Selke

Selke

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  1. My love for financial aid offices...

    Selke replied to birthmamaew's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I'm sorry you're having those problems. I feel a bit better, however, if these problems are more universal. I thought it was just my school! Can you go there in person and get everything in writing...

  2. Nursing in Perinatology

    Selke replied to DeLySh's topic in Ob/Gyn

    You can take a certification exam in high risk obstetrics; I think ANCC and NCC both offer it. There is a subspecialty, high risk OB nursing, which combines ICU and OB. There is a need for ICU &...

  3. A little humor. You might be from Illinois if...

    Selke replied to Pixiesmom's topic in Illinois Nursing

    My bad. It sounds delicious! Do they sell these in Chicago or anywhere driving north towards WI? PS "The Blues Brothers" is on TV right now. There's nothing like Chicago radio out in New England...

  4. A little humor. You might be from Illinois if...

    Selke replied to Pixiesmom's topic in Illinois Nursing

    5{\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0]OMG! Someone understands! There are (at least) 4 of us on this BB who actually know what a tenderloin is :) My family is coming to visit me in Omaha next week, and they have...

  5. How do you hold legs while pushing?

    Selke posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Good morning everyone. I have another question for your collective wisdom. How do you all hold a woman's legs while she's pushing? I hear/observe different things and wonder what you all do. I was...

  6. A little humor. You might be from Illinois if...

    Selke replied to Pixiesmom's topic in Illinois Nursing

    Connecticut also has Empire Carpet. Seeing the commercials and hearing the jingles makes me so

  7. How do you hold legs while pushing?

    Selke replied to Selke's topic in Ob/Gyn

    The staff at the nice natural-birth hospital in CA I learned labor support from said to put the head of the bed pretty flat when mom's pushing, too. I thought that was a bad thing to do, lithotomy...

  8. NP w/no desire for RN?

    Selke replied to Pinoy2.0's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Well, I am heartened by the fact that the job postings I see for CNMs on listservs and other places state that they will "consider a new CNM graduate only if she was an experienced L&D nurse...

  9. How do you hold legs while pushing?

    Selke replied to Selke's topic in Ob/Gyn

    You have a screwed up back and joints at 25? You're too young for that ... But I think other areas of nursing are even harder on your body than L&D. I agree about the huge numbers of epidurals...

  10. How do you hold legs while pushing?

    Selke replied to Selke's topic in Ob/Gyn

    You're cracking me up. I think we're all nerds here. Birth geeks, whatever. Who else asks questions like this? (having fun with smilies now) I'm working this weekend so I'll try to ask...

  11. How do you hold legs while pushing?

    Selke replied to Selke's topic in Ob/Gyn

    It's hard for me to explain this ... I have recently seen people hold a woman's legs not only very far apart, but hold her feet way up in the air, with the knees straightened, like a 120 degree angle,...

  12. The geniuses in Engineering

    Selke replied to TiffyRN's topic in General Nursing

    This is absolutely crazy and unsafe. Is Engineering liable in case of a bad pt outcome from this? I thought it would be illegal or violate some JCHAO or Dept of Public Health or some such code for...

  13. Which way to go?

    Selke replied to stamperRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Here's a website I just found with study guides and practice tests for the OB RN-C specialty exams:

  14. Recomend a good math book for sharpening up

    Selke replied to girlgonstupidnca's topic in General Nursing

    "Math Smart" books by Princeton Review (?) walk you through basic math step by step up to more advanced math. Look into adult education classes in your area, and community colleges -- they usually...

  15. Silent birth? Anyone see one?

    Selke replied to Sis123's topic in Ob/Gyn

    A bit off topic, but I still can't believe Moby is a Scientologist. I love

  16. nursing students for choice

    Selke replied to vegetarian_goddess's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Dear vegetarian_goddess, Check out the Abortion Access Project:

  17. Which way to go?

    Selke replied to stamperRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I repeat and endorse the suggestions to get your RNC, and to look at where you want to be 5 years from now. The places which give the certification test have study guides and reading lists, I think....

  18. Frontier in May??

    Selke replied to quiltncatch's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Oh my gosh, which school is this? I need to transfer. The average age of students at my school is

  19. Info on Nursing Schools in CT

    Selke replied to PsychGrad2BRN's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    I know you specifically mentioned BSN programs, but if you already have a degree in another field and eventually want an MSN in psych, have you thought of Yale? They are a direct entry program (no...

  20. Regional differences in OB terminology ....

    Selke replied to Selke's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Just read this on a UK Midwifery listserv (paraphrased): I just checked (the pt) and she was almost "fully

  21. Layoffs/Restructuring of 1990s/1980s - Affects on Nursing Shortage

    Selke replied to Patricia999's topic in General Nursing

    Yup. How true! I went to nursing school in the late 1980s. Schools were begging for students. I literally applied and got in at the last minute (decided I wanted to be a midwife). No waiting...

  22. Regional differences in OB terminology ....

    Selke replied to Selke's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I thought Mayos were scissors used in the OR. So, what do you call mayos (scissors)? I've heard Kellys as hemostats,

  23. Apartment Search in CT--Brainstorming needed

    Selke replied to indigo girl's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    Check out http://www.craigslist.org. There is a listing of cities on the right hand side of the page. There is one for New Haven on which I remember seeing housing ads for Milford, but check for...

  24. Has anyone had successful spinal surgery?

    Selke replied to LoriAlabamaRN's topic in General Nursing

    These comments are a bit off your original topic, and I don't want to start another thread, but I have to say something ... this subject bothers me. This is the kicker about Workmen's Comp -- its...

  25. Domestic Violence Survivor.

    Selke replied to Spritenurse1210's topic in General Nursing

    You are so young to be going through this ... you're a couple years younger than my youngest daughter. Take care of yourself, find a therapist, don't get sucked back into his life again! Please keep...