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wife and mother of 3 beautiful girls

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  1. What nursing shoes do your recommend?

    Croc's for me. I had a pair or sketchers and have had to wear them once when i forgot the crocs and my calves and feet HURT...never noticed how bad untill i did not have that pain.. Good luck and congratulations on your internship... Erin
  2. Question on Peds Exam 3

    I would have gone for B as well only because the question asks what child would "most likely" exhibit.. and so therefor b. I know that some of the questions are very gray but life is kind of gray.. no black and white for me at least. hope that helps ...
  3. Floating to diffrent units in your hospital

    I was a float nurse (my first position) and it was great, i learned so much I was floated to med, surg and emerg/ observation. I had exposure to everything and and really feel that it gave me a broad base for any type of nursing. I could have been pu...
  4. Ways to remove surgical staples effectively

    thanks for replying Eva, I had no idea that there would be that many staples, oh my i really feel for those patients and for you, can;t be an easy task. Good luck on getting info on dissoving sutures..
  5. Ways to remove surgical staples effectively

    I have limited experiance with staple removal as most of our CS are sutured, but i can imagine that one of the best ways to not have left over staples overlooked would be to insure proper documentation is done when pts come back from the OR... ie. 24...
  6. Paplating & Cold Hands

    I have very cold hands, to help me with this when palpating pts, before i go to their bedside, i do the reg wash but then i let the water run over them for a little while longer nice warm water, then i go straight to the pt and palpation is first. I ...
  7. TC Bilirubin checks...how often?

    In my unit we call the lab to do this and we call it a bili index when a babe who is >37 weeks looks yellow (after 24 hrs of age, if before then serum), some babes go home without ever having a bili done (serum or index) The Erin
  8. Have is the shift on postpartum unit look like

    great point, this is one thing about PP night shift you don' have the discharges but certainly have the admissions; I had a really good preceptor and she let me listen to her taking report a few times and that gave me a good idea of important info ne...
  9. Baby nursery

    You are right smiling, our hosp has officaly done away with the normal newborn nursery but unofficaly we still have it.... our other hosp policy states that fresh cs can not have babe in room with her unless feending or another person in room with h...
  10. I am not sure as i have not heard of the term non-seperation but i could take a guess at it: could it be that nion seperation means that the babe and mom are not seperated AT ALL, even for assessment, vit K bath etc... (unless medically indicated) a...
  11. Have is the shift on postpartum unit look like

    I have worked on PP for a year and a bit, and i too love it! +++ My night is a bit different because i work only 8 hr shifts but basicly the same as breastfeedingRN, except that we get 5+5 on nights. I have a question for you though, when i did work...
  12. Tremor diagnosis for infant r/t drug withdrawal

    Here are a few that pertain to FAS, FAE babes, thought that you could use risk for or actual disorganized infant behaviour and (even though you already said it) sleep pattern disturbance if babe is not sleeping, or waking from sleep d/t tremors. Her...
  13. House, MD last night.....AAAGH!

    I love it too cheerfuldoer, It took me a while to not picture the movie "Can't buy me love" and Patrick on his lawnmower, I don't know what it was, i did not even like the movie but it stuck in my mind.
  14. House, MD last night.....AAAGH!

    It was funny that i read your posting today, I do not watch this show, but do watch Gray's Anatomy on Sunday eve, and i had to laugh because one of the jr. resident insulted a nurse :angryfire (calling her for a duty such as you said in your post, ...
  15. Confused, I have bought a few uniforms from this website and have been very happy with the prices. All different brands available and they have fun styles and colors on line catalog available or you can request one to be sent out to you. good luck o...