olallie

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1. nursing policy on handling infant that is not bathed

   olallie replied to kms6417's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Also this notion that Johnson's Baby Shampoo is going to wash off bloodborne pathogens enough to make babies "safe" enough to handle without gloves - ha. We should always handle babies with gloves for BOTH our sakes. Nurses have THE GROSSEST germs ...

2. nursing policy on handling infant that is not bathed

   olallie replied to kms6417's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I've been an L&D RN for about 15 years and the reasons we delay bathing are these: 1) vernix is anti microbial, anti fungal, etc and protects skin from dryness, therefore lessening the chance of cracking and letting pathogens in 2) bathing can c...

3. Anyone know anything about American nurses working in Mexico?

   olallie replied to klone's topic in International

   Can you email me at [email protected]? Sounds like you know some of the things I'm trying to figure out! Thanks!

4. Anyone know anything about American nurses working in Mexico?

   olallie replied to klone's topic in International

   I'm even looking to work here but I need information about how to do it. Owlyhecate, help!

5. Anyone know anything about American nurses working in Mexico?

   olallie replied to klone's topic in International

   I moved to Baja recently and LOVE IT. I moved from the bay area of San Francisco and feel SO much safer here. People are friendlier, everyone wants to help, it's amazing. If I never had to go back to the US I'd be happy as pie. But I have to, I w...

6. What's the weirdest baby name?

   olallie replied to teresab_2000's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I heard of one called "Meconium"...said she thought it was pretty...