MarnnaRN

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1. Mother-Infant Coupling

   MarnnaRN replied to niquern's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I am all for coupling, but what about the mom who was in labor fo 20 hours, and hadn't slept for a day and a half, delivers late, (9:30p.m.) and baby still needs bath, picture, hearing test and assessment? I didn't get to the post partum room til m...

2. Patient Safety

   MarnnaRN replied to Inge Allen's topic in Safety

   we use an acuscan system. Most of the meds come with a bar code, we scan our id tags, the med and the patient Id. Though it is not foolproof, when an iv bag of K+ scanned for a pt that was supposed to be an abx, oops! Not caught in time either by ...

3. Jessica's family's lawyer opposes medical mal. cap

   MarnnaRN replied to Tilleycs's topic in General Nursing

   Mshheadoc, if I read the article right, it said it woulnd't cap for the breadwinners, so your mom would be eligible for more than the 250K. God forbid anything like that happen. And if the Santillans aren't going to sue, why do they have a lawyer fi...

4. sleeping disorder question

   MarnnaRN replied to angelbear's topic in General Nursing

   P-RN what meds are you on for RLS, my mom has it pretty bad, they finally started her on sinemet, which seems to help, unless she has a particularly hard day at work, of course, she works in a hospital. Just wondering what works for you. Thanks

5. Help! Im becoming Dumb!

   MarnnaRN replied to ohbet's topic in General Nursing

   I spend my nights at work and my days with a 3 year old and a 9 month old. We read Hop On Pop, and Thomas the Train. We count to ten, we color, we go to the library for storytime. I can tell you anything you want to know about Bob the builder, Dor...

6. General health of the nation

   MarnnaRN replied to the taoist's topic in General Nursing

   laziness

7. getting deployed

   MarnnaRN replied to StrugglinStuden's topic in General Nursing

   I am sitting here reading this with tears in my eyes. I don't know how you do it. My heart is breaking for all service men and women and their families. You are all in my prayers daily. Stay safe, and God bless. Marnna

8. just a quick question

   MarnnaRN replied to MarnnaRN's topic in General Nursing

   New CCU RN, according to my mom, I went into convulsions. I don't remember this, I was only 3 at the time. thanks for the answers, everyone.

9. just a quick question

   MarnnaRN posted a topic in General Nursing

   I have a severe allergy to atropine. My husband thinks I should wear a medical alert bracelet. I am only 28, healthy, and the only reason I know about this allergy is because of an eye surgery I had years ago. Just some other professionals opinion...

10. Pregnant and working as RN

    MarnnaRN replied to tcolleen's topic in General Nursing

    I worked on my due date, 1cm dilated and 50 % effaced, and still didn't have her for 8 more days! Good luck to you, do what is comfortable, and no more. I refused CMV and respiratory isolations, but our team leaders were very good at arranging assi...

11. Crossing the line of professionalism

    MarnnaRN replied to slugirl's topic in General Nursing

    so she didn't say it was for school up front, give the girl a break. Does it really matter, and don't eat your young! Wouldn't you liked to have had a resource like this in nursing school? I would of.

12. K-Mart Joe Boxer guy

    MarnnaRN replied to PerkyCardiacRN's topic in Humor

    when that commercial comes on, my 6 year old dances with him! I love it!

13. Some people have a lot of.....nerve....

    MarnnaRN replied to deespoohbear's topic in General Nursing

    wow!! I agree with you on the DNR thing, that sucks. I know ALOT of very good hard working, very competent LPN's that could take care of me anyday. One of my best friends is an LPN and I call her for advice sometimes.

14. How 'bout them Bucs?

    MarnnaRN replied to LoriAnnRN's topic in General Nursing

    Go Tampa Bay!!!!!!!!!!!! I may live in Wisconsin, but I am soooooooooo happy that Tampa is in the superbowl!!!! GO BUCS!

15. is anyone else experiencing this?

    MarnnaRN posted a topic in Agency

    Hi all, I work for an agency, and up till last month, had no proble getting as many hours as I wanted at the University hospital. All of a sudden, the V.P. of nursing services was fired, and they aren't using agency anymore. I am lucky to get one o...