LydiaNN

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    Please tell me how this is right?!?!

    LydiaNN replied to L&DRNJenn's topic in General Nursing

    The "I Have the Time" concept is a very nice one, indeed, provided your facility's staffing is such that it actually allows you to have that time. When push comes to shove, nurses have to prioritize,...
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    Open mouth, insert foot

    LydiaNN replied to LydiaNN's topic in Developmental Disabilities

    Thank you, southernlpn. I will definitely make a point of asking something along those lines from now on. I probably would have under other circumstances, but like I said, with this woman's...
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    Open mouth, insert foot

    LydiaNN posted a topic in Developmental Disabilities

    Today, a colleague, whose background is, interestingly, as a Special Education Program Specialist started asking me about a 2 year old who "walks on her tippy toes". Upon quizzing her about this...
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    Would you marry your prison pen pal?

    LydiaNN replied to Blackcat99's topic in Correctional

    Well, he may want one, but there's some pretty compelling ethical reasons to refuse. If active alcoholism can disqualify you from the waiting list, why shouldn't the fact that you're not likely to...
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    Would you marry your prison pen pal?

    LydiaNN replied to Blackcat99's topic in Correctional

    I most certainly did NOT vote in the Governator! That so many of my fellow CA residents demonstrated such misjudgment is a cross I'm forced to bear, but one for which I will accept no responsibility....
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    Would you marry your prison pen pal?

    LydiaNN replied to Blackcat99's topic in Correctional

    Yep, that's who I would choose for the father of my child. A bleepin murderer. Talk about being born paying for the sins of your
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    I am worth less for Christmas?!?!?

    LydiaNN replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    Isn't Christmas a national holiday, though? Many (most?) places base the bonus on that fact, not the religious significance of the
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    Would you marry your prison pen pal?

    LydiaNN replied to Blackcat99's topic in Correctional

    Someone who got busted for marijuana posession or simple assault isn't likely to be in prison long enough to be looking for pen pals, though, are they? At least judging from the media portrayal of...
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    This article insults nursing as a lower skilled job

    LydiaNN replied to Cheyenne RN,BSHS's topic in General Nursing

    Well, RN2MD, once again you make erroneous assumptions. (A trait you might want to lose if you wish to be successful in your medical career, by the way). I have a great many professional friends....
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    This article insults nursing as a lower skilled job

    LydiaNN replied to Cheyenne RN,BSHS's topic in General Nursing

    In the first place, you were the one that suggested in another post that nurses should be happy to top out at $80 or $85K a year, which to me was an odd thing to say. Lots of hospital nurses that I...
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    This article insults nursing as a lower skilled job

    LydiaNN replied to Cheyenne RN,BSHS's topic in General Nursing

    Jake, The article wasn't copied. Part of it was cut and pasted, just enough to pique our interest to read the full article, which was posted by someone else, on a different site. This procedure is...
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    EPA Proposes Chemical Testing on Some Children

    LydiaNN posted a topic in Research

    okay, this isn't strictly a nursing discussion i know, but it certainly is health care related, so i hope it isn't moved to a premium forum. i am thinking we may have discussed this when the idea was...
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    EPA Proposes Chemical Testing on Some Children

    LydiaNN posted a topic in General Nursing

    okay, this isn't strictly a nursing discussion i know, but it certainly is health care related, so i hope it isn't moved to a premium forum. i am thinking we may have discussed this when the idea was...
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    EPA Proposes Chemical Testing on Some Children

    LydiaNN replied to LydiaNN's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, it's legit, although the whole concept is so preposterous that I can see why it might be
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    This article insults nursing as a lower skilled job

    LydiaNN replied to Cheyenne RN,BSHS's topic in General Nursing

    Perhaps the "this" in which you are physically located is the United States. That isn't the case for every allnurses member, though, and even if it were, the "this" in which we all connect is...
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    Why are so many of us over weight?

    LydiaNN replied to sarahhoughton's topic in General Nursing

    Every time we have this conversation, I refine my thinking on the subject. My current thinking includes: It may be that some of the same emotional background that drives us to choose a caring...
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    Nursing home keeps spirits up with own pub

    LydiaNN replied to EricTAMUCC-BSN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I didn't have any luck with the link you provided. At the risk of seeming like a spoilsport, I have to ask, is someone monitoring patients for dangerous alcohol/meds interactions? Are members of the...
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    This article insults nursing as a lower skilled job

    LydiaNN replied to Cheyenne RN,BSHS's topic in General Nursing

    It would appear that way, wouldn't
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    This article insults nursing as a lower skilled job

    LydiaNN replied to Cheyenne RN,BSHS's topic in General Nursing

    What? Huh? By previous post, do you mean the one immediately previous? Because I don't understand why asking for clarification about the "you ladies" comment would warrant a warning. I'm trying to...
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    This article insults nursing as a lower skilled job

    LydiaNN replied to Cheyenne RN,BSHS's topic in General Nursing

    What's with the "you ladies"
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    Vacation Woes (rant)

    LydiaNN replied to TreetopAngel_RN's topic in General Nursing

    The whole purpose of vacation is supposed to be to recharge and come back an energized employee. Gotta wonder how the people where you work think that's going to happen if they're constantly annoying...
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    This article insults nursing as a lower skilled job

    LydiaNN replied to Cheyenne RN,BSHS's topic in General Nursing

    No flames here. I've never understood where the idea that plumbers are akin to laborers came from. After all, haven't most of us written checks to plumbers? We should certainly know what they...
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    This article insults nursing as a lower skilled job

    LydiaNN replied to Cheyenne RN,BSHS's topic in General Nursing

    I think it's hilarious that the writer considers jobs that pay more than $25,000 a year "reasonably good paying", especially since she is based in San Francisco, where you'd have to commute an hour or...
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    Pervasive Developmental Disorder

    LydiaNN replied to kea6783's topic in Developmental Disabilities

    I absolutely refuse to use the word "normal" when it comes to children. I use the term "typical" to describe the general education classes, and I don't hesitate to correct anyone in the school who...
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    baptizing a patient???

    LydiaNN replied to mtnmom's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't do it. The religion I was raised in would consider such a thing sacrieligious (which I happened to find out many years ago, after I told my Sunday School teacher, the minister's wife,...