TiddlDwink

TiddlDwink

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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 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,...

  9. 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,...

  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...

  16. I cannot work there!

    TiddlDwink replied to MJJFan1's topic in General Nursing

    No-brainer. Move

  17. Overworked nurse

    TiddlDwink replied to Pigeons's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for this posting. Ironically

  18. might be a stupid question...(job related)

    TiddlDwink replied to melmarie23's topic in General Nursing

    Of course, this is situational, but I'm gonna give my 2 Cents: First, you've worked at your present per diem job what... 2 months? Hardly enough for a reference... Second, the work you do in rehab and...

  19. Mixed Emotions About Nsg School

    TiddlDwink replied to emptyboxcars's topic in General Students

    Well, I have to say I don't know what it's like to be in nursing school and have young children. I finished before I had my children (who are now 27 and 30). I WILL say this, though: While I love...

  20. Medical words that make you cringe.

    TiddlDwink replied to ~Mi Vida Loca~RN's topic in General Students

    yeppers! I usually do OK with words (except smegma and purulent)... it's odors that make me gag. Infected, draining pressure ulcers, a GI bleed, and pseudomonas... all odors I have to drag out the...

  21. Maybe I'm just old and cynical, but....

    TiddlDwink replied to KaroSnowQueen's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    i would like that. i too am sick of seeing anyone who vents a little being thrashed to the bone by others who apparently don't have a clue what is being talked about. i try to read at least half of...

  22. Compassion or reality for obese patients?

    TiddlDwink replied to stefanyjoy's topic in General Nursing

    Boy oh boy oh boy, I wish I had said that! Since I didn't, I wish I could give you like a million

  23. Things you'd LOVE to tell coworkers...and get away with it!

    TiddlDwink replied to General E. Speaking, RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I would! I think some of those things frequently, but I know I could never, never get away with actually SAYING it. And it IS fun, because maybe one in a million wouldn't love to say what's actually...

  24. What does your username mean?

    TiddlDwink replied to LifesAJourney's topic in Nursing Humor

    to Txspadequeenrn: My name is also because I like games. When Pong first came out, I bought it and was just enthralled for hours on end with it. But from the time I could hold Old Maid cards til now,...

  25. Where do you put your stethoscope?

    TiddlDwink replied to newbiepnp's topic in General Students

    I have not stopped laughing through this whole thread! Just to be "devil's advocate" here... When you move from room to room, whatever airborne organisms are there, or whatever organisms flop into...