No Stars In My Eyes

Med nurse in med-surg., float, HH, and PDN

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  1. No Stars In My Eyes

    Sunday June 5 2022

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Daily Diary's Entries

    Welp, Hubby said he slept really well last night, and he seems in a better mood. Of course, he is sitting outside...either on the front porch or in "his office (the Ford). The car allows him to sit in...
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    Saturday June 4th 2022

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Daily Diary's Entries

    Yeah, Tweety, I'd say the tapering of vodka (or tequila) had quite a bit to do with his 'mood'. I didn't take any of it personally, but that's sometimes how he gets about the world in general, which...
  3. No Stars In My Eyes

    Dear Healthcare Leaders: Self-Care is Not the Answer

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to Nurse Writing Nook's topic in General Nursing

    When I worked at 'that' agency forever, they knew me, so I could get kind of fresh when I saw their phone number was calling me .... I'd just pick up the phone and say, "No." Sometimes I would sound...
  4. No Stars In My Eyes

    Saturday June 4th 2022

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Daily Diary's Entries

    Yowie-Owie, Once again I am exhausted! Yesterday I was worn out because hubby was in a 'mood', teasing Nannie a LOT. He was also being quite LOUDLY obnoxious about the news, politics, and...
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    Dear Healthcare Leaders: Self-Care is Not the Answer

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to Nurse Writing Nook's topic in General Nursing

    AMEN! ABSOLUTELY! You are 100% right. Very well written and totally to the point! I'd like to make copies of this post and send it to every facility's "Healthcare Leaders", Administrations, Board...
  6. No Stars In My Eyes

    Friday June 3rd 2022

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Daily Diary's Entries

    I have read y'all, but I'm too tired to post. See yez
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    Game of Groans

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to GrumpyRN's topic in Coffee Lounge's Lounge

    Bumper sticker: I've been to Hell. It was too crowded, so I came
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    This Guy's Take on How to Fix the Nursing Shortage Temporarily

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to Red Shirt 6's topic in General Nursing

    Leader25, ....AMEN! I wish I could "Like" the above post a dozen
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    Thursday June 2 2022

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Daily Diary's Entries

    j22, I believe hubby is still on Lasix, but I'm not sure for how much longer he will be. He has no edema anywhere on his body, I know that. I don't know if it is for the fluid in the pleura, if it...
  10. No Stars In My Eyes

    Nursing Humor!

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to guest1163268's topic in Nursing Humor

    Lo, alas + alack, during the previous several months since the last post, there is apparently NO humor in nursing these days.
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    What do you think about with current News and Opinions?

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to guest1163268's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    It soooo feels like you can hardly trust anyone in public and/or professional life to not lie, cheat or steal. Story after story, every day, has me wondering "WHO can you trust? Who is trustworthy...
  12. No Stars In My Eyes

    Thursday June 2 2022

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Daily Diary's Entries

    Good Afternoon y'all~ Gosh Tweety, your sister was lucky to get herself and the dog out alive, but the trauma of it may linger. Ugh. Joe, As they used to say on Saturday Night Live: "More...
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    This Guy's Take on How to Fix the Nursing Shortage Temporarily

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to Red Shirt 6's topic in General Nursing

    "The more obviously one's work benefits other people, the less one is likely to be paid for it." (David Graeber, anthropologist/ quoted in The New Yorker) ~sad, but
  14. No Stars In My Eyes

    June 1 2022

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Daily Diary's Entries

    HIYA! So, Ado, maybe if your husband acts fast he can get a job doing voice-overs for commercials on TV, because Sam Elliot makes a ton of $$$ doing that! Hey Joe, No thunderstorms here....
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    Having SI in relation to new, stressful jobs: quitting nursing forever

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to pinkdoves's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I stepped out of nursing for two years and worked with injured and orphaned wildlife. Delightful 2 years, but not such good pay. Went back into nursing with an agency and did private duty with...
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    Game of Groans

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to GrumpyRN's topic in Coffee Lounge's Lounge

    George Carlin said: "It's called 'The American Dream' because you have to be asleep to believe
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    Tuesday May 31 2022

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Daily Diary's Entries

    Hey, howdy, hello! It is the Naltexone they prescribed hubby. He isn't going to start it until after his appt on Thursday. The doc at the hospital had told him he was going to have to taper the...
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    Davey Do's News

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to Davey Do's topic in Ars Gratia Artis's Artis

    Oh YEAH! I liked the first sketch of the seriously intent gaze. And the second one reminded me of Jimmy Durante... Speaking of which, my grandfather's wife was a real lively lady. When she and...
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    Be A Nurse They Said...

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to Beth Prather's topic in General Nursing

    JKL33, EXACTLY! I used to feel sorry for the new RN's who they would fling onto the floor (this was before anything like an internship was thought of) and there would be some procedure they had to do...
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    Game of Groans

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to GrumpyRN's topic in Coffee Lounge's Lounge

    Once I have clicked on Submit Reply, if I want to go back and change a word or correct some spelling, the computer lets me do it, but THEN, there is no box that says Submit Reply after I do that. So,...
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    Memorial Day May 30 2022

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Daily Diary's Entries

    Was looking through a catalog on-line that was selling t-shirts, and I realized this one was something many of us can relate to: I want to sleep, but my brain won't stop talking to itself....
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    Game of Groans

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to GrumpyRN's topic in Coffee Lounge's Lounge

    PS:. Apparently TOS automatically changes three letters which indicate the last three days of the week, to the word 'WOW!" It doesn't make sense that way, hence this explanation. Not that it makes a...
  23. No Stars In My Eyes

    Game of Groans

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to GrumpyRN's topic in Coffee Lounge's Lounge

    If God can make a bug's butt light up, think what he can do for you! I'm so good at aging, I've been 25 three times. In a world where you can be anything, be kind. If you can't be kind, be...
  24. No Stars In My Eyes

    Game of Groans

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to GrumpyRN's topic in Coffee Lounge's Lounge

    Okay, Grumpy, you've been carrying the weight of this thread for a while now, so when I saw a bunch of t-shirts with sayings on them, I knew I had some contributions to make! There are just a couple...
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    Memorial Day May 30 2022

    No Stars In My Eyes replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Daily Diary's Entries

    I gave him a Fleet's because he was 'full of it'.