LydiaNN

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    Is your house a mess?

    LydiaNN replied to FNPhopeful's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    My house is small, and neither my son or my husband are good about keeping the place tidy, so yes, it is usually a mess (by my standards, anyway). It is rarely filthy, however. I'm pretty vigilant...
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    Need to vent about not being able to VENT!!!

    LydiaNN replied to NurseCard's topic in General Nursing

    I love the line about having sunshine shoved up your butt. I must remember that, as I am no fan of it,
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    How does Nursing rank in comparison to other majors in difficulty?

    LydiaNN replied to CRNAhopefulguy's topic in General Students

    If you feel they have intellectual advantages over you, I am wondering why you feel like they pissed away 4 years of undergrad. Clearly, they were preparing themselves for law school, which, if you...
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    Was I wrong to refuse to help?

    LydiaNN replied to flashpoint's topic in General Nursing

    I just don't think there's a thing wrong with saying it exactly the way it was said. The nurse was, in fact, asking the OP to do her job for her. It seems to me that this nurse was pretty oblivious...
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    HIPPA violation?

    LydiaNN replied to Mythreeangels's topic in General Nursing

    It probably isn't a HIPAA violation because the child herself isn't identified (even though her picture is there, her name and medical information isn't attached). It is a complete violation of her...
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    Was I wrong to refuse to help?

    LydiaNN replied to flashpoint's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, and I'm willing to wager that such a male wouldn't have been "asked to resign" in the first
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    Public Breastfeeding

    LydiaNN replied to MarySunshine's topic in General Nursing

    No, because it was never my contention that public breastfeeding is acceptable because it is natural. Natural or unnatural never entered into the equation for me. My contention is that babies need...
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    Was I wrong to refuse to help?

    LydiaNN replied to flashpoint's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly. And what has become of any system that has detoriated to the point where being nice is valued more than being competent
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    Public Breastfeeding

    LydiaNN replied to MarySunshine's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly. Even biohazards can only cause damage if you're actually exposed to
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    Was I wrong to refuse to help?

    LydiaNN replied to flashpoint's topic in General Nursing

    I think suggesting counseling is way out of the bounds of what the OP was asking for our opinions on, and I also think it is entirely inappropriate given the small amount of information she's shared....
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    Public Breastfeeding

    LydiaNN replied to MarySunshine's topic in General Nursing

    I have no idea, but that's fine, since it isn't my call to make. Or
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    Public Breastfeeding

    LydiaNN replied to MarySunshine's topic in General Nursing

    If there are so "many" natural things that aren't acceptable in public, personally I would choose a better analogy than urination, to illustrate my point. And to say "I don't understand" your analogy...
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    Public Breastfeeding

    LydiaNN replied to MarySunshine's topic in General Nursing

    There is also a condition in which children can only digest breast milk, and nursing mothers donate their excess to the
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    Was I wrong to refuse to help?

    LydiaNN replied to flashpoint's topic in General Nursing

    HIPAA wouldn't come into play unless the patient's identity was
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    Public Breastfeeding

    LydiaNN replied to MarySunshine's topic in General Nursing

    You keep quoting that comment when responding to me, but I wasn't one the one that made the comment, and it isn't central to my POV. My POV is that study after study shows that breast is best, and...
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    Was I wrong to refuse to help?

    LydiaNN replied to flashpoint's topic in General Nursing

    cotjockey, I don't really think the remark was catty. I think it was blunt and to the point, telling her why you refused to read the strip. I think it is a female inclination to feel like we are out...
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    Public Breastfeeding

    LydiaNN replied to MarySunshine's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, but when one urinates in public, one is depositing a waste product directly on to surfaces that will be accessed by others. When one breastfeeds, one is depositing a bodily fluid into a baby's...
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    Public Breastfeeding

    LydiaNN replied to MarySunshine's topic in General Nursing

    You're a nurse and you need me to explain to you why urine needs to be flushed away by a plumbing system and not deposited in stairwells, elevators, subway cars, etc? It's unhygenic because it is a...
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    Was I wrong to refuse to help?

    LydiaNN replied to flashpoint's topic in General Nursing

    Contrary to what your NM said, if you HAD read the strip and something had gone wrong, there would have been nothing but trouble for the lot of you. It wasn't your responsibility, and she was way out...
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    Public Breastfeeding

    LydiaNN replied to MarySunshine's topic in General Nursing

    Public urination is actually illegal, so it should not be and is not "acceptable". It is unhygenic, and there are "accepted" places to do it, which are called restrooms. As far as that goes, men...
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    HIPPA violation?

    LydiaNN replied to Mythreeangels's topic in General Nursing

    I have been to several HIPAA trainings, and it doesn't sound like a violation to me. A misuse of the secertary's time, yes (we've got a similar situation where I work, so I can relate). It sounds as...
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    Do nurses get paid enough for what they do?

    LydiaNN replied to sweetpea839's topic in General Nursing

    No, they don't. "Nuff
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    Public Breastfeeding

    LydiaNN replied to MarySunshine's topic in General Nursing

    It isn't exactly meant to be a comparison, just a parallel as to the fact that all of us have something that we're not comfortable seeing. I once had a patient complain that a teenager in the waiting...
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    Public Breastfeeding

    LydiaNN replied to MarySunshine's topic in General Nursing

    That Speedo comment was made by me, and I really don't see the wisdom in quoting it when you're trying to explain a tongue in cheek remark you made. My remark wasn't tongue in cheek at all. I really...
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    Do you have internet at work?

    LydiaNN replied to KCIN's topic in General Nursing

    We've got it. The hard and fast rules are that we're not allowed to install any programs for which the agency hasn't paid a licensing fee (not even free ones), no Media or shopping sites, and no...