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Hey ya'll!
I am new to allnurses and just was curious what everyones usernames mean. I know there are previous thread for this but I figured there have been some username changes and new members since then.
As you can see my username is Flightless and its just short for flightless bird AKA penguin which are my favorite animal lol I had a hard time trying to pick a username that was unique but didn't give me away! Haha!
So lets hear it!
I was dubbed "The Hygiene Queen" because I was/am very very picky about the hygiene and grooming of my patients. When I was an aide, you could tell which patients were mine, just by the way they looked.
I was also dubbed "The Gero Whisperer" because I am exceptionally good with getting difficult dementia patients to calm down and get them to do the things we need them to. I had already joined here as "Hygiene Queen" by the time "Gero Whisperer" was mentioned, but I like "Gero Whisperer" better.
I also was dubbed "The Urinator" because I could always get a urine sample from those oh-so-tricky aforementioned dementia patients... but I decided to pass on that for a username!
JRR Tolkien reference, since I love the Elves + I love me some Elvis.
Back when I chose this name, my son was into watching Veggie Tales' Lord of the Beans where Larry dresses up as 'Elves' and does Silly Songs with an obvious Elvis twang. At one point, another angry vegetable tells him, "You're no Elf! You're an Elvish impersonator!"
So, Elvish.
Way back when....there was the FIRST GPS that gave voice commands, it was called "Tom Tom". One of the nurses I worked with when I was a UC made the joke that I was like Tom Tom, in that everyone asked me everything about everything and I always had the answer. So, she took a shortened version of my first name, and started calling me "Pat Pat". Some also called me "Radar" after Cpl. Radar O'reilly from MASH who always had the answer before the superior could get the question out.
Logan = city where I lived when I created the accountK622 = opus number of Mozart's clarinet concerto (once a band nerd, always a band nerd)
SO glad it isn't just me being the "band nerd" I played clarinet all thru Jr high. Has and college. I enjoyed marching season more than concert season - I have to say I (a little bit) miss my band days.
heatherisbetter, BSN
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I called myself a blue goldfish in the 90s so I feel you.. Old SN I'maBlueGoldfish