ang75

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1. No slamming me please!!!

   ang75 replied to jkaee's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Sorry, no info about lozenges or patches. But I do have a few things to say... First off, congrats on being brave enough to post this thread. I know a lot of smokers who choose to be closet smokers...

2. Need info

   ang75 replied to justint's topic in Emergency

   Ditto to Pams post. Except our nurse to pt ratio is usually about 6 or 7:1. In the field we have standing orders, so its just memorize, memorize, memorize. I think it is good for me to pull shifts in...

3. pap smears

   ang75 replied to Lateefa's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Never. Completely out of their scope of

4. Need info

   ang75 replied to justint's topic in Emergency

   Well, I do both. I work full time in the ER as an RN although I have kept my MICT current. I do occasionally pull shifts in the field. Once in a blue moon I work in the air. Not often though. Now...

5. Foreign Objects in Body Cavities

   ang75 replied to SWFlorida's topic in Emergency

   People are such freaks. Sometimes I think of switching over and taking care of animals instead. But then we wouldn't have all of these hideous stories to laugh and gag at.:) Please say it isn't...

6. If you could work anywhere..

   ang75 replied to GottaBeanRN's topic in General Nursing

   travel nursing. To go where ever I like whenever I like would be

7. Worthless medical insurance

   ang75 replied to Blackcat99's topic in General Nursing

   What part of the country are you looking for? I had a great INS co while in denver. Here, it is another story. I dislocated my knee 1 yr ago and had to go to the OR for open reduction. I had...

8. Drug Seeker Antics and Dramas

   ang75 replied to SWFlorida's topic in Emergency

   exactly tee it up

9. Foreign Objects in Body Cavities

   ang75 replied to SWFlorida's topic in Emergency

   Ok, so this one is not about a fb, but close enough. Very, very dirty lol came in by ems, escorted by hus, for "just not right". It was very obvious by both appearance and aroma that neither of...

10. Drug Seeker Antics and Dramas

    ang75 replied to SWFlorida's topic in Emergency

    We use O2 for "cluster headaches". Works

11. Emerg. Nurses Opinion about this please

    ang75 replied to TechieNurse's topic in Emergency

    Always two sides to a story. And all of us know that to the er pts 20 minutes seems like 2 hrs. About the asthma...if the episode was so "severe" she wouldn't have lasted 2

12. Foreign Objects in Body Cavities

    ang75 replied to SWFlorida's topic in Emergency

    I have seen many fb's in many places, but the one that got to me the most was the roach in a guy's ear. I don't know why it bothered my so much. Wasn't my ear. But just the thought of it wiggling...

13. Drug Seeker Antics and Dramas

    ang75 replied to SWFlorida's topic in Emergency

    We had a ff that came in at the age of 24 for pain meds for "knee pain" . MS was the ONLY thing that worked of course. No limp, normal gait, dnv's intact, no crepitus, nada. One of our ER docs got...

14. Foreign Objects in Body Cavities

    ang75 replied to SWFlorida's topic in Emergency

    We had another guy who came in with a glass coke bottle (open) stuck in his bum with the open end up. We all placed bets on how they were gonna get it out because of the vacuum it had created. When...

15. Foreign Objects in Body Cavities

    ang75 replied to SWFlorida's topic in Emergency

    There was so much swelling there that they actually had to use lidocaine and make a small incision on the dog to get the blood to drain. Is there anyone in this world who could have done that with a...