AngelfireRN

AngelfireRN MSN, RN, APRN

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

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  1. Pet Rat Visiting - Nurses Creeped Out!

    AngelfireRN replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    I bet that was a sight. Ex-boyfriend of mine used to have an iguana...had its own bedroom, loved fruit cocktail. It was like his child. It went everywhere with him. Boy, you do get some looks, as...

  2. Pet Rat Visiting - Nurses Creeped Out!

    AngelfireRN replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    Well, lump me into the category of the odd animal lovers, I like rats. I love snakes, too. Having said that, I will admit that, I like them to a degree, domesticated, please. To this day, if a...

  3. Is anybody else tired of the nurse practitioner craze?

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

    Just wanted to clarify...in no way was I intimating that the NPs might do anything to cause harm to the OP. Rather the opposite, that an NP may very well save his life, even with the aforementioned...

  4. Ever had a patient or family members fire you?

    AngelfireRN replied to KeepItRealRN's topic in General Nursing

    At my clinic, a few of the pts try to dictate the care, meds, etc that they receive...our doc is not in the best of health, and thus we try to minimize his stressors. He has informed patients many a...

  5. Is anybody else tired of the nurse practitioner craze?

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

    I smell a troll. And I also call bull. Bull, you don't mean to disrespect the NP profession, when every post you've made from the get-go has smacked of ignorance and disdain. Shame on you. Someday,...

  6. Is anybody else tired of the nurse practitioner craze?

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

    Well, as an NP, I'd like to educate you, but since I don't matter and there's no reason for my existence, you couldn't hear me anyway. As for what I'd REALLY like to say...well, I'd get permanently...

  7. Your one stop for all the most popular pressing questions on allnurses!

    AngelfireRN replied to NeoPediRN's topic in General Nursing

    I got one, I got one!!!! "Where in the hospital should I work to have the maximum exposure to doctors? Because that's why I decided to be a nurse, so I could marry a doctor and that's why I want to...

  8. I'm the office manager and "his wife"

    AngelfireRN replied to netglow's topic in General Nursing

    I worked for my personal family doc, whose wife was the OM. Known them for 26 years. It was horrendous. Now, where I work...the doc's daughter is the OM, the son is the receptionist, and God help...

  9. I'm the office manager and "his wife"

    AngelfireRN replied to netglow's topic in General Nursing

    Been there, done it, never again. It's just a recipe for

  10. So Sick of Pushy Patients and Verbal Abuse

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

    Pardon the stupidity, baby brain is in full force...but what does SMH stand for,

  11. No more internet access

    AngelfireRN replied to racing-mom4's topic in General Nursing

    At my job, my computer has a NetNanny-type thing on it. ALL websites are blocked...even news. The OM told me that her mother (doc's wife) wanted this done because of a previous employee robbing them...

  12. The dumbest thing you've ever heard...

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

    Then there was the one who was convinced that her boil from her axilla had "galloped across her limp nodes and gone to her neck" an the opposite side. Diagnosis: A staph infection in the axilla....a...

  13. The dumbest thing you've ever heard...

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

    Had another one come in yesterday, who's almost, but not quite as bad as "Mama" and "Daddy". (See previous posts for the one about those two). She launches into her usual tirade about all her...

  14. OK, Cultural question here, please forgive the stupidity.

    AngelfireRN posted a topic in Alabama Nursing

    OK, forst of all, for those who do not know, I live and work in Alabama. With the exception of learning Spanish (which was more a hobby than a necessity, and has proven to come in real handy!), I...

  15. Staff splitting...how to deal?

    AngelfireRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi, all. Wanting some input, please on a situation that's driving me bats at work. Our policy on meds is clearly posted in several places on the walls and windows of our clinic..ie: by 2 pm for...

  16. Staff splitting...how to deal?

    AngelfireRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    She got her meds by the time the policy stated she would, and 3 hours early to boot. I go by policy, and I also had 30 other patients to see. OM never promised her a darn thing, all she said was OK,...

  17. Staff splitting...how to deal?

    AngelfireRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    Jen, I didn't tell her that, but that's exactly where she went! I am so glad someone else thinks like me,

  18. Nursing School Horror Stories...from those of us that survived!

    AngelfireRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I really hope this one can stay in General...I'd hate to think I unwittingly scared the bejeebers out of a poor undergrad. Was rereading Echo Heron the other day, and her bout through nursing school...

  19. The dumbest thing you've ever heard...

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

    Don't get me started on my MIL. That woman is a fruit bat of the first order. Heck, she's the flagship

  20. Nursing School Horror Stories...from those of us that survived!

    AngelfireRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, mercy. Reminds me of the 30-something, able-bodied chap who stepped on a nail (his only injury, got staph) who rang the desk and asked for help with his bath. His assigned student refused, told...

  21. OT vs NURSE

    AngelfireRN replied to SneakySnake's topic in General Nursing

    Well, my hat's off to you..if an OT (or ANYONE not my superior and not qualified to make that call) had tried that stunt with me, diplomacy would have been out the window. You handles it much better...

  22. What's the craziest getup you've ever seen?

    AngelfireRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Just curious as to the most off-the-wall outfit anyone's ever seen in the clinic or hospital. I had thought that the gentleman who pulled up at our clinic on a tractor (after about a 40 mile trip),...

  23. What's the craziest getup you've ever seen?

    AngelfireRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    A tutu?!?!?!? An honent-to-God TUTU? Oh,

  24. What's the craziest getup you've ever seen?

    AngelfireRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    We did. Just hysterical, though. He drove the tractor to the clinic because he's legally blind and couldn't drive the car. Love that man to death, but we STILL tease him about pulling a George...

  25. The dumbest thing you've ever heard...

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

    I'm gonna really date myself here, but I didn't get that vaccine. Never stopped my mother from haveing a conniption, though. She connipted on a daily basis,