AngelfireRN

AngelfireRN MSN, RN, APRN

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

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  1. Non-clinical management telling a Nurse how to be a Nurse

    AngelfireRN replied to SweetLoriRedRN's topic in General Nursing

  2. How to handle the "crazies"

    AngelfireRN replied to inteRN's topic in Emergency

    EMTRN, I'd like to hear your tales about the cry-for help crowd. You can PM me if you want, and you WON'T offend me. Been there and done it for too

  3. Osteocondroma surgery

    AngelfireRN replied to cabannastarr's topic in General Nursing

    Per TOS, we really can not give out medical advice. Try asking the MD for a referral if PT is not working for this. Whether or not he is to blame ( and you know he'll say he's not), he should at...

  4. Your Favorite and Your Weirdest

    AngelfireRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Ok, gotta fun question... What is your favorite nursing skill, and what is the weirdest thing about you as a nurse, that maybe not everyone knows about? I'll start. My favorite nursing skill is...

  5. Your Favorite and Your Weirdest

    AngelfireRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    Gee, what a response! To clarify, I LOVE Dr. Michael Baden, he's who got me into forensics at the outset. Started an IV today for the first time in months. Of course, I didn't tell the guy that until...

  6. RN salary in Alabama

    AngelfireRN replied to tnlally's topic in General Nursing

    I live in the northern part of the state, near Huntsville, and as an RN I made between $25-$27 per hour, dependent upon where I was. In a city hospital, they usually pay more. You can also do local...

  7. Who else has passed out?

    AngelfireRN replied to Nightingale11's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, honey...I passed out COLD giving my first shot in nursing school. I did great drawing it up and popping it in, but something about watching it come back out just did it for me. I managed to hand...

  8. Clueless Patients and The Problems They Cause

    AngelfireRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Just had a couple of dillies yesterday, and wondered if any of y'all run into this where you are. 1) LOL is on the table, having a heart cath. The doc tells her that we have to send her to a...

  9. Clueless Patients and The Problems They Cause

    AngelfireRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

  10. Clueless Patients and The Problems They Cause

    AngelfireRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    Well, nursemike, in this case, you may run into some opposition. Yes, this is a discussion forum, but this thread, we're venting. I don't expect everyone to agree with me. But it fries me to be...

  11. Clueless Patients and The Problems They Cause

    AngelfireRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    Well, there's no need to get snippy. I never said that I had nothing left to learn. That was YOUR perception of my post. Yes, I am pretty confident. You can not do what I do and not be confident,...

  12. Clueless Patients and The Problems They Cause

    AngelfireRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    To answer, I'm 29. And to answer a further previous post, yes, I am a pretty darn good actress. Drama club in school. You have got to be something of an actress in this field to not show when...

  13. Clueless Patients and The Problems They Cause

    AngelfireRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    I think so, I think it goes denial, anger, bargaining, acceptance, but someone correct me if I am

  14. Clueless Patients and The Problems They Cause

    AngelfireRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    Well, it's not all sweetness and light all the time. If it bothers you to read these, then don't. No one's forcing you. Nurses are human, humans get exasperated, and people ARE STUPID! That is a...

  15. Clueless Patients and The Problems They Cause

    AngelfireRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    No, that was my first thought (cultural diffs, that is), but these ladies were both American. And lady #1 had pre-empted her case with the same instructions that she gave the cardiologist after he...

  16. Clueless Patients and The Problems They Cause

    AngelfireRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    I have said a million times that there should be a medically recognized diagnosis of Too Stupid To

  17. In 2009, still amazed that sexism is alive and well

    AngelfireRN replied to annmariern's topic in General Nursing

    I love this post. My church said the same thing to me, and I told them I would NEVER be subservient to ANY man. They told me I was going to hell. I told them I'd see them there. Biggest bunch of...

  18. My Crazy Month

    AngelfireRN replied to elizabeth8503RN's topic in General Nursing

    Geez, honey! Don't know what to say but hang in there, and take care of you! You sure don't need a personal illness now. I'll keep you in my thoughts. Hugs to you and your granny. A side note, if...

  19. He Wouldn't Let Me Go

    AngelfireRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Let me first preface this post by saying: my mouth did NOT get me into this one! I was at work a few days back, and was assigned to the doc covering the hospital for my clinic. I had been seeing...

  20. He Wouldn't Let Me Go

    AngelfireRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    They DO seem to gravitate to me, don't they? Never thought about that till

  21. He Wouldn't Let Me Go

    AngelfireRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    Mulan, The nurse was following procedure, he had called the PCP and was told that since my doc did the procedure, to write the order that way (from what I was told). There were nitrates and other...

  22. He Wouldn't Let Me Go

    AngelfireRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    Leslie, it was reported, I think the COS knew before I ever made it back to the clinic. This doc will be leaving us shortly, not because of this incident, but still

  23. they see dead people

    AngelfireRN replied to tatara's topic in General Nursing

    We don't know who my Grandmother was seeing before she died, but the last time my DH came to see her (he was dropping me off so I could spend the night with her at the hospital) she told me that she...

  24. Admit I dread"generalized weekness a/o Dialysis pt, had dialysis today, Full code:"

    AngelfireRN replied to Sirapples's topic in General Nursing

    God bless those poor renal patients. Even on a good day, they're a train

  25. Family members and Visitors telling me HOW to do my job!!!

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

    Do what I do, and I am not joking. Ask them where they took their training, then ask them if they would like to do the procedure. After all else, throw them out. You don't have to work under those...