    "You absolutely sicken me. People like you are the reason healthcare costs are outrageous. How DARE you?!?!?" Had one today that absolutely tipped my control balance. He came in a few days prior,...