Liddle Noodnik

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    Ethical ? about AIDS....

    Liddle Noodnik replied to Nacki's topic in MICU, SICU

    That is just incredible that they won't - for her sake and for others in contact w/ her blood if it is infected!!! I thought it was required to be reported too. I would ask your local STD clinic...
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    topical hormone replacement

    Liddle Noodnik replied to buster4's topic in General Nursing

    I haven't but have been getting curious about what to do to treat my perimenopausal sx. My biggest complaint is mood changes, man do I get irritable. Ok, quite a bit worse than irritable ... Both my...
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    After 15 years - I may be one more nurse to add to the shortage

    Liddle Noodnik replied to BrokenRNheart's topic in General Nursing

    Well, trust me, it's not every CNA (some are just SO AWESOME!!), and it's not just in nursing/medical fields. You find it everywhere. Like you, I especially love it when people play dumb like that -...
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    After 15 years - I may be one more nurse to add to the shortage

    Liddle Noodnik replied to BrokenRNheart's topic in General Nursing

    I have cringed sometimes at the sadness I hear from nurses who haven't even BEGUN - and despair having read some of the entries on this thread. I would like to offer an alternative - at the risk of...
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    A Word Called Hope

    Liddle Noodnik replied to sharona97's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Thanks for the book recommendation. Happy Easter to you too! I cannot believe it's already here - then again it is early this year. As to your mom dying, my dad had his bladder removed in Jan for...
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    After 15 years - I may be one more nurse to add to the shortage

    Liddle Noodnik replied to BrokenRNheart's topic in General Nursing

    Boy can I relate to that ... (((((((((((((( BrokenRNheart
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    After 15 years - I may be one more nurse to add to the shortage

    Liddle Noodnik replied to BrokenRNheart's topic in General Nursing

    There are ways to get paid while taking care of family members, I believe if you go through an area agency on aging they will be able to tell you how to get reimbursed. It's pay in lieu of paying...
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    My conundrum

    Liddle Noodnik replied to zumalong's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Well I got my pardon today - they agreed that I have total and permanent disability re my student loans. I was on a 3 yr conditional discharge where they did not require any pmts, while they...
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    A Word Called Hope

    Liddle Noodnik replied to sharona97's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Whenever you write a post and want to change it, just go back to it, click "edit", fix it, click "save", and no one will be the wiser - hopefully
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    A Word Called Hope

    Liddle Noodnik replied to sharona97's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Hi honey, off and on struggling w/ depression - not HORRID depression but enough so i don't really want to get out of bed and be sociable and stuff - so it is WORK - sigh... Just got over this little...
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    Healthier Living Thread Part V

    Liddle Noodnik replied to Tweety's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I liked it too much since I was 25 yrs old so I don't drink it anyways ... Thanks! I had thought of going Mediterranean. But I am not much of a cook - or shopper. Eater? I have that down
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    After 15 years - I may be one more nurse to add to the shortage

    Liddle Noodnik replied to BrokenRNheart's topic in General Nursing

    notsonurseproof and bluefabian, i feel bad about your situation and it seems to me that lots of nurses come from other countries hoping it is better here. i have often wondered if that leaves the...
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    Healthier Living Thread Part V

    Liddle Noodnik replied to Tweety's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Nice to have you here! So how is it eating Mediterranian - is it a specific diet or just categories? Wish I could do something other than the "black and white" thinking I have when it comes to losing...
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    After 15 years - I may be one more nurse to add to the shortage

    Liddle Noodnik replied to BrokenRNheart's topic in General Nursing

    Hi there! Well I hope you are right - I just wonder what happens when the agency/travelling nurses get burnt out ... cuz from what I read on this board, there's a lot of that going around too....
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    After 15 years - I may be one more nurse to add to the shortage

    Liddle Noodnik replied to BrokenRNheart's topic in General Nursing

    What's it going to be like in 10 years after so many of us have left? We need a gall bladder out and push our call bell and - who comes, and how long does it take? How much training? Will they care...
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    A Word Called Hope

    Liddle Noodnik replied to sharona97's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Hi Darlin! Happy happy Joy Joy! Nice to see you - I was just browsing around in the disabilities forum last nite wondering where everybody was...
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    No Longer a Student :(

    Liddle Noodnik replied to student1000's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    So sorry you're going thru this and you are not alone. How I survived nursing school I'll never know... I was a wreck - but postponed my first real breakdown til 4 yrs after graduation lol - I was...
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    My conundrum

    Liddle Noodnik replied to zumalong's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    That's too bad - but I guess it is to protect the public from nurses who would go back out on the floors and do unsafe care. Bummer for her though. Thanks
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    Info on Maine State Nurses/Calif. State Nurses/NNOC

    Liddle Noodnik replied to Liddle Noodnik's topic in General Nursing

    That's awesome! thanks Are you in your student nursing assoc
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    Info on Maine State Nurses/Calif. State Nurses/NNOC

    Liddle Noodnik replied to Liddle Noodnik's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, thanks, they were referring to the SEIU - thanks for the reference. Are you involved in MSNA NNOC a union or any other nursing organization? I was in MSNA for a short period but confess I did...
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    Safe Staffing Saves Lives - ANA has started a campaign for us

    Liddle Noodnik replied to BrokenRNheart's topic in General Nursing

    I used to ENCOURAGE my pts to write their complaints. They were afraid it would get me in trouble, but I told them that NOT saying anything makes it seem that there is nothing wrong w/ the
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    After 15 years - I may be one more nurse to add to the shortage

    Liddle Noodnik replied to BrokenRNheart's topic in General Nursing

    :) cool -- see? This thread, the supposed negativity, and the strength of those who have posted, including you, have inspired me. Not a bad thing. Nope, it sounds pretty familiar. Thanks...
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    Why I stick to online classes....

    Liddle Noodnik replied to Munchkin315's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    (big chuckle) Great
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    Whch method of female catheterization do you teach and why?

    Liddle Noodnik replied to VickyRN's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I always understood inner to outer - otherwise you will be bringing bacteria from away (and closest to clothing and orifice) to the meatus, which is the last thing you want to do. Same principle as...
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    After 15 years - I may be one more nurse to add to the shortage

    Liddle Noodnik replied to BrokenRNheart's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, and I'm gonna follow up on what I heard about my state nurses association partnering w/ California's. I may not make it back but I sure have the strength, ability, knowledge, and DESIRE to see...