AngelfireRN

AngelfireRN MSN, RN, APRN

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

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  1. Do some kids ever just IRK you ?

    AngelfireRN replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in School

    Been there, done that. Happens to the best of us. Sometimes your personalities just do NOT mesh. Hang in there, you're a good nurse. You're not the only one it ever happened

  2. What are your "I'm a nurse, I can do this (totally unrelated)" things?

    AngelfireRN replied to mama_d's topic in General Nursing

    Mine used to be, "You can't scare me, I work psych!" But I'll be danged if I can do more than check the oil level in my car. If y'all ever see my car on the side of the road and see my feet sticking...

  3. HELP!! What to put on resume after being unjustly FIRED?

    AngelfireRN replied to AngelsWings09's topic in General Nursing

    I was recently terminated as well, for "asking too many questions". On my job apps I write "will discuss at interview". I have had 3 so far. Good luck to you, honey, and remember, what goes around,...

  4. 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, we don't have samples of every single medication you take. One of the abx I just ordered for you is on the $4 list at Wal-Mart and has been around since God was a boy. THAT's why we don't have...

  5. "And it's all going to be your fault"

    AngelfireRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    You don't know how much I needed to hear that.

  6. What Song Describes Your Life? What Song Describes Your Attitude Towards Nursing?

    AngelfireRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Been thinking about this for a while. If I had to pick a song that described my LIFE, it'd be "Welcome To My Life" by Simple Plan To describe my attitude towards the profession, I think of the group...

  7. What Song Describes Your Life? What Song Describes Your Attitude Towards Nursing?

    AngelfireRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l06M-dsQf3Q

  8. What Song Describes Your Life? What Song Describes Your Attitude Towards Nursing?

    AngelfireRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    Oh and as for my former boss- "Gives You Hell" by the All American Rejects, but that's another story for another

  9. VENT! I Could Absolutely Scream!---long, sorry

    AngelfireRN posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Hi guys, I had this posted in the General forum, but as I am a new grad NP, I want some APN feedback as well, if y'all don't mind. I apologize for the length. I just graduated as an NP in December....

  10. Freaky Things

    AngelfireRN replied to ThrowEdNurse's topic in Emergency

    When my GM got burned in a house fire, she got MRSA and was hospitalized for treatment. GM had always been sharp as a tack, and she was a pistol-ball to boot, we had a heck of a time with her....

  11. 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 did not give you the pneumonia, I only diagnosed you. I prescribed you the medicine to make you well, and I TOLD you that it might be more than a week before you were completely well, and that you...

  12. 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'm sorry, Ma'am, I can't cure stupidity, and you seem to have that in spades." To the woman who came in, wilder than a buck, insisting that the medicine her sister took would work wonders for her...

  13. 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

    Firstly, I would like to thank Angie for trying to keep the peace. Several times over, in fact. Secondly, I would like to say, this is a vent thread, about what you would LIKE TO SAY TO PATIENTS....

  14. does anyone know what 7 variables of a symptom are?

    AngelfireRN replied to *bettie*'s topic in General Nursing

    In Nursing AND NP college we used the OLD CART mnemonic mentioned above. Good

  15. 93 questions

    AngelfireRN replied to mrwrong82's topic in General Nursing

    Mine cut off at 90 and I passed, don't sweat

  16. 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 never thought about it like that, but it makes sense. No flames here. And I have always said to he** with HIPAA, and always will. Stupidest piece of legislature I've ever heard of in my life. If...

  17. "And it's all going to be your fault"

    AngelfireRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    Ain't it always the

  18. "And it's all going to be your fault"

    AngelfireRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    Had another one today... Older man comes in, said that he was told no more refills on his "nerve pills" until he had bloodwork. Says he just had bloodwork done at his cardiologist 2 1/2 months ago and...

  19. Rules for the ER (long)

    AngelfireRN replied to EDValerieRN's topic in Emergency

    As a new NP, I'll second that. Wanna come work with me? Your outlook and mine together would make for a very good

  20. "And it's all going to be your fault"

    AngelfireRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    Yep, cell phone, permed hair, acrylic nails, the works. And my dentist wonders why I grind my

  21. "And it's all going to be your fault"

    AngelfireRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    Who's borderline, that

  22. "And it's all going to be your fault"

    AngelfireRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    So do I. But when you have back to back parents come in DEMANDING IV fluid for their kids who are better hydrated than I am for no good reason, you collaborate with the NP that sees them and decide as...

  23. 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

    BED?!?!?! What do you mean, BED?!?!?! That costs extra, you

  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

    "Sweetheart, that medicine don't work in the bottle." When the b/p is still sky high and they got the script filled, but don't take it. "Through THAT door, 1st on the right, when you see white...

  25. "And it's all going to be your fault"

    AngelfireRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for being a breath of sane air. BTW, I'm having that quote of yours put on a shirt. I hope you don't mind! I nearly ruptured something laughing at