Ado Annie ASN, RN

Med/Surg

Nursing is my second career, and I'm so glad I made the change. I don't always love it, but most of the time I do.

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  1. Ado Annie

    Wednesday January 11 2023

    Ado Annie replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Daily Diary's Entries

    Waiting for a Zoom webinar to start. Feeling lots better today. It is my sister's birthday and I didn't send a card. I'm very bad about that. I think about it 2 weeks before the date and not again...
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    Tuesday January 10th 2023

    Ado Annie replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Daily Diary's Entries

    Good afternoon, everyone! Tweety, I'll bet the provider was OK with that patient getting clonazepam a couple hours early since it helped her rest and keep her O2 on. dianah, that sounds like...
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    Monday January 9th 2023

    Ado Annie replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Daily Diary's Entries

    The PA OK'd my prescriptions for another 6 months and did some lab work. And I did get the bivalent Covid booster. Last night was the first time I got a good look at the black cat's...
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    Sunday January 8th 2023

    Ado Annie replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Daily Diary's Entries

    Gma will hide pullups, too. These days though Hubs watches her like a hawk. Last night Twin A built a fire in the firepit. I was sitting out there and Hubs brought his mom out and they sat on...
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    Saturday January 7th 2023

    Ado Annie replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Daily Diary's Entries

    I hope the weekend isn't too long for you, Stars. Best of luck. I like split pea soup and the rest of the family will eat it but they don't say, "yay! Pea soup!" I just put together a pickup...
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    Friday January 6th 2023

    Ado Annie replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Daily Diary's Entries

    Hubs had a liver biopsy once because his hemoglobin is always high and he was being checked out for hemochromatosis. I suppose if one's liver isn't working well and therefore one's platelets are low...
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    Friday January 6th 2023

    Ado Annie replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Daily Diary's Entries

    Stars, hepatic encephalopathy would show up as increased blood level of ammonia (besides the altered mental status that is the "encephalopathy" part). The oh-so-fun initial remedy for increased...
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    Thursday January 5th 2023

    Ado Annie replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Daily Diary's Entries

    Joe, I think it be irritable with the counselot, too. Buy I do.know how hard it is to find someone you can work with. And then they have to get to know you and that takes time. And Stars, I...
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    Wednesday January 4th 2023

    Ado Annie replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Daily Diary's Entries

    Well, Happy New Year 2023, all! I kind of went down a rabbit hole the last few days. Feeling a little despondent, plus I stupidly installed a puzzle app and spent a ridiculous amount of time trying to...
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    Go Into Nursing Or No?

    Ado Annie replied to maybefuturenurse's topic in General Nursing

    That's all I got from relatives and friends and acquaintances, too. I found this site and lurked around on it and was awed by the intelligence and strength and compassion that I saw here....
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    Thursday December 29 2022

    Ado Annie replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Daily Diary's Entries

    It is 63 and sunny here. I got a new bicycle for Christmas with thoughts of riding it to work on nice days. I don't think I'm quite ready yet. It isn't 63 early in the morning. Joe: "My mind...
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    Wednesday December 28 2022

    Ado Annie replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Daily Diary's Entries

    Stars, I think I would be saying something like "3 strikes and you're out" or "3 strikes and you're in inpatient rehab faster than you can think about it". I made an e-meals recipe with chicken...
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    Wednesday December 28 2022

    Ado Annie replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Daily Diary's Entries

    Hubs is out of his tramadol and waiting for the doctor to OK a refill. Which means he is irritable. Always fun. The way the new hospital is built the ER and Med/Surg unit are pretty close...
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    Tuesday December 27 2022

    Ado Annie replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Daily Diary's Entries

    How is it the 27th already? Oh yeah, my holiday got cut short because of sick nurses so I worked the floor yesterday starting at about noon. I started with 2 patients and admitted another. Respiratory...
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    December 24 2022 Christmas Eve

    Ado Annie replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Daily Diary's Entries

    Merry Christmas Eve! We had our celebration this morning since Twin B is working tonight and tomorrow night and Twin A is working tomorrow evening. Hubs and I went to the Christmas Eve...
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    Friday December 23 2022

    Ado Annie replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Daily Diary's Entries

    I'm sorry you're not having much of a holiday, Stars. I truly hope your dh pulls his head out of his you-know-what soon. Thanks for the laugh. J22, hope you are staying warm and cozy. Hubs...
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    Friday December 23 2022

    Ado Annie replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Daily Diary's Entries

    Ended up taking a PTO day today so we could finish preparing to have some sort of Christmas celebration between everyone's work schedules. Still cold but supposed to be up to 20 by 4 pm. Stars,...
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    Thursday December 22 2022

    Ado Annie replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Daily Diary's Entries

    Well, THAT just sounds like a lovely day, Stars. Sorry. Yep, it's 6 degrees out. A very light dusting of snow this morning and fierce-sounding wind but that's about it. Finally got some online...
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    Wednesday December 21 2022

    Ado Annie replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Daily Diary's Entries

    We had sonic booms a couple of days ago and at first we were being told it was a seismic event. This morning there was "freezing fog". It's about 35 degrees right now but predicted to be 4 by...
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    Tuesday December 20 2022

    Ado Annie replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Daily Diary's Entries

    I'm with the dog! I don't miss Indiana winters. Snow is great once or twice around Christmas and then I can be done with it. I started to mix up my date roll cookies last night but realized I...
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    Tuesday December 20 2022

    Ado Annie replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Daily Diary's Entries

    I enjoy getting to gutcheck myself in counseling. And I think I've made some real growth in the past 15 months or so since I finally started seeing a counselor again, in terms of not trying to fix...
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    Monday December 19th 2022

    Ado Annie replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Daily Diary's Entries

    Sending positive vibes, Stars. I'm glad to know that the AMA/insurance bit is mostly myth. Stepson is ... troubled. And troubling. He's been texting me today and he poked enough that I...
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    Sunday December 18th 2022

    Ado Annie replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Daily Diary's Entries

    Is it true that insurance won't want to pay if a patient leaves
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    Sunday December 18th 2022

    Ado Annie replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Daily Diary's Entries

    that's a cool-looking bass. Twin B and I also have ukuleles that we were learning along with a group that was part of the New Horizons Band at the University. But since Covid we haven't been back to...
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    Sunday December 18th 2022

    Ado Annie replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Daily Diary's Entries

    The bass belongs to Hubs. He has a standup bass in the corner in the dining room. My piano is in the corner opposite the Christmas