AngryAngel

AngryAngel

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  1. Do RNs do a lot of heavy lifting?

    AngryAngel replied to TimTamJimJam's topic in General Nursing

    I am sorry to tell you that they did research on this some years ago but still recently. Their conclusions were that no matter what approach they tried, even getting 4 people involved in lifting and...

  2. Please Help, I'm new & made a huge med error, I'm devastated.

    AngryAngel replied to MasonDixieChic's topic in Patient Medications

    Trust me I have been doing this for 43 years. Experience cannot be bought. You must live through it. I am an ENFP according to the MBTI. The perfect nurse is supposed to be an ENSP. where she does...

  3. When did nursing caps go extinct in the wild?

    AngryAngel replied to RNperdiem's topic in General Nursing

    When I entered Nursing as a student in 1970 there were seven men in my class. Everybody thought it was the beginning of "Men Entering Nursing." which was going to be the name of the National Society...

  4. Does everybody want to be a NP?

    AngryAngel replied to Cola89's topic in General Nursing

    I was a nurse for over 27 years before I graduated with an MSN NP degree. I was 55 years old. My last 16 years have definitely been the best of a great career. I wouldn't have done it any other way....

  5. New Nurse With Large Disposable Income

    AngryAngel replied to LDAthleteNurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    RETIREMENT RETIREMENT RETIREMENT It is a subject everybody seems to forget. Your $30 an hour may seem like real money to you now but it will fade really fast when you become a full adult (I am 71) and...

  6. Contract negotiation

    AngryAngel replied to JennBen67's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Be glad you have a contract! I worked for a National company for 8 years. I rose this site's situations to new heights. We were being told by the clients that they were immensely satisfied. The...

  7. Parental influence on college education

    AngryAngel replied to Katieaok's topic in General Students

    I do not want to go into a personal history, but I feel my story might give someone some insight into the value of education. My Mom and Dad were the children of immigrants. My Dad had a third grade...

  8. Are You Cut Out to be an Emergency Department (ED) Nurse?

    AngryAngel replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Emergency

    I was in the ER for 20 years. It was a life I would not trade for anything. It was excitement, fear, exhilaration, and satisfaction all rolled into one wonderful experience. I never missed a shift....

  9. Changes in language

    AngryAngel replied to kidzcare's topic in General Nursing

    It may appear in the language, but the whole world is changing, and even my grand kids are in a whole different world. These social net works and apps like KIK and Whasup and Facebook, and the list...

  10. Would you quit over white uniforms?

    AngryAngel replied to TexMex22's topic in General Nursing

    When I was a nursing student they brought in a male Director of Nurses. One of his first edicts was to demand nurses begin wearing nursing caps again. I was one of seven male nursing students that...

  11. Workplace Cowardice

    AngryAngel replied to Mr. Murse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Nurses are so insecure! It is part of why most of us become nurses, probably myself included. A term we used years ago was, "Nurses eat their young." It is all based on insecurity. Most of us are...

  12. How old is too old to pursue an MSN?

    AngryAngel replied to Ancientnurse18's topic in General Nursing

    I got my MSN ARNP when I was 55. I was working full time and took 6 hours a semester in a 42 semester hour program. It took me five years to finish, as I did get disgusted and dropped out for a year....

  13. Regarding chronic tardiness

    AngryAngel replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    I am terribly sorry if my tardiness offends you. I am 70 years old and I have been late for my birth (really Mom took three trips to the hospital before i finally got out.), late for my wedding...

  14. How Nurses Cope with Death

    AngryAngel replied to Julie Reyes's topic in General Nursing

    Death is inevitable, just as are taxes are, said Benjamin Franklin. Yet we as nurses deal with this reality as no one else does. Often Doctors, and other healthcare providers don't deal with the...

  15. Feb - Mar 2015 Caption Contest: Win $100!

    AngryAngel replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

    So tell me again! The administrator is full so full of it, that you plan to clean out her desk of all the baloney she keeps

  16. Anyone dating a med-student?

    AngryAngel replied to allilop's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I have been around female nurses for almost 43 years and I can tell you one thing about dating a med student. RUN RUN RUN. I have so many stories to say about the terrible things that happen to women...