LydiaNN

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    regarding borderline patients

    LydiaNN replied to hsieh's topic in Psychiatric

    No one is saying that the threads to which you keep referring don't exist. I haven't read them because I'm not interested in reading them, but I do realize that all nurses are subject to venting when...
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    regarding borderline patients

    LydiaNN replied to hsieh's topic in Psychiatric

    I believe that your reasoning is fallacious. A diagnosis- any diagnosis- is based on accepted clinical criteria, not the area of the world in which a person is located. So while there may not be...
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    Make up...?

    LydiaNN replied to ails's topic in General Nursing

    I don't have a problem with casinos expecting bartenders to wear make up. It is an entertainment business, and business is probably better when the employees project a certain image and appearance....
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    Make up...?

    LydiaNN replied to ails's topic in General Nursing

    I'd think as long as skin, hair and nails are clean and of neat appearance, a requirement to wear make up is both pointless and impossibly vague (who decides how much make up is ''enough''? Who...
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    Getting a verbal for being too happy.

    LydiaNN replied to st4wb3rr33sh0rtc4k3's topic in Nursing Career

    If by too much fun you mean that you whistle while you work, I don't see the problem. If the problem is that you whistle instead of work, why, then, yes, I'd say perhaps you are too
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    Getting a verbal for being too happy.

    LydiaNN replied to st4wb3rr33sh0rtc4k3's topic in Nursing Career

    I think there can be such a thing as too happy if said happiness interferes with getting your work done or other people's ability to get their work done. Seems like it would have made more sense for...
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    I didn't get all this education to wipe behinds!

    LydiaNN replied to SeekingNur's topic in General Nursing

    Is this thread moderated at all? I can't believe the name
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    Sore Feet!

    LydiaNN replied to Meerkat's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    If you can afford it, Brookstone sells the most marvelous foot massager for $250. Another thing that helps is to dangle your feet in the bathtub and alternate running the hottest and coldest water...
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    War on Fast Food?

    LydiaNN replied to indigo girl's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not sure which is more ludicrous, McDonald's claims that their food is healthy or that their jobs are
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    How about your favorite Old Wives Tales related to health?

    LydiaNN replied to NurseyTonyaLPN's topic in Nursing Humor

    Drinking milk and water together will give you a fever. Butter is good for a burn (I guess that's more of a folk remedy than an old wives' tale, though) My personal favorite, though- ''you can get...
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    Conflicts of Interest in Vaccine Policy Making

    LydiaNN replied to indigo girl's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Probably
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    Personality Disorder Test...how do you stack up?

    LydiaNN replied to Thunderwolf's topic in Psychiatric

    Yes, I see what you mean. I guess under those circumstances, the results could be somewhat inaccurate. I'm sure when you take these tests, though, they'll be administered by professionals trained to...
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    Personality Disorder Test...how do you stack up?

    LydiaNN replied to Thunderwolf's topic in Psychiatric

    I guess because people who lie all the time tend to do it to other people. It isn't necessary to reveal the answers of this test to anyone else, so why would they answer these questions
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    Personality Disorder Test...how do you stack up?

    LydiaNN replied to Thunderwolf's topic in Psychiatric

    Oy. I didn't. I scored high on 2, one of which I refuse to mention since I know you're all out to get me and the other being narcissistic, with which I'd have to agree. The funny thing is that I...
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    Dear Abbey, about a nurse

    LydiaNN replied to Faeriewand's topic in General Nursing

    Not sure I agree with you on this one. I think the doctor has the right to tell the nurse that she used poor judgment in telling the patient's wife that her husband would be truthful. I don't think...
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    Dateline story on chelation tonight

    LydiaNN posted a topic in Developmental Disabilities

    I don't usually watch mainstream media autism coverage because a) it tends to be simplistic and b) it tends to be inaccurate. I'm going to watch this segment, though. Dr. James Adams told the...
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    Advisor told me to lie!

    LydiaNN replied to MrsCannibal's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I think it is a shame that your advisor didn't suggest that you submit your experience in caring for your daughter to University of Phoenix without embellishing the facts. They didn't need the...
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    ohhhh my aching feet

    LydiaNN replied to bethneyann's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    This list is actually for running shoes, but that was what I always had to wear because of really high arches and severe underpronation. It always seemed that I had more foot pain than other people...
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    When you count mileage, is it like a whole paycheck in itself???

    LydiaNN replied to Jo Dirt's topic in Home Health

    I'm not a HH nurse, but I do a lot of outreach for my job. Less now than I used to, but yes, they used to call me in and ''talk'' to me about the financial impact paying my mileage was having on the...
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    New ideasfor therapeutic groups-children

    LydiaNN replied to berniemcr's topic in Psychiatric

    ''Emotions graffiti'' - you cover the wall with butcher paper and write down several emotions that the children might be working on. Separate them into columns and then invite each child to ''tag''...
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    How about a thread for baby names you liked?

    LydiaNN replied to Marie_LPN, RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I recently read an article about how the name Nevaeh (heaven spelled backwards, as has been mentioned elsewhere in this thread) has exploded in popularity in the last few years. This article said no...
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    Ethical discussion help required!!!!

    LydiaNN replied to Sarah59's topic in International Nursing

    Wondering where it would end if we assigned care according to degree of patient culpability (real or perceived, which is another problem with this theory). Shall we also decline to treat accident...
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    I didn't get all this education to wipe behinds!

    LydiaNN replied to SeekingNur's topic in General Nursing

    In my personal experience, nurses don't refuse to jump in and help when the aide is overwhelmed and when the nurse is able to. Sometimes the nurse is overwhelmed,
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    I didn't get all this education to wipe behinds!

    LydiaNN replied to SeekingNur's topic in General Nursing

    Of course, it matters. That is why the nurse sometimes has to step in and perform these tasks. However, when it comes right down to it, the duty of all team members simply can't be equal, since not...
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    How about a thread for baby names you liked?

    LydiaNN replied to Marie_LPN, RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I've always heard it pronounced Deck-lan, accent on 1st