8/13 this week, I've learned the connection between AN desktop, insurance, and HR

[ixchel]

Seriously. I'm just diving in right now.

As an AN member...

1. I absolutely, positively can NOT figure out a damn thing on desktop via mobile AN. Somebody, for the love of god, I've been finding my posts by clicking on notifications, going to likes, and following them to stuff I've bookmarked. I'm on safari on iphone. I found something that MIGHT be bookmarks, but crazy old threads are mixed with new ones. I am wondering how the heck I managed to stay active before the app. Maybe it was regular desktop pre-mobile desktop in those days. I can't remember, but I was never morefrustrated than I've been this week. Speaking of... Anyone able to link me to last week's thread? I hadn't posted in it before I lost app access. So now it's missing. Not really missing, just impatiently missing. YOU GUYS. I seriously can't get into this site anymore when it's this much more of a hassle.

As a patient...

2. Another hassle - STD's clinician feels that my claim is not extendable. Obviously my job as a bedside nurse is not relevant. Nothing was done on their end to review this until a few days before my claim ended. Two weeks now waiting on their decision and they're now requesting old records prior to my claim beginning. I'm pretty sure, if we keep this simple, if my surgeon feels my body is not capable of being at the bedside, and my hospital wont take me back as a result, then the insurance I have paid for without using for years now should continue my claim until I can fulfill the duties of my job.

As a hospital employee:

3. AND ANOTHER HASSLE! HR. I'm not going there. I just wont. It's been bad enough.

As a patient's mom:

4. Turns out my kid probably wasn't on abx long enough. Pretty sure Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever is back. No new ticks, no new exposures. I just think he wasn't treated long enough. New labs drawn. 21 days of doxy ordered. Waiting on lab results. So very thankful for the docs at my kids' pediatrics practice. I wish I could find adult doctors this wonderful.

As a person who napped in an empty house today, after several days of feeling a sinus-y thing looming over me:

5. My brain has managed to combine:

(1)a David Bowie and a John Lennon (adult) kid documentary (pre-Bowie death, late 80s-ish) (spoiler: there was sex but after Lennon was gone)

(2)filming a Lannister scene with the Lannister boys (the grown ones, not the kings) (spoiler: Brienne ends up with Tyrion. I did NOT see that coming.)

(3)filming with a realistic Stark direwolf model trying to bite my leg off (I was actually afraid) (spoiler: it was Aryas)

(4)and it was all with the dark undercurrent of TWD, where a shadowy Negan-esque character kills off a GOT character, but you wont know who until next season

All of this in one dream. I skipped the part where a person I haven't seen in 18 years was there with his new husband. Flew in from Oregon. Or was it Washinton? I honestly cannot remember now. I'm still confused about the elbowy sex.

I really don't actually have anything else to add. I didn't expect to be starting this this week. If there is another one out there done by the person I'd already talked to, I never heard back - I'm sorry! (Please see lesson number 1.)

[LadyFree28, BSN, LPN, RN]

It has been a VERY interesting week for me:

I accessed my first port in ELEVEN years!!! I was so excited; I still have much more to learn, because I couldn't access the second one that came in this week...I'll keep trying, as well as ask to get some shadowing in accessing ports.

I've been working like crazy-with the end of the year coming up, plus having the chance to position yourself when life evens include some sort of funding, the goal makes working more MUCH more fun,

I am almost on my way in being placed in an Adult ED-I hope to either do local travel or Per Diem by mid-September...I have to look at my new schedule to see if I will be able to swing something new, collecting cash, and having some sort of sanity.

[OrganizedChaos, LVN]

I don't know if there is a new WILTW thread. So I am posting here for now.

Far! I wondered where you went. Glad to see you back.

I'm 10 weeks now, almost 11, and glad I'm almost out of my first trimester!

I hope that AN creates another app.

[kalycat, BSN, RN]

I've been trying to use Safari on iPhone - I greatly miss the app as well. I especially miss being able to move directly to the end of a thread and only read the most recent comments (on subsequent visits to the thread, that is).

I'm learning a lot at work - slowly but surely making the transition to picu. So far, so good I guess. The stress of being on orientation always zaps me a bit. I hope that I can make a smooth transition and become I truly contributing member of the unit.

I learned that I may have moved out of adult care a moment too late. I randomly woke up in severe back pain after my last three shifts. Long story short....the pain got incredibly intense and I lost bladder control and feeling in my left leg after trying to treat the "strain" at home for two days. (PS: I have a whole new understanding for acute pain. After the third day of failed home remedies I felt like I was starting to go crazy from the constant, unremitting pain. Nothing would touch it or even slightly relieve my symptoms. It was surreal) I went to the ED (which is a whole other nightmare story) where they found two severely herniated disks.

The timing couldn't be worse. Luckily all this went down right before I started my new position, so I had a few days off, and because of the way my orientation schedule has been, I've been able to work through it... But I've had a "big kid" for the past few shifts and I'm really paying the price.

The other problem is, I need to follow up with a neurosurgeon. I've got compressed nerve roots and some bone degeneration; my GP thinks I may need a laminectomy. In addition to being afraid for my new (dream) job, I'm afraid I may never ride again at the same level I now enjoy. (Horses)

It's all a lot to think about and consider, but I'm trying to handle it as best I can. I've missed you guys and the interaction here. Hopefully I can get more comfortable using the mobile platform. ❤️

[Meeshie]

Congratulations on the dream job, katycat.. and sympathies for the back issues.

[LadyFree28, BSN, LPN, RN]

I don't know if there is a new WILTW thread. So I am posting here for now.

Far! I wondered where you went. Glad to see you back.

I'm 10 weeks now, almost 11, and glad I'm almost out of my first trimester!

I hope that AN creates another app.

Glad to see you posting!

[Rose_Queen, BSN, MSN, RN]

I've been trying to use Safari on iPhone - I greatly miss the app as well. I especially miss being able to move directly to the end of a thread and only read the most recent comments (on subsequent visits to the thread, that is

If you tap on the little down pointing arrow next to the thread topic or under the title on the first page, it will take you to the first post you haven't read. Might not go directly to the end, but it will bypass all of the posts you've already seen.

[OrganizedChaos, LVN]

Glad to see you posting!

I might not be as active, but I don't think I could ever leave. :)

On a health related note, my right ear pops/clicks whenever I yawn or swallow. It's the weirdest (& most irritating) thing ever.

[aeris99]

I searched again but I didn't see a new post so time for an update.

I had multiple interviews over the last two weeks. I was called back to all 3 facilities. Two offered shadows, one wanted to skip right to a peer interview. This was all very exciting and slightly overwhelming.

I ended up doing a shadow at my first choice hospital. It went very well and I was asked back to interview with the director. That turned out to be very short and I kind of thought I had blown it. I got a call from HR a few minutes after I left offering me the job!

I'm now officially employed as an RN! Squee!

I start in two weeks. I'm betting that the learning curve is going to be steep. I'm starting on PCU. I'm actually looking forward to the dysrhythmias class that I get to take.

I really miss the app. I can;t read on the laptop for too long without getting eye strain and a headache.

[Meeshie]

Congratulations! I was just coming back with the same update I was just offered a position at the hospital I really wanted on the gyn surgical oncology floor. I'm pretty excited. I start the end of October - giving me enough time to pack up the house, put it on the market, and find someplace to live near my new job.

[OrganizedChaos, LVN]

I tried to post pictures from my sonogram today but it kept posting pictures that show my last name. If you want to see the pictures PM me.

Ack! I still have thumbnails showing & one shows my full name. I don't know how to get rid of them! ������

[Farawyn]

I don't know if there is a new WILTW thread. So I am posting here for now.

Far! I wondered where you went. Glad to see you back.

I'm 10 weeks now, almost 11, and glad I'm almost out of my first trimester!

I hope that AN creates another app.

I know ixchel has a lot on her plate lately. I wouldn't hold my breath on a new thread at this time. I would keep posting WILTW here. I would like to wait until she comes back to start a new one, instead of someone else taking it over.

I speak to her daily.

I know she would hate for this thread to die.

So, post away...September and beyond...WILTW???

[OrganizedChaos, LVN]

Finally uploaded the correct pictures. Oh how I miss the app!