KristaB

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1. Anyone working as a nurse tech/student nurse?

   KristaB replied to craff1's topic in General Students

   Zach, Evergreen hires Unit Techs. You might want to look into that. :)

2. Abbreviations/Acronyms

   KristaB replied to shyviolet78's topic in General Students

   Well, I just found this cool website (and bookmarked it!): http://www.pharma-lexicon.com/ It says S/P means status post. :)

3. Abbreviations/Acronyms

   KristaB replied to shyviolet78's topic in General Students

   CHI = closed head injury I thought S/P was single person...I'll see if I can find if it means anything else.

4. Bad day at clinical

   KristaB replied to KristaB's topic in General Students

   Thanks, everyone. :) I'm studying today for my theory test tomorrow, so I guess that means I'm not leaving this week. I'm still dreading the thought of going back to clinical on Thursday, but I'll...

5. Bad day at clinical

   KristaB posted a topic in General Students

   Hi everyone, I had the worst day at clinical today. We're in a long term care facility for the next six weeks. We began clinicals yesterday, and I actually had one of those "I know I want to be a...

6. Pitocin

   KristaB replied to TineAngelo's topic in General Students

   CNM = Certified Nurse Midwife. CNMs are usually nurse practitioners, a masters level program.

7. Pitocin

   KristaB replied to TineAngelo's topic in General Students

   I'm right there with you, kday. :) It will take awhile, but we can change birth one woman at a time. I tell anyone who will listen how great CNMs are and how much better birth experiences I've had...

8. Pitocin

   KristaB replied to TineAngelo's topic in General Students

   Yep. With my first, the doctor was *so* incredibly freaking impatient, it makes me mad even thinking about it. At one point he told me, "Look, I've been here since nine this morning and five women...

9. Pitocin

   KristaB replied to TineAngelo's topic in General Students

   I should also mention that a better way to get the uterus to clamp down after childbirth is to encourage mom to breastfeed. :) No drugs needed.

10. Pitocin

    KristaB replied to TineAngelo's topic in General Students

    You've never had afterpains, have you? I'm sorry, I have to disagree. If there is no reason to intervene, we shouldn't intervene. Saying that we should give pit to all postpartum women "just in...

11. Pitocin

    KristaB replied to TineAngelo's topic in General Students

    I think we also have the advent of epidurals to blame for some of the use of pit. Epidurals help the pain, but slow the labor. A better method would be education of the client prior to labor. Most...

12. Pitocin

    KristaB replied to TineAngelo's topic in General Students

    I wanna work where kday

13. Needle phobia

    KristaB replied to KristaB's topic in General Students

    Thanks, everyone! :) I'm really glad to know I'm not alone! I have a history of fainting at the sight of my own blood and also when I get shots (and I tried to give blood once -- they did a...

14. Needle phobia

    KristaB posted a topic in General Students

    Hiya everyone, I went down to the health department today to get my TB test done. No problem, it didn't hurt a bit, nothing like I was expecting (I'm a little sore *now*, though). Anyhoo, I have a...