mtymom

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1. I am sick and tired of being asked "Who is watching your kids?"

   mtymom replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

   When people ask me that I say she is at Home Alone (Home Alone Kids Club-the name of her daycare). They look at me like I am out of my mind and I just smile and walk off.:roll

2. Giving meds

   mtymom replied to jen42's topic in School

   I can understand having a doctors note. For one thing it protects my license and for another; sometimes the parents don't accurately measure the dose so they really don't know how much to tell you to give the child. If the doctor has signed off on it...

3. Deadly Housekeeper

   mtymom replied to StevenRN's topic in Humor

   I was going to say that the story is fake. I saw it on a TV show about Urban legends. By the way, most vents have a backup battery and alert someone when it is shut off.

4. Misplaced license

   mtymom replied to Indierenee's topic in General Nursing

   I disagree with keeping the license at home. What if you come upon a car accident or something and need to verify that you are a nurse. Especially to prove that something you did was in your scope of practice.

5. Would you have a child because you thought you would regret it later on if you didn't

   mtymom replied to smack050505's topic in General Nursing

   That should not be the only reason to have a child. It takes a lot of patience and love to be a parent and you have to be ready. I have seen too much child abuse from parents who had children that really should not have. Also if you have to question ...

6. Share Your Saying

   mtymom replied to angelique777's topic in Humor

   I had a T-Shirt once that said: The Nurses day: A needle in the butt, a tube down a nose, some poopy in a pan, so our day goes. Don't know what ever happened to that T-Shirt but I loved the saying. It was typical.

7. Are LPN's/LVN's real nurses?

   mtymom replied to Faeriewand's topic in LPN/LVN

   Recently I volunteered for the local disaster program. When I told them I was a nurse they did not ask if I was an RN of LPN. They were just glad to get a nurse. They needed people to do triage and to pass meds and they were not going to use lay peop...

8. Warm mist vaporizer or cool mist humidifier?

   mtymom replied to austin heart's topic in Pediatric

   I suggest the cool mist vaporizor. I work for a Head Start program and we have a lot of children with asthma. When they have an attack in the winter time I have someone take the child outside while I get the medication ready. The cool air seems to op...

9. I shaved off a patient's mustache. Was I wrong?

   mtymom replied to NebbyLPN's topic in General Nursing

   I am sorry this happened to you but something to consider is if the man had a stroke why didn't you find out if there was some dimentia caused by the stroke? Did you try to use shampoo to get the food out? Also sometimes you can take an old comb and...

10. What punishment should this nurse get?

    mtymom replied to Daytonite's topic in General Nursing

    First of all; why didn't anybody come looking for her sooner. That was 2 hours that she was in there, surely someone would have missed her before then. Also, I don't see where this could not have been neglect. She was not on the floor working for 2 h...

11. Hasten end so wife won't doubt DNR decision????

    mtymom replied to markm739's topic in New Nurse

    I whole heartedly believe in using MS for comfort at the end of life. Both of my parents died of cancer. My dad had lung cancer and my mom had ovarian cancer. We had hospice come in and we gave them MS as often as possible. We did not wait for signs ...

12. school nursing

    mtymom replied to mtymom's topic in School

    This child is 4 years old. The pain is mild right now. He is not limping and it is not keeping him awake. Someone suggested Kawasaki disease but I have not heard much about that. The family is taking him to primary provider. There are not recent inju...

13. school nursing

    mtymom posted a topic in School

    Hello, I am a nurse for a Head Start Program here in OK. I just had a child broght to my office with a fever of 102.8 and he also complained of leg pain and a sore throat. He has been complaining of leg pain for the past 2 days. The teachers and ...

14. Shoes???

    mtymom replied to MarylandNsgStudent's topic in New Nurse

    The two I have found that are the best are New Balance and Rockport. Rockport are more expensive but they are wonderful.

15. Funny Names for Nurses

    mtymom replied to randomnamees's topic in Humor

    When I was a teenager the doctor that did my mom's histerectomy was Dr. Rumph (pronounced Rump). :rotfl: