TiddlDwink

TiddlDwink has 40 years experience.

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1. HELP!!!"How do I make Lemonade out of this Nursing Profession?"

   TiddlDwink replied to lweave2's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

   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

2. "Loosing" my license

   TiddlDwink replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

   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...

3. Obamacare Survives, Supreme Court Rescues 'Big Health'

   TiddlDwink replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

   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...

4. Once again.....I'm a "nurse".....

   TiddlDwink replied to cherrybreeze's topic in Nursing Professionalism

   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...

5. Once again.....I'm a "nurse".....

   TiddlDwink replied to cherrybreeze's topic in Nursing Professionalism

   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...

6. Being Naked Where I Work: A Nurse With Cancer

   TiddlDwink replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   I too was nekkid in my facility for a lady partsl 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...

7. Sorry Nurse Recruiters/Nurse Managers!

   TiddlDwink replied to Isitpossible's topic in Nurse Management

   That's exactly what I was going to

8. Easy job??

   TiddlDwink replied to TiddlDwink's topic in General Nursing

   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,...

9. Easy job??

   TiddlDwink posted a topic in General Nursing

   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,...

10. FINAL WRITTEN WARNING, first ever med error

    TiddlDwink replied to angelstar5's topic in General Nursing

    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...

11. Top three patient complaints?

    TiddlDwink replied to Anna Flaxis's topic in General Nursing

    Probably not. I see the same

12. If I see one more post titled....

    TiddlDwink replied to PinkRocksLikeMe's topic in General Nursing

    OMG!! Best thread evah!! Thank you

13. My Nursing Career In Six Words

    TiddlDwink replied to No Stars In My Eyes's topic in Nursing Humor

    Reading "No I don't just wipe asses" made me think of my personal 6-word message, which (sadly) is: Nursing Is Mostly Just Kissing

14. second thoughts

    TiddlDwink replied to violin9's topic in General Nursing

    Hmmm... you've been fired from numerous jobs?? Why? If it's for absences/call-ins, then nursing isn't for you. If it's because you don't get along with bosses, or with coworkers, then nursing isn't...

15. need more responses to my survey: Staffing adequacy

    TiddlDwink replied to Studentsally's topic in General Nursing

    I did it too. And yes, the second part was quite confusing. Wish it hadn't pertained to JUST my last shift worked. My last shift didn't happen to be a "typical" shift for me, so my answers would have...