debkimt

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1. What's the weirdest baby name?

   debkimt replied to teresab_2000's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I know someone at work who has a neice named "Halloween Lullaby"!

2. What's the weirdest baby name?

   debkimt replied to teresab_2000's topic in Ob/Gyn

   One of the nurses in our OB/GYN office knew of a patient that named her baby "chlamydia"!

3. Am I unsafe to practice?

   debkimt replied to Need2Care's topic in Safety

   Don't let this threaten your confidence in yourself as a nurse. I have over 25 years in nursing experience and can tell you that mistakes are just going to happen. We don't want or mean to make them, but we ALL make them. Even physicians make them....

4. To all "medical coverage is a privilege" folks:

   debkimt replied to dirtyhippiegirl's topic in Activism

   I had an ob patient on medicaid the other day ask me if it would be safe for her to go on the cruise with her husband next month. She said she needed a quick answer because her husband was about to purchase the tickets. I am a LVN and single parent...

5. Giving IM Injections

   debkimt posted a topic in LPN/LVN

   I have a question about how LVN's were taught to give an IM injection. I was trained in 1985 and was taught to pull the skin/muscle taunt. I have been working in clinics for the last 10+ years now and the MA's that I have worked with ( the majority...