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  1. Healthier Living Thread Part IV

    hikernurse replied to Tweety's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I'm backtracking here a bit but I'm in school and working and if there's dust around, it's not bothering me a bit I keep thinking I need to get on things, but as my 2 yo says when I ask him if he...

  2. Healthier Living Thread Part IV

    hikernurse replied to Tweety's topic in Health, Stress Management

    The builders didn't take this into account when building your place? What were they thinking??? Now that picture is worth a thousand words :roll They don't seem to have a smiley for this, either....

  3. Healthier Living Thread Part IV

    hikernurse replied to Tweety's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I'm glad Sarah's OK, too. I hate tornadoes. My mom grew up in the midwest and the town she grew up in was destroyed by a tornado. Scary. Good job, Blue. Not much of a slip with your cookie bar...

  4. Healthier Living Thread Part IV

    hikernurse replied to Tweety's topic in Health, Stress Management

    i think i may have written my responses in the middle of your quote. just read between the lines, i guess :) besides, an inpatient stay with the white coats may be kind of a vacation. take a nap,...

  5. Update to Vent and Need Advice

    hikernurse replied to ertravelrn's topic in General Nursing

    Sheesh, ER. Are you feeling like a scapegoat yet? It seems the hospital is opening itself wide liability-wise. I read your other thread--I wouldn't want to work with that nurse,

  6. Healthier Living Thread Part IV

    hikernurse replied to Tweety's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I'm on the short end, too--a little over five feet. My driver's license credits me with an extra inch which doesn't quite make up for the rather loosely gauged weight I have on there. I'm going to...

  7. Healthier Living Thread Part IV

    hikernurse replied to Tweety's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Blue, loooove your avi. Very nice :) No hikes, I was on nights this weekend and had a huge test Monday and my very last care plan due by 1700 today. There should be some kind of ceremony for...

  8. YOU as a Pt-what would you allow a student nurse to do?

    hikernurse replied to KellNY's topic in General Nursing

    :yeahthat: Or a nurse. It might take longer than with an experienced nurse, but what else am I going to be doing in a

  9. Healthier Living Thread Part IV

    hikernurse replied to Tweety's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I did some funky editing with your quote, Blue. Sorry. So no chance of making your goal a negative number, huh? I might could win that kind of a contest, LOL. Your LV trip just sounds better and...

  10. Admits after 6:00 pm? Does your hospital do this?

    hikernurse replied to PickMePlze's topic in General Nursing

    You nurses who can hold off admitting a patient for the next shift are lucky :) We need to do the admitting, check the doctor's orders, assessment, etc. on any patients that come in on our...

  11. nursing float pool

    hikernurse replied to ddc22's topic in General Nursing

    Aries, I'd be willing to forego benefits for $50/hour

  12. nursing float pool

    hikernurse replied to ddc22's topic in General Nursing

    I was in the float pool and loved it. We didn't make any more money an hour (although we did get the same differential as the other nurses/CNA's) and we did get benefits where I worked. The...

  13. Healthier Living Thread Part IV

    hikernurse replied to Tweety's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Was the "h" in front of ate intentional? Go to the gym, my friend and get that serotonin going that way instead of through CHO. I mean that in the nicest way (although I have been told I can be a...

  14. Healthier Living Thread Part IV

    hikernurse replied to Tweety's topic in Health, Stress Management

    You are sooo right. I have a hard time letting go of things for that very reason, but when I do, it is so freeing. Good for you :) And your bike ride sounds fantastic. I need to get a new bike--I...

  15. Healthier Living Thread Part IV

    hikernurse replied to Tweety's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Share your secret . . . Great job on running on your lunch. I'll often run during my lunch break too, but it's only from patient to patient, LOL. Blue, glad you're feeling better. Your trip...

  16. Healthier Living Thread Part IV

    hikernurse replied to Tweety's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Tweety :redbeathe :icon_hug: What can I say? I'm sorry. It's really tough when life and people don't turn out the way you hope. You've been really strong to stick it out this long. I couldn't...

  17. working PT as a new grad

    hikernurse replied to np_wannabe's topic in General Nursing

    Where I am going to be working (NICU) when I graduate full-time is required for the same reason Tazzi stated. They have a specific training period, new grads start on the same date and that's that...

  18. Healthier Living Thread Part IV

    hikernurse replied to Tweety's topic in Health, Stress Management

    But you may as well have one that fits now :) This is sort of embarassing, but when I buy swim suits, I usually buy one that fits and the next size up; that way I still have one that works even if I...

  19. Healthier Living Thread Part IV

    hikernurse replied to Tweety's topic in Health, Stress Management

    It wasn't the screen door you lost was it? It's only been a few days since I've been here, but I'm not even going to try to catch up, LOL. Other than . . . cute dogs, Tweety; Glad you're feeling...

  20. Time off (PTO) for full time vs. part time nurses

    hikernurse replied to cands04's topic in General Nursing

    We get a week's worth of PTO to be used how we choose. After five years we get two weeks, three after ten. They base part time folks PTO on that. I usually choose to make up my sick days than use...

  21. hello. my name is muffie and i am an allnurses addict.

    hikernurse replied to muffie's topic in Nursing Humor

    You make it sound so easy . .

  22. Do you have to punch a time clock?

    hikernurse replied to deehaverrn's topic in General Nursing

    We swipe here. I like getting paid for the shifts I get off late. We have an exception notebook we fill out if we didn't take a lunch or forgot to punch in. But we can look up and print the hours...

  23. hello. my name is muffie and i am an allnurses addict.

    hikernurse replied to muffie's topic in Nursing Humor

    Admitting it is the first step . . . but do you really want to

  24. Did you work when going to nursing school?

    hikernurse replied to DaughteroftheKing's topic in General Nursing

    Local hospital, CNA then LPN; float pool so I could choose my own hours. Sometimes things get a bit tight, but the experience is

  25. Healthier Living Thread Part IV

    hikernurse replied to Tweety's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Hmm, this might be a good idea for a thread . .