FLAlleycat

I took up skydiving when I was 60, and it is still my hobby. I've been solo diving since 61, and love it! I quit hospital nursing (L&D) at 65 but still work as a practitioner in busy health department. When I left the hospital, there were nurs...

Is this for real? Glad I never had her for a supervisor! Tragedy at St. Mary's Hospital as Nurse Tries to Eat Another Nurse | GomerBlog

The latest update from Medical Futility Blog: Medical Futility Blog: Jahi McMath Family Can Prove She Is Now Alive Tune in Jan 30th.

As an NP, I'm constantly called "doctor". I always say, "I'm not a doctor. I'm Alley, a nurse practitioner." I need to order a T-shirt with that! When a CNA/NA calls themselves a nurse or lets it go when someone calls them a nurse, it implies they h...

I always worked three nights in a row. On those days, I'd usually sleep from 10AM-6PM. On my days off, I'd stay up until 3-4AM then sleep till 11-noon. This worked for me as it gave me time for doctor appointments, some interaction with day-shift ...

Hi, Tabi, I have a lot of friends who work at FL Hospital in several locations in Orlando; however, I believe their philosophy would be the same in any of their hospitals. ALL of them love working there. When I first moved to Orlando, they had a 6-...

Could've sworn this was the topic of one very heated debate a year or so ago. BTW, I'm a 60-yr old snot who doesn't give a damn what time you come in as long as my ass is out the door by 7:15, unless there's an emergency on my unit.

1. I love retirement. 2. I REALLY love retirement. 3. Whoever said I would be bored when I retired had no clue what they were talking about!

Well, when the CNO of our community hospital asked this long-time L&D nurse to work with orthopedic patients, that was the last day she saw me. I was very honest in the exit interview. Others must have been as well since two months later she wa...

Haven't you been keeping up with fashion? The bigger, the better. You got one sexy butt!

Sweets, ANY sweets...donuts, cake, pie, ice cream, chocolates. I really do try to avoid the bakery when shopping, but sometimes the aroma just ropes helpless me in.

I work in FL....low pay and high everything else! I started nursing when I was a single parent of a 2YO and 4YO and survived nicely on the salary. That excludes a whopping $25/month child support that was never paid, and I never remarried. I had no...

Doc Bastard dissects some of the lawsuit brought by Nailah Winkfield (Jahi McMath's mother) against Children's Hospital Oakland and Dr. Frederick Rosen: Stories from the trauma bay: Jahi McMath lawsuit along with the poorly written and inaccurate law...

I always got three nights in a row which was a tremendous help! But, I've always been a night owl, so even on my four consecutive days off, I stayed up until about 3am, then slept until around 11. (But, I had no young children at the time which m...

By my most favorite doctor! (Not Paul Bryne) Stories from the trauma bay: Jahi McMath update...sort of

REAL soon. So very sorry to hear you're in the hospital, or even sick! Prayers for fast healing. Alley

Although I am a nurse, I once had the somewhat the opposite occur. RN from another country answered the phone at the L&D desk, then handed it to me. When I asked who was on the phone, she said "Someone who wants to talk to a nurse".

You may well be in for a shock! But keep in mind cost of living, lounging on gorgeous beaches almost all year round as well as outdoor activities. Good luck!

Quite true, and laws do need to be questioned/challenged. However, I do feel that as a physician, even Che would disagree with Judge Grillo's decision on the McMath case.

= LOL, I don't think pointing out a reporter's misuse of a rather important medical diagnosis a "witch hunt", especially when we've discussed ad nauseam how media contributes to public's confusion of comatose, PVS, and brain death. The article also ...

Um, "comatose".

Another example of a reporter purposely or ignorantly misusing words to garner readers. This family also did not approve of removal of the support but did accept it. "If it was up to the family we would keep Lisa on life support and continue fight...

Something's telling me she'll be having company soon. Orange County Family Says Hospital Wants To Pull The Plug On Woman « CBS Los Angeles

Re the hamburger . . . The first mention that Jahi was given McDonald's appeared in "comments" under one of the many online news stories. It was from a "dad whose son was in recovery (or ICU . . . I can't remember) next to Jahi". He wrote that the ...

I wonder how fast they can get them to W Africa. With the passive cooling suit underneath as well as the other positive benefits, I'm sure they would welcome them!