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I am currently in my Ped. rotation and go to an early intervention center for children with developmental delays. There are several children there with Down's syndrome and all seem to be happy and have no behavioral problems for the most part. For example, one little boy with Down's syndrome is always smiling, and does not act up when you not want him to do certain things. Has anyone worked with patient's with Down's syndrome? If so, are they usually this way, or am I wrong.

I am a second year nursing student and currently in my Ped. rotation. I recently watched an educational video on Marfan syndrome. I learned that this disease is a genetic disorder, and if a patient is suspected of having the syndrome and there is a positive family history of it, the patient's risk of getting the disease is increased. I also learned about management of this syndrome. However, the video did not really specify exactly waht Marfan syndrome is. It was also difficult to understand. Has anybody had experience with caring for patients with Marfan syndrome? Can anybody explain what it is and certain compications associated with it? I would appeciate any inforamtion. Thank You

I am a nursing student at North Georgia College and State University. When I went on my OB rotation at North East Georgia Medical Center in Gainsville, they had the parent banding policy. Havng the parent banding policy is great so the parents of the child can be identified and infant abduction can be prevented. Not only did the infant and parents have bands on for identification, the infant also had a transponder on his/her ankle. If the infant was carried close to stairs, elevators, or doorways, the transponder would go off. I hope this information is helpful to you.

I am in OB clinical rotation at a hospital that uses pitocin as the standard protocol. The majority of the patients are induced and given pitocin to increase contractions. Pitocin is also given after delivery to help the uterus continue to contract in order to help prevent excessive blood lose. I think that in this case, administration of pitocin is good because it helps the condition of the postpartal mother. Also, it is good to use pitocin if a woman is having prolonged labor/ disfunctional contractions. The only exception of not using pitocin is when a mother is not having any complications of labor and delivery. I have seen pitocin being used numerous of times to induce labor when there was not any medical reason for doing so.