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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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;...
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...
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...
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,...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...