AngelfireRN

AngelfireRN MSN, RN, APRN

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

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  1. How Late Is Too Late?

    AngelfireRN posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Advance Practice Nurses, I have a question... If you work in a clinic or doctor's office, how late do you allow a scheduled patient to sign in before requiring that they reschedule? We are in the...

  2. Do you ever confront patients about this sort of thing?

    AngelfireRN replied to BlueDevil,DNP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I know I'm late to the party, but may I offer a different view? My practice does primarily pain management, and while it's not a popular method, we can use that as leverage to modify behaviors. You...

  3. How Late Is Too Late?

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

    Yes, we charge a no-show fee. We also charge a $10 fee for every time a patient calls to be reminded of their appt. This is because all patients are provided with an appointment card at their visit...

  4. Need help filling out form

    AngelfireRN replied to TeeGuneys23's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    ^^^^What they

  5. What are some important abbreviations I should be familiar with?

    AngelfireRN replied to NursingBro's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I remember clearly seeing one teenage patient lapse into sobs and ask if she was being punished. She asked if she behaved better, would we give her other things to eat? Poor baby, she was in with...

  6. Cant believe the nurse did.....

    AngelfireRN replied to Daisy_08's topic in General Nursing

    Once upon a time, I misread an order for CaCO3 in tabs instead of grains... gave 5 tabs and ordered more, thinking I needed 10. I had JUST graduated. Thankfully, the doc and patient had a sense of...

  7. Cant believe the nurse did.....

    AngelfireRN replied to Daisy_08's topic in General Nursing

    Ew. Me and my rosy

  8. I am struggling with patient families lately.

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

    THIS and THIS and

  9. Cant believe the nurse did.....

    AngelfireRN replied to Daisy_08's topic in General Nursing

    When I was a student nurse many moons ago, our class was regaled with the tale of the nurse who administered either Maalox or MOM in an infant's IV. The baby's arm eventually had to be amputated....

  10. I cannot believe a nurse did this......

    AngelfireRN replied to shellybsn's topic in General Nursing

    Probably not...anyone got a lug wrench? Methinks someone or something needs to be loosened up a

  11. I am struggling with patient families lately.

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

    I deal with these idiots every day...even away from the bedside. I can tell you at a glance who are going to be my PITAs for the day, and it's those patients who come in with either Mommy or Sissy...

  12. Whats your biggest pet peeve working in the ED?

    AngelfireRN replied to Whts_Ur_Emergency?'s topic in Emergency

    The first time any patient bangs on my door to hurry me along....wait, make that the NEXT time it happens, I'll deal with them the same way I dealt with the last one that did it. They are no longer...

  13. what did you get for Christmas from your employer?

    AngelfireRN replied to AlphaPig's topic in General Nursing

    A nice fat bonus check and a GC to Olive

  14. What certifications do you have?

    AngelfireRN replied to confusedstudent_88's topic in General Nursing

    I am a CRNP-BC with both ACNP and FNP degrees. Certified by the ANCC. That's Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner, Acute Care NP, and Family

  15. What's the weirdest thing management has said to you?

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

    And what was your answer? And why the write up? That's

  16. Four Little Words- Dear Patient

    AngelfireRN posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Dear Patient, I felt so bad about that phone call from your Mama. I really wish I had not used the tone I did with her. I know she was worried about you. I know she had no medical knowledge. I...

  17. Four Little Words- Dear Patient

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

    You obviously don't work with the population I do. Not only is it appropriate, in some cases it's warranted. But, your opinion and mine don't have to gel, so Merry Christmas and thanks for reading...

  18. "For Nurses Only"

    AngelfireRN replied to csereno123's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Paragraphs are

  19. Interesting Physician Perspective On NPs

    AngelfireRN replied to PMFB-RN's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Nothing wrong with the South. I can't imagine living anywhere

  20. What is it with nurses and cell phones? Just a vent.

    AngelfireRN replied to fakebee's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    And now, to Windex my screen where I spewed my soda all over

  21. Head, meet desk

    AngelfireRN replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    I've dealt with that...told the throughput person that the only way we could take more patients was if she sent maintenance to string up a few

  22. What is it with nurses and cell phones? Just a vent.

    AngelfireRN replied to fakebee's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Either you're deliberately missing the point or someone has crawled you before on this... the post clearly stated that the person in question was ignoring call bells and stated that answering bells...

  23. What is it with nurses and cell phones? Just a vent.

    AngelfireRN replied to fakebee's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Ruby's usually spot on...I'm with Ruby on this one...she may have fab technical skills, but letting stuff that isn't ' her job' go because she won't put down the phone? Bad personal

  24. Advice or Ideas Regarding Patient Compliance...

    AngelfireRN posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Just looking for some insight about how things run at my clinic, and what tools or methids I can implement to have the desired effects. Background: My clinic is touted as a general practice clinic,...

  25. Advice or Ideas Regarding Patient Compliance...

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

    Update... The sign is being adhered to, bar none. We are also implementing the revamping of the pain contracts to include our new policies. This will aid in getting the message to our illiterate...