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This was written by one of our frustrated nurses because nothing ever works on our postpartum floor. The ice machine has been broken and on order for about a year, 1/2 the tv's broken, 1 blood pressure machine that works etc.......... NURSES NOTE: A...

Heres a few to start it off. Jared Idiot sighting....#1 IDIOTS IN FOOD SERVICE My daughter went to a local Taco Bell and ordered a taco. She asked the individual behind the counter for "minimal lettuce." He said he was sorry, but they only had icebe...

This is a story of a patient we recently had in our unit. I don't want to get too specific but she was pregnant with twins and had ruptured one of her amniotic sacs at 21 weeks. Normally these patients would go to a medical/surgical floor away from t...

sure let em shower as soon as they feel ready. they usually feel better too. we get some moms that go out for a smoke a few hours after their delivery. lol The smokers always ambulate well.

now you gotta admit that her hips were meant for childbearing. lol. wow a 5500 g baby!

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Hey if you find an area you like persue it. I am on OB/gyn nurse and am currently working on my Midwifery degree and possibly a perinatal nurse practitioner so I can do more high risk and ultrasounds. At our labor and delivery unit there is also an...

Red Bull is a great energy drink. But I think it may be illegal in the US.

I agree with shelly a good all purpose one at a low price is the Classic 2 SE . I had a littman cardio 2 and liked it very much but I think they dont sell them anymore since the cardio 3 came out

My school BethEl college of nursing / Univ of Colorado A 96-100 A- 90-95 B+ 87-89 B 84-86 B- 80-83 C+ 77-79 C 74-76 C- 70-73 under 70 failing we would ave about 5 A-/A's for 30 students per core course hope it helps Jared

I agree with Fergus, but feel it would depend on the situation and diagnosis. To see someone very sick may impact your ability to properly care for that patient. Your instructor should have complied with your wishes to not take that patient. I do con...

I did an ABG a while back and went in and told the patient I was a vehicle mechanic. Its an Army joke because we train our infantry and mechanics to do IV's and stuff. The patient asks who you are and I say Im a mechanic here learning how to do Iv's....

hi, I graduated from Beth-El in colorado. I took one of the classes as an elective. it was great. most are if I remember well are 4 days long each and all day long. You have to turn in a paper after the course. The main Instructor Virginia Lynch is a...

The largest risks to the infant are during the first trimester. You would want to monitor your sugars closely. This is when the major organs develop especially the heart. High glucose can increase the risk of fetal cardiac problems. Glucose tends to...

In the military our CNA's or med techs start our IVs. I usually give them 1-2 tries or do it from the beginning if it seems like a difficult stick. But I love doing IV sticks especially the hard ones. A little trick a CRNA taught me is to go in slow,...

funny One of my course case studies was fibroids vs. carcinomas. Fibroids are benigh tumors located in the smooth muscle and vary in size. You can almost call them the Hemhorroids of the uterus. LOL. They are usually located on the inside and outsi...

In many cases a home delivery can go well. But i feel as rd. There are many home deliveries that go bad (somewhere around 15%). There is nothing worse than wheeling a woman into the ER during fetal distress. You lose transport time, wasted time sett...

reflexes give an idea but are somewhat subjective. Some people will write a 3 and some a 2+. But dont worry the purpose of DTR's is not to get a # but to assess the patients status. This can be done in several ways. The overall goal is to evaluate th...

Technically the approved timeline is 24 to 34 weeks. Probably due to the high costs of NICU stays and the facts that the risks involved with Betamethasone administration outweigh the risks of administration. Basically lets say if you have a patient ...

could also be some weird severe hemolytic problems. Sometimes you can see a sinusoidal fetal heart pattern. This is fairly rare. I would be curious to know why they did the c/s and her prematal history. Seems something may have been going on for a wh...

just remember its only one course that will be done soon. The next one will probably be better. Just hang through it. Reminds me of my peds rotation. All the permanend nurses were a bunch of burnt out Bi*ches who hated nursing students. best of luck...

This will sound dumb but... a while back I delivered Pizzas for Dominoes. Ok now that you are laughing..... I worked evenings mostly, listened to tunes in my car, ate Pizza til I was blue in the face, and the people were great. Best thing I avera...

Heres a funny story that happened last month. We had a preeclamptic patient who was 26wks and on the unit on strict bedrest for about 6 weeks. After about 2 weeks the docs would usually only talk to her about once a week and would usually just chat ...

I have to agree with kewl. the ratio is great. My school graduated 2 males out of 60 students. Find a good beer drinkin study group, be the only guy, and enjoy it.

I just tape or chevron the hub above the insertion site. I'd try not to touch the tape at the insertion. Then cover with tagaderm.