LydiaNN

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    Words and phrases that make me want to scream

    LydiaNN replied to LydiaNN's topic in Developmental Disabilities

    Okay, or it could just be that some of us- or maybe just one of us- felt like they've reached their limit with arcane language from people we think should know better, and decided to start a thread...
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    Words and phrases that make me want to scream

    LydiaNN replied to LydiaNN's topic in Developmental Disabilities

    Yes, maybe they are. Imagine that.
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    Neurofeedback for Asperger's, anyone???

    LydiaNN replied to SWAT_RN's topic in Developmental Disabilities

    I once heard a man named Fred Beers speak. He wasn't dxed with Asperger's until he was an adult. He must be in his 50s now, but he has a successful career and marriage and attributes this to having...
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    Words and phrases that make me want to scream

    LydiaNN replied to LydiaNN's topic in Developmental Disabilities

    Right. On the one hand, you are perfectly willing to adjust your language based on the preferences others state, but on the other, those who express a preference (or is it just me?) are being overly...
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    Words and phrases that make me want to scream

    LydiaNN replied to LydiaNN's topic in Developmental Disabilities

    You don't get to decide what is worth being bothered by for anyone other than yourself. Following your thinking that any language is 'okay' as long as no offense is intended, one could revert to using...
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    Words and phrases that make me want to scream

    LydiaNN replied to LydiaNN's topic in Developmental Disabilities

    You've posted 1562 times. I think we all know that you're not a
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    Words and phrases that make me want to scream

    LydiaNN replied to LydiaNN's topic in Developmental Disabilities

    And forgive me if I point out that you are the exactly the type of person that I believe just doesn't get it. It really isn't necessary for you to point out to me that I have the right to my opinion,...
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    Words and phrases that make me want to scream

    LydiaNN replied to LydiaNN's topic in Developmental Disabilities

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    Deducting Mileage and Other Items from Taxes?

    LydiaNN replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in Home Health

    Where I work, the agency that administers our grant pays the prevailing IRS mileage rate, which I believe is something like .44 a mile. Last year, they actually raised it to .47 briefly. I am not...
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    Words and phrases that make me want to scream

    LydiaNN replied to LydiaNN's topic in Developmental Disabilities

    Oh... don't get me started! We work with families of some children who have multiple needs, and are considered 'non-compliant' by multiple service providers. Over here you've got your PT, who hasn't...
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    Words and phrases that make me want to scream

    LydiaNN replied to LydiaNN's topic in Developmental Disabilities

    Actually, 'people with mental or developmental challenges' is a bit of a mouthful, but it isn't much longer than 'the mental/developmentally challenged'. It is only 3 extra syllables, and it...
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    Words and phrases that make me want to scream

    LydiaNN replied to LydiaNN's topic in Developmental Disabilities

    I hate pointless PC, too, but it isn't all pointless. If the 'point' is that some terms respect people and some terms don't (such as handicapped, suggesting that people with disabilities are all...
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    Words and phrases that make me want to scream

    LydiaNN replied to LydiaNN's topic in Developmental Disabilities

    I meant to tell you that the website is great. We distribute 'People First' language brochures at presentations and health fairs where I work. I am considering taking the Partners in Policymaking...
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    Words and phrases that make me want to scream

    LydiaNN replied to LydiaNN's topic in Developmental Disabilities

    Oh yeah, crippled. Add that to my list, too. Several months ago, someone at work told me a story about a mother who had called and said her child's ped had referred her to the California Crippled...
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    Neurofeedback for Asperger's, anyone???

    LydiaNN replied to SWAT_RN's topic in Developmental Disabilities

    Swat, I do know that lots of clinicians are dxing Asperger's in kids as young as your's, but it is very difficult to make a definitive Asperger's dx before age 6. Kids just haven't matured to the...
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    Nursing assignment: Fetal alcohol disorders

    LydiaNN replied to stcn's topic in Ob/Gyn

    What you've read about no recognized safe level of alcohol during pregnancy is what I've been taught, and what I've read or heard from every reputable source I've ever known to address this matter....
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    Of Chaos and Ethics, thoughts please!

    LydiaNN replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think in this situation the signed refusals or the reason for the request that only a female look after his daughter is relevant. In emergency situations, standard of care is to triage. As...
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    Husband Store

    LydiaNN replied to Nutmeg5575's topic in Nursing Humor

    Lol
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    Raids on members causing high fever in nurse unions

    LydiaNN replied to Brian's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    If the nurses in the South feel so strongly about CNA and Ralph Nader (totally don't see any connection there, but okiedokiefine), then they won't vote to bring the CNA in and all will be settled,...
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    Pt refused to leave!

    LydiaNN replied to tryingtomakeit's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Okay, I've debated sharing this, because it is so personal, but given how offensive I find the 'Medicaid is charity' schtick, I've decided to illustrate what results such an attitude can have. My Dad...
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    Pt refused to leave!

    LydiaNN replied to tryingtomakeit's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I don't think I'm missing your point, I think I am disagreeing with it. I think nurses who make judgmental comments like 'charity patients act this way or that way' reflect badly on all of us, which...
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    Pt refused to leave!

    LydiaNN replied to tryingtomakeit's topic in Ob/Gyn

    In which case, it makes more sense to vent against the particular patient or situation, rather than taking a paintbrush and broadly covering all patients on Medicaid with the 'ungrateful, entitlement...
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    Pt refused to leave!

    LydiaNN replied to tryingtomakeit's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Medicaid is paid for out of our taxes, yes. That is not the same thing as providing free care. It makes more sense to say that 'we' (I'm a taxpayer, too) are providing free healthcare coverage,...
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    Pt refused to leave!

    LydiaNN replied to tryingtomakeit's topic in Ob/Gyn

    You're not taking care of her for free, you are being paid by your hospital, and your hospital is being paid by Medicaid. While I find entitlement attitudes as distasteful as anyone else, I also find...
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    Respiratory therapist charged with molestation

    LydiaNN posted a topic in General Nursing

    The victims were among the most vulnerable. Their plight brought one hospital official to tears and drew flashes of anger from another yesterday as they described a horrifying case of child...