LydiaNN

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    What's worse than having a strict grading range?...

    LydiaNN replied to kimmie518's topic in General Nursing

    this has nothing to do with your post, but my son and i both really like that cartoon billy and mandy. did you ever see the episode where she enters the beauty pageant and tries to smile? what a...
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    What's worse than having a strict grading range?...

    LydiaNN replied to kimmie518's topic in General Nursing

    Back in my day, grading was straight letter grades and there was the ten point span for each. We never even thought about it, I don't think. My son's school uses the plus and minus system, but I'll...
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    Parents of kids with autism, please read

    LydiaNN replied to LydiaNN's topic in Pediatric

    nurs4kids, I don't think you have a choice but to put screws in your windows, at least temporarily. You can continue to work on teaching him about the danger, but until he learns that lesson, you...
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    my DON called today and told me i lost my job

    LydiaNN replied to rehab nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry, decided not to go
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    my DON called today and told me i lost my job

    LydiaNN replied to rehab nurse's topic in General Nursing

    If you have a car accident, your car insurance at least has to pay for it before they kick you to the curb. It is a shame that health insurance companies don't have to ''pay out'' a current illness...
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    my DON called today and told me i lost my job

    LydiaNN replied to rehab nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work, only HR gets to see any correspondence from your doctor re: the need for time off, etc. Why ever would your DON ''need'' anything from your doctor, seeing as how she's told you that you...
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    If you won the lottery, would you still do your job?

    LydiaNN replied to SK-222's topic in General Nursing

    Even though I said (or hinted, at least, hee hee...) that I would quit my job, I didn't mean I wouldn't work at all. There are so many good causes in the world, and I'd love to have the time and...
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    If you won the lottery, would you still do your job?

    LydiaNN replied to SK-222's topic in General Nursing

    No Nope Nyet Not even Negative No can do No thank you Not gonna happen Not in this lifetime No way Jose Insert any and all similes or expressions of the word no here In other words, no. I'd call in...
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    nurses in dubai salary rate..help

    LydiaNN replied to michellesam's topic in General World

    I really don't know if it would be or
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    nurses in dubai salary rate..help

    LydiaNN replied to michellesam's topic in General World

    There isn't, at present, a lot of organized government funded services. This I know because last September, several people from a local disability service organization that I work with were invited to...
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    Freaking out about Student loan!

    LydiaNN replied to Thedreamer's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Sorry, I didn't understand that you were talking about a private loan. Have you looked into Stafford loans, which are the government backed ones? I thought they were available to anyone going to an...
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    Freaking out about Student loan!

    LydiaNN replied to Thedreamer's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Besides worrying about needing the actual money, what would worry me about this situation is the accreditation status of your school. Assuming these are Stafford loans we're talking about, it would...
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    million dollar babies

    LydiaNN replied to RNin2007's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    No NHS here in the states, care of the babies of drug addicts is also taxpayer supported here (in reality, at some point, the care of almost all babies who need $1,000,000 worth of services is...
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    Vent: I absolutely HATE stupidity! Not ignorance.....STUPIDITY!!

    LydiaNN replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

    I've seen those images before. If there were people in the back, it may not even be clear that they weren't belted
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    i feel a rant coming on... things that make me mad!!

    LydiaNN replied to goats'r'us's topic in Developmental Disabilities

    I'm so sorry for your loss. I'm glad you said that to the woman. So often, what happens when someone says something that offensive, we are too taken aback to respond. They just go about their merry...
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    i feel a rant coming on... things that make me mad!!

    LydiaNN replied to goats'r'us's topic in Developmental Disabilities

    OMG, yes, I so agree with you about how annoying that ''there's a special place in heaven for you'' crap is!!! My son has autism and is rather high functioning now, but as a young child was extremely...
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    i feel a rant coming on... things that make me mad!!

    LydiaNN replied to goats'r'us's topic in Developmental Disabilities

    I was at a conference one time and the speaker was the head of the NICU at a military hospital here. He told a story about having his 4 year daughter, who has Down Syndrome, at the pharmacy with him...
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    Should all nurses have their BSN or higher?

    LydiaNN replied to SandraDeeRN's topic in General Nursing

    Two years doesn't seem like enough time, at all. Isn't Shadyside part of the UPMC system? Are they actually going to not hire nurses who graduate from a nursing school affiliated with their own...
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    Welcome to the new Learning Disability Nursing forum

    LydiaNN replied to Brian's topic in Developmental Disabilities

    You're welcome, sprinbokssa. In terms of what sort of self-injurious or aggressive behaviors you might see, I can tell you a few of the more common ones. Head banging, cutting, biting (self or...
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    Welcome to the new Learning Disability Nursing forum

    LydiaNN replied to Brian's topic in Developmental Disabilities

    I'm not sure, because I really don't know what type of hospital this is, but if this is an inpatient program, I am guessing your patients will also have psychiatric dxes. Learning disabilities do not...
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    What I miss/don't miss about my previous nursing position

    LydiaNN replied to Liddle Noodnik's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not sure that there's anything I miss. Of course, my last nursing job was in 1991, so I'm probably not the best person to ask,
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    What age were you when you went to nursing school?

    LydiaNN replied to Imissthefall's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry, what's an enrolled nurse? Is that the equivalent of an LPN here in the States, do you
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    we're pregnant

    LydiaNN replied to medsurgnurse's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Yep. I don't want ME to be part of the WE in this particular situation! That train has left the station for me, but I'm glad other people are still enjoying their
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    we're pregnant

    LydiaNN replied to medsurgnurse's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Hmmm... I might need to stay off this thread... It seems as if there's something about it that is making posters turn up pregnant... Congratulations to the rest of you,
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    we're pregnant

    LydiaNN replied to medsurgnurse's topic in Ob/Gyn

    This list is kind of interesting in that there seems to be no clear cut criteria for which terms would be included. "We're pregnant'' seems to be included because it makes no sense, but chipotle...