AngelfireRN

AngelfireRN MSN, RN, APRN

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

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

    AngelfireRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, believe me, I have tried faming it off on the doc. The family and my Mama just say, "Oh, but we KNOW you". I guess I just had a bad night and needed to vent, but this is ongoing. Every time a...

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

    AngelfireRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for making me NOT feel 2 inches

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

    AngelfireRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I guess I'm just a B on wheels, then. Oh, well. Maybe I'm just stressed out AND

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

    AngelfireRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    OK, well, are there days you wish no one KNEW you were a

  5. Is this typical for an LTC facility?

    AngelfireRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    :angryfireI love this site. You can come here, blow off steam, and no one thinks you're horrible (or most don't, anyway). I went through this about 9 months ago. My dear departed grandmother was...

  6. nursing fiction/nonfiction

    AngelfireRN replied to GeauxNursing's topic in General Nursing

    I like all the Cherry Ames books by Helen Wells. They are fiction, and came out in the WWII era. Bed Number 10 is a true story about a woman named Sue Baier who had Guillian-Barre'. We had to read...

  7. Is this typical for an LTC facility?

    AngelfireRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    I did report them, but nothing happened. Called the ombudsman, he said he'd check it out, nothing happened. I will not go back, lesson learned. Thanks for letting me know I'm not just a namby-pamby...

  8. Is this typical for an LTC facility?

    AngelfireRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    That's right. Unless I found my own replacement, at 4 in the morning, and unless I let the TECH drug test me, I could not leave, she said. And this was after I came in at 3 in the morning when she...

  9. 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, threatening to leave AMA will not make me bring what ever you want that it's not time for any sooner. I will, however, offer to help you

  10. 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

    Don't have to be a nurse to state the (seemingly) obvious. Very good comment, but, boy do they get huffy. Saw one one time that I bet weighed 400 pounds, complained that she could "feel the metal in...

  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

    Oh, and I also love it when the family member that comes to tell you "Sadie's ready now", gives you that wide-eyed, slack-jawed look of disbelief when you tell them that it'll be just a minute. Like,...

  12. What Patients do to make you mad!

    AngelfireRN replied to MichaelFloridaRN's topic in General Nursing

    Let me just say that this is not the place to critique someone's spelling. This is a vent thread, and while i am sure you are perfect and never do anything out of the way, if the thread or the...

  13. Can't post to my thread!!!

    AngelfireRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I wanted to thank everyone that responded to the "friend situation" thread. I tried to post a thank you on the thread, but the site says I am not authorized. I don't understand why, sonce I started...

  14. retaliation or just coincidence?

    AngelfireRN replied to mtnmom's topic in General Nursing

    I am so glad everything worked out for you, but I hate that you had to worry. As an aside, considering the turns this thread took, and not naming names, is it possible to "block" certain members from...

  15. Patient family issues

    AngelfireRN replied to foxc1121's topic in General Nursing

    OK, I'll jump on the bandwagon here. I absolutely do expect family to help out, unless they are there for just a few minutes. If you have time to go in, sit down, and order room service, you have...

  16. Has anyone else read this, and what do you think?

    AngelfireRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Just out of idle curiosity, does anyone remember the book, "Bed Number 10"? We had to read it in undergrad, and I kept it. I recently re-read it, and could not help but remember that, when we...

  17. Giving the Manager my Brains

    AngelfireRN replied to rb101's topic in General Nursing

    If your manager is going to save evry note that every nurse writes about every new patient, I hope they have a lot of extra filing space. Writing a report for your use should not be subject to a...

  18. How do you handle non compliant patients??

    AngelfireRN replied to pink2blue1's topic in General Nursing

    Regarding the 4 dudes and the pepper spray, I have a hard and fast rule when it comes to nursing, always have. If I cause your injuries, I do not fix them. May sound harsh, but, then, if someone has...

  19. Does this make sense to anyone? LONG, sorry.

    AngelfireRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    :angryfireI have just started a new job in occupational health. I took this job because I am in graduate school, pursuing a nurse practitioner's degree. I made very clear to the person who called to...

  20. Does this make sense to anyone? LONG, sorry.

    AngelfireRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    I don't see the whol passive-aggressive side, but I have told her very clearly that I was not hired to to that job, nor do I want to, nor do I know how. She keeps coming back with, "Well, if we're...

  21. Does this make sense to anyone? LONG, sorry.

    AngelfireRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, I don't know about quitting. I have told the woman I do not want to do case management (disability, work comp, etc. ) That was not what I hired in for. They can not get anyone to fill that...

  22. Inventions for Nurses

    AngelfireRN replied to ryanfocker's topic in General Nursing

    I'd like to see a dialysis type machine that could filter out HIV, hepetitis, leukemia, any bloodborne disease. Farfetched, I know, but would it not be

  23. Horrible first day

    AngelfireRN replied to HealthyRN's topic in General Nursing

    Amen. Med-surg

  24. I think I've heard it all

    AngelfireRN replied to kimmie1224's topic in General Nursing

    That's an old one ,too. They always have a family member who is bosom buddies with the head honcho. I don't care what their beef is, their aunt's sister's husband's friend knows the DON's mama's...

  25. Walkie Talkies on Your Unit?

    AngelfireRN replied to NursingAgainstdaOdds's topic in General Nursing

    :angryfireWe used them (walkies and telephones) in 2 hospitals I worked at ( I was agency). I absolutely hated them! To me, there is nothing that says more to a patient "You don't matter." that...