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FireStarterRN, BSN, RN · Jan 14, 2009

I've made the personal choice to not have network or cable TV bringing cultural garbage into our home. Only NetFlix for us!

RutterMama · Jan 14, 2009

I've made the personal choice to not have network or cable TV bringing cultural garbage into our home. Only NetFlix for us!

We did that for a while. Just did the blockbuster thing... until I had our son. Now, we are WAY too addicted to CSI, CSI Miami, Dr. Phil, Scrubs, ER & the history channel... Oh - and hubby's SPONGE BOB!!!

sh1901 · Jan 14, 2009

I'm personally addicted to House and Bones....although I rarely get to watch (except re-runs). The kids would probably lose it if we took away the Sponge Bob. We mostly watch movies though. We own a lot of them and rent a lot, but you can't even watch the news without some commercial for something that has to do with feminine hygiene or ED. It's a bit much for my taste.

Even when I am done with school, I will NOT watch daytime TV....those commercials are on overdrive during the day. I suppose they feel that they are reaching their "target audience".

FireStarterRN, BSN, RN · Jan 14, 2009

Daytime TV is an utter intellectual wasteland. :rolleyes:

Koyaanisqatsi-RN · Jan 14, 2009

I've made the personal choice to not have network or cable TV bringing cultural garbage into our home. Only NetFlix for us!

Me and my wife do the same, except we also use Hulu so we can catch the daily show and colbert report. Hulu is pretty nifty if you want to ditch your cable.

thatpasunshine · Jan 14, 2009

Ok so here is my :twocents: I have an issue in general with drug companies using comercials to pimp their products on the public. So yes that includes plan b but not because i have a problem with this product specifically. I just personally think it is a very dangerous thing when the mostly uninformed public is given way too much information about drugs that they most likely dont need. i firmly believe that some things should be left to the professionals.

I also think that as nurses you have to be very very very careful not to inject your personal feelings about personal and sensitive subjects to patients. i am aware that the world is not black and white, but varying shades of gray... HOWEVER, if you are honestly being professional, the only thing you can do is present people with ALL of their choices and options, without making it blatantly obvious where your beliefs lie..

case in point .. i have a friend who got pregnant by a married man and was really conflicted about what to do. i suggested that she make an appointment with a doctor to discuss the options and go on from there. she asked me to go with her and i did. let me just say that i was completely disgusted by the lack of professionalism of the nursing staff. one nurse in particular practically called her an immoral assasin. oh she explained all the options but by her tone and actions she made it very clear what her beliefs were. now of course i know that everyone is entitled to their own beliefs and opinions, however when you are in a profession such as nursing you have to learn that your personal opinion means less than nothing in these situations and your job is to exactly that... your job.

rabbitgirrl · Jan 19, 2009

"Emergency contraception is designed to prevent pregnancy, and no matter when it is used, EC will not cause an abortion. This means that if a woman takes Plan B who already has a fertilized egg implanted in her uterus, EC will not terminate the pregnancy."

However, it will not allow a fertilized egg to implant.
Oh .. just remembered what else I wrote in the missing post . .. .my daughter had a friend who confided in me that her BF had cheated on her and did I think she needed to be tested for STD's. I said yes. My daughter and two other friends took her to a local clinic where she was tested. As they walked out, brown paper bags were thrust into their hands. Inside were a bunch of condoms and two boxes of Plan B. With NO explanation, no advice, no teaching about follow up. That was dangerous, in my mind.

ru486 prevents implantation. Plan B prevents ovulation.

http://ec.princeton.edu/questions/ec-review.pdf

I strongly agree with you, they should have sent some advice with those bags! We need more education.

allnurses Guide · Jan 19, 2009

ru486 prevents implantation. plan b prevents ovulation.
http://ec.princeton.edu/questions/ec-review.pdf
i strongly agree with you, they should have sent some advice with those bags! we need more education.

under "mechanism of action" there are studies showing changes in the endometrium leading to the conclusion that this may prevent implantation of a fertilized egg . .. the evidence is inconclusive according to that research study.

several clinical studies have shown that combined ecps containing the estrogen ethinyl

estradiol and the progestin levonorgestrel can inhibit or delay ovulation.39,40,41,42 this mechanism

of action may explain ecp effectiveness when used during the first half of the menstrual cycle,

before ovulation has occurred. some studies have shown histologic or biochemical alterations in

the endometrium after treatment with the regimen, leading to the conclusion that combined ecps

may act by impairing endometrial receptivity to subsequent implantation of a fertilized

egg.40,43,44,45 however, other more recent studies have found no such effects on the

endometrium.39,46,47 additional possible mechanisms include interference with corpus luteum

function; thickening of the cervical mucus resulting in trapping of sperm; alterations in the tubal

transport of sperm, egg, or embryo; and direct inhibition of fertilization.5,48,49,50 no clinical data

exist regarding the last three of these possibilities. nevertheless, statistical evidence on the

effectiveness of combined ecps suggests that that if the regimen is as effective as claimed, it

must have a mechanism of action other than delaying or preventing ovulation.

to make an informed choice, women must know that ecps--like all regular hormonal

contraceptives such as the birth control pill, the implant implanon, the lady partsl ring nuvaring,

the evra patch, and the injectable depo-provera,70 and even breastfeeding71,72,73,74--may prevent

pregnancy by delaying or inhibiting ovulation, inhibiting fertilization, or inhibiting subsequent

implantation of a fertilized egg.

if plan b is given after ovulation, then there is some other mechanism that causes no pregnancy, acccording that that research study.

this is so interesting to me because i'm in week 3 of a nursing research class and to look at a research study with a little more educated eyes is fascinating.

as to ru-486 - it does more than prevent implantation, since it can be given up to 7 weeks or 49 days gestational age, it causes an embryo or fetus to disengage from the uterus. one drug is given to start the disengagement by blocking progesterone, which is necessary to maintain a pregnancy and the uterine lining sheds, disconnecting the embyro or fetus (where it dies) and then two days later another drug is given to cause contractions to expel the contents.

steph