Littlewonder

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1. Medical Missions Trips?

   Littlewonder replied to newflgrad's topic in General Nursing

   Hello from Zanzibar... from a nurse working with a humanitarian aide organization that does many different projects, I see often the educational side of things is more important than actual "nursing" actions over here. Example, the organization I am...

2. Sterile Speculum exams for ?ROM

   Littlewonder replied to LizzyL&DRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I have been at several facilities where nursing is not allowed to do sterile spec exams and the physicians are not in house. We would simply do a SVE (without goo, ouch) and then brush the gloved fingers over the slide. We had great ferning results...

3. bottle vs breast feeding

   Littlewonder replied to evansj2's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I think one thing that has not been mentioned here that should is the cost to the infant of early formula feeding. I never make mom's feel guilty for using formula if that is their choice (and have times recommended it for large weight losses, etc.)...

4. doing stuff differently

   Littlewonder replied to cvryder's topic in Travel

   I don't work critical care, but OB (labor, delivery, postpartum, and level one newborn nursery.) I have found that different areas of the country do many things differently. Some area's have nurses rupturing membranes of laboring patients and putti...

5. Run get it...scrub tech student!

   Littlewonder replied to AngelGail's topic in Humor

   Littlewon's dh here. I was an orderly in OR and saw some great practical jokes. I think the classic was when the circ. cut off the scrubs pants while he was scubbed in. We also sterilized a rubber duck to place one one Dr's table. My favorite wit...

6. 10 things you say at work lay people could get arrested for

   Littlewonder replied to sharann's topic in Humor

   Littlewon's dh here, I used to be an orderly in OR and one day I was sent to pick up a patient from ER who had caught a circular saw, when I got there he was still fully dressed (including winter coat) so I told the nurse, "I can't take him anywhere,...

7. pregnant while in school or during first year?

   Littlewonder replied to Boston-RN's topic in General Nursing

   As long as your due date is after graduation - not so bad. I ended up pregnant and delivered in the middle of my last semester. I took a year off to enjoy baby (but we really went into debt to do it.) I finished my last semester when baby was 8 mo...

8. Finding FHT early in pregnancy

   Littlewonder posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   Now, working in an LDRP where we never get anyone before they are twenty weeks along, I have a hard time with this! Every once in a while we are called down to ER to find FHT on girls between 12 and 20 weeks. I don't have any problems with sixteen ...

9. Will it wreck me? Would it wreck you?

   Littlewonder replied to NurseDaddy2006's topic in Male Students

   I have dealt with this issue as I have worked LDRP for several years now and have miscarried three times while working LDRP. It really hurts in the middle of a miscarriage or when seeing someone who does not want or really is not caring for her baby...

10. Does anyone feel lonely because of being away from home during christmas!

    Littlewonder replied to sweetpea839's topic in Travel

    Yes...:icon_cry: :icon_roll and I have my husband and children with me, just not the same as being home...

11. Ever had cervix go down in dilitation...

    Littlewonder replied to ShannonB25's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Hey, don't feel so bad - it CAN happen. Maybe not officially, but I have definately had it happen to me (verified by repeat exams by the nurse midwife who felt the same thing!) There are several possible senario's: she could have had some swelling...

12. Resume help, please

    Littlewonder replied to ArmyWife,RN's topic in General Nursing

    Most newer word processing programs have resume templates that are great to put a good resume together. They give helpful hints for what to put where. Just make sure to keep it to one page and highlight pertinent accomplishments!

13. Co-sleeping?

    Littlewonder replied to amber1142's topic in Ob/Gyn

    At risk of getting flamed here;) , I really think we need to take all of our supposed "guidelines" (AAP and all the others...) and use our own critical thinking when we are looking at a parenting issue and not a health issue. For me, co-sleeping was...

14. Public Breastfeeding

    Littlewonder replied to MarySunshine's topic in General Nursing

    I ran into this problem a lot because I never used a blanket when I was nursing in public. My babies got hot and would pull blankets off - that left me much more exposed than if I just discreetly put them on and let my shirt cover everything up to t...

15. Nursing Student Unlawfully Removed from School

    Littlewonder replied to RobInAlabama's topic in General Nursing

    I don't doubt Rob's story at all. Nurses take a lot of nasty stuff without even flinching - and expect it. Because of a long history of nurses not standing up for themselves, there is quite a history of abuses of the system that may or may not go ...