Mommavik ADN

Mommavik has 32 years experience as a ADN.

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1. The Supreme Court has overruled Roe v. Wade, the 1973 landmark decision establishing the right to abortion.

   Mommavik replied to Julie's topic in Headlines

   I agree; I feel this is something that a woman and her doctor should be able to decide between themselves, not the government. We need to vote in some people with sense enough to at least mitigate these crazy laws that are coming out. This so called...

2. The Supreme Court has overruled Roe v. Wade, the 1973 landmark decision establishing the right to abortion.

   Mommavik replied to Julie's topic in Headlines

   I totally agree! This is ridiculous, and although I personally would only abort a child if absolutely necessary, I support any woman's right to do what she and her doctor feel is right for her to do. That said, this is giving a great opportunity for...

3. The Supreme Court has overruled Roe v. Wade, the 1973 landmark decision establishing the right to abortion.

   Mommavik replied to Julie's topic in Headlines

   I also want to mention that even after vasectomy it is possible to get a woman pregnant; the man needs to have a sperm count for a specific length of time after the procedure to make sure it was totally effective. This can be up to 10 months in some...

4. The Supreme Court has overruled Roe v. Wade, the 1973 landmark decision establishing the right to abortion.

   Mommavik replied to Julie's topic in Headlines

   I don't agree with reversing Roe vs Wade. I've seen many thought provoking posts. One which really stuck with me posits the idea that oh yeah, prevent abortions! Don't kill the babies!! Then it shows a pic showing all the unwanted children born with ...

5. Nursing Judgement vs Physician Orders

   Mommavik replied to renewyou62's topic in Career Support

   So glad things are working better for you and your patients. Hope things continue in this direction. Good luck.

6. Unemployed 68 yr old NP told she is "too old" for job

   Mommavik replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Nurse Beth

   I agree, I became disabled at 57, but until then, when I worked as a hospital RN, or as a nursing home RN, it was the same. I was treated as a higher status maid. You know, do this, do that, seldom a please or thank you. Getting fussed at becaus...

7. How to spot a bad nurse

   Mommavik replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

   Boy do I agree with this! Many many times I left work an hour late so frustrated with the fact it was either chart what was being done or actually go and take care of my patients; it wasn't possible to actually spend time just talking with a patient ...

8. Nursing Judgement vs Physician Orders

   Mommavik replied to renewyou62's topic in Career Support

   I agree totally; I definitely would be looking for another job. You've tried to advocate for your patients, but unless you've already got written evidence (from charting or notes that you took when each episode happened) you've got a she said- she s...

9. Radonda Vaught Trial

   Mommavik replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you!

10. Radonda Vaught Trial

    Mommavik replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    In response to Susie 2310; (Sorry I can't figure out how to copy the post) I agree; this is way more than just a medication error, like we are all afraid we could one day make. This was more than 8 times this error could have been caught BEFO...

11. Nursing Judgement vs Physician Orders

    Mommavik replied to renewyou62's topic in Career Support

    I'm glad you followed your gut and reported this situation. I hope you have documented your conversations with this night nurse, but even if you didn't, I think the numbers will show what is going on. If the doctor has been wondering why his insul...

12. Danger! Paralytic Drugs!

    Mommavik replied to dthfytr's topic in Activism

    I've never worked with paralytic drugs, so I'm not qualified to give an opinion as to the correctness of the OP's post. However, I do agree that the mistake currently being discussed is one of not even looking at the name on the vial, not one of not...

13. Nursing Judgement vs Physician Orders

    Mommavik replied to renewyou62's topic in Career Support

    You have to let the Dr know what is going on, as well as you direct supervisor. Nursing judgement is one thing, blatantly ignoring the Dr's orders is not using nursing judgement, it is usurping the Dr and making her own. How can the Dr help this pat...

14. Radonda Vaught Trial

    Mommavik replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    ⁰I can see how not being able to check as often as she was supposed to happened. There were things she could have done to address this; at the least, having an aide check on him frequently and report back to her. For the problem of not having anoth...

15. Radonda Vaught Trial

    Mommavik replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    From what I'm reading about this case, the nurse in question falsified the record to show that she checked on a patient's neurological and vital signs frequently as ordered after a patient fall when in fact she did not check on this patient at all! ...