Pregnancy no no's

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Specializes in nursing home care.

I have just done a test and it would appear I am pregnant, any advice on what I should avoid doing at work. I work in a care home with frail elderly and dementia.

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Specializes in Med-Surg/Peds/O.R./Legal/cardiology.

:balloons:CONGRATS, Marjorie!!!!!

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Nothing was different for me with either of my pregancies. I worked in LTC with two of the three of them. Good luck et congratulations!!

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Specializes in SNF.

Be aware of rooms with precautions. You don't want to be in contact with patients with shingles.

Congratulations and best of luck!

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Specializes in community health, LTC, SNF, Tele-Health.

Becareful with combative patients! Congrats!

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Specializes in Nursing Home ,Dementia Care,Neurology..

Congrats, Marjorie!:smiley_aa:balloons: all the above plus MRSA. Be careful moving and handling especially in your first three months. Is this your first?

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Specializes in LTC, Hospice, Case Management.

Worked full 9 months of two pregnancies with no problem. Staff was more than willing to give me an extra hand, I watched my approach w/ known combative residents a little more, did better with following all infection precautions. At the time (14 years ago), they said I needed to stay away from the MRSA resident, but I don't think anyone would even worry about it today.

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Specializes in LTC.

Congrats!!:balloons:

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Specializes in nursing home care.

Thanks guys, I am only 5 weeks in and am panicking about anything going wrong in the first 12 months. I told my manager, she warned me that she does not want to see me lifting anyone or dealing with a particular resident who is very aggressive.

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Specializes in Nursing Home ,Dementia Care,Neurology..
Thanks guys, I am only 5 weeks in and am panicking about anything going wrong in the first 12 months. I told my manager, she warned me that she does not want to see me lifting anyone or dealing with a particular resident who is very aggressive.

Just how long are you planning to be pregnant ,Marjorie??:lol2:

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Specializes in ICU, PICC Nurse, Nursing Supervisor.

there are some medications you should not handle while pregnant (but i forgot what they are, one is a bph med ) and also remember to step out of the room if the portable x-ray is called. congrats...glad it's you and not me....

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Specializes in Advanced Practice, surgery.

Congratulations, I did nothing different when I was pregnant, in fact I was still doing 30 mile fell runs at 30 weeks much to the disgust of my midwife.

Didn't really have a choice of what patients to nurse so looked after infected, and combative patients with no problems, shouted at the combative lad who kicked me though, he didn't do that again

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