September 17, 2006 - 11 Night Southern Caribbean

[icunurse_celeste]

I personally do not ever wake patients up- unless I have to. Which at my new job is frequently as we do neuro checks- which I can do in less than 90 seconds.


My pet peve is: when I wake patients up to do a neuro check and they tell me their pain is a 10/10- I go and get pain meds and they are asleep when you get there. (and no I am not taking fovever to get back to them) So, I have to wake a sleeping person to give meds. Drives me nuts.


Nursing is a great career. I love it and can't imagine doing anything else. Sometimes I hate it- esp. when you get lots of "code browns" However, I could never imagine working outside of an ICU setting- TOO boring. I like how technical it is. Scott, you should consider it- we need more men in nursing. You could be done in less than 2 years.


Peter- do you get any of the Disney podcasts? Do you use I-Tunes? Pretty user friendly....you should be able to stick your CD in the drive and if you have I-tunes open- it should just put itself on your library. I love my Ipod mini and listening to inside the magic on my way to work- if I am on the train. I have satellite radio in the car- so I listen to CNN.

 

[Hygiene99]

Peter- do you get any of the Disney podcasts? Do you use I-Tunes? Pretty user friendly....you should be able to stick your CD in the drive and if you have I-tunes open- it should just put itself on your library. I love my Ipod mini and listening to inside the magic on my way to work- if I am on the train. I have satellite radio in the car- so I listen to CNN.

Celeste I use itunes, we also got a thinge for the car so you can play ipod in the car.. have not however got into podcasts yet..
Have a great night at work..
im picking up a couple overnight OT shifts this week also..
Peter

 

[charwac1]

We can't do the "Name that location" game.

 

[Hygiene99]

On the May Repo cruise one of things Andy and I enjoyed the most were our get-togethers. Now that we have experienced all the fun, a result of other people's planning, we would like to give back. We thought that we might plan a "name that location" game. I got the idea from one of the Disney magazines.

I am going to try to explain it so I hope that it makes sense. We would use our old digital pictures to enlarge small sections of different ship locations. Then we would print them on a page and then people guess the location.

I thought this would be a lot of fun because there would be no running around and people could participate by themselves or in groups. (Since there is no running around, it is much easiser to have a drink ) We could do some sort of drawing for the people with the correct answers.

Anyway let me know what you think and if people are intersted we will start working on it.

Charlene

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[papa]

Celeste, my wife was an NICU nurse for 20 years until she retired last year. For the past 3 years she has worked for http://www.nfnf.org here in Nashville. She does home healthcare for at risk babies that were premature, drug addicted moms, and babies with all kind of problems. She has worked in the NICU and with babies all of her nursing career. Mike

 

[pahrumpgirl]

On the May Repo cruise one of things Andy and I enjoyed the most were our get-togethers. Now that we have experienced all the fun, a result of other people's planning, we would like to give back. We thought that we might plan a "name that location" game. I got the idea from one of the Disney magazines.

I am going to try to explain it so I hope that it makes sense. We would use our old digital pictures to enlarge small sections of different ship locations. Then we would print them on a page and then people guess the location.

I thought this would be a lot of fun because there would be no running around and people could participate by themselves or in groups. (Since there is no running around, it is much easiser to have a drink ) We could do some sort of drawing for the people with the correct answers.

Anyway let me know what you think and if people are intersted we will start working on it.

Charlene

Charlene, sounds like fun. Would be a good way to get acquainted with the ship too.

 

[pahrumpgirl]

By the way is anyone doing the Disney night before package? We did this on our last Disney cruise and it worked well for us since we are not DVC members (yet).

 

[EnchantedPlayroom]

By the way is anyone doing the Disney night before package? We did this on our last Disney cruise and it worked well for us since we are not DVC members (yet).

Do tell, what is that?? And ... is anyone bringing kids on this trip? I haven't heard anyone talking about it. Just wondering, since it's in mid-September how kid-packed it will be.

 

[icunurse_celeste]

Celeste I use itunes, we also got a thinge for the car so you can play ipod in the car.. have not however got into podcasts yet..
Have a great night at work..
im picking up a couple overnight OT shifts this week also..
Peter

No OT for me-


Char- the game sounds fun....do you and Andy have photos from the Wonder?

 

[Kitster]

I see in the newsletter that there was a request for a CD burner to transfer pictures to CD. I was planning on bringing my portable burner and am willing to burn for other people. I can bring a bunch of blanks but can not gurantee enough for everyone. I also have a card reader that handles most of the types of cards that are out there.

Stephen and I would be happy to burn CD's for people also. Unfortunately we will be unable to supply the blank media, since the cruise comes near the end of a 3 week vacation for us and packing space will be at a premium. If anyone wants to bring their own blanks, we'll be happy to supply a card reader that accepts every form of flash memory made (1. Compact Flash Type I (CF), 2. Compact Flash Type II (CF), 3. MicroDrive, 4. Memory Stick (MS), 5. Memory Stick PRO, 6. Memory Stick Duo, 7. Memory Stick Duo PRO, 8. MagicGate, 9. MagicGate Duo, 10. SmartMedia (SM), 11. Secure Digital (SD), 12. Mini SD, 13. MultiMediaCard (MMC), 14. RS-MMC, 15. xD-Picture Card (xD)) and the computer and burning software.

 

[Hygiene99]

Do tell, what is that?? And ... is anyone bringing kids on this trip? I haven't heard anyone talking about it. Just wondering, since it's in mid-September how kid-packed it will be.

Lets just say that in May there were 300 very lucky kids onboard..

but you should see how crowdwed the events are and adult stuff....

 

[glindamood]

Hello everyone! I think I fell off the face of the earth, it sure felt that way. Work has been a real bear for the last several weeks and I have not been posting - reading some but not posting at all.

Welcome to all our new cruisers - our group continues to grow.

I have booked Eli's for Antigua - entered our deposit today. As Tracy said in the newsletter, I will be keeping a list of those taking this tour so if you book, let me know so that I can add you to the list. Awesome tour (our second time taking it) - I am looking forward to it.

Have a good week everyone!

 

[Tink33]

I hope everyone is happy, healthy and pain-free. Scott, I hope your recovery is quick.

My DD's Island Getaway party is over. Here are a few pictures:

The island food

The island dancers

The island cake

Anyone want some pineapple, mango or papaya?

 

[Q's My Princess]

Scott....Just wanted to let you know we are thinking of you this morning! And wanted to wish you well on your surgery! Here's to a speedy recovery Enjoy your Disney movies!

 

[sandysplayhouse]

Wishing you a Speedy recovery Scott H.

 

[sandysplayhouse]

My DD's Island Getaway party is over.
The island food , The island dancers, The island cake . Anyone want some pineapple, mango or papaya?

Everything looks so beautiful. The fruit picture made my mouth water and I swear I could hear drums beating just looking at the island dancers! Too cute

 

[EnchantedPlayroom]

Tink33 - That food looks wonderful.

Scott H - We're all pulling for you!!! Fell better soon!

 

[Hygiene99]

Tink33 , you have the Best parties..


Scott How You Doin.


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We Saw the Village on the Magic, with a bunch of Cruisetoberfesters

Going back to work for another overnight shift..


Peter

 

[pahrumpgirl]

Do tell, what is that?? And ... is anyone bringing kids on this trip? I haven't heard anyone talking about it. Just wondering, since it's in mid-September how kid-packed it will be.

DCL's night before package is you fly in the day before and stay at the Hyatt at the airport. They guarantee that you will not leave before 9 AM and will arrive at MCO before 6 PM. It worked out really well for us and was really relaxing. We got in picked up our bags and walked a few feet to the hotel. The airport is plenty big enough that we spent time exploring it (or you could do the pool) had dinner and went to bed early. We put our bags out the next morning by 8 am went down to the lobby where we were met by Cast Members who made sure our paper work was all done, boarded at bus and was at the port by 10 AM. I know there are cheaper ways to get to the ship but not too many that are more relaxing.

 

[pahrumpgirl]

Scott hope your surgery went well and you are 100 % soon.

Just thought I would let everyone know that it looks like the fish extenders will be a go. I got one done today with a few minor issues that can be easily corrected in the next one (which I hope to get done tomorrow). I am making them with the idea of each cabin being able to personalize them any way they want but will include all ideas, pictures, etc. in the newletter.

Carol