RNmom08

RNmom08

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  1. Hi there. Been a while since I posted here since I'm so busy with work kids etc. I am in a dilema right now and need some advice. Background: I am pregnant with our 6th child and this is the 1st one I'm working as a nurse. Our youngest is 5 yrs o...
  2. Do you experience jealousy from friends/family members?

    Yes, definitely. In fact, I'm quite hurt by it - but I have to ignore it. I used to cry all the time because of this particular family members antics. We used to talk ALL the time. Do things together, talk about things, etc. This person turned v...
  3. Name your poison

    cookie crisp and hot tamales - seperately, of coarse.
  4. senior staff bullying?--in tears

    i was wondering this as well. we have formula companies give the hospital their formula (in an effort to get mom's to stick with it after they leave the hospital.) they are great and besides, the bottles (i have been told) are a perfect place for b...
  5. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    My person favorite is AMMonia instead of PNEUmonia. Makes me giggle.
  6. Judgemental co-worker

    We are small and have no CN. This woman really thinks EVERYONE likes her. (Several parents have told me in the past that they were glad I was their nurse and not her.) As we are such a small unit, it's hard for me to say something as well as not w...
  7. Judgemental co-worker

    Hi there. I have an issue that I'd like your input on how to handle it or ignore it. I work in a peds unit with a coworker whom is very nice. (At least that I know of.) She is more experienced than me but at times does not seem open to new ways o...
  8. Since when is strep throat swabbed in the NOSE??

    We don't swab for RSV. We do a nasal washing where we use saline drops in the nose and then bulb suction the fluid out. I cannot tell you how many times that a patient came from the clinic with what they told us was a negative RSV swab and then we ...
  9. Pediatric IV's?

    On our peds unit, usually kids are coming in sick sick so that means dehydrated and veins blow easier it seems. We usually use 24G - always on babies, even on toddlers and sometimes small children. I usually have blood return and easy flushes. We ...
  10. Best way to ask out a patient

    Bump into her after your nurse/patient relationship is over. I agree - DON'T talk to your ethics person. You never know if this thing with the girl DOES work out, someone at work may have it in for you and try to say you broke nurse/patient "rules"...
  11. This just fries me!!!!

    Not that I think this is the case with you, Angelfire, but once when I was toward the end of my clinicals for nursing school, I had said something to another nursing student. It was about some papers that I had set down and then I turned around and ...
  12. Nursing and how the Dow affects us

    Hmmmm. Here it was an extremely quiet noc.
  13. How to 'go down' on your appointment?

    What can I say??? I'm a naughty nurse! LOL LOL LOL! :coollook: Seriously though... If my mind weren't always in the gutter I probably wouldn't have 5 kids. heheheheheeee:saint:
  14. How to 'go down' on your appointment?

  15. bicarb to declot lines

    BinkieRN: Have you found that it works better or about the same as t-PA?