AngelfireRN

AngelfireRN MSN, RN, APRN

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

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  1. Rules for the ER (long)

    AngelfireRN replied to EDValerieRN's topic in Emergency

    Murse, you said it better than I ever could have. Thank you. Hhern, you don't get to ask how or why or anything else, because you DON'T see the people I refer to. I do. Every blessed day. I know a...

  2. Rules for the ER (long)

    AngelfireRN replied to EDValerieRN's topic in Emergency

    Not only do I have to stand it, I have to deal with these jokers every day I work, too. "I'm trying to get my disability." "For what condition?" "My nerves. I just can't handle life. I never have...

  3. 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

    I usually resort to my mantra about the perils of a stroke, popping a kidney, heart attack/failure, etc. If they don't listen, well, I

  4. Frustrating!

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

    Two weeks, maybe a day or two longer, depending on when my licensure goes through for the next job. I do try and ignore...it just cheeses me off when my patients suffer because they want to keep that...

  5. 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

    "No, I don't 'just know' what the name is of every medication you're on. We don't prescribe all of them for you. No, it isn't 'cause you're in so much pain' that your B/P is 230/114. It's because...

  6. Please go home...you are stable enough to be discharged...don't make me call security

    AngelfireRN replied to abundantjoy07's topic in Emergency

    Hey, if it

  7. Vent: "I should warn you, I'm a tough stick..."

    AngelfireRN replied to Anna Flaxis's topic in Emergency

    As the one the med assistant calls when either she or my OM can't get blood, I hear it every blessed day that I work. And, about 90% of the time, I get it, And sometimes in the dangedest places. I...

  8. Rules for the ER (long)

    AngelfireRN replied to EDValerieRN's topic in Emergency

    Snort, sounds like what I deal with every day. "What do you mean, you don't have samples of the 20-year old med that's on the $4 list?" This thread is so cathartic,

  9. The word is "serendipity'.

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

    Thank you. The drama has only built since I last posted, but I have 2-3 weeks left on my notice, depending on licensure, and I can handle

  10. 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

    Rackle, try quoting what you're referencing/replying to...having trouble following you,

  11. Support, Anyone?

    AngelfireRN posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    As you all know, I have been offered several options in the way of new employment. I have carefully considered these, and come to the decision that I feel is best. I did some math, after the offers...

  12. Support, Anyone?

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

    Thank you, Trauma. I really hope I'm not coming across as an attention-seeker anymore, as I know that was the consensus that was held earlier. After what you and Siri said, I took a long, hard look,...

  13. Patients' "home remedies"? What have you seen

    AngelfireRN replied to flyingchange's topic in General Nursing

    J This was when I was very small, Granny's been dead for 16 years. I don't even think they make that stuff anymore, and I certainly would not use it! Makes me shudder to

  14. The word is "serendipity'.

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

    Update: I have been inundated over the weekend with advice/ideas, and thought I had come to a decision. Wrong. The doc started calling Monday morning, asking if I had told my current job that I was...

  15. Patients' "home remedies"? What have you seen

    AngelfireRN replied to flyingchange's topic in General Nursing

    My Great Granny used to put 'coal oil' (kerosene) on wounds, and swore by Mercurochrome (some people called it Merthiolate). Stuff had actual mercury in it, and I think it's banned now, but it worked,...

  16. Claiming suicide can get you out of anything!

    AngelfireRN replied to bjaeram's topic in General Nursing

    NREMT, I think I might just love

  17. 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

    "No, the only pain in the butt in here for me is YOU!" This to the lovely LOM, who watched me walk in and ease myself down on my stool (the baby is killing my back), snurled up his nose, and snipped,...

  18. The word is "serendipity'.

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

    I plan to ask for half my med mal paid yearly, and I don't require bennies. That's usually a selling point for me when it comes to a job hunt. It also serves a purpose. In a case like I find myself...

  19. The word is "serendipity'.

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

    I thought the same thing, about the last resort. DH and I discussed that very thing at length. Hence the contract and the stipulations. I know her personality has not changed, there was never a...

  20. The word is "serendipity'.

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

    You remember correctly, and if even one of them are still there, the other job in the neighboring state will be the one I take. I can handle one, but not all. From what I have heard, though, the...

  21. Claiming suicide can get you out of anything!

    AngelfireRN replied to bjaeram's topic in General Nursing

    I used to work in a locked psych facility. A patient there threw an older nurse down and kicked her in the head because she would not let him out to smoke whenever he wanted. She pressed charges,...

  22. The word is "serendipity'.

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

    Trauma, you're welcome to your opinion, of course. However, mine's a bit different. I can assure you, I'm NOT seeking this kind of attention. If I could just go in, do my thing, and come home, I'd...

  23. The word is "serendipity'.

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

    Thank you,

  24. The word is "serendipity'.

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

    That was the whole point. What didn't kill me did serve to make me a whole lot smarter.

  25. The word is "serendipity'.

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

    Because she treats them like garbage and they either quit or she fires them. In the scenario we will have this time, she won't even be at the same practice location I am. She will just be my...