spotangel DNP, RN, NP

ED, Tele, MedSurg, ADN, Outpatient, LTC, Peds

Chronic Care Coordinator

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    What's on Your Nurse Christmas Wish List?

    spotangel replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    Can't find my stethoscope Santa! It was a Littman
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    Opinions on Employee of the Month

    spotangel replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Years ago I received at home,a dozen roses and a certificate of employee of the month with a hand written card of appreciation from the Nursing Director! Later that month, they took a picture and it...
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    Patient Abandonment

    spotangel replied to PMFB-RN's topic in General Nursing

    PMFB! Love the nickname! You did come to the rescue! I know a lot of hard working LPNs but this one sounds like my nursing instructor used to say ,”A Specimen “!! Ps-You saved...
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    A Kick of Gratitude

    spotangel replied to spotangel's topic in General Nursing

    It was like my heart got scrubbed clean and was ready to live and love again. The hatred left my mind and a heavy weight was lifted out of me. I just trusted him with my pain and his stripes healed me...
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    A Kick of Gratitude

    spotangel posted a topic in General Nursing

    When I finally called and told my in-laws that I was six-and-a-half months pregnant with a baby boy, they were over the moon! I had lost two babies as miscarriages before my son and daughter were...
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    A Kick of Gratitude

    spotangel replied to spotangel's topic in General Nursing

    I just gave it up to him Smilingblueeyes! I felt relieved by morning.I don't know how it left me. I just felt calm.The sorrow stayed but the peace just filled my
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    A Kick of Gratitude

    spotangel replied to spotangel's topic in General Nursing

    I got that grace from God! I am not a forgiving person by nature! We don't have within us. That's why I turned to
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    A Kick of Gratitude

    spotangel replied to spotangel's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you!The lord has always been my hero and inspiration! After all ,the Lord went through much more for me! I trust He understands my pain and can heal me! So I turn to his counsel first and He...
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    A Kick of Gratitude

    spotangel replied to spotangel's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks JBMmom! I am no saint but always hope I could be one!! I have noticed in my life that if I can turn my sorrows to help others, then life becomes more bearable and I am able to say this is why I...
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    Relatives Invited Themselves For Thanksgiving...

    spotangel replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    They will still home when I come
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    Relatives Invited Themselves For Thanksgiving...

    spotangel replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    25 people coming! Yours truly cooking! Clinic closed for the day! Don't have a second job to go to!
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    A Kick of Gratitude

    spotangel replied to spotangel's topic in General Nursing

    Davey! Sorry to hear about all you went through. I highly respect psy nurses as they have to always be on high alert! It's better to forgive and regain your peace and sanity. Nobody is ever...
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    A Kick of Gratitude

    spotangel replied to spotangel's topic in General Nursing

    The anger caught me by surprise and ate at me till I gave it up as I did not have the strength to forgive. I believe in the Lord's intervention as as a human being I could not understand what I did...
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    "It's Just a Sprain"

    spotangel replied to Davey Do's topic in Nursing Humor

    1-Cut on foot just pee on it as per hubby! Apparently it heals real fast! 2- Pink eye. Find a nursing mom and ask for a few drops of breast milk. I tried it for my two kids and it worked. No idea...
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    How to Overcome the Anxiety, Fear, and Burnout in a Nursing Profession

    spotangel replied to Vyacheslav Kioroglo's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Great article! I start my day with this prayer” Lord let me make a difference in one life today” Trust me He will bring more than one to you! My destressor at the end of the day is...
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    Do You Know What DOACs Do?

    spotangel replied to Andrea Perreault BSN RN's topic in Operating Room

    Great article!
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    Hole In My Glove!

    spotangel replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    Davey
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    I Know What Abuse Is; I Have Lived Through It

    spotangel replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    Hugs Ruby! Wish I could have been there for you. No one should go through that
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    Requesting Help With Dream Interpretation

    spotangel replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    My dream is always the same. The shift has ended and I haven't finished my morning meds! I can't find the med book and the patients are complaining! I always wake up in a sweat and sigh in relief that...
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    Four Days of Nausea, Vomiting and Fever

    spotangel replied to SafetyNurse1968's topic in General Nursing

    Septic work up including cbc,bmp,pt/ptt and type and screen, blood cultures, urine analysis and C/S, CXR,EKG and antipyretics and fluids till we figure out what's causing the fever. Do you have any...
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    Nurses, invent what you want.

    spotangel replied to x4livin's topic in General Nursing

    A smell detector on your ID that sprays deodorizing scent when you walk into a patient room or the staff
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    NP Please help!!

    spotangel replied to Mathew Reed's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Is this Comedy Central??! OP teach the gal to fish--! I got daughters and I would ask then to Google local NP office and ask them to call. Prepare the child for the road not the road...
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    Florence In My Time

    spotangel replied to spotangel's topic in General Nursing

    I agree that she was not a saint and not very tolerant but then how many of us can relate to that! Some more information on her. In 1857, around a year after returning from the Crimean War,...
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    Florence In My Time

    spotangel posted a topic in General Nursing

    The Nursing Unit was abuzz with the news! There was a new Chief Nursing Officer (CNO). Her name was Florence Nightingale. “Have you seen her?” “No, but I heard there is a Nursing...
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    Florence In My Time

    spotangel replied to spotangel's topic in General Nursing

    I hear you Hoosier! We actually implemented the liquid diet in our hospital and dietary brought it to the floors instead of lunch trays. Pt's ate much more compared to when they got a solid diet...