TiddlDwink

TiddlDwink

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About TiddlDwink

TiddlDwink has 40 years experience.


RN, educator, home health, legal

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  1. When do they get a return on investment?

    I retire in 23 days. Once in my career I had a job that I knew from day 11 of orientation (my first day actually on the unit) was not a "fit" for me. So I went to the charge nurse and told her. I also asked if she wanted a 2-week notice, which I was ...
  2. One area of nursing that requires little hands-on care is Psychiatric nursing. Lots of talking/listening, and occasional medication administration, but mostly just using your communication skills.
  3. "Loosing" my license

    This thread piqued my interest, so I went to my BON website to see how many people lose their license in Alabama, a relatively small-populated state. WOW!! I was surprised. The BON meets every 2 months for this purpose, and so far this year (to summ...
  4. Obamacare Survives, Supreme Court Rescues 'Big Health'

    I wish everyone would quit comparing health insurance to automobile insurance. In the USA we are required to carry auto LIABILITY insurance. This is to pay for the OTHER car, in case we're in an accident that is our fault. Liability insurance is to p...
  5. Once again.....I'm a "nurse".....

    Thanks! I too am an RN of over 40 years, and I'm thinking, like you, it's more of an ethical question. I do know that someone can't apply for an RN job without an RN license, or an LPN job without an LPN license... but the question in my mind arose w...
  6. Once again.....I'm a "nurse".....

    I was wondering something... Several people have said that "nurse" is a "protected title" in their states. I'm not sure if it is in Alabama or not, but RubyVee (I think) said that her venipuncturist could get in trouble with the BON for eroniously pa...
  7. Being Naked Where I Work: A Nurse With Cancer

    I too was nekkid in my facility for a vaginal hysterectomy. With the our best MD, best anesthetist, and best nurses, I made it through the process, and it didn't even feel like an "ordeal"! My prayers are with you, Ruby. I enjoy your posts, and expec...
  8. Southern Nurses Better Off Than The Rest?

    I'm in Alabama. It's a Right-to-Work state. I've lived and worked as an RN here for 20 plus years, at 4 different hospitals and 2 different home health agencies. I've never even heard of a union for nurses here.
  9. Advice from someone who hires

    Well yes, I'm old. And yes, I'm old-fashioned. But yes, I did hire for both a Home Health Agency and a LTC before I landed this piece of cake job to breeze into my retirement. Some of the "deal breakers" that I never discussed openly in any way, were...
  10. Sorry Nurse Recruiters/Nurse Managers!

    That's exactly what I was going to say!
  11. Easy job??

    In the "home health" business, shift work is usually not called "home health"... it is usually called "private duty". And let me clarify: I'm no longer a home health nurse. I did love the autonomy, and enjoyed listening to books on tape in my car bet...
  12. Easy job??

    i just have to vent a bit here... i read a lot of allnurses posts, and i see a recurrent theme regarding home health nursing. sometimes it's regarding nurses who couldn't "cut it" in hospital nursing, and are advised to "try home health", or sometime...
  13. FINAL WRITTEN WARNING, first ever med error

    I lived and worked in a large urban hospital in Texas in the 1990s. I was "counseled" because the mother of my 2-year-old patient complained that I wouldn't let the child have water before she went to the OR for a tonsillectomy. The mother said I was...
  14. Top three patient complaints?

    Probably not. I see the same thing.
  15. If I see one more post titled....

    OMG!! Best thread evah!! Thank you ALL!!!