LydiaNN

Happily semi-retired; excited for the whole whammy

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    Are nurses in other nations bilingual? Should US be?

    LydiaNN replied to **nurse**'s topic in General Nursing

    So, if after many years of Spanish speakers attempting to learn English it is still difficult to master medical terms, why then would the case not be reversed? Even if English speaking medical...
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    Are nurses in other nations bilingual? Should US be?

    LydiaNN replied to **nurse**'s topic in General Nursing

    It isn't even that I don't want to learn Spanish and make communication easier for other people and myself. It is that I shouldn't "have" to as a requisite to the career of my choosing. Mainly...
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    Are nurses in other nations bilingual? Should US be?

    LydiaNN replied to **nurse**'s topic in General Nursing

    We speak English here. As with any language that is spoken in more than one country, there are some differences, but that doesn't change it into a language that doesn't
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    Protecting the patient already died does not make any sense!

    LydiaNN replied to chuck1234's topic in General Nursing

    Not where I live, it isn't. Other STDs, yes, but not HIV. Never has made any sense to me... and much less ever since the advent of retrovirals and other meds that are extending life expectancy so...
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    Are nurses in other nations bilingual? Should US be?

    LydiaNN replied to **nurse**'s topic in General Nursing

    I agree. I guess I'm dense, but I need someone to explain to me (in English, please) why I should be compelled to learn Spanish just because the economic or political circumstances of other countries...
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    Are nurses in other nations bilingual? Should US be?

    LydiaNN replied to **nurse**'s topic in General Nursing

    I agree that knowing a second language- where I live, a third would be nice, too, as we have lots of Vietnamese and Spanish families around here- is a great advantage to a person in their job....
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    Is this prejudicial

    LydiaNN replied to jprn05's topic in General Nursing

    If you can't hear the phone, that is a clear function of your disability and would be covered by ADA. Whether or not your facility is going to accept this or fight you is another story, but I can't...
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    Protecting the patient already died does not make any sense!

    LydiaNN replied to chuck1234's topic in General Nursing

    Unless the law allow providers to report HIV status to the health department, though, it doesn't make one bit of difference if it is done
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    Protecting the patient already died does not make any sense!

    LydiaNN replied to chuck1234's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, well then, her ability to see the death certificate is a non-issue. Let's just hope her betrothed told her the truth before he
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    Protecting the patient already died does not make any sense!

    LydiaNN replied to chuck1234's topic in General Nursing

    Oh yeah, I forgot you said they weren't married. Still, wouldn't you think that if they were engaged she'd have enough of a relationship with his next of kin to see the death certificate? She might...
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    Protecting the patient already died does not make any sense!

    LydiaNN replied to chuck1234's topic in General Nursing

    Out of curiosity, what was the official cause of death listed on the death certificate? I hope this woman does know; it is horrifying to know how dramatically she could reduce the risk to her unborn...
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    Prenatal testing and Down Syndrome

    LydiaNN posted a topic in Developmental Disabilities

    I hope this works... sometimes I post links to the NY Times and the article opens with no trouble and other times it tells people they have to register for a free trial first... here goes......
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    Prenatal testing and Down Syndrome

    LydiaNN replied to LydiaNN's topic in Developmental Disabilities

    Okay, it looks like it will open without registering. This article is especially timely for me because for a class assignment, I spent a day recently with an 11 year old girl who has Down Syndrome...
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    What Do You Love About Your Job?

    LydiaNN replied to summersent's topic in General Nursing

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    Funny fake names for meds

    LydiaNN replied to time4meRN's topic in General Nursing

    Gee, how interesting. That's been the response of everyone I can think of that's been brought down by sexual harrassment
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    Funny fake names for meds

    LydiaNN replied to time4meRN's topic in General Nursing

    If I was the doc in the first post, I'd be very wary of harrassment complaints. Speaking of one's ''cox'' at work is rarely smiled upon in HR circles. Lots of the other meds names are amusing,...
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    new LPN pay in a family practice clinic??

    LydiaNN replied to kstec's topic in General Nursing

    It's hard to say if you're getting the going rate, as you haven't told us what you make. I'm an RN, but I manned the nurse line at an incredibly busy peds practice for a long time and the LPNs made...
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    Opinions @ Prescribing Psychologists & Prescription Privledges

    LydiaNN replied to Therapist4Chnge's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Why on earth would I want to do
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    Opinions @ Prescribing Psychologists & Prescription Privledges

    LydiaNN replied to Therapist4Chnge's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Actually, ideally they'd get the face time and the meds visit. There's no psychiatrist shortage in San
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    What to say?

    LydiaNN replied to LNDRN19's topic in General Nursing

    No words of wisdom, but good luck. Where I work, HR is so leery of lawsuits, that all line staff has to do is say waah when they're written up and it magically goes
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    Do you think this is true?............

    LydiaNN replied to cappuccino's topic in General Nursing

    It sounds to me like your supervisor is trying to justify poor staffing with the excuse that ''oh well, they'll never be happy,
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    Opinions @ Prescribing Psychologists & Prescription Privledges

    LydiaNN replied to Therapist4Chnge's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I worked for 2 psychiatrists for many years and one of them summed it up best. Sure, psychologists should be able to prescribe... after they go to medical school and became physicians. The argument...
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    Medical emergencies with no land line

    LydiaNN posted a topic in General Nursing

    This story was sent out over one of my work listservs today to highlight the quick thinking of this 7 year old boy. Hooray for him, but the adults in his life had better start using some common sense...
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    Medical emergencies with no land line

    LydiaNN replied to LydiaNN's topic in General Nursing

    It wasn't a cell that could dial for emergency assistance. It dialed her, and she was miles away. This story could have so easily had a tragic ending, no matter what spin some of you put on it....
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    Family Style Meals Head Start!!

    LydiaNN replied to kwagner_51's topic in General Nursing

    I think that is probably the case more now than it used to be. When I was growing up in PA, my aunt and cousins lived in Eureka, CA and even then they had a hard and fast rule about no homemade...