Mrs.B

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1. Wise nurses please give me advice, from med surg to dialysis

   Mrs.B replied to Mrs.B-'s topic in Urology

   THANK YOU FOR THE COMMENTS I Appreciate all your advice I am going to take tho position and give it my best shot. It is really great to be able to bounce questions off people who are not bias one way or another. I am looking forward to having a nor...

2. Ever heard of La Leche League meetings being held in a hospital?

   Mrs.B replied to Mrs.B's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Thank you all for taking the time to help me out! Arwen, you made me remember something...the spot where i was thinking about having the meetings isn't part of the Ob unit. It's a teaching center where they have things like CPR classes, staff educat...

3. Ever heard of La Leche League meetings being held in a hospital?

   Mrs.B posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   Hello Everyone, I've lurked on this site for about 4 years and i'm finally posting something :) Anyway, I am an RN not in practice at the moment because i stay home with my two little ones. I am a volunteer breastfeeding counselor with La Leche Leagu...

4. Darn stupid doctors!!!! geeesh!

   Mrs.B replied to Browneyedgirl's topic in Ob/Gyn

   WHY WHY WHY??? do docs do this??? Is there any medical reason for it? Please OB nurses tell me... I think I'd pop my OB in the n-ts if he did that to me! BTW, I'm 7 mos pg and a tad hormonal at the moment....

5. More Strange Baby Names

   Mrs.B replied to RNLaborNurse4U's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I'm a school RN and have a student Mystique but everyone calls her Minx, so which is worse!? Another student named Destiny, she was an oops baby born 12 years after her other sibs. Oh and there are the identical twin girls named Shakir and Shakur. ...

6. You might be a School Nurse if...

   Mrs.B posted a topic in School

   Some of you might have seen this already but I think it's really funny You might be a School Nurse if... 1) You have been accused of growing head lice and planting them on specific children. 2) You have questioned a child if their vomitus looked l...

7. EMT to RN?

   Mrs.B replied to FutureRNMichael's topic in General Nursing

   I started out as a volley EMT (did it for 4 years) and can honestly say that I learned things in an ambulance that you just don't learn in nursing school! It is also a great way to test your people skills. Like being able to stay composed when a dr...

8. Hippaaaaaa!!

   Mrs.B replied to Mrs.B's topic in School

   THANK YOU! Unfortunately, I will not be able to make the national conference in June (I will be 7 mos pregnant!). But I will do my best this summer to try to bring the district up to speed. I'm sure the administration hasn't even heard of HIPAA! Ag...

9. Hippaaaaaa!!

   Mrs.B posted a topic in School

   Ok so what rights do we have to info? Should I write up a form letter release to have parents sign in order to get immunization records etc. from MD offices? Or, are the MDs reponsible for that? I've had secretaries tell me that they can't even MAI...

10. Home birth vs. hospital

    Mrs.B replied to rnmi2004's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Disclaimer: I am not an OB nurse ( I am just a humble School nurse! However, I am 22 wks with my first and have been doing a lot of research on the topic of birth etc. From what I understand, in Europe most births do not take place at home, they tak...

11. Doulas

    Mrs.B posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Hi to all you wonderful OB/GYN nurses! I am a school RN pg with my first, I'm 21 weeks and I was thinking about hiring a doula to assist with my L & D. What sort of experiences have you had with labor assistants? What sort of thoughts run through...

12. advice and encouragement please

    Mrs.B replied to amyBSN's topic in School

    This is my first year as a school nurse (after two years post-school med-surg nursing) and it is TOTALLY different than anyone thinks it is. Bergren is right, it is stressful and the pay is terrible but there is a certain level of autonomy and freed...

13. Asthma Question

    Mrs.B replied to Mrs.B's topic in School

    I put in for the $ for a peak flow meter today. The principal wanted me to write a letter explaining exactly what it was and what it was for (!). Meanwhile, with extra mouthpieces and s & h the total bill was $25 bucks!! It's not like I was as...

14. Asthma Question

    Mrs.B replied to Mrs.B's topic in School

    Well, I've never seen her cough either....to answer everyone's question! We don't budget for peak flow meters either. I'll ask mom if she would be able to provide one though. I guess I'll just go ahead and medicate her whenever she asks. Cause it s...

15. Asthma Question

    Mrs.B posted a topic in School

    I have a student, an asthmatic, who was recently put on Advair (takes that at home), uses an Albuterol inhaler PRN and also has an order for Albuterol nebs PRN. She is a very gregarious and charming 7th grader that I have gotten to know fairly well ...