Liddle Noodnik

Alzheimer's, Geriatrics, Chem. Dep.

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    Healthier Living Support - Part III

    {{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{Hikernurse}}}}}}}}}} What's up with THAT? When did you get sick? You poor thing... Actually I think throwing up and running are pretty strenuous.... GET WELL
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    Healthier Living Support - Part III

    Congratulations!!! :balloons: :balloons: :balloons: :balloons: :balloons: :balloons:
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    Healthier Living Support - Part III

    Yep, amen! (altho my lethargy probably reverses the process!) Hey thanks! and I never did wish you a happy birthday! So happy birthday! (where is that "diet cake"
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    Healthier Living Support - Part III

    Hi Dollink I have had a cold for the past 3 days so exercise - nil - well I did park far from the house and I always park far from church, and had to carry a lot upstairs - does that count?? As for...
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    Thank you's - memorable ones you've received?

    Wow, you would have thought that with him stressing like that, he might only have been thinking of his son, or his own trouble. Instead, he thought of you (and I'm sure he noticed that when we care...
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    Wish me luck! LOL!

    You're just running on all that ADRENALINE! Good for you getting out of that slide - I am not too good at it - should have seen me a couple years ago, going onto a ramp to the interstate. The way...
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    How many pts do you care for?

    It's true of MANY alcoholics, they are happy for a while ... and then, :trout: , hit with 20 fish at a time ... Do you feel/notice that they seem to be younger and younger? Is it because we drink...
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    Thank you's - memorable ones you've received?

    I hope that your new career direction works well for you - nursing, and nurses, are in trouble, as you see - I hope you can make a difference for them and for you! Take
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    Healthier Living Support - Part III

    That's funny that you mention that. I will be posting along and suddenly realize, almost a whole page of...
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    How many pts do you care for?

    !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! There must be separate standards of care for prison health services, is that even LEGAL? oh my ... {{{{{{{{{{{{{JailhouseTeer}}}}}}}} I feel for
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    Healthier Living Support - Part III

    No prob, I figured it out
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    How many pts do you care for?

    The work isn't the only drug involved, the money is also. It's one reason I kept hanging in, or going back, to nursing. The nurses who are burnt say "Who can survive on x amount of $ per hour?"...
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    How many pts do you care for?

    Linda that's GREAT! I am surprised at the 3-5 patients (compared to "up to 16", is that based on the number of hours you're scheduled?) anyway - sounds like you have found your
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    Healthier Living Support - Part III

    There's a joke about a kid asking his mom, "Mommy, why are you getting so fat?" She says, "Because I have a baby in my tummy". So he asks her, "Well, why is your BUTT getting so big??" I had a kid...
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    Thank you's - memorable ones you've received?

    That's neat that they did that ... Yep, I think I would have lost it
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    Thank you's - memorable ones you've received?

    Sometimes all you need is to be reminded that God loves you (yes this is my own belief). I forget it all the time when I am sludging through ... Thank God for the people He sends my way just to tap...
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    Thank you's - memorable ones you've received?

    Thanks AliRae and Jen, very cool story
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    Healthier Living Support - Part III

    I'm sorry about your boo boo! lol on the sight in the mirror! :monkeydance: have fun at CPR - Do they still change the procedure every year? I am overdue for mine... It's just me living here, so...
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    Thank you's - memorable ones you've received?

    I have to chuckle, you say it's too bad I left, and here is how I could have avoided it, and then you say you left ... Anyway, I was able to do steps one to six that you describe (on a few other...
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    What did u buy your first year of nursing?

    Ah yes, "creative visualization" - Regarding your countdown, is that "one year as a nurse"? or something else? Just
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    Should I worry???

    Well, this guy never HAD hypertension tho. I think it was worth looking into. But I don't think there was anything else the OP could have done
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    Healthier Living Support - Part III

    Hi Muffie! Have a cold today and what better place to whine about it? LOL Let's see, oatmeal and a glass of milk for bk, lunch was a low fat/low salt ham and swiss (low fat too) on spelt bread...
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    Should I worry???

    Just write down that "patient denied x,y, z ...", what you said to the doc each time you called, and what he said; what you said to the CN and what she said; what your vitals were; and what teaching...
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    Should I worry???

    I would feel that way too KulRN, but there wouldn't be much else you could do. I think you followed through well especially that last call to the doc and checking with your CN. Did he deny anxiety?...
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    Thank you's - memorable ones you've received?

    yep, i did and i did and i left nursing :) -- not sure really what i'm supposed to do next. how were you/are you able to do it, as you describe? i mean, we have often thought and said the same...