hjc3405

hjc3405 specializes in OB, GI.

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1. Advice from gastro nurses needed

   hjc3405 replied to Bea1128's topic in Gastroenterology

   First-- This IS NOT medical advice--just info from experience! If she has diverticulOSIS then there is (usually) no antibiotics prescribed because it has not become an infection or inflammed. Seeds and other foods can become 'trapped' in the "pockets...

2. School of Nursing--Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

   hjc3405 replied to Free Spirit 1's topic in Online Learning

   I live in Abilene where this school is... It is a great program... BUT it's not for people who are currently nurses! It is for those who have a Bach. degree in ANYTHING--they can go to this school and receive their BSN in one year. I work at the hosp...

3. Average doseage of conscious sedation while doing endoscopy's

   hjc3405 replied to lmbv55's topic in Gastroenterology

   The versed seems to help the patient to become more relaxed--which helps the patient pass the air that gets put into the colon. If the colonoscopy because more discomfortable--such as a smaller person (which we use pedi scopes on) or someone that has...

4. Average doseage of conscious sedation while doing endoscopy's

   hjc3405 replied to lmbv55's topic in Gastroenterology

   I worked in a GI clinic for a few years (I just recently switched specialties) we used cs- (demerol and versed) we had 4 docs and the average between all of them was about 50 and 5. But they didn't start out with that much. Usually starting out wit...

5. Smoking during pregnancy

   hjc3405 replied to st4304's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I think that the risks for smoking during pregnancy definatly outweigh the risks for stopping! I see TOO MANY babies born too small and having to stay in the NICU for too long just because mom didn't quit smoking because 'her job was too stressful' (...

6. Do your docs bring baby to sterile warmer in c/s?

   hjc3405 replied to zinker35861's topic in Ob/Gyn

   During our c/s the scrub nurse has a sterile drape and sterile baby blanket laid out over the warmer. When it is time for the baby to be taken to the warmer, the nursery personel puts the drape over themselves (keeping it sterile) and walks to the b...