KnitRN

KnitRN

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About KnitRN

BS Duke '87, BSN Emory, '90, clinical specialty: oncology

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  1. when do you have first mammogram

    In the absence of other risk factors, twenty seems rather early for a first mammogram. My insurance company (cigna) doesn't reimburse for routine mammograms until after ager forty.
  2. can we have a polite thread about breasteeding?

    For me, this isn't about being right or wrong its about learning from the nurses who are the front lines in breastfeeding education. By the time I work with a mother, she is anywhere from several days to several weeks postpartum and have enough diff...
  3. can we have a polite thread about breasteeding?

    I'm not sure how to respond to this but here goes. Do you want to discuss breastfeeding or continue to vent? It seems to me that his forum has a dual purpose - supporting OB/L&D nurses and educating nurses. If you have issues with breastfeeding...
  4. I wanted to respond on the other thread but since that one started out as a vent, I thought it better to begin anew. Shoelaces asked about whether some mothers felt revulsion during breastfeeding. I'm paraprasing, so I hope I got the gist of her ques...
  5. I am enough of a control freak that I have a difficult time switching from caregiver to patient even under the best of circumstances. I really really like knowing the staff nurses and being able to get the inside story about the attending physicians...
  6. I feel like a real DIRTBAG!

    I wish I'd had you as my post-partum nurse! I've needed to be catheterized post-partum on two out of my four births. My very first job as a graduate nurse was on the urology floor and we used to get called to do the difficult post-partum caths. I w...
  7. My mother is a second career nurse and she spent seventeen years at the bedside by choice. The highest position she ever held was charge nurse. She opted not to go into administration because she found that direct patient care was the most rewarding...
  8. 2 Nurses needed???

    It may be old school, but my inpatient oncology unit required two RN's to verify insulin, heparin, IV narcotics, and chemotherapy.
  9. Anyone have cheese? I need to whine !!!

    no cheese, but I'll dial WHINE-1-1 and call the WAAAmbulance for you! Good luck on your job search. As far as time off for the new grandbabe, if you tell your employer about it going in, you should be able to take unpaid leave. I live in Charlotte...