JeanettePNP

JeanettePNP MSN, RN, NP

Pediatric Pulmonology and Allergy

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  1. Nurse Delivery

    JeanettePNP replied to tinyscrafts's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I caught two of my own babies. It's an experience I wouldn't trade for the

  2. Alternative meds? You'll never believe this one!!

    JeanettePNP replied to darla80's topic in Nursing Humor

    Yay! We agree! I also get accused of being negligent because I don't run to the doctor. Guess what - you become more vigilant and more attentive to your kids when they're sick, because you're not...

  3. Good Housekeeping Baby Book (c) 1969

    JeanettePNP replied to minkajane's topic in Nursing Humor

    Hmmm, so women who resisted the advice in those years were radical and dangerous hippies, just like women today who insist on not vaxxing and

  4. Hello, I'm your nurse today: get off the darned phone!

    JeanettePNP replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    I guess their condition is not that desperate if they're busy with phone calls and page

  5. How about your favorite Old Wives Tales related to health?

    JeanettePNP replied to NurseyTonyaLPN's topic in Nursing Humor

    Oh, I agree that it makes sense on many levels. Outings can also be overstimulating for very young babies - bright lights, crowds, strange smells,

  6. Microbiology grades...

    JeanettePNP replied to lc3's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I started doing that... I got all the bones and the main muscles memorized. However, once it started getting into the nitty-gritty like all the bone markings and origins, insertions and actions, I...

  7. How about your favorite Old Wives Tales related to health?

    JeanettePNP replied to NurseyTonyaLPN's topic in Nursing Humor

    I know a lot of people who swear by olive oil. Hey, it beats repeat rounds of

  8. The most embarrasing thing you've done at work!

    JeanettePNP replied to ClaireMacl's topic in Nursing Humor

    Oh my that happened to me once when I was around 10 years old. I realized while in school that my hands were blue - I panicked and called home thinking I had some dread disease. My mother was quite...

  9. Alternative meds? You'll never believe this one!!

    JeanettePNP replied to darla80's topic in Nursing Humor

    Wow you were

  10. How about your favorite Old Wives Tales related to health?

    JeanettePNP replied to NurseyTonyaLPN's topic in Nursing Humor

    If you're looking for a rational explanation, the pigeon probably suffocates from being placed on the abdomen, or from the way it's

  11. How about your favorite Old Wives Tales related to health?

    JeanettePNP replied to NurseyTonyaLPN's topic in Nursing Humor

    Not in.

  12. How about your favorite Old Wives Tales related to health?

    JeanettePNP replied to NurseyTonyaLPN's topic in Nursing Humor

    It's a middle eastern thing. They put a pigeon on the hepatitis-sufferer's abdomen and the pigeon dies. Supposedly the pigeon sucks out the

  13. How about your favorite Old Wives Tales related to health?

    JeanettePNP replied to NurseyTonyaLPN's topic in Nursing Humor

    Cover the baby's ears to prevent ear infections. The pigeon cure for hepatitis Don't let the baby look in the mirror before age 1 (or before first tooth comes in) putting a gold bracelet on the baby...

  14. Stubborn pt with an (apparent) death wish.

    JeanettePNP replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    Is it a death wish or is he deep in

  15. Another "OMG i can't believe you did that!" family member story

    JeanettePNP replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    When my dh had his appendectomy he was put with an alzheimers pt who kept singing the same yiddish songs over and over and over

  16. Another "OMG i can't believe you did that!" family member story

    JeanettePNP replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    I wonder about that too. Are the cost savings of sharing rooms worth the headaches that arise because of incompatibility issues? Seems there are enough issues going on in a hospital without adding...

  17. pre-reqs at school w/o nursing program

    JeanettePNP posted a topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'm taking my pre-reqs at a local college that does not have a nursing program. Will the courses be any different than if I had taken them at a school with a nursing focus? This school does have a...

  18. pre-reqs at school w/o nursing program

    JeanettePNP replied to JeanettePNP's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Update: I found out that the classes I need for nursing school are *not* offered at this university. So I'll have to start all over with another place. Hope it's not too late to get in for...

  19. Please explain to me why people think this is weird?

    JeanettePNP replied to sherichance's topic in General Nursing

    Not so rare, according to

  20. Please explain to me why people think this is weird?

    JeanettePNP replied to sherichance's topic in General Nursing

    Is it oranges only or all citrus

  21. I'm going to probably open a can of worms here, but I want your opinion

    JeanettePNP replied to dspring's topic in Emergency

    See, this is the point. It's not so simple. You can't assume to know what's forbidden in another person's religion. The laws can get complicated and it's not so straightforward that if it has pork...

  22. Share The Weirdest Reasons Patients Push The Call Light

    JeanettePNP replied to RN06-NP09's topic in Nursing Humor

    Is there any way to respond to the intercom so the patient tells you what they need before you go to the

  23. Butt Checks

    JeanettePNP replied to jonear2's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Just remember that patients have a right to refuse an exam if they feel uncomfortable with it for whatever

  24. To thump or not to thump....

    JeanettePNP replied to 123456yy's topic in MICU, SICU

    Wow, great explanation! Thanks so much for taking the time to type that all

  25. Would you consider a home birth?

    JeanettePNP replied to 2curlygirls's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Well in my experience the majority of people in general are opposed to homebirth, medical professional or not. So NICU nurses may just be a fairly typical subset of the population at large.......