monkeybug

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About monkeybug

monkeybug has 15 years experience and specializes in Public Health, L&D, NICU.


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  1. monkeybug

    The most ridiculous birth plans you've had the pleasure of reading

    One of the first things we did on our unit was to teach the laboring woman how to unplug her monitors and go to the bathroom without help. We were always happy to come assist with the IV pole, but if they needed to go immediately (as is often the ca...
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    Personal fertility issues a detriment in OB Nursing?

    First of all, best wishes for you. I'll say a prayer for you. I worked in L&D all during my infertility escapades. I would go in for ultrasounds and blood draws before my 3-11 shifts. Looking back, I really think it would have been better for...
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    Can a woman refuse an emergency csection ?

    I have seen a bedside committal. It actually happened pretty quickly. In small towns, the doctors and judges may be friends, and it might not take more than a phone call. At least that's the way it happened in what I witnessed. And in the end, th...
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    The most ridiculous birth plans you've had the pleasure of reading

    I'm also a labor nurse who seriously considered homebirth. If we're so great, why did I consider it? Much as I love my coworkers, I was embarrassed about the idea of delivering in front of them. Also, due to some medical issues, I cannot have an e...
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    The most ridiculous birth plans you've had the pleasure of reading

    The very fact that Ina May has a maneuver named after her proves that dystocias can happen anywhere, even at home. I support the right of women to deliver at home, safely and legally. But we have come so far in medical advancements that we have for...
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    The most ridiculous birth plans you've had the pleasure of reading

    The hospital where I delivered and worked for years did use LPNs in L&D! They were scrub techs primarily, but could also recover patients. We adored our LPNs!
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    The most ridiculous birth plans you've had the pleasure of reading

    If you are a nurse, I'm sure that at some point you've practiced some defensive nursing. We all know the risk of lawsuit, and in OB it's worse than anywhere else. I've seen a crunchy couple that refused monitoring and interventions have a bad outco...
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    The most ridiculous birth plans you've had the pleasure of reading

    I can promise you that laughing at a birth plan with things like "ask me before you circumcise my child" has NOTHING to do with the C-section rate. The decision to proceed to the OR is made by the baby, the doctor, the mother, or some combination of...
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    Medical terminology according to patients

    My dear grandmother was truly from the backwoods. Think Deliverance. She had some interesting terms. Deaf was pronounced "deef" with a long E. Vomit was always vomick. One I hear a lot (from nurses and patients, it's definitely a regional thing...
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    Everything is our responsibility. Rant.

    I would have a very difficult time biting my tongue and taking that. I feel for you!
  11. I'm from the Deep South, and have lived here my entire life (except for travel gigs) and I have NEVER heard it pronounced that way. Maybe she was eccentric.
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    Medical terminology according to patients

    Oh, man, I used to have an exhaustive list of terminology for the female reproductive organs, collected over many years. Some of the ones I remember: Pocket book Rose Cat Monkey Angina (I guess their vagina hurt) My Business My Stuff
  13. In nursing school I did clinicals in a small hospital that had some interesting charting I've never seen anywhere else. I wonder if anyone else has heard of it? At the end of the shift, say 3-11, you'd chart, "2200 Stable hrs.-----A Nurse, RN" to i...
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    Any new changes working in your hospital?

    When our employee surveys indicated incredibly low morale and extreme dissatisfaction with management, we were forced to attend meetings where we (the staff nurses) had to come up with ideas about how we could improve things. I think they missed the...
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    Unions protest 100m hospital donation

    But again, how is THIS ambulatory care center preventing anyone from abortion? Or birth control? Is every health care operation supposed to take care of this? Do you expect an orthopedic surgeon's office to provide murder on demand too? I know it...