missnurse89

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  1. IBCLC Scope of Practice

    Thanks! I wasn't sure where to post so I might bump it. Beginning in 2016, the exam will be offered twice a year.
  2. Ridiculous medical mistakes on TV

    I could go on all day, but to name a few... 1. Vaccines always given at the wrong anatomical landmarks. 2. Patient consent doesn't seem to exist in TV land. 3. Labor looks tortorus. 4. Doctor is present for the entire (yet remarkably short) labor. 5...
  3. IBCLC Scope of Practice

    I am needing some clarification from IBCLCs out there. I was informed by an IBCLC that as an IBCLC, it is within the scope of practice to diagnose maternal breastfeeding related complications (such as mastitis). I have read through IBCLC Standards of...
  4. Venipuncture on peds

    Thanks for the great advice! I think it's just uncertainty because their veins are so tiny. I used to do IVs on peds several years back. Now I am performing venipuncture on peds. I draw blood daily on adults for several years now. It seems different ...
  5. Immunization records

    Wow! It's crazy how these things differ per country but seeing as how there are differing risk factors in different countries it makes sense. I hope the responses helped!
  6. Immunization records

    Per CDC, MMR vaccination is recommended if you were born after 1956 and are not fully vaccinated against MMR. If you were born before 1956, you are considered immune. You only need a "booster" if you never completed your MMR series.
  7. Immunization records

    I deal with this often as a PHN. You can contact your local county health department for shot records. If they don't have them, then contact your pediatrician. Yes. You can get titers drawn, however, it is generally cheaper to revaccinate if you can'...
  8. You will all probably hate me for this

    This is really interesting so I will share. We just had a cultural competency training and covered the different generations and their different values and this exact example came up. What is wrong to one generation is right to another, because of th...
  9. The best thing to do is focus on what is WITHIN YOUR control. Get a tutor. I am very sorry that the teacher is failing you. That is awful. Unfortunately, in those cases (having experiencing this myself in high school) the student has to take it upon ...
  10. IS THIS TRUE???

    We had to ask a friend or family member to volunteer for our HTA skills check off. They kept their clothes on. Everything else we had manequins. We even had the manequin arms with fake blood (worked only half the time) to practice IVs. But just getti...
  11. IS THIS TRUE???

    Holy crap! I can't even...That's ridiculous! 1. Teaching the students that consent isn't important 2. Violating someone's body, UNECESSARILY I might add 3. Injuries? Damages? Complications? I can not believe that this actually happened and was cond...
  12. Maybe you aren't good at math NOW...BUT keep working at it. Do what you need to do to understand it. It is highly important as a nurse. Don't focus on the fact that right now you don't understand it. That will get you down. But you will understand it...
  13. IS THIS TRUE???

    I agree. There are demonstration tools for this. I do realize that nursing programs are limited on funding, but there are also grants for these things. These intimate type assessments seem to be leaning towards unethical practices.
  14. What would you have done? Episiotomy

    I do think that certain medical interventions are appropriate WHEN needed. But this is coercion! This poor girl! Yes. Babies heads are big. But women are designed to birth babies. I think the problem lies with forcing labor in the first place. What's...
  15. New grads in the ER

    How do all you ER nurses out there feel about new grads in the ER? Do you feel they are competent enough as a new grad to work in ER as their first nursing job? Do you feel they transition to ER well? Do you prefer new grads to experienced nurses (fr...