Tweety BSN, RN

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    Thursday January 26th 2023

    Tweety replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Daily Diary's Entries

    Waffles was found as a stray and is chipped. Didn't help find her owners, so I have her. Ellie had a hear murmur discovered at age 2 and lived to be 13 before heart and kidney failure got her....
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    The Movie and TV Thread

    Tweety replied to Tweety's topic in Coffee Lounge's Lounge

    Wel deserving of his Oscar nomination for Best Actor is Brendan Fraiser in "The Whale". It has many layers to it the movie about an obese dying man and his complicated relationship with his daughter,...
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    Wednesday January 25 2023

    Tweety replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Daily Diary's Entries

    Thanks. I never know when to give my two cents and when to stand in the corner minding my own business so I appreciate you taking it well. I do think I have unique perspective being a recovering...
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    Tuesday January 24 2023

    Tweety replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Daily Diary's Entries

    Of course they don't. He just needs to hear that you're not okay with it. But you certainly can't control the behavior. We're powerless like that and it's a bitter bill to swallow especially when...
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    Wednesday January 25 2023

    Tweety replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Daily Diary's Entries

    Good morning! Joe, I hope you have a good day. I know you're used to snow. I was frustrated because there was a wreck on the interstate that made me miss yoga class. I decided to try again...
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    Tuesday January 24 2023

    Tweety replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Daily Diary's Entries

    Stars, you husband is deep in denial with being so wishy washy about going to rehab. All you can really do is let him know the expectation is that you expect him to go to rehab and stop drinking and...
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    Tuesday January 24 2023

    Tweety replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Daily Diary's Entries

    Good morning. Joe, glad that you were able to set something up with your counselor. Stars, sounds like your husband is on the fence of knowing he needs to do something but also not 100%...
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    Monday January 23 2023

    Tweety replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Daily Diary's Entries

    My sister faced the same thing with one of her old dogs. It had a tumor growing on the side of his neck, but it eventually started to affect his airway and they had to euthanize him. It's tough...
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    Funny Question

    Tweety replied to delrionurse's topic in General Nursing

    Is it for an executive level or management level position? Taking people you want to hire out for a meal is a common practice in the business world, usually it's lunch
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    Game of Groans

    Tweety replied to GrumpyRN's topic in Coffee Lounge's Lounge

    When you're with Spanish speaking friends be sure to say "mucho" as much as possible. It means a lot to
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    Monday January 23 2023

    Tweety replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Daily Diary's Entries

    Good morning! Joe, I hope you hear from the counselor. Would be nice to go back to someone who knows you and who you like. I love bahn mi. It's the influence of the French colonizers that...
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    Join my journey

    Tweety replied to hppygr8ful's topic in Exercise and Healthy Living's Exercise

    Well there is that. LOL. I've also learned to take these episodes with a grain of salt and not beat myself up too much and to not give up. Time was I would do that and stay "f-it" and eat too...
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    Join my journey

    Tweety replied to hppygr8ful's topic in Exercise and Healthy Living's Exercise

    I can't exercise with a full stomach and need to exercise between meals. My issue that day was I went to the gym at lunch time and by the time I came out I was very hungry and while I the store...
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    Sunday January 22 2023 Chinese New Year

    Tweety replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Daily Diary's Entries

    Good evening. Finished up my work week floating to Neuro. They gave our charge a full assignment and floated two of us. Something that is coming increasingly common. Not that I care....
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    Saturday January 21 2023

    Tweety replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Daily Diary's Entries

    Good evening. Worked today and while busy it settled down in the afternoon. OR just showed up to pick up my patient for surgery that was scheduled at 10AM at 7:45. "Oh she's been bumped up"....
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    The Movie and TV Thread

    Tweety replied to Tweety's topic in Coffee Lounge's Lounge

    Because it got a high rating on Rotten Tomatoes and showed up on the Independent Spirit Awards for Best First Feature and Actor, I had on my list to see "Aftersun". It finally became available for...
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    Join my journey

    Tweety replied to hppygr8ful's topic in Exercise and Healthy Living's Exercise

    I had an air popper to make popcorn years ago. Wasn't as good but very low calorie and I got used to it. You can dress it up with spices, nutritional yeast. I used to put salsa on it. I'm up a...
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    Friday January 20th 2023

    Tweety replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Daily Diary's Entries

    Good morning! Joe, sorry to hear of the impending loss of your aunt although I'm sure with hospice she's well cared for. Yeah the secretaries can be annoying. I will have handled a...
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    Nursing Shortage

    Tweety replied to Maddie Zakos's topic in General Nursing

    I live in Florida in a county that is growing in population and the schools can't supply enough nurses, but also some of the people moving here include nurses but that's still not enough. I don't...
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    Blown Vein

    Tweety replied to Angelasc's topic in General Nursing

    Fair enough and I can see in the scenario described above that it's a good IV and I would use it. I do understand there's blowing and there's blowing. Nine out of ten times I don't know I've blown...
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    Blown Vein

    Tweety replied to Angelasc's topic in General Nursing

    I'm no expert but have 30 years experience and when I blow a vein I quit and pull it out then and there. Are we supposed to keep trying and get past
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    registered veterinary technician thinking about going into human nursing

    Tweety replied to RVTtoRNmaybe's topic in General Nursing

    Do not consider nursing with a known bad back. There will be some chiming in that they have a bad back and are doing okay, especially away from the bedside, but don't do it. You're too
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    Metoprolol: A Comprehensive Overview for Nurses

    Tweety replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Patient Medications

    I only administer it IV if monitored. Both my mother and aunt experienced mental status changes that was attributed to the metoprolol. My poor mother became despondent, fearful and agitated and...
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    Thursday January 19th 2023

    Tweety replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Daily Diary's Entries

    Good evening. I had an okay day. Managed to stay on top of things with some annoyances which isn't worth getting into, but lets just say I don't like secretaries that think they are the boss and...
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    Wednesday January 18th 2023

    Tweety replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Daily Diary's Entries

    Good evening! Joe, you've always been quite self-aware. Good luck navigating things. J22, my financial advisor has told me not to worry about having a mortgage and to continue to save for...