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  1. Thanks, everyone for the responses and the information. I'll have to check into some associations and investigate more directly what they exactly have to offer. I was skeptical of their worth (I didn't feel like any of my student associations had a...
  2. Breastfeed or else

    I'm not saying I have all the answers; and people in the middle are ALWAYS going to fall through the cracks. I wish I could solve that, but I'm not sure I can. But I think that if insurance and medical cards paid for formula, we would see *greater...
  3. Okay, I'll rephrase my question. I've never really joined any nursing associations. My interests/areas of work are medical and office OB/L&D/MB. In general, do any of you belong to nursing associations? Why? What benefits do you see? Confere...
  4. Breastfeed or else

    So what do those people do for food? I guess I just don't see the difference between paying for your baby's formula and paying for food. It's not like formula is cheap now. It's made by pharmaceutical companies anyhow. How would the price increas...
  5. Breastfeed or else

    I just envision you getting your script for the year when you go in for your well baby checks. I don't see how it would be any different or make it more difficult. Uh, no kidding some people don't have insurance. I've sure been there. Still have t...
  6. Breastfeed or else

    I work with alot of low income mamas, and alot of them DO make their own formula, especially when the formula from WIC runs out. Formula is expensive. If these babies' medical cards covered their formula, then perhaps I wouldn't see so many mamas f...
  7. What other nursing forums are there?

    Thank you. I think that every forum has a "personality" as it were, and I'm just looking for a better fit. No disrespect intended for allnurses.com; it's fine. But I'm just looking to expand a bit and perhaps find something that, for lack of bett...
  8. Mandatory Holidays????

    We have six mandatory holidays. These are also the paid holidays. On our floor we are divided into three groups, with a two holiday rotation. So for example, this year my group's assigned holidays are Labor day and Thanksgiving. I won't have these...
  9. What other nursing forums are there?

    Perhaps not so heavily moderated? I don't know; I just feel very confined sometimes here. So, I guess you could scratch the word "progressive" and just help me with the question "What other nursing oriented forums are available?" Thanks!!! Lori
  10. Does anyone else frequent other, maybe more progressive online nursing forums?
  11. Breastfeed or else

    I skimmed all the posts (whew1) and didn't see much of anything on this, so here goes: I would like to see formula be by prescription only. If a mother chose to formula feed, she would have to meet with a pediatrician and a lactation consultant to e...
  12. Cussing Co-Workers

    I can swear quite a bit, sometimes, especially if the g-word is off limits. And I am well educated, thank you! I have a fairly extensive vocabulary in a couple of languages; but sometimes the f-bomb is the word that best defines what I want to exp...
  13. Okay Homo-phobic thread..LOL!

    I appreciate your thoughtfulness, Timothy. That's cool. You're a good example for us all.
  14. comments about patient's w/ IV's?

    Our protocol is that if they are on tele, they must have IV access. So yes, we put a saline lock in everyone on tele who comes in.
  15. Doctors........aggghhh!

    Has anyone actually ever stood up to him? My experience with people like this is that if you DO stand up to them, calmly, maturely, and forcefully, rarely is there ever an issue again. I'd stand up to the guy and tell him in no uncertain terms that ...