LydiaNN

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    ready to quit

    LydiaNN replied to penny77's topic in General Nursing

    I think taking the full time position will help you feel comfortable in your role as nurse more quickly, because you'll get more experience quicker. If memory serves correctly, it was a solid year...
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    Epidemic of dumb!

    LydiaNN replied to 33-weeker's topic in Ob/Gyn

    My Catholic husband explained to me, though, that using birth control is a much bigger sin than premarital sex. I can't remember the exact terms he used, but I'm sure a Catholic here can explain the...
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    Healthier Living Thread Part V

    LydiaNN replied to Tweety's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Sweet potato with soyrizo and Greek yogurt is just a healthier version of a baked potato with chili and sour
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    Healthier Living Thread Part V

    LydiaNN replied to Tweety's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Raspberries, Cool Whip and gingersnaps sound gross to you? Boy, you don't want to hear some of the concoctions I come up with
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    Healthier Living Thread Part V

    LydiaNN replied to Tweety's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Now I've invented a new dessert. I wanted something I could have in one of my pretty dessert bowls and feel like I was having a real dessert... not a sugar free 40 calorie Fudgesicle. Don't get me...
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    Healthier Living Thread Part V

    LydiaNN replied to Tweety's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Soyrizo is meatless chorizo (chorizo is a pork sausage of Spanish/Portugese origin.) It is pretty readily available where I live, in San Diego County, but if you can't find it near you, you can buy...
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    Healthier Living Thread Part V

    LydiaNN replied to Tweety's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I invented a new dish... to a cooked sweet potato, I add 2 ounces of soyrizo and a tablespoon of Greek yogurt. I don't know what vegans could use in place of the yogurt, but it isn't really...
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    Healthier Living Thread Part V

    LydiaNN replied to Tweety's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Are you on sparkpeople, then? I've been a member since May. I love that
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    Healthier Living Thread Part V

    LydiaNN replied to Tweety's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Hi... my name is Mercy and I'm addicted to marinated red peppers. Seriously. I ate an entire jar of them in one sitting at lunch. Not for the first time, either, I must say. Good thing they're...
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    Children's Hospital Los Angeles

    LydiaNN replied to NurseLay's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    CHLA is in a considerably less desirable neighborhood than Mattell. I never felt unsafe there, but to call it a "good" area would be a huge stretch. I certainly wouldn't go out for any leisurely...
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    Healthier Living Thread Part V

    LydiaNN replied to Tweety's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I'm still plugging away, eating right and exercising, but I've hit a positively maddening plateau in my weight loss progress. I weigh myself at 24 Hour Fitness and let me just say that if that scale...
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    Postpartum depression in men?

    LydiaNN posted a topic in General Nursing

    All of a sudden, I am hearing stories about the "unrecognized" occurence of postpartum depression in fathers. Is this really an accurate statement? I know men can experience anxiety and all the same...
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    Healthier Living Thread Part V

    LydiaNN replied to Tweety's topic in Health, Stress Management

    My bil has been on Atkins for years. My sister makes him a low carb key lime pie using a nut crust and Splenda and I'm not sure what other substitutions. Have never tried it myself, but he seemed to...
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    WHY SHOULD THEY GET MEDICAL CARE/ free

    LydiaNN replied to ssalicia's topic in Correctional

    I mostly feel that we really don't know the situations that qualify people for any form of state aid, but tonight I'm a bit annoyed. My insurance company just refused to approve payment for a...
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    Parents of kids with autism, please read

    LydiaNN replied to LydiaNN's topic in Pediatric

    So... Anyone want to talk about Michael
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    Waive benefits for an increase in base pay?

    LydiaNN replied to username2008's topic in Emergency

    No way. Benefits are worth much more than $5 or $6 an
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    Serotonin and weight

    LydiaNN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm always a bit reluctant to post weight related threads because it never fails that someone feels compelled to opine that over-eaters are all fat and lazy. Of course, I can't tell anyone what to...
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    Fired within hours of being hired

    LydiaNN replied to NurseNature's topic in General Nursing

    One time I drank too much water and my urine was so clear that they asked me not to drink anything for a few hours and retested me. I don't understand why they just didn't have you hang around for a...
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    Serotonin and weight

    LydiaNN replied to LydiaNN's topic in General Nursing

    I don't recall if Luvox is an SSRI? I was on that for a while years ago, when they were investigating adding depression treatment to the label. It had been used for many years to treat depression...
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    "Well... it's not in the job description"

    LydiaNN replied to antidote's topic in General Nursing

    I have yet to take a job that didn't include some variation of "including but not limited to" verbage in the job description. People seem to forget about that phrase when they make claims about their...
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    does smoking really cause lung cancer?

    LydiaNN replied to cumberland40's topic in Oncology

    I've never had emphysema, but I've had bronchitis so I've had the experience of being racked with painful coughs and not wanting to breathe too deeply because it hurt so bad. I'm sure it's true and...
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    does smoking really cause lung cancer?

    LydiaNN replied to cumberland40's topic in Oncology

    Neither the American Cancer Society or the American Lung Association are government entities. They've never claimed that there aren't causes for lung cancer other than tobacco or that there aren't...
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    does smoking really cause lung cancer?

    LydiaNN replied to cumberland40's topic in Oncology

    There is nothing strange about this logic. We know that cancer develops over a course of many years. We can't expect to see a decline in cancer rates from the current reduction in smokers the minute...
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    does smoking really cause lung cancer?

    LydiaNN replied to cumberland40's topic in Oncology

    Perhaps it is a language barrier, but correlation and assumption do not mean the same thing at all. As far as what you need to see to believe, there is plenty of credible research linking cigar...
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    Productive Discussions on the Internet

    LydiaNN replied to Tait's topic in General Nursing

    Never. Mind. And yes, I realize that neither never or mind are sentences in and of