Hillbilly RN

Hillbilly RN BSN

M/S and NICU Certified-Now Retired

Was in Peds 10 years, NICU 17 years, Med-Surg 16 years. Never stopped feeling the need to care for others. Today I tend wild animals from chipmunks to black bears.

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  1. I am a retired RN of 43 years experience. I have several comorbidities and have been isolated since this has started. With everything that has been said and all the research that has been done, there is still so much that is unknown about Covid-19. M...
  2. Living as an older individual with comorbidities

    I am really sorry for your loss. Lost my German Shorthaired Pointer 7 years ago and not a day goes bye that I do not think of him. I know someday we will be back together and that he is waiting for me. He had a very hard life here and had a disabilit...
  3. Living as an older individual with comorbidities

    Back in 2012, the Mayans predicted the end of us all and we thought nothing happened. Well we were wrong, we were shifted into a new reality in a parallel universe and that has been where we have been existing and thus all the chaos that is now happe...
  4. Living as an older individual with comorbidities

    Boy if that ain't the truth !
  5. Living as an older individual with comorbidities

    As all my colleagues here have said you need to live one day at a time. No one knows what the future holds. If it is destined for me to wear a mask the rest of my life, so be it. If they are destined to come up with a vaccine that works, so be it. I ...
  6. Living as an older individual with comorbidities

    I am more southern than most around me. I am from So. Cal which is more south than TN. This is a much more relaxed life style and one I am most appreciative of. I used to be an ocean boy. Now I am a mountain man. Never thought this would be my end of...
  7. Nurses Disciplined, Fired for Wearing Hospital-Issued Scrubs

    I have 6 pairs of navy blue scrubs sitting in my closet from the "old days" before I retired. Somehow admins across the country must have read some study that to dress workers in different colors makes it easier to identify a persons job and fell for...
  8. Nurses Disciplined, Fired for Wearing Hospital-Issued Scrubs

    Not to condone what was being done, but everything the nurse does today was once the domain of the MD. B/P's, IV's, assessments were all strictly for doctors. The way nurses finally got these were because the doctors got tired of doing them. The way ...
  9. Living as an older individual with comorbidities

    I have been within 15 feet of a flock. I respect their power. I also have a friend I cal Yogi. I also get close to him but never too close. Usually I just sit and watch what Mother Nature provides.
  10. Living as an older individual with comorbidities

    I am in Mountain City
  11. Living as an older individual with comorbidities

    Because of so many Covidiots, I expect that I will live out my final years masked when I go out in public. I am not sure a vaccine will ever be developed. I need to protect myself no matter what others do. I may be ridiculed but so be it. I do not wi...
  12. Living as an older individual with comorbidities

    I will be honest. I will not take the vaccine immediately. Having treated a couple of people after the Swine Flu Vaccine debacle, I think I will wait to see that the vaccine does not harm those who take it. That is a worry also. I will stay in place ...
  13. Living as an older individual with comorbidities

    Could not agree more. I have been to Alaska. Absolutely loved it. Sun did not set until after midnight and was up again early. Summer is great and winters is a whole other story ? Retirement is a wonderful thing. Glad I survived to enjoy it.
  14. Living as an older individual with comorbidities

    I will be honest. It is the difference between night and day. It is a major adjustment. Culture shock at it's most interesting. My town has 3 grocery stores. When I moved here, no store had a ream of paper for my printer. Largest town in Boone, NC an...
  15. Living as an older individual with comorbidities

    Thank You. I appreciate the information. You are most kind.
  16. Living as an older individual with comorbidities

    I did what you said and got this message "You are only allowed to send 0 messages per day. Please try again later." I have no idea what that means.
  17. Living as an older individual with comorbidities

    I am sorry but I have no idea how I would go about PM to anyone. I looked for instructions but could find nothing. I would be more than happy to talk to you. Maybe you can tell me how I go about using PM?
  18. Living as an older individual with comorbidities

    Winters here in Mountain City have been very mild last few years. Johnson County is right on the border of Virginia and North Carolina. It is well known for retirement. It is 2500 feet in elevation. Very laid back here. I personally love it because i...
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  20. Living as an older individual with comorbidities

    I lived in CA for 53 years before moving here to NE TN. I lived in So Cal where it was all asphalt and concrete. I moved here to TN in 2002 because I met my future wife online. I was so lonely after my wife died that I could barely function. Here I h...
  21. Living as an older individual with comorbidities

    My first wife died from complications of MS many years ago. The only treatment then was Betaseron which I made sure she was on. It was a very terrible time and I would not wish it on anyone. Please know I understand where you are coming from and will...
  22. Living as an older individual with comorbidities

    I am sorry you feel such animosity because I stated my feelings. I was just trying to communicate my anxiety and fear.
  23. Living as an older individual with comorbidities

    You may feel caviller about what should happen but for those like me, Covid-19 is a death sentence. It is something that here to for was not something you lived with everyday. Because some covidiot decides that they will flaunt common sense and go ou...
  24. Living as an older individual with comorbidities

    Your life sounds more like torture than something that is joyful. You must find something to bring you happiness because life without happiness is a fate worse than death. I am blessed to have an acre with more animals than I can count. My greatest j...
  25. No wonder our profession is messed up

    Been a male in nursing for 40 years. It has always been the same no matter how far back you go. The 3 year nurses looked down on 2 year nurses. Then for a long time, nursing heirarchy pushed BSN. The 2 and 3 year nurses didn't see why getting a BSN w...