gopalan

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1. Why apologize to doctor when calling?

   gopalan replied to Florence NightinFAIL's topic in General Nursing

   I think it should be viewed as a courtesy preface for the subsequent message. No more than that. All of us, Nurses and Doctors must realize that patients are not a bother to us, we chose this profession knowing well that sacrifices of personal comfor...

2. Do you bag your bodies naked?

   gopalan replied to mama_d's topic in General Nursing

   All of us have been taught to respect the dead. We don't even talk ill of the dead. When I come across a funeral procession, I stop dead in my tracks and move only it has passed by. If you are in a military uniform , you even have to salute the dead....

3. Is anatomy one of the toughest courses for nursing?

   gopalan replied to Toots71506's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I have been teaching A&P for the last fifteen years. More than 80% of my students have always felt that A&P was most difficult during their course. Anatomy is hard facts and you have to commit to memory many things. Physiology is full of conc...

4. First Night Duty in Labor Room

   gopalan replied to spdhaka80's topic in General Nursing

   Congrtulations!!! You have done extremely well. You could have avoided the tear if only you have done an episiotomy earlier since it happened to be a breech in a Primi. We learn by experience. Gopalan

5. Things you learned the hard way? (funny)

   gopalan replied to tryingtohaveitall's topic in General Nursing

   Was doing a pelvic examination in a Primi in labor to assess the stage of labor and to assess the station of vertex. cervix was fully dilated and there was this tense bag of membranes which got burst during manipulation and I had a face wash with li...

6. Funny Nursing Related Stories

   gopalan replied to nursejanefw's topic in Humor

   Essentially two options are available depending on one's age and parity. Younger aged patients: plastic repair with retention of uterus. For older individuals plastic repair with removal of uterus. These two are broad outlines with slight modifica...

7. Held Down and Forced to Take The FLu Shot

   gopalan replied to Nurse_FF_EMT's topic in General Nursing

   Barbarous! Is it a mental asylum?