mama.RN

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1. Should I wait to have a baby?

   mama.RN replied to AHobbs's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I may be in the minority, but I say go ahead with the baby making. School can wait if need be, but there is a finite window for the babies and even good fertility numbers are no guarantee, take it from me. I started trying in my mid-30s, finally had ...

2. Been there, done that RN Students: Rent or Buy

   mama.RN replied to besrey's topic in General Students

   I bought several of my books on Ebay. Some were international/current editions -- the only differences with those were that they were usually paperbacks, and sometimes were in black and white instead of color. In several cases, they were approx $25-5...

3. It takes a lot to make me angry.

   mama.RN replied to ground's topic in Stress 101

   Well Done.

4. Help! I have to precept a new grad who already knows it all....but not really.

   mama.RN replied to GOMER-RN's topic in General Nursing

   I was just wondering if he is still within a probationary period (isn't it 3 months, usually?) where the employer gets to decide that it just isn't working out. Given that that is usually the case with any new job, it makes no sense for someone start...

5. I'm a nurse and I don't like people.

   mama.RN replied to addylpn's topic in LPN/LVN

   I'm right there with you, as a fellow introvert. In line with TheCommuter's advice, I'd recommend finding a nursing job where you don't have the constant exposure to these situations that are so draining. A position where you're working alone or one-...

6. Do you need a tb and an x-ray as part of your physical?

   mama.RN replied to WE~DO~CARE's topic in General Nursing

   Interesting, I hadn't read that, will check into it though. We've actually had several patients whose positive PPD was attributed to BCG vaccination >10 yrs ago, after follow up IGRA testing was negative.

7. Do you need a tb and an x-ray as part of your physical?

   mama.RN replied to WE~DO~CARE's topic in General Nursing

   One point regarding the TB issue is that if your friend spent her childhood in the Ukraine (you said she was born there, so unclear), then she would have likely received two doses of the BCG vaccine, for TB. In that case, it would not be surprising f...

8. Was my professor out of line?

   mama.RN replied to kimmyanne02's topic in General Students

   I had a similar run in with a professor during nursing school, minus the religion comment (which I think may have been tongue in cheek anyway possibly). So, in my case in the end, I agreed to disagree with my professor, and moved on. Long story sh...

9. I am an ER doc. I wrote a short story about a girl having a seizure.

   mama.RN replied to pg212's topic in General Nursing

   Loved it, thanks for sharing.

10. When should I start a family?

    mama.RN replied to nyc2011's topic in NP

    I would agree with the other poster that you should have some baseline fertility testing done and not assume that all is ok. It would be helpful to find out now, not later, if there are any issues with fertility in order to make the best decision.

11. The thing that has surprised you the most about nursing...

    mama.RN replied to er.mere's topic in General Nursing

    What I like vs. what I don't like, compared to what I expected. For example, the other day I was packing a deep, tunneling wound. I would not have imagined that I'd ever be able to really stand doing that, but I truly don't mind it one bit, in fact I...

12. Medication Error - 53 is this for me

    mama.RN replied to Mindfulone1's topic in Medications

    I am not a school nurse, but just wanted to wish you well as this is resolved. Also, wanted to mention a policy of my son's school nurse in case it may be of any help to you. He has a medication (set of 2 Epipen, Jr. in box) that is kept at school. T...

13. Has anyone ever escaped?

    mama.RN replied to ellieheart's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe you haven't found your niche...I work in a small specialty clinic where we see patients one at a time. We have some regulars and some patients I'll see once and never again. I work alone about 50% of the time doing admin type work. It gets busy...

14. What have you lived through? (Let's reminisce)

    mama.RN replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    As a young kid: My dad drank Schlitz beer, we had black and white TV, 6 TV channels, no cable yet, had a corded rotary phone attached to the wall, cartoons only on Saturday mornings, used my brother's Atari game system complete with Asteroids, Spa...

15. Regarding chronic tardiness

    mama.RN replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    I will admit that I was chronically late to most everything in my past (pre-nursing career) life, but I will tell you it is not because I had no respect for other people's time. Truly, I felt horrible always walking a few minutes late into work or ap...