AngelfireRN

AngelfireRN MSN, RN, APRN

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

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  1. Does this scare anyone but me?!?!?!?!?

    AngelfireRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    psychrn, it really was not my call, as I was just shadowing, it was the doc's call. There were no orders as yet, we were doing our initial assessment. Per policy, MVAs on a backboard and in a collar...

  2. Does this scare anyone but me?!?!?!?!?

    AngelfireRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    Again, I never said that I HATE anyone. Please read my posts. I did attempt to explain the reason to this man behind our not medicating him right away, and his response was to scream and whine even...

  3. Does this scare anyone but me?!?!?!?!?

    AngelfireRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    OK, let me get a few things straight: 1) I never said that I HATE anybody. I said that I could not stand drug seekers. This was a very clear cut case. I think I made my point about that. It was a...

  4. Does this scare anyone but me?!?!?!?!?

    AngelfireRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    Kymmi, Please don't think I was profiling, I have seen enough to know when someone is truly in pain. I am not denying he was hurting, but when someone says their neck hurts because they have a plate...

  5. Does this scare anyone but me?!?!?!?!?

    AngelfireRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    Oh,speaking of security, did I mention that we had 3 strapping 6 foot plus 250-pounders guarding a 70 year old who was about 5 foot 4 and weighed about 140. Any one of them could have been helpful in...

  6. Patients on Medicaid

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

    tom, The lady was not "standing up for her rights", she was having a hissy fit. The manager was not unjust, the WIC coupons were very specific about what was and was not allowed. The child's...

  7. Egads! NP student- Feel like the village idiot!

    AngelfireRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    I chose ACNP because, since I live in north AL, my choices were ACNP or FNP. This area is saturated with FNPs, and I thought ACNP would be more marketable. I, too, am burned out of the hospital, and...

  8. Egads! NP student- Feel like the village idiot!

    AngelfireRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi, all. I am in my 2nd semester of ACNP classes, rounding with a cardiologist and the director of our local ER. I have been an RN for nearly 7 years. I have worked in an ER before, but have little,...

  9. Egads! NP student- Feel like the village idiot!

    AngelfireRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you, TPfan. May I ask, what track did you do? I am pursuing ACNP. Thanks

  10. Egads! NP student- Feel like the village idiot!

    AngelfireRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    I guess I'm just such a perfectionist that it tears me up that I can't take to it my second day. Thanks for the

  11. What is your BIGGEST pet peve about school nursing ?

    AngelfireRN replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

    I actually wrote a book about my experiences as a school nurse. Wrote this over the course of about 3 months while I was working nights with an agency. I finally had to type a page, print it, and...

  12. Best-smelling liquid meds!

    AngelfireRN replied to Nurse!Nurse!Hello?'s topic in General Nursing

    I like the smell of Nystatin, tastes yucky, though. Insulin smells liks a type of off-brand rubbing alcohol to me, but I like the smell of alcohol, too. Maybe I'm

  13. Families from Hell

    AngelfireRN replied to traumamomtx30's topic in General Nursing

    I became of the opinion very quickly that most family members need 1 of 2 things. Either 1) a good slap, or 2) a tourniquet around the neck. That would solve a lot of problems right there, however,...

  14. I don't want to come to work on my days off.

    AngelfireRN replied to Wheaties's topic in General Nursing

    I used to work in an LTC that I signed on with as Baylor. They would call EVERY DAY to ask me to come in. I was also a school nurse, and worked there the 5 days a week in addition to the weekends....

  15. LO's that KNOW IT ALL

    AngelfireRN replied to ktwlpn's topic in General Nursing

    I think it's cojones, pronounced co-hone-ays, Spanish for a certain part of the male anatomy that usually come in pairs. LOL If the question was sarcastic, I guess I'm just a goofball.

  16. Hostile and demanding patients. How do you handle them?

    AngelfireRN replied to Virgo_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks, leslie. The reason I said it may sound harsh is that I am a very outspoken, assertive person, and sometimes people take it the wrong way. I have learned from bitter experience not to be a...

  17. Hostile and demanding patients. How do you handle them?

    AngelfireRN replied to Virgo_RN's topic in General Nursing

    If a calm, rational explanation has been tried and has failed, I resort to the oldie but goodie. "I am not going to tolerate your behavior. When you are ready to act like you have sense, I will be...

  18. It's 4am, do you know where your patient is?

    AngelfireRN replied to Tait's topic in General Nursing

    This happened when I was a nurse intern, years ago. I went into a room to stop a dinging IV pump while getting my MN vitals. The IV tubing is snapped, fluid pooling in the floor, so I turned off the...

  19. 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

    OMG, how true, how true!! Here's a few more: "If you don't want to hear the truth, don't ask. I do not have time to candy-coat everything for you just to keep from bruising your poor little abused...

  20. Non-medical family who think they know everything!!!!!

    AngelfireRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    This is an aside to the thread I posted a week or so ago about a friend of my mom's who had an intraventricular bleed. I was upset at being bombarded with status questions on a patient that I knew...

  21. Non-medical family who think they know everything!!!!!

    AngelfireRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks, all. I know y'all get tired of listening to me whine. The truth is, Mama and I are a lot alike, we're like a Jack Russell in ways. We latch on to a project and will NOT give it up for...

  22. Are there ever days you HATE being a nurse?

    AngelfireRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Just wondering if anyone else gets as frustrated as I do. Case in point: my mother's best friend had a massive stroke a few days back. She would up having an intraventricular bleed (neuro guys, feel...

  23. Are there ever days you HATE being a nurse?

    AngelfireRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    Elthia, I'm so sorry to hear about your dad. It stinks to lose someone, especially if you are in the healthcare field and have that constant feeling of, "I should have been able to DO something". So...

  24. Ways I have heard Metoprolol pronounced...by medical personnel.

    AngelfireRN replied to stillpressingon's topic in General Nursing

    My hubby always says Finnegan for Phenergan. My aunt and my father still say Ambeeumm for

  25. Are there ever days you HATE being a nurse?

    AngelfireRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you. Nice to know I'm not the only