LydiaNN

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    Never understood nursing

    LydiaNN replied to PACPhD's topic in General Nursing

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    Have you ever taken care of a famous pt?

    LydiaNN replied to Foxfour's topic in General Nursing

    The pediatric practice for which I used to work treated a number of children of celebs. The thing about many of the celebs who choose to live in San Diego County rather than L.A. is that many of them...
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    Never understood nursing

    LydiaNN replied to PACPhD's topic in General Nursing

    It is illogical to come to a nursing board, trash nursing and then wonder why on earth some of the nurses who visit here seem to be offended. If venting is what was intended, it would have made far...
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    Never understood nursing

    LydiaNN replied to PACPhD's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, I agree. Why
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    Would this make you angry? Any words of wisdom?

    LydiaNN replied to flashpoint's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, it would make me angry. Whether to attempt to negotiate the schedule change is up to you; however, I see nothing wrong with at least telling her that your budget depends on you working full time...
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    Grumpy nurses??

    LydiaNN replied to RebeccaJeanRN's topic in General Nursing

    Interesting... I find myself to be a much more cynical person now than I was when I was younger. To some extent, I feel like life has kicked me in the head one time too many. On the other hand, I am...
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    Some musings about reading posts here...

    LydiaNN replied to Lurksalot's topic in General Nursing

    i have a better idea. maybe those who wish to continue to participating can do so, and those who feel things are just too hot for them, could pursue those topics more to their
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    Never understood nursing

    LydiaNN replied to PACPhD's topic in General Nursing

    And what I'm getting at is that it isn't and shouldn't be tolerated by everyone. No one takes advantage of you without your
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    Some musings about reading posts here...

    LydiaNN replied to Lurksalot's topic in General Nursing

    This whole thread is stressing my
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    Never understood nursing

    LydiaNN replied to PACPhD's topic in General Nursing

    Personally, it isn't that I don't believe such things can happen. I just don't believe that they are unique to
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    What I'd like to say to Teacher's !

    LydiaNN replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

    Speech therapy isn't a drop in service. It has to be written into the IEP, which is signed by parents and administrators. How were they getting away with this, and what did the speech therapist have...
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    Never understood nursing

    LydiaNN replied to PACPhD's topic in General Nursing

    It sounds to me as if what you don't understand is the attitude and behavior of certain nurses. It really doesn't have much to do with not understanding
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    How much vacation time do you get?

    LydiaNN replied to NY Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Six weeks a year starting this year, whoopty
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    Some musings about reading posts here...

    LydiaNN replied to Lurksalot's topic in General Nursing

    Obviously, there is a huge difference between the ability to compose coherent charting notes and the tendency to use Internet slang in chatrooms and message boards. Not all of the posters in this...
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    Words and phrases that make me want to scream

    LydiaNN posted a topic in Developmental Disabilities

    Feel free to add your own! Handicap. One only needs to recognize the word's origins to under its offensiveness. Cap in hand. Nope. I've tried to convince our local Special Ed Consortium to stop...
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    Credit Check for employment???

    LydiaNN replied to FutureNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think they have access to your full financial records. I've obtained my own credit report, and it just shows my overall credit score and how many active accounts I have, how many I've closed,...
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    Nursing is like _______. One word, fill in the blank. Then explain.

    LydiaNN replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    children. Just when you think it is going to suck the lifeblood right out of you, something happens that reminds you why you got started in the first place, and you can't imagine life without
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    Some musings about reading posts here...

    LydiaNN replied to Lurksalot's topic in General Nursing

    I hate to tell the members of the spelling and grammar police this, but I can point out at least one mistake in every one of your posts. Not that I will, of course. I consider them errors, not...
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    CPR Class info needed

    LydiaNN replied to clover1602's topic in General Students

    I just renewed my CPR last weekend, and there was a man in the class with bad knees. The instructor let him put the mannequin on a table to
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    LVN in 2 months?!?

    LydiaNN replied to tx2007's topic in California Nursing

    Someone is telling tall tales... either your SIL is being fed a pack of lies or she's feeding one to
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    Being Judgemental Doesn't It Give Nurses A Bad Rap?

    LydiaNN replied to buildingmyfaith57's topic in General Nursing

    Surely in your many years of experience, not all nurses have been totally mean and nasty. What you are calling being ''judgmental'' may in fact be an RN delegating work or evaluating work...
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    Lets play with titles!

    LydiaNN replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    LOL... your description is so much better than mine, and you've completely nailed the concept I have everytime I think of that
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    Lets play with titles!

    LydiaNN replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    This is actually a real title that just sounds ridiculous to me; when I delivered my son, the hospital called their PCTs ''nurse extenders''. It sounded like ''hamburger helper'' to me,
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    The most horrible things instuctor's say...

    LydiaNN replied to CyndieRN2007's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I've been out of school a long time, but I'll never forget the time an instructor told a student that she was ''pretty wide'' to be a nurse. Said student probably only weighed 140 lbs. (and no, it...
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    does smoking really cause lung cancer?

    LydiaNN replied to cumberland40's topic in Oncology

    It was known (yes known, as in proven empirically) that smoking causes lung cancer LONG before there were any tobacco settlements. As recently as ten years ago, the notion that tobacco companies would...