Tweety BSN, RN

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    What do you think about with current News and Opinions?

    Tweety replied to guest1163268's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Your question on the link was "tell me this doesn't prove she's a moron" and went on a rant, so I might have missed your point as well. I'll straight up say that no this link doesn't prove she's a...
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    Have you read your company's procedures and policies?

    Tweety replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    Ours are all online should we need to reference them, but no I haven't read them in a while. When one is updated we get an email and I might glance at
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    I Think I'm Done With Nursing

    Tweety replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Wishing you all the
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    California 1st in nation to require vaccines for health care workers

    Tweety replied to hppygr8ful's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I live in Florida. Our governor is now in a big fight with school boards that want mask mandates for school children. He's fighting the cruise industries for requiring all passengers to vaccinated....
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    What do you think about with current News and Opinions?

    Tweety replied to guest1163268's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    I didn't like her. I thought she had a great sense of fashion, but she had no passion or personality, her companionship with her husband was non-existent (but that could be just them and their style,...
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    Delta Variant is Spreading Like Wildfire in Florida

    Tweety replied to NewRN'16's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I think they go to rehabs and nursing homes just like anyone recovering from an illness. Last time I floated to our rehab I had a covid recovery patient that still needed oxygen and physical...
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    HOSPITAL FACTORS to want to work there

    Tweety replied to Mursemade's topic in General Nursing

    Florida with no ratio law and I've worked with both good and bad ratios. In theory our ratios are good where I work now but hard to hit lately with the surge in covid patients and unvaccinated nurses...
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    Will I take a paycut going from LPN to RN?

    Tweety replied to Mintezia's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I guess I would look at what are your long-term goals and would getting an RN help you achieve those instead of the money. Starting RNs may not make much more than experienced LPNs but the...
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    Yale Nurse Replaces Fentanyl Vials with Saline

    Tweety replied to J.Adderton's topic in Nursing News

    A good deal of addicts have to hit rock bottom before they ask for help. So it's hard for addicts of all sorts to ask for help and there is stigmatization of addicts in general. I think though...
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    The Gap Between East Coast & West Coast Nursing

    Tweety replied to ArticulateRN's topic in General Nursing

    I've only worked in North Carolina for a year and Florida for 29 years so I don't know anything about California. I do know here there seems to be a difference in Veterans Administration,...
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    HOSPITAL FACTORS to want to work there

    Tweety replied to Mursemade's topic in General Nursing

    RN to patient ratios. That's the #1 with me. If a facility cares enough to provide safe ratios, it's most likely to have good morale, safe outcomes, and happy
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    What do you think about with current News and Opinions?

    Tweety replied to guest1163268's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Then you're not reading very carefully there as there are other topics. Yes, often people deflect back to Trump and his followers and I'm a bit weary of that. I personally would like to avoid him...
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    What do you think about with current News and Opinions?

    Tweety replied to guest1163268's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Quite a bit of people including the scientific community which Democrats tended to listen to. Trump promised a vaccine before the election and everyone scoffed, including the scientific community,...
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    What do you think about with current News and Opinions?

    Tweety replied to guest1163268's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Truth. For some people it's not a decision based on party line, many of the people refusing the vaccine don't really care much or know much about politics. Democrat stronghold California is...
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    I'm Out... (Cue Mic Drop)

    Tweety replied to J.Adderton's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I'm dealing with anger issues as well. As you know I live in the hotspot that is Florida. Already people with non-covid emergencies are being held up getting help for hours, they can't get rooms...
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    Covid and Hospitals: How are things now?

    Tweety replied to CrunchRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I let a graph about my organizations covid hospitalizations speak. The top is total number, the bottom line is intubated. To me it's stunning and frightening how quickly it's escalated and keeps...
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    Delta Variant is Spreading Like Wildfire in Florida

    Tweety replied to NewRN'16's topic in Disaster Preparation

    The news for us here in Florida isn't good. It's worse that 2020 ever was. Currently we've reached a record number of hospitalizations for the third day in a row. Locally our ERs are so...
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    Delta Variant is Spreading Like Wildfire in Florida

    Tweety replied to NewRN'16's topic in Disaster Preparation

    This is what we're up against here in Florida.
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    What do you think about with current News and Opinions?

    Tweety replied to guest1163268's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    To follow up. Here's a foolish Floridian. At least he's wearing a mask.
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    What do you think about with current News and Opinions?

    Tweety replied to guest1163268's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Their coverage of the Covid today revolves around "Media silent on bombshell Wuhan lab report as GOP lawmaker sounds alarm: ‘Greatest cover-up in human history’ The story about Florida...
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    What do you think about with current News and Opinions?

    Tweety replied to guest1163268's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    I get that but it still on Floridians for being so foolish. Many support him. It's on them. Without support he'd have no
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    What do you think about with current News and Opinions?

    Tweety replied to guest1163268's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    The lead story on Fox, the most important story of the moment in the world, is some Democrat in RI (a minor player in the Democratic world no one heard of until now) making a vile tweet. I agree it's...
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    What do you think about with current News and Opinions?

    Tweety replied to guest1163268's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    He's a Trump protégée. I've long acknowledged that. Florida leads the nation in children's hospitalizations and he's hell bent on not requiring masks, or as he calls them "muzzles", for...
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    What do you think about with current News and Opinions?

    Tweety replied to guest1163268's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    This is not Karma, Graham has long been a proponent of the vaccine and is clearly still promoting the vaccine and glad states he's gotten vaccinated and that his symptoms are mild. But as a Trump...
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    Second Thoughts on Becoming a Nurse

    Tweety replied to ThePrudentStudent's topic in General Nursing

    We all are expendable. I vent all the time about how stressful it is to deal with short staffing, demanding patients, etc. I'm not sure I'd recommend it to everyone. I've come close to burnout...