LauriJo

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1. Rediscovering Professionalism in Nursing

   LauriJo posted a topic in General Nursing

   After working 10 years in acute care I became disillusioned, took a job as an office nurse and I am now working in community health. While working on my BSN, I have rekindled that sense of pride and professionalism that I felt at my pinning ceremony ...

2. cystic fibrosis screen

   LauriJo posted a topic in Pediatric

   My girlfriend recently had a new infant that had a false/positive cystic fibrosis screen and was referred to the nearest children's hospital for follow-up. At first they were going to refuse to see the infant due to the "high numbers" of false/positi...

3. mom-infant skin to skin contact

   LauriJo posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   For all you L&D nurses, who encourage mom to infant, skin to skin contact (especially during the first 1-2hrs after delivery);have you noticed a correlation with mom to infant skin to skin contact and breastfeeding success?

4. Evidence-Based Practice

   LauriJo posted a topic in General Nursing

   I am trying to encourage the other nurses at my workplace to incorporate the use of evidence-based practice when providing education to our clients. What are your facilities doing, to encourage and improve nursing assess to recent research studies?