AngelfireRN

AngelfireRN MSN, RN, APRN

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

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  1. Alternatives to Strangling

    AngelfireRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I do appreciate all the thoughtful replies! DH is at work today, but we have spoken and since I have had a chance to get over the worst of my mad ( I try never to lash out when I'm that angry,...

  2. Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired

    AngelfireRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I recently graduated NP school (yay!!!!), and started my new job, which I adore (even better). There's one little hitch....I can NOT get well!!! First, I caught pneumonia, which was no small surprise....

  3. Alternatives to Strangling

    AngelfireRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    No flames here, Spider, I'm with you all the way! If I had acted the way that child does, well, I wouldn't have, but had I, I would not have been able to sit for a

  4. Alternatives to Strangling

    AngelfireRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    Dandelion, Hubby and I are on the same page with respect to child-rearing, he says the kid needs beating, Lord knows he does. His issue was with the fact that I was chiming in along with everyone...

  5. Alternatives to Strangling

    AngelfireRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    No, no, DH did not say that about the having children, his cousin by marriage did. And yes, his family is sick and twisted, and they live over 100 miles away and I only see them twice a year. DH did...

  6. Alternatives to Strangling

    AngelfireRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you so much. I would have said exactly what you did, but I was trying so hard to be nice. I really do not care for these people at all, and was just trying to blow it off. I'd never have spanked...

  7. Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired

    AngelfireRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    I said I'd never go back and do anything else school-wise, I was so worn out, but as an ACNP (as soon as I pass boards), I cannot see kiddos or do women's health, and the doc I am working for does...

  8. Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired

    AngelfireRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    Hey, leslie!!!!!!!! Thanks!!! And you know me way to well! I know I need to lay back, and I am trying, but I start BACK to school for my FNP January 7, so it'll be a short break. I'll be done...

  9. Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired

    AngelfireRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    I keep my 2.2 liter water jug with me, and I wear the hand sanitizer out. I try and sleep as much as I can, and this job is only about 15 minutes from home, so no long drive. That's a blessing. I...

  10. Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired

    AngelfireRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, it's freezing here, which is unusual for Alabama. It was 14 when I went in this a.m., and the wind chill was

  11. What things do your family members do that drive the nurse in you nuts?

    AngelfireRN replied to blondy2061h's topic in General Nursing

    1) When they call you and ask, "When someone has breast CA and they do lymph nodes, where do they start?" (I THINK she was referring to staging, but with her you never know) "Ummmm, WHAT? Mom, I just...

  12. Comments from the peanut gallery....

    AngelfireRN replied to emtb2rn's topic in Emergency

    Or the wrong planet. I just landed my first NP job (yay!!!!), and my doc has a no-narc policy (not that I could write for them in my state anyway). Calling the local gendarmes, or threatening to, is...

  13. Need advice about my aging grandmother

    AngelfireRN replied to Magsulfate's topic in General Nursing

    Per TOS, we can't give medical or legal advice on this forum. I'm so sorry for your situation, but this is something best discussed with your GM's physician, or perhaps another physician if her PMD...

  14. Comments from the peanut gallery....

    AngelfireRN replied to emtb2rn's topic in Emergency

    I know what you mean. You just can NOT have a good old-fashioned vent thread anymore. I wish that sometimes there was a trigger like we wish we had for those incessant callbell-ringers that would...

  15. Reprimanded for cleaning up after myself!!!

    AngelfireRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    You know, I know I have had some complaints about this job, but what happened today takes the taco. My plant is closing ( I work occ), and as such, all the old medical records have to be shredded....

  16. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    AngelfireRN replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    That kitten thing has been making the email rounds for at least a year. It may be true, but it's been around for a

  17. Reprimanded for cleaning up after myself!!!

    AngelfireRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks, all. I'm just so over this place. Sup's nuttier than a pecan farm. Then, at times, she's all right. It's just that I'm so hyper and she's so NOT. What gripes me is the whole reading...

  18. 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

    "If you don't take your seizure meds, don't blame us when you have a freakin' SEIZURE!!!!!!" Had one yesterday who was d/ced from the ER, stable, and had a second seizure as he was getting in the car....

  19. Now, Wait A Dang Minute, Here!!!

    AngelfireRN posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Hi, all. I usually post in the General forum, did not know there was a thread for NPs. I graduate December 13, a bit more than a month from now, and to say I'm a little overwhelmed is understating it...

  20. Reprimanded for cleaning up after myself!!!

    AngelfireRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    Well, Vito, as of December 13, I will graduate with my Master's degree and really be hunting down a NP position, I am looking now, but most places won't even look at you without an NP license in hand....

  21. Certification Frustration

    AngelfireRN replied to worm9's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    OP, I live in Alabama too, PM me and I'll see if I can get her some leads. I graduate in about a month, and I have several avenues, but I'll need to know what area of the state you're in....

  22. Are you treated with more dignity now?

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

    Well, to answer your question, somewhat, but not really. I precept in the hospital where I worked as an RN, and they treat me great. OTOH, I have a cousin who is also an RN. I was telling her the...

  23. 10/10 pain..venting!

    AngelfireRN replied to NYCRN16's topic in Emergency

    Question: I was hospitalized this past summer with a GI bleed that was believed to be the result of NSAID use. I lost 6 pints of blood and required a transfusion. I now list NSAIDs as an allergy...

  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

    Dear Lord, the things I WOULD HAVE told that patient, and not felt bad at all about it. I guess I'm just a hard nose, but crap like that just steams my clams! I was in line at Wal-Mart tonight,...

  25. "Well, that's ONE way to do it!"

    AngelfireRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    LOL, just had to share this.... We wered doing flu shot clinic at work these past 2 days, and I was the shot-giver. Back by popular request, it seemed, apparently my reputation as a painless...