LydiaNN

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    Accused of abandonement

    LydiaNN replied to bell83's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I did pick that up and I'm sure lots of others did, too. IMHO, the point of the post was that she was written up for patient abandonment, not just that she was written up. As a rule, I don't...
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    Accused of abandonement

    LydiaNN replied to bell83's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Being able to take criticism is indeed a fine skill to develop, but I think we should keep in mind that this is a new grad who came here to vent, not to have a lecture delivered about how...
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    Accused of abandonement

    LydiaNN replied to bell83's topic in First Year After Licensure

    There are always at least 2 sides to a story and usually more than that, but I can't respond to the "other side" when I don't know what it is. I don't see the wisdom of pointing out to everyone else...
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    It's official.......

    LydiaNN replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Time to change your
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    Pornographic movies

    LydiaNN replied to Mrs. M.'s topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    Thank you for making this point. It is his home. To the greatest extent possible, I think he should have the same rights he would have in his home. I realize that there are always going to be...
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    Accused of abandonement

    LydiaNN replied to bell83's topic in First Year After Licensure

    It isn't my understanding that the OP is objecting to being written up though. It is those particular words "patient abandonment". When the definition of a term is spelled out by the BON, I don't...
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    Accused of abandonement

    LydiaNN replied to bell83's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Since I don't know what state the OP lives in, I went to the BON sites for New York and California, our two most populous states. I'm no attorney, but reading their language on patient abandonment...
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    What ice storm? Get yourself to work!!

    LydiaNN replied to RunningWithScissors's topic in General Nursing

    Um, unless I'm mistaken the "P" in PTO is supposed to stand for "personal". Shouldn't that mean that if the weather poses a personal barrier for you to arrive to work in one piece you should be...
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    Crazy Tampon Commercial

    LydiaNN replied to nightfall2099's topic in Nursing Humor

    Oh, good Lord, there's something I could've gone forever without remembering! I do recall those booklets! "Liking it" my fat Aunt Fanny. Thirty years of my life consumed with this miserable blessed...
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    Accused of abandonement

    LydiaNN replied to bell83's topic in First Year After Licensure

    If there was writing up to do, I'd think it would be for not informing your preceptor (which you acknowledge you should have done). What point is it that an inaccurate write-up is supposed to make,...
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    It's official.......

    LydiaNN replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Congratulations.
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    Crazy Tampon Commercial

    LydiaNN replied to nightfall2099's topic in Nursing Humor

    It is my understanding that a number of organizations are working worldwide to distribute condoms and encourage their use, but there are numerous cultural roadblocks associated with that goal. I have...
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    Crazy Tampon Commercial

    LydiaNN replied to nightfall2099's topic in Nursing Humor

    You know, it has always struck me as unfair that we actually have to pay for these products! Not only do we do with the monumental pain in the...er...well, you know... but it costs money! Month...
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    Crazy Tampon Commercial

    LydiaNN replied to nightfall2099's topic in Nursing Humor

    Yes, I have seen that and yes, I agree with you. Very odd. Not the cause, which, although legitimate, is probably something none of us has ever fathomed, but the
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    Rude coworkers=bad manners

    LydiaNN replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Home Health

    EDITED: I just looked at the date of this post! I didn't mean to reply to a post that is 7 months
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    Translation

    LydiaNN posted a topic in General Nursing

    A friend told me that her hospital uses the overhead paging system to request translators. There aren't actually any paid translators on their staff, though. If a page comes through "will the Urdu...
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    Translation

    LydiaNN replied to LydiaNN's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry, I wasn't very clear. I think most of the hospitals here do use the language line, but it is meant to be kept as a "last resort" due to the cost. This particular hospital is the only one I...
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    Cheney would "probably be dead by now" if not for his federally funded health care

    LydiaNN replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Yes. I do. The President is more important than the Vice President. The Vice President has the potential to become that important, but it is contingent on becoming the President. As for the current...
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    Cheney would "probably be dead by now" if not for his federally funded health care

    LydiaNN replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Yes, it is nit-picking to point out the difference between being one of the most powerful and influential men in the world, and only having the potential of being that if your boss suddenly becomes...
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    Cheney would "probably be dead by now" if not for his federally funded health care

    LydiaNN replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I have no problem agreeing on that. That doesn't make them equals. To suggest it does means that Al Gore is equal to George Bush. Does that statement bother you at all? Then you should know how I...
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    Cheney would "probably be dead by now" if not for his federally funded health care

    LydiaNN replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    But no one has actually said that the Democrat's use of medical coverage is ok and the Republican's is not. That was just a statement you came up with whilst assigning what people "should" think. I...
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    Cheney would "probably be dead by now" if not for his federally funded health care

    LydiaNN replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Scams and fraudulent billings are a whole different topic. You don't not provide needed services on the basis that they will be abused. You institute safeguards to thwart abuse and you prosecute it...
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    Cheney would "probably be dead by now" if not for his federally funded health care

    LydiaNN replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    What is with you and the shoulds? People get to feel whatever they want about whatever they want. It isn't your decision to make. Take the political ties out of it? Huh? We're talking about...
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    quint-essential?

    LydiaNN replied to littlepeach's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    cardiac, I didn't mean to make light of your struggle. I truly wish for you to know the joy of having a child. I also never meant to imply that the babies themselves are not miracles. Just as babies...
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    Retire by 30, thanks nursing!

    LydiaNN replied to ThePrestige's topic in General Nursing

    In all fairness, the OP did ask what we thought. It isn't like the myriad opinions expressed in response were unsolicited. I do appreciate the OP's good-natured response, though. I, too, wonder how a...