woopcrane

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  1. What did you do before nursing?

    I dropped out of college (biology). Drove a school bus for a couple of years, a truck, worked as a gofer in an office, short order cook, Sold shoes. I went back to school and became an OB nurse, then CNM. I delivered a lot of babies - whic...
  2. Needing an honest answer

    Wow. I've read this string several times. I still can't believe some of your comments - as has been said - come back after you have learned a lot more about pathology, psysiology, medicine, pharmacology. I want to read that paper too. WITH cita...
  3. A question of standards of care?

    9 years later and how things have changed!!!! HPV vaccinations, Paps every 2-3 years, No Colpo for LGIL or ASCUS under 20, So we now are working on a mechanism to be able to refill BC for more than 1 year...
  4. Nasty coworker advice needed

    What sort of supervisory position are you in? Document her disrespectiful behavior and take her aside. Let her know her behavior is disrespectful and you expect no further discussion about you to other staff or statements of hatred to other staff m...
  5. Biggest issue nurses face?

    Care Giver Fatigue. New verbage for a sort of burn out... It's not that you don't care, it's just that no matter what you do, or how well you do it, you can't do it as well as you WANT because you STILL dont have the time - equipment - staff , o...
  6. Postpartum / L&D Nurses

    Myths and reality about breast feeding - How to get a kid to latch and the proper latch is always good. Obstretical emergencies - RN immediate actions and response for pp hemorrage (we had RNs who waited for the provider to get to the unit before do...
  7. Forced Flu Shots

    Hey, it's the hospital rules - and frankly, they do not want a possible vector working for them. They have the right to dictate under what conditions you are allowed to work in their facility. Look what happened last spring and summer with the flu a...
  8. baby to the nursery please

    We will occationally give mama a break, but not usually - we expect mom and family members to get to know the baby, get the Breast feeding down. We rarey have a new mom with out other family members. We do not staff a NSY. If we have to care for ...
  9. As the ave age of nurses is now late 40's we welcolme new young blood!!! Even when I was going through my bsn program,(80'S)the ave student age was late 20's which means, even then, nursing was not just for the very young. Good luck on your studies....
  10. Pain medication in Postpartum

    Vagina. She didnt realize what it ment...
  11. Pain medication in Postpartum

    I Start with the non-medicstions: - ICE packs, Peribottle baths and sitz baths, Closely followed by witchhazel, proctofom, followed by Motrin for the uterine cramping, Tylenolfor inflamation, and getting OUT OF BED!! For 3rd - 4th degree lac I may p...
  12. Mother Baby Couplet Care

    I helped a hospital change to couplet care -= Any sort of change, as you know will cause resistance/depression/etc studies show that for the first 6 months, your staff will not be happy campers as the bugs get worked out and the change is asimula...
  13. Need input on pit protocol

    q 15 min vitals is a hold over when the pt was upped every 15 min. Today the recmendations are every time you up the pit, you do PRBp - Pitocin can cause pulmonary edema. if the pit is at a steady rate q1 hour
  14. When a OB/GYN refuses a Doula for the "pt"

    I'm sorry - the physician cannot prevent a patient from having whomever she wants to attend the delivery, with in the hospital visitation rules. She needs to quietly and calmly inform the physician that the doula will be there for labor support. ...
  15. Please advice!!

    A nya ha sayo Chong, Hee-Jung Nursing in America is very different than nursing in Korea. We use much less traditional methods, and many nurses practice independently of physicians. We usually specialize into different areas: Pediatrics Maternal-c...