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1. Is it really hard to find a job as LPN in WA?

   happy&healthy replied to gaius's topic in Washington Nursing

   Avail (home health) agency, paying $16/hr for new lpn's, also pays $17/hr :uhoh21: for lpn's with 20+ yrs.

2. Health Insurance

   happy&healthy replied to pat8585's topic in General Nursing

   No insurance-plan is offered, nor do I want one from work. - As happy&healthy me, (only 'catastrophic'-help's appropriate), so I got 2 policies (less than $70monthly) from AFLAC - I recommend...

3. nursing + exercise?

   happy&healthy replied to all4schwa's topic in Health, Stress Management

   Good for you!, re: "Exercise should be what you *enjoy* :wink2: doing" Today, my Figure-skating coach commented in my lesson: "Annie, where is your usual broad smile? (as I was over-analyzing a...

4. Healthier Living Support - Part III

   happy&healthy replied to Tweety's topic in Health, Stress Management

   hi tweety ~ had i known about this (what you wrote today): "i'm going to ask a mod to close this thread (part-2) and then delete it in a few days." - i would have spent my time choosing a...

5. What Is Your Ideal Job?

   happy&healthy replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in Health, Stress Management

   the concept of "work" should be abolished, lol no really, how about just *enjoy :melody: living, having fun with all involved, and get paid for it too* (the gravel-road there was not exactly a...

6. Healthier Living Support Thread: PART TWO!

   happy&healthy replied to SmilingBluEyes's topic in Health, Stress Management

   Hi again Tweety ~ I thought "What is this person asking me about?" - only to realize I had made a minor "typo" in my post; sowwy! :imbar (That 'plus'-sign was supposed to have been a "%"-sign...

7. Healthier Living Support Thread: PART TWO!

   happy&healthy replied to SmilingBluEyes's topic in Health, Stress Management

   Hi Tweety ~ oh sowwy, I thought I was sharing with fellow-nurses, not the "General-public". ~ And yes, I learned in Nursing-school in the 70's that I "must sell my soul" to work in this profession;...

8. Healthier Living Support Thread: PART TWO!

   happy&healthy replied to SmilingBluEyes's topic in Health, Stress Management

   Hi Wonka ~ As I said above, we don't pay attention to: Calories, this or that, and our family is healthy, active & slim. The way we achieve/maintain this is: First, we gratefully eat foods...

9. Healthier Living Support Thread: PART TWO!

   happy&healthy replied to SmilingBluEyes's topic in Health, Stress Management

   this is my 1st. post (here at all.nurses) in over a year, and i am still wondering *if*, or how, i'll ever fit in. for example, at 55: i am continuing my youthful-health, and can maintain my weight...

10. Any Psychic Nurses?

    happy&healthy replied to chelsea32's topic in Holistic

    I am glad you found it helpful, Sis :), and like I offered above, I have more like truthful stories, especially how (in our "patient" clients) we can *each* inspire helpful HOPE... In the early 80's,...

11. Pro's/Cons of artificial feeding (for college essay)

    happy&healthy replied to jaimemds's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Hi Jaime, THANK YOU for being open-minded, enough to "accept and appreciate ALL opinions as valid and respected". And obviously evidently, individuals in "coma-state" are tragically mis-understood....

12. Therapeutic Communication

    happy&healthy replied to HididiScribbler's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Basically, 'therapeutic communication' is generally taught to give the recipient of your communication a sense of you being caring, mentally present/bonding and actively hearing/listening. Initially...

13. Do you think new grads should start on a med/surg floor or jump into specialty areas?

    happy&healthy replied to Stacy W's topic in General Nursing

    Hi Stacy, "Med/Surg" for a year at least, will serve your developing skills well. I chose that too, and found it valuable - in the dozen different Specialties following, and gaining service...

14. Creative way to teach about elderly depression??

    happy&healthy replied to Christi321's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Hi Christi - You are *free to be Creative* ? - how fortunate you are!, really. And adding to your ideas, how about 1. you explore interviewing actual "elderly"-individuals, living for instance in...

15. Any good meds to stop anxiety?

    happy&healthy replied to Blackcat99's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Hi Cat again, re " Perhaps talking about her childhood abuse with a trained counselor may be helpful." What you shared of your mom's suffering, there are a couple of particularly successful methods...