spotangel DNP, RN, NP

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General Nursing

Christmas Miracles in the Emergency Room!

by spotangel, DNP, RN, NP

An Emergency Room (ER) with multiple cases, nurses, ER Techs, and other staff stretched to the maximum rushing around providing life-saving care. Sometimes it...

6 replies 3,311 views

A five year-old's explanation of sexual abuse

General Nursing

The Flower and the Bees!

by spotangel, DNP, RN, NP

Every experience in our lives shapes us in our professional and personal lives. A childhood experience shaped me and my reactions to look at safety and...

23 replies 6,100 views

General Nursing

A Kick of Gratitude

by spotangel, DNP, RN, NP

How do you turn pain into gratitude when you are willfully hurt on the job? A nurse's story of a precious gift lost.

14 replies 3,275 views

General Nursing

Florence In My Time

by spotangel, DNP, RN, NP

How would Florence change the nursing team in my hospital?

4 replies 2,407 views

Nurse in Action advocating for patient in hostile home environment

General Nursing

Hostile Home Environment: "What Do I Do?" | Nurse in Action

by spotangel, DNP, RN, NP

Young adult with PTSD, Brain injury, intellectual and social issues in a toxic and hostile environment at home. How a fifteen minute clinic visit to check Blood...

8 replies 3,633 views

What happens if you take the pill in the wrong order?

General Nursing

Self-Medication Dosing: Isn't It Top To Bottom?

by spotangel, DNP, RN, NP

Elderly lady confused about medication dosing. Complaints of tiredness, fatigue and shortness of breath. Is this COVID or a medication reaction?

0 replies 1,471 views

Nurses in action trying to communicate with patient of another culture and language

General Nursing

Communication Barrier: "Untie Me Now!" | Nurse in Action

by spotangel, DNP, RN, NP

Woman found unconscious in a large grocery store, no ID, language issues, combative in the hospital and restrained. How can the nurse help her?

13 replies 3,549 views

Nurses in action spotting an acute emergency in the waiting room.

General Nursing

"Something's Wrong! That's Just Not Him!" | Nurse in Action

by spotangel, DNP, RN, NP

ER Waiting room rounds. Discover a too quiet patient. Can the nurse figure out the problem before it's too late?

6 replies 3,035 views

Nurses in action during an allergic reaction

COVID

COVID-19 Vaccine: "Thank God for the Angioedema!" | Nurse in Actio…

by spotangel, DNP, RN, NP

Excited to get the Covid vaccine! Reaction starts right away! A trip to the ER turns out to be a blessing in disguise!

22 replies 5,377 views

How to deal with a noncompliant patient?

General Nursing

Dealing With Noncompliant Patient, "Cherubs on My Coffin!": Nurse …

by spotangel, DNP, RN, NP

Hypertensive, non-compliant patient with multiple ER visits and multiple no shows in the clinic

16 replies 4,276 views

How does a triage nurse get to the root of the problem?

General Nursing

Scared Patient, "The World is Spinning!": Nurse in Action

by spotangel, DNP, RN, NP

Seven ED visits in three months! Dizzy, nausea, sweaty, frequent falls, worried patient who is deaf and mute.

6 replies 3,389 views

A teen contemplating suicide - Can she be saved?

General Nursing

Today, I Will Kill Myself! | This Is My Story

by spotangel, DNP, RN, NP

A 17 Year old college student contemplating suicide, in despair feeling hopeless, goes in with a plan.

23 replies 7,758 views

General Students

I Got The Call! Now What?!

by spotangel, DNP, RN, NP

When Can You Start? Here are some strategies to get into your dream job. Your key to opening doors to new opportunities may be in plain sight!

4 replies 3,677 views

COVID

Meet Amy O'Sullivan, RN - One of Time Magazine's 100 Most Influen…

by spotangel, DNP, RN, NP

In the middle of a working weekend in the Emergency Department (ED) at Wyckoff Heights Medical Center in New York, Amy O’ Sullivan, a veteran ED RN of 19...

5 replies 8,270 views

Spirituality

What just happened?!

by spotangel, DNP, RN, NP

Nurse finds her sixth sense developing over the years! Some incidents bring closure, some leave her wondering-----did that just happen?

12 replies 4,608 views

COVID

I Am Not Ready to Die!

by spotangel, DNP, RN, NP

COVID 19, Frontline nurse on a medical-surgical floor, how to bring hope when you are hoping not to be the next infected case!

11 replies 3,850 views

Do you have any end-of-life stories to share?

General Nursing

The Vehicle Has Not Come Yet To Take Me!

by spotangel, DNP, RN, NP

Dying family member. Advocating for comfort care, grateful to his nurses who went above and beyond.

8 replies 3,078 views

What is it like to work at a primary care clinic?

General Nursing

Can Nurse Annie Call Me Back Please? (A typical day in the clinic.…

by spotangel, DNP, RN, NP

Clinic nurse in Primary Care. First responder to every emergency, counselor, friend, advocate, warrior, mom, expert for both clinical and nonclinical issues,...

25 replies 7,397 views