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    Brittney Spears???

    live4today replied to Jennette's topic in Arizona Nursing

    There isn't a person alive who went through puberty and the teen years who would disagree with that statement Tweety. I'd shudder to think what the paparazzi would portray me as to the public eye, or...
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    Modern Facilities

    live4today replied to CoffeeRTC's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Yes, the crank beds. :rotfl: I was SHOCKED when I saw the nursing home I worked in for a week had crank beds! I know those people are paying big bucks to be in that nursing home, yet they can't even...
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    Culture Shock! Hospital to LTC..

    live4today replied to Michigan_Rose_RN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I found that the photos taken did not look like the person at all. When you see an elderly person with white hair, no teeth, wrinkled skin, wearing glasses, and slumped over in their wheelchair, they...
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    Culture Shock! Hospital to LTC..

    live4today replied to Michigan_Rose_RN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Your story is the very reason I left LTC after only being onboard one week. :rotfl: It's scarier than scary, and I did not want to lose my license over that scary stuff. No more LTCs for me UNLESS I...
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    Brittney Spears???

    live4today replied to Jennette's topic in Arizona Nursing

    Ditto Tweety. And I don't believe she's having a c-section period. If her doctor feels the need for her to have one, then so be it. She's a woman with child, and will be treated medically according to...
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    Brittney Spears???

    live4today replied to Jennette's topic in Arizona Nursing

    Wherever she has her baby, I hope the baby is born healthy, that her delivery goes smoothly, and that she will take excellent care of her newborn. I wouldn't wish anything wrong on any mother to be...
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    My bp is 160/120, go to the ER?

    live4today replied to Chad_KY_SRNA's topic in General Nursing

    Chad, by your profile, you won't turn twenty for several more months. I lost a cousin at age 22. He was playing basketball, had a heart attack, and died. I had a twelve year old cousin who had a brain...
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    How much did you make as a new grad?

    live4today replied to SerenityR.N.'s topic in General Nursing

    For those who think how much money you make isn't important, it is important to many women today who are trying to survive as single women, single moms raising children, and even married women raising...
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    How much did you make as a new grad?

    live4today replied to SerenityR.N.'s topic in General Nursing

    I wish I weren't so allergic to TX, I'd return for a job since TX's new grads are making what experienced nurses in Southern IL are making. (I'm talking over 12 years experience as registered
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    working under RN whose license is on probation

    live4today replied to southernmama's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    LPN01112005.............Ditto to everything you just said! Amen,
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    How much did you make as a new grad?

    live4today replied to SerenityR.N.'s topic in General Nursing

    As a new grad in 1987, I started out working the eight hour nighshift at $11.01/hour! Yep! and it is true...grocery store cashier's were making more than I, even janitors who worked for Generous...
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    Please walk me through a code blue

    live4today replied to blackIrish's topic in General Nursing

    Wow! This is all interesting stuff! Eighteen years as a nurse, and I've NEVER had to participate in a code other than fetch fluids, charts, watch the code in progess if the room isn't too overcrowded,...
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    Antidepressants and Sex Drive??

    live4today replied to Curious1alwys's topic in Psychiatric

    I've been on Celexa for the better part of five years, and it has not harmed my sex drive at all. Ask your doc about Celexa. I started out on 20 mg., and in the past year had lots of increased...
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    survived the bon and 5 day eval

    live4today replied to lisa bear rn's topic in General Nursing

    (((((((((Lisa))))))))) how awful for you to have gone through that. What happened that brought that situation about
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    Happy Birthday Suzanne!

    live4today replied to dhel28's topic in International Nursing

    :balloons: suzanne...may your birthday on september 4th be a good one for you! :biggringi :hbsmiley: :cheers:
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    Options for childcare when mandated

    live4today replied to shel_wny's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know what others would do, but there is no way that I would work where an employer mandates overtime, especially if I were raising small children. It's still a choice to work where mandated...
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    LA Gov declares state of Public Health Emergency

    live4today replied to grinnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks Kelly! :) I signed on with Travel Nurses across America today on their website, so come Monday I will be doing serious calling to land a job there. :) I've been working with NurseXtra, too,...
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    LA Gov declares state of Public Health Emergency

    live4today replied to grinnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I just read that too. Thanks for posting it. If I get to go help out, it will be as a travel nurse because I am penniless right now since I've been unemployed since
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    refugees hit home

    live4today replied to mandrews's topic in General Nursing

    I've always heard horror stories about how the Red Cross abuses the funds it receives to help the less fortunate and disaster victims. I went to the Red Cross to see if I could help in some way with...
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    Anyone Taking Thyroid Medications? I Need Your Help!!!

    live4today replied to live4today's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the additional poster's sharing of their use of thyroid meds with me. I had my lab drawn this a.m. prior to taking my new regimen of combo meds for my hypothyroidism. We'll see how the meds...
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    Anyone Taking Thyroid Medications? I Need Your Help!!!

    live4today replied to live4today's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for sharing your experience with me. :) My PA is tweaking my meds too, and now instead of just taking one med, he's putting me on two. I haven't heard of Armour before, but I'm surely going to...
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    Anyone Taking Thyroid Medications? I Need Your Help!!!

    live4today replied to live4today's topic in General Nursing

    Hmmm...after reading this information about soy products, I am definitely going to ask my doctor for an endocrinology consult so I can get more expert treatment and care. What if I'm on thyroid meds...
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    Anyone Taking Thyroid Medications? I Need Your Help!!!

    live4today replied to live4today's topic in General Nursing

    i viewed the site "about.com" and learned that soy products have a negative effect on the thyroid. i drink lots of soy milk, too. i found this article on that site: the article i posted yesterday is...
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    Medical Missions Trips?

    live4today replied to newflgrad's topic in General Nursing

    Reading the above makes me feel as if I've vividly lived the life of a missionary with those of you who have been blessed to have worked in the missions fields.
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    Is anyone near or in the path of Katrina?

    live4today replied to Monica RN,BSN's topic in General Nursing

    My heart is so sorrowful right now for all the people affected by Hurricane Katrina. I am watching the news right now, and it's devastating to see the many people camping out on the Interstate...