ajdizzle43 LPN, LVN

ajdizzle43 has 16 years experience as a LPN, LVN and specializes in Being myself.

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1. Why Hospitals Don't Value Nurses: A Nurse's Perspective

   ajdizzle43 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

   We have to value ourselves first. We nurses are always looking for outward validation, why we have 1000 'types' of nurses...and we get what we get. And then accept it, and deal. We have to value ourselves first, say no, realize you're not special in ...

2. Turbulence and Turmoil in Nursing

   ajdizzle43 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

   Waiters and waitresses? Bartenders and greeters? Amazon warehouse stockers and finance bros?... anyone breathing that can pass the NCLEX?

3. Should Hospitals Rehire LPNs/LVNs?

   ajdizzle43 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

   As a vetrinish youngish LPN, all these years of being gaslit to not being trained well enough to work in the hospital setting, unless our training has changed clinically over the last 17 years of ( me personally, just imo), what make$ us qualified no...

4. Fear of Floating | Life of a Nurse

   ajdizzle43 replied to JeanstarMSN's topic in General Nursing

   I agree. For me, I enjoyed the instability of floating. Nothing like documenting "per RN supervisor" and gone to the next random floor my next shift. It's lovely. Underpaid, but lovely. Ironically, choosing to float or not float is one of the limited...

5. Night shift + ADHD

   ajdizzle43 replied to rileyjw90's topic in General Nursing

   I take my prescription medication before I embark on my job/livelyhood/license right at shift change. Everything and everyone else can deal with unmedicated AD beforehand. It's a great understanding between my family and I; spicy, forgetful and livel...

6. Career Change

   ajdizzle43 replied to ICUnurse990's topic in General Nursing

   I work as an Grad Urban and Environmental Planning intern for a city planning dept alongside dept of energy, public utilities, and environmental policy. I use the CNA/LPN critical thinking skills we utilize everyday in heathcare to address civil righ...

7. Just Feeling Done With Nursing

   ajdizzle43 replied to Nurseybl06's topic in General Nursing

   Going from working with newly blind folks in the ER from dewormer to the folks who see their purchases on the livestock shelf. It's like a weird butterfly effect twilight zone, but with dewormer. ?. */s I get it BTW. I hope no one is offended....

8. Leaving Your Job Due to Mandate

   ajdizzle43 replied to jive turkey's topic in COVID

   The doctor can sign off due to the second shot being medically contraindicated. *If* I took a 2 dose shot, the 2nd dose my Gastro MD would have wrote a note stating as such, with evidence of my care. ❤

9. I Think I'm Done With Nursing

   ajdizzle43 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

   Nope, perhaps she just chose to stay for those who couldn't, because she could. Nothing more, nothing less. I applaud those who took time away from nursing. To the OG vets, please write healthcare Policy, advocate for us in the trenches, with t...

10. Leaving Your Job Due to Mandate

    ajdizzle43 replied to jive turkey's topic in COVID

    No, not at all. However, the added benefit for me is not social acceptance, it is empathy for the folks that are not vaccinating for *reasons*. I still don't care about social acceptance because of a vaccine, it's just another way to reach folks in t...

11. Termination From Employer For Refusing EUV

    ajdizzle43 replied to RaineyRN7's topic in COVID

    Objectively speaking as a PoC, many things are way more difficult for Indigenous People, and ADOS than immigrants. Hell, for many Americans period, everyday life is a very poor existence, with minimal to no opportunity, regardless of race. Success is...

12. Leaving Your Job Due to Mandate

    ajdizzle43 replied to jive turkey's topic in COVID

    I was upset. I said nope...waited to take the shot and quit. I refused the shot, because I always refuse non mandated shots, I'm "really healthy". Then my $$$ dried up. Then I said f it and took the shot... and was hospitalized with Covid thereafter ...

13. Vaccinated and Hospitalized?

    ajdizzle43 replied to ajdizzle43's topic in COVID

    That makes so much sense. I also was seen by gastroenterology for potential emergency surgery. They where everywhere as well, and nothing they said made sense, the little bit I was able to decode, way way above my clinical grade. I will say in the 1...

14. Vaccinated and Hospitalized?

    ajdizzle43 replied to ajdizzle43's topic in COVID

    Now that is scary. Praise God, but that makes total sense. I would have never known. Thank you kindly for your explanation.

15. Vaccinated and Hospitalized?

    ajdizzle43 replied to ajdizzle43's topic in COVID

    I did not want to get the vaccine. I took it for the greater good. I was admitted in the hospital for the first time ever roughly 6 weeks later. I don't know, just venting. I am sorry for the confusion.