nightangel99

nightangel99

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  1. CRNA school after bankruptcy

    nightangel99 posted a topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I posted this over in the Pre-CRNA inquiry section, but I will repost here for hopes of a response/some insight.... I am about to pursue my BSN with intent to go to CRNA school upon finishing. I am...

  2. Womens' Health NPs-Question

    nightangel99 posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I currently work in Critical Care nursing and have been for 4 years. I also have 6 years experience in Emergency nursing. I have an expressed interest in the Womens' Health/Community Health NP...

  3. Womens' Health NPs-Question

    nightangel99 replied to nightangel99's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Thanks, both of you. Advice well taken. The aspect of Women's Health that interests me the most is community/public health...counseling young women on family planning, std prevention, prenatal...

  4. CRNA School and Bankruptcy

    nightangel99 posted a topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I am about to pursue my BSN with intent to go to CRNA school upon finishing. I am currently an ADN working in critical care. My question is this... Tomorrow I will be filing a Chapter 13. In 4.5...

  5. Licensing in Minnesota

    nightangel99 replied to nursepearl45's topic in General Nursing

    How much is a RN license in minnesota by endorsement? I tried to find it somewhere on the website, but

  6. Gooding Institute

    nightangel99 replied to blee1's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    For all those that recently interviewed, keep us posted!! I am trying to decide between Gooding and UAB. I live in Dothan, AL.... wondering about the clinical requirements of Gooding. Anyway..keep...

  7. Emergent Question- Please Help

    nightangel99 posted a topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Ok guys, I'm an ER nurse by trade, and so is my neighbor. His 3 yr old daughter had open heart surgery at Childrens' in Birmingham, AL to correct a congenital heart defect last Wednesday. I am...

  8. Montgomery anyone???

    nightangel99 replied to dosamigos76's topic in Alabama Nursing

    UGH.... I don't blame you there. I personally have never worked a nursing floor and have even gone as far as having a nightmare about working the floor....I had a dream that by the time the lunch...

  9. Montgomery anyone???

    nightangel99 replied to dosamigos76's topic in Alabama Nursing

    I work at Baptist South, in the ER as a staff nurse. I worked at SAMC for 7 years. Started there as a new grad in the ER and ended up being a charge nurse most of my time there.. did a few months in...

  10. Dothan's Wallace Community College

    nightangel99 replied to michellesrndream's topic in Alabama Nursing

    I went to Wallace and graduated from the ADN program in 1999. My 21 classmates and I all made great nurses...it was a pretty airtight program. Is Mr. Ortman still teaching Med Surg III? All his...

  11. Montgomery anyone???

    nightangel99 replied to dosamigos76's topic in Alabama Nursing

    I work in Montgomery...just started 4 weeks ago. I love my job so far....What do you do (Cheryl) in Montgomery exactly? I live in DOTHAN....I know, I know, I must be crazy... let's just say I'm...

  12. Montgomery anyone???

    nightangel99 replied to dosamigos76's topic in Alabama Nursing

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  13. ER newbie here, please give me some tips to meet my co-workers expectation

    nightangel99 replied to mtreyes's topic in Emergency

    Don't even get in the habit of working to please your coworkers.....I like to think of it as a personal best, not a departmental one. If you get caught up to trying to measure up to someone else's...

  14. MI at 23?

    nightangel99 replied to MikeyBSN's topic in General Nursing

    I had a 17 year old present with the same symptoms..had EKG changes consistent with an MI and an elevated troponin. The cardiologist diagnosed him with

  15. ER the TV show

    nightangel99 replied to aruray's topic in General Nursing

    Here's another factoid about that tube- There are actually 3 kinds of varice tubes - one is a Blakemore, one is a Minnesota (I think), and it has like 6 ports on the end. I think that is the one that...

  16. OB Nurses - Please read! Very worried about my sister!

    nightangel99 replied to New CCU RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'm no OB nurse, but from an ER nurse who has had personal experience with pre-term labor with bedrest management, I will say this.... a hard head makes a soft behind. As a nurse, you deem yourself...

  17. Flower's Hospital & SE Alabama Medical Center??

    nightangel99 replied to COLOGIRL's topic in Alabama Nursing

    I know this is an old thread, and you may have already landed a job but...here is my two cents. I am a proud SAMC ER nurse. We have employees that drive from farther than Enterprise to work here. We...

  18. TV in the ED

    nightangel99 replied to RNCENCCRNNREMTP's topic in Emergency

    We have TVs in our ED, and crowd control has not been any more an issue than before they were installed. Word to the wise - bolt your remote controls down, or eliminate them altogether. They tend to...

  19. Migrane Headache Treatment in the ED

    nightangel99 replied to keaston's topic in Emergency

    I have drawn from IV locks several times with success. Usually what I do is flush with about 1 cc NS first, then aspirate. If that doesn't work, I leave well enough alone. If I have a patient that...