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  1. How Do You Brush a Toddler's Teeth?

    mommy2boys replied to Meerkat's topic in Pediatric

    Duct tape and a tranquilizer. J/K The thing that finally worked for my kids was the finger tip tooth brush. It is a tooth brush thats slips on your finger. I also let them "brush" (more like chew...

  2. curious...hemophobia anyone?

    mommy2boys replied to melamin's topic in General Nursing

    I can handle anyone's blood but my dad's or my kids blood. With my kids I hate seeing them hurt, so it breaks my heart to see their blood. With my dad, it just freaks me out. He has been on...

  3. CT scan on Friday

    mommy2boys replied to Nightingale11's topic in Radiology

    The CT scan is a very simple test. There is no pain (you just lay on a bed while a machine takes x-rays of your body). The results will normally be sent to your doctors office w/i a few days. If...

  4. Corrections Vs. Psych Institution for the Criminally Insane

    mommy2boys replied to Sheri257's topic in Correctional

    My DH is a correctional officer and he said that it is much safer to work in a prison. When you have any contact w/ an inmate 90% of the time you have an officer w/ you. The 10% of the time that...

  5. Question for OB GYN NURSES???

    mommy2boys replied to sunsky778's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'm in the same boat as you. I have a AA and have some classes to get a BA in communications. I stopped going to school when I got married (I hated school and was working making really good money...

  6. What the heck...we have had a run on toilet babies!

    mommy2boys replied to BittyBabyGrower's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I almost had my second son in the toliet in the restroom in my delivery room. I was a tight 4cm 40 earlier and had to use the restroom (pee). The nurse unhooked me from the cords and waited for me...

  7. Ways to treat pain w/o meds?

    mommy2boys replied to mommy2boys's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry I should have been more clear. I was talking about when a patient is having moderate break through pain. The patient doesn't want to take more meds right then or their next dose isn't for an...

  8. Ways to treat pain w/o meds?

    mommy2boys posted a topic in General Nursing

    Does anyone have any tips on how to treat a patients pain w/o the use of meds. I know that you can use ice/heat or position changes to help ease the pain. TIA

  9. Pet peeves!

    mommy2boys replied to ADN 2002's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not a nurse yet, but I know one of my pet peeves will be a patient lying. I hate it when people lie to me, kills me when they lie to me when I'm trying to help. I was in the ER a while back and...

  10. Question re: Kidney Stones

    mommy2boys replied to Aneroo's topic in General Nursing

    I have passes more stones than I can count and usually I have n/v and severe pain. Those are the times that I have to go to the ER to have my pain under control. I have passed a few were there were...

  11. Oddest things found in a patient!

    mommy2boys replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    I have a story about me. When I was in the 3rd grade myself and some other kids thought it would be funny to put an eraser bit(the kind on top of a pencil) up our noses and see who could shot it the...

  12. Who to "complain" to?

    mommy2boys posted a topic in General Nursing

    My mom had neck surgery on monday and had a issue w/ one nurse. She was having terrible pain post op and the nurse was ignoring her, acting very rude, and actually hurting her while doing assesments....

  13. Post Term Babies/Deliveries

    mommy2boys replied to zambezi's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Congrats on you new baby girl. Enjoy them while they are little because they get TO big TO quick. Erin p.s. I LOVE her name!!! It is so

  14. when your family member is acting obnoxious

    mommy2boys replied to JeanettePNP's topic in General Nursing

    If it was one of my parents I would give them the speech I got growing up. "YOu were not raised to be a brat and I WILL not tolerate it. These people work very hard for their money and YOU will show...

  15. L&D and PP - same or different floors?

    mommy2boys replied to shortstuff31117's topic in Ob/Gyn

    The hospital where I had my kids has L/D and PP on the same floor. Those were the only things on that floor. The nurses said that it was nice because they could lock the floor down if need be (baby...

  16. What is this called? (stupid question)

    mommy2boys posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    One of my friends is having her first baby and the rest of us were talking about our deliveries and such. We were telling her about the best invention in the world and we couldn't think of what it...

  17. Please Read (knee surgery)

    mommy2boys replied to Lauren3249's topic in Emergency

    I would contact the medicaid office and see if they have an emergency fund. I didn't have insurance right after we got married (I was still in the 90 day waiting period) and I wound up in the ER for...

  18. cloth vs disposable diapers

    mommy2boys replied to Jayla's topic in Ob/Gyn

    She said that she got them off e-bay. They were new and a power seller but that is all she can remember.

  19. 1+ 2+ 3+ Edema Rating Scale?

    mommy2boys replied to Blackcat99's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the info. You all are really great to take time to help out us students.

  20. families with clipboards/notebooks

    mommy2boys replied to shock-me-sane's topic in General Nursing

    When my grandmother was dying from ovarian cancer whoever was staying with her (one of four of us were with her 24/7) would take simple notes. It was what meds and when they were given, what the...

  21. 1+ 2+ 3+ Edema Rating Scale?

    mommy2boys replied to Blackcat99's topic in General Nursing

    Is there a way to rate the different levels of edema (if there are different levels of edema)? I'm studing for a class (medical terminology) and was wondering if there were levels of edema or if it's...

  22. Lexapro

    mommy2boys replied to jaimealmostRN's topic in Psychiatric

    I took lexapro for about 6 months and didn't have any major issues. The only side effect that bother me was diarrhea. It stopped after a few weeks on the meds. If you need to ween yourself off it,...

  23. cloth vs disposable diapers

    mommy2boys replied to Jayla's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I don't but my friend used them with her youngest child. She order some of them off of the internet (as back up) and used a diaper service. She said that they were just as easy to use as disposable...

  24. How many pregnancies are too many?

    mommy2boys replied to L&D_2b's topic in Ob/Gyn

    My OB and I had this discussion when I was pregnant w/ #2. He said that everyone is different. He told me that one woman could have 10 babies w/o any problems while another one could only have 1 w/...

  25. What is this called? (stupid question)

    mommy2boys replied to mommy2boys's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Thanks for the information. She is having her baby at a different hospital than we had ours, so we wanted to make sure that she knew what to ask for. I had a episotomy with my first son and tore w/...