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1. situs inversus in the newborn, kind of long

   nursepenny replied to nursepenny's topic in PICU

   I am so sorry for not updating before now. My granddaughter was born Dec. 7th, after a very long and hard labor for my daughter. They finally did a C-section. The baby was perfect in every way possible. She weighed 7lbs. 8 oz. and 21 1/2 inches ...

2. Really Scary - medical Insurance

   nursepenny replied to TrudyRN's topic in General Nursing

   I had a ruptured diverticulum in Oct. 2006. After 2 bouts of peritonitis and weeks of hospitalization and numerous test, I had surgery in Dec. 2006. The surgery took 12 hours because of all the adhesions I had. I was on the vent and my lungs fille...

3. situs inversus in the newborn, kind of long

   nursepenny replied to nursepenny's topic in PICU

   Just a short note to update you all on my grandbaby. We went to thew perinatalogist this past Wednesday and receives some excellent news. He said everything in aligned correctly. There were no major abnormalities noted. "Rainee" (grand daughter's...

4. situs inversus in the newborn, kind of long

   nursepenny replied to nursepenny's topic in PICU

   Thanks for your response. Ihad not even thought of morphology. Duh, Me... I had not given thought to a neonatalogist, either. I did look up a pediatric cardiologist though, and found 2 in our area, (well actually about 2 hours away, but they woul...

5. situs inversus in the newborn, kind of long

   nursepenny posted a topic in PICU

   situs inversus, kinda long sorry permalink -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This was posted under cardiac nursing, but as I haven't received a response as of yet I thought I would move it this forum ...

6. Nursing with a Southern Accent

   nursepenny replied to natron20's topic in General Nursing

   I live in So. central Georgia, a small community at that. So, most of the people I deal with are from this general area. I have a very strong southern twang. I have recently worked with a nurse from Ohio, whose husband was born and raised in this ...

7. An Old Farmer's Advice

   nursepenny replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in General Nursing

   I think the last few words said it all. Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Truly words to live by. I really enjoyed this thread. Most of this I have heard before, but still nice to see.

8. Trouble with Narcan

   nursepenny replied to mellomom's topic in General Nursing

   never had a problem with narcan, at least yet. but I can see how this would happen. once gave a pt romazicon, and had he had a seizure. he had been taking ativan for an extended period and took an OD, was brought in by EMS, and ERP ordered romaz...

9. What did you learn today as a nurse?

   nursepenny replied to minnib's topic in General Nursing

   I worked last night. So, this is what I learned: Nothing is a easy as it looks. Everything takes longer than you expect. If anything can go wrong, it will. Oh, wait a minute, that is Murphy's Law. LMAO Still applies though. Great thread. Have a g...

10. kicked out of school- failed professionalism!

    nursepenny replied to m_lanham's topic in General Nursing

    This may have been addressed previously. If so, I apologise. When you confornted the nurses who made these "infractions", did you do so in front of the patient? Did the pateint who received the Lipids have a bleeding disorder? Or on Coumadin the...

11. Adjustment to ED nursing from med/surg?

    nursepenny replied to Larry77's topic in Emergency

    I made the transition from SDU/ICU in Sept. 2005, and I do not regret it for one minute. I have learned so much, even though I have 5 yrs. Med/Surg and 4 1/2 yrs. SDU/ICU. The main thing for me was getting into the ER mode instead of SDU/ICU mode....

12. Nursing School Heartbreak of losing fellow students

    nursepenny replied to NurseNiecy's topic in General Nursing

    My LPN class started with 60 students. Only 15 graduated.

13. how much experience did you have before becoming an ER nurse?

    nursepenny replied to liljsmom02's topic in Emergency

    I have been an LPN for 10 years. I worked Med/Surg tele floor for 5 years. Then went to ICU/SDU for 4 years. I have been in ER since 9/2005, and I love every minute of it. I am ACLS and PALS certified also. If it were available to LPN's I would t...

14. I'm an ER nurse and I love my job because...

    nursepenny replied to sowie's topic in Emergency

    You treat'em and street'em. (lol)

15. Record for most babies

    nursepenny replied to alphafe's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I am the 6th of 10 children. The youngest boy was stilborn. (6 girls, 4 boys). I am now 51 and when we were growing up, we lived on a farm. So all of our food was home grown. Mama made most of our clothes. I remember going to school barefoote...