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I hope this isn't a silly question: how do you pronounce angina? Do you say "ann GI (long I) na" or "ANN guh nuh" ???? Or some other way? Thanks.

Hi, I am new here but am glad to have found you all. I've been an RN (BSN) for 24 yrs working in all sorts of areas and am getting ready to start in Cardiac Rehab next week. I am VERY excited. However it's been 5 yrs since I've been certified in ACLS...

Yes, I love my job. RN x 26 yrs + all sorts of areas (jack of all trades, master of none??). Whenever I stopped loving an area I have found a new one. Am currently working out-pt cardiac rehab and love love love it. No docs (which is both good and ba...

I agree that was quite an uncalled for insult...however.....even though it would have taken every ounce of self-control I ever may have I would have strived to NOT RESPOND, LOL! I think the guy was looking for a major reaction and by golly he got one...

:chuckle I'm no golfer....but I'm a swimmer :chuckle

I am lol....I looked up "angel" in The American Heritage Dictionary and way down there(after all the definitions we are relating to here I found.....under def #6: a. enemy aircraft; b.a radar echo of unknown origin :) Also...in Catholic teaching ...

"It is my opinion that you must be selfless to some extent in order to care, if we were only self involved then we could not provide care at all! While performing tasks that releive pain, and sooth suffering, are we being completely self involved? Ca...

This discussion got heated....really hit some nerves. (I need some more coffee.) It's good in that we're thinking and hashing it out. For as many different personalities out there don't you think we will find as many different nurses and approaches o...

"In no way do I think being called an angel could ever hurt the nursing profession because being called an angel is just that, a term. Yes! Exactly. :) "If I am called an angel, good for me ...If someone is offfended by that, oh well..I don't lose...

Good post; good points. Yes, you are right, It IS about me (each of us) in that we bring our unique SELVES to work and we are interacting with people who have specific needs.....But I still think I get my me time at home :) and I consider myself "he...

One more thing and then I have to go watch E.R. (LOL) Nursing as a profession is NOT ABOUT ME. That's kinda the whole point for me. The day it's about ME (or whatever they call me, lol) I need to make a change. And now it's time for some pop...

I must be getting old, lol. Does this thread strike anyone else out there as much ado about nothing? We are so overly sensitive. In 25 yrs I've been called an angel from time to time and I have taken it simply as what it was meant.....a heart-felt th...

I love nursing.....have been an RN x 25 yrs and am very happy with my career choice. I can honestly say I feel proud to tell people "I am a nurse." Have always thought of nursing for me as more of a vocation. BUT....a few yrs after graduating (BSN) ...

Thanks. I live in the south and sometimes the southern accents have a way of twisting words around(!). Don't you know I teach a class on ANN- GI- NA/ s/sx of MI :) so wanted to make sure I was saying it right. (I've been pronouncing both ways to m...

Hi Lee1, great questions. Wow...well I am (naively) assuming that it would be my tail on the line as for who is responsible since I am the lone RN , 2 out of 3 days. The other day it is me and the director (RN, MSN)together. But I will ask. No, we d...

It's been YEARS since I did this but how 'bout the good ole narc keys:( Da*n.....back to the hospital...

I don't think any of us started out LIKING gross stuff:eek: but you do get desensitized pretty quickly. Do you have a sense of humor??? It goes a looooong way, LOL. Good luck. I'm a BSN who readily admits that alot of the BS stands for you know what...

Hi Gina and welcome. I agree, go to the Home Health board and you'll lear ALOT but I saw your post and will quickly respond: I just left Home Health after 5 yrs there (24 yrs as RN). It was one of the most rewarding nursing experiences I've had bec...

HI, thanks for the responses....since I 1st posted I've started work and have been there 2 wks and I love it . It's a small program (small rural hospital) with Phase 2 and Phase 3 patients. The director of the whole wellness center which cardiac reha...

I've never worked there but I'll take your word for it, lol....wow(!) My most stressful place believe it or not was hemodialysis, both acute and chronic, both in-hospital and out patient.....dear sweet lord some of those people were sick and there we...

When I was a new grad over 20 yrs ago I worked permanent nights in a PICU. We had one very anal-retentive, obsessive-compulsive and of course excellent peds surgeon that DEMANDED to be called for EVERYTHING. I mean some of his parameters were indeed ...

Last week I made a visit to a woman with a PAC (passport) in her upper arm. She's had it for over a yr for chemo, TPN and other prn IV fluids. The family was c/o the PAC not flushing and were afraid it was leaking. Sure enough the needle was complete...