ImaStork

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1. What's the weirdest baby name?

   ImaStork replied to teresab_2000's topic in Ob/Gyn

   When I first started nursing a mother let her signifigant other name their daughter T-9-C. Texas no longer allows just letter or numbers for names. I know a Montrella and Cinderella. We had a mother who named her sons, Billy Idol and Van Halen. Being...

2. car seat safety

   ImaStork replied to peds77's topic in Ob/Gyn

   As a Child Safety Seat Tech. I can tell you that all seats are made to the same national standards. The difference between the $45.00 seat and the $300.00 seat are the "extra" bells and whistles the manufacture ads. We tell our parents the "BEST" sea...

3. Small Hospitals

   ImaStork replied to CametoitlateTexan's topic in Texas

   I am a L&D nurse in a small Texas town of approx 15,000. I love it. I work in the county hospital. We have several home health agencies here in town as well as hospice. We also have several long term care facilities.Our hospital also has a clinic...

4. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

   ImaStork replied to Trixxy's topic in Humor

   Don't decide to shower after being out drinking most of the night, then pass out in the shower hitting head causing laceration. Your Pit Bull will eat your face off, literally. We saw the guy with his wife after the fact in our L&D. He looked lik...

5. Advice

   ImaStork replied to AmandaBSN's topic in Ob/Gyn

   If you are in a good L&D you will not be "on your own" you will have a preceptor who will work with you and teach you. She will not turn you loose until she is satisfied you can do it. Also taking a good basic fetal monitoring course will help yo...

6. Own uniforms or hospital scrubs?

   ImaStork replied to irehc's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I am a 6 foot tall ob nurse and if you find a hospital that furnishes tall scrubs please let me know I would love to work there. My hospital furnishes our scrubs and there are no talls. I wear a size too large pants to get them a little longer. I don...

7. More Strange Baby Names

   ImaStork replied to RNLaborNurse4U's topic in Ob/Gyn

   The strangest name I know was when a mother let the father of the baby name their girl T9C ....He thought it was so cool. Texas has now passed a law that will not allow you to use numbers for a name.... too late for this little girl...she is a teen n...

8. RNs, Bedbaths, I&O & Linen Changes

   ImaStork replied to allsmiles's topic in General Nursing

   At my hospital on the night shift in Women's Services you will do it yourself. We had the choice of another licensed personel or an aide we chose licensed. At my hospital an FTE is an FTE.

9. night shifts....

   ImaStork replied to uk_nurse's topic in General Nursing

   In my 25 year nursing career I have worked 21 of them either 11p to 7a or 7p to 7a as I am now doing. I feel working nights has made me a stronger nurse. More sure of myself. In labor and delivery I had to depend on my assesssment skills and hone my ...

10. Who Knows Something About Galveston?

    ImaStork replied to Aurora's topic in Texas

    Now you have went and hurt my feelings. I have been a nurse in Texas for 25 years and could not imagine being a nurse anywhere else. There are good and bad places to work as well as good and bad doctors and co-workers. The pay is great in some places...

11. Intubation

    ImaStork replied to babyrex33's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I work at a small county hospital. All the nurses are NRP certified. The pedi docs have trained the charge nurses to view cords and suction for mec. We do not have in house anesthesia and our OB docs do not intubate babies. Sometimes we have to be ab...

12. Need help with gyn ?

    ImaStork replied to mittels's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I agree even with Lupus, abnormal bleeding, pain and sudden unexplained weight loss are warning signs. Could be just warning you that you need to have a hysterectomy but could be something else. Contact your Gyn as soon as possible. Also being 35 has...

13. Cord Prolapse

    ImaStork replied to Ninet's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Besides all the above mentioned interventions one of our docs has had us place a foley catheter in and fill the bladder this also aids in lifting the presenting part and holding it off the cord. This is done by one person while someone else is in the...

14. and the problem is..........?

    ImaStork replied to marcicatherine's topic in Emergency

    Last night I think every child in our town conspired not to poop. I fielded 4 calls on constipated kids, two had just not gone in the last few hours. Parents decided at 2am this was something to be concerned about and we could tell them what to give ...

15. Where are the real prisons located?

    ImaStork replied to Blackcat99's topic in Correctional

    Maxium security Gatesville, Texas