AngelfireRN

AngelfireRN MSN, RN, APRN

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

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  1. Why do patients abuse nurses?

    AngelfireRN replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    I'd like to implement a tourniquet about the neck myself, but that ain't exactly legal. They KNOW they can get away with it and no one's gonna say boo to them about it no matter what they do. They...

  2. Mormon Undergarment

    AngelfireRN replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    OK, not to hijack the thread here, but after reading "Escape", I, too, have a Q about this garment. Do the families make their own undergarment, each to their own, for their children and such, or is...

  3. I hate it!!!

    AngelfireRN replied to luckylucyrn's topic in Emergency

    This is true. I need the non-urgent ones just for comic relief sometimes. Doing clinical rounds in an ER, had one present today after taking a header off a bike. Huge pump-knot and black eye, no...

  4. Ripped Off

    AngelfireRN replied to Price 2002's topic in General Nursing

    When I was in BSN school, we were told that we had to do our own pinning ceremony if we wanted one, that the staff and faculty would not help us in any way. So we did, and guess what? About a monthe...

  5. Scheduled meeting with manager, HR and union rep

    AngelfireRN replied to meadow85's topic in General Nursing

    I have no idea, but it scared me and it made me mad to boot. How DARE she?!?! I was smart and did not retaliate, which she wanted me to do, so that she would have something to say to the DON. I...

  6. Scheduled meeting with manager, HR and union rep

    AngelfireRN replied to meadow85's topic in General Nursing

    I have had this happen to me as well and agree with all of the above. I would like to add one more thing....each time I have had a meeting like this (twice), at the end, TPTB handed me a paper that...

  7. Well, heck!

    AngelfireRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    I may not have been clear, the agency cherry-picked 2 PRN nurses for ALL the hours after the fulltimers got theirs, the rest of us never even got a call. THAT is what has me steamed. And one of them...

  8. Well, heck!

    AngelfireRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I need some advice, yall, before I get another ulcer to go along with my Barrett's esophagus (which is what my repeat scan showed, for those who remember. If anyone else has that, I'd sure appreciate...

  9. Well, heck!

    AngelfireRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    Not this agency, this facility is the only one in the state that they serve. So, no, they don't tell us about other opportunities. I sure wish they

  10. Well, heck!

    AngelfireRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    I agree. I may call tomorrow and let them know I will be looking. They always expect me to drop everything and come running when they need someone, so maybe it'll do them goo to

  11. Well, heck!

    AngelfireRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    This IS an agency. I am currently looking into others,

  12. Is this even possible?

    AngelfireRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I know I should know this, I'll be a NP in December, but I am so mad right now I can not think. I am scheduled for my repeat scope (EGD) on the 25th, a follow-up from the fiasco last month where I...

  13. Is this even possible?

    AngelfireRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks, leslie. I am highly considering a second opinion, though, for the simple reason that we know NSAIDS had a hand in my ulcer. I was told never to take them again, and I now have them listed as...

  14. Is this even possible?

    AngelfireRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    Well, my EGD was today. The ulcer is healed, but apparently I have Barrett's esophagus. Doc left a list of foods not to eat, namely coffee, which I never have liked, orange juice, which is bad,...

  15. Controversial Michael Moore Flick 'Sicko' Will Compare U.S. Health Care with Cuba's

    AngelfireRN replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    You're right on the shock value. My jaw was on the floor the better part of it. If even half that is true....wow is all I can

  16. Controversial Michael Moore Flick 'Sicko' Will Compare U.S. Health Care with Cuba's

    AngelfireRN replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I wondered if it was at all true. Seemed pretty fantastic. That's why I asked. It's 1 in the morning, all my synapses may not be firing.

  17. Controversial Michael Moore Flick 'Sicko' Will Compare U.S. Health Care with Cuba's

    AngelfireRN replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I just watched this for a class in grad school (Budgeting, of all things) and I am still flabbergasted. I never was a fan of Michael Moore, per se, but I have a whole new respect for him after seeing...

  18. Is this even possible?

    AngelfireRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    No, no.....we are pouring a pad to the new garage...he wanted to take money from my savings to pay for it, and he would put it back after his payday, only I need that money to pay bills since I was...

  19. Is this even possible?

    AngelfireRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    SHE AIN'T COMING, SHE AIN'T COMING, SHE AIN'T COMING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Decided to go out of state for some reason. Hubby swears he did not say anything to her about me wanting a quiet weekend, and...

  20. Nursing License complaint by disgruntled employee

    AngelfireRN replied to mahoganybbw's topic in General Nursing

    Geez. Sorry, hon. My experience, these nutjobs that claim to be on a "mission from God" are some of the most un-Godlike persons you'll ever meet. How she is acting and what she is doing is not the...

  21. How does everyone wind down after work?

    AngelfireRN replied to RN1982's topic in General Nursing

    At the moment, I am jamming to Kid Rock on my iPod and praying hubby does not decide to have me committed. I guess if I walked in on him dancing in his undies, I'd look at him like he was nutty, too....

  22. Is this even possible?

    AngelfireRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks to all that have responded. Y'all are right. I am making excuses. I don't feel very well, and am not up to my usual fighting weight, so to speak. Hubby had to pick me up this morning after...

  23. Is this even possible?

    AngelfireRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    The adopt a snake idea has promise, but my whole family is terrified of them, except me. Thanks for the support, guys. I think I may go drown my sorrows in a Mountain Dew and watch a Lucy or two....

  24. Is this even possible?

    AngelfireRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    That'll never fly. Mama's opinion of MIL is "She's just real nervous." Hah. I'm a nervous wreck BECAUSE of that woman, and I act like I have

  25. Is this even possible?

    AngelfireRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    I wish I could tell you some of the things this woman has done to make me feel this way. Y'all might get a kick out of them, but I always womder who all is on here that may just put 2 and 2