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  1. Scared of nursing school...please help!

    :angryfire Please don't disrespect other members of your profession like that. There are different levels of experience and initiative all across the board. Some are just a little more timid about patient care than others. I could just as easily s...
  2. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    On my old unit, they used to care for terminal oncology patients. There is a story about an elderly, retired nurse who came to the unit years ago, named "Audrey". She stayed on the unit for some months before her death. She was reputed to be quite...
  3. Millions of nurses can do it. Why can't I??

    Don't beat yourself up. This is not an easy profession and by no means do our patients or our employers make it any easier. Do the best you can to provide safe, competent care to your patients and when the day (or night, as in my case) is done, go ...
  4. Med Surg before OB/Maternity???

    Both cammy and jolie are correct. Although you do assess your OB patients and provide their care much in the same way as with M/S patients, you often enough do not deal regularly with the more complicated medical issues found elsewhere. This is not...
  5. Gyn Surgery vs. OB for new RN?

    I agree with smiling. I started my nursing career on a high-risk antepartum / GYN combined unit. The GYN stuff really has nothing to do with L&D - they're at opposite ends of the reproductive spectrum. You might look at the high-risk OB unit a...
  6. Pt refused to leave!

    Who ever said that any of us hate poor people? Disillusionment and frustration with a few that abuse the system does NOT equate hate. That, too, is a generalizing and judgemental statement, made simply because you feel strongly against her point of...
  7. Pt refused to leave!

    I suppose you will have to count me in with the minority of posters here who are being flamed for their points of view. I, too think that a disproportionate number of people expecting entitlement in such situations are ones who are having their life...
  8. ? about fetus that died in womb

    Wow. What an utterly thoughtless and completely inappropriate comment your friend made. I hope this wasn't within earshot of the patient. Like others here, I have personal experience (as a father) in this sort of matter. My wife still emotionally s...
  9. Room for Guys in this specialty?

    Go for it if it is really what you want to do. I plan to work in L&D myself someday (when I find the right facility), but made my start in antepartum / GYN nursing. The learning curve is not so steep there, but you get to have a similar focus a...
  10. Why use Indocin for tocolytic?

    Wow - it's strange to hear people talking about indocin being an out-of-date treatment for PTL... on the antepartum unit I came from (not 6 mos ago) it was routinely used as well as terb and nifedipine. Never heard of ibuprofen use, although it mak...
  11. Chaperone or not during exam

    You're probably right as far as the patients not able/comfortable speaking up for themselves. There are always three sides to every story, each one usually not without merit... I happily advocate for the comfort, safety, and privacy of each of my pa...
  12. Post C/S patient care

    Our facility protocols were much the same for fresh C/S pts as described in the post above. And for any patient that complains or wants to refuse a fundal check, remind them as to WHY you are checking (prevent PP hemorrhage, ensure adequate involuti...
  13. Newbie, OB or M/S???

    I went for OB/GYN right out of school and loved it. I am now working in med/surg because I wanted to diversify my nursing experience, but if you can seriously see yourself working OB/Postpartum for the rest of your nursing career, then go for it. Th...
  14. Chaperone or not during exam

    As a man who has worked in OB/GYN, and may someday again work in OB/GYN, I find a lot of interesting commentary here... I have run into the issue of chaperoning before. My heart's desire coming out of nursing school was to work in L&D. I took ...
  15. Male Nursing Student, Want to Work OB

    What a laughable statement! I educated new mothers countless times on breastfeeding in my 2 1/2 years of OB nursing. I'd get the occasional side glance, but 99% of my patients accepted me because I was there to help them in their time of need. Mat...