nursedude1

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1. Scared of nursing school...please help!

   nursedude1 replied to Finallyy's topic in General Nursing

   :angryfire Please don't disrespect other members of your profession like that. There are different levels of experience and initiative all across the board. Some are just a little more timid about...

2. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

   nursedude1 replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

   On my old unit, they used to care for terminal oncology patients. There is a story about an elderly, retired nurse who came to the unit years ago, named "Audrey". She stayed on the unit for some...

3. Millions of nurses can do it. Why can't I??

   nursedude1 replied to peachysweetness78's topic in First Year After Licensure

   Don't beat yourself up. This is not an easy profession and by no means do our patients or our employers make it any easier. Do the best you can to provide safe, competent care to your patients and...

4. Med Surg before OB/Maternity???

   nursedude1 replied to SerenityR.N.'s topic in Ob/Gyn

   Both cammy and jolie are correct. Although you do assess your OB patients and provide their care much in the same way as with M/S patients, you often enough do not deal regularly with the more...

5. Gyn Surgery vs. OB for new RN?

   nursedude1 replied to melanie1126's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I agree with smiling. I started my nursing career on a high-risk antepartum / GYN combined unit. The GYN stuff really has nothing to do with L&D - they're at opposite ends of the reproductive...

6. Pt refused to leave!

   nursedude1 replied to tryingtomakeit's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Who ever said that any of us hate poor people? Disillusionment and frustration with a few that abuse the system does NOT equate hate. That, too, is a generalizing and judgemental statement, made...

7. Pt refused to leave!

   nursedude1 replied to tryingtomakeit's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I suppose you will have to count me in with the minority of posters here who are being flamed for their points of view. I, too think that a disproportionate number of people expecting entitlement in...

8. ? about fetus that died in womb

   nursedude1 replied to mysticalwaters1's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Wow. What an utterly thoughtless and completely inappropriate comment your friend made. I hope this wasn't within earshot of the patient. Like others here, I have personal experience (as a father) in...

9. Room for Guys in this specialty?

   nursedude1 replied to natron20's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Go for it if it is really what you want to do. I plan to work in L&D myself someday (when I find the right facility), but made my start in antepartum / GYN nursing. The learning curve is not so...

10. Why use Indocin for tocolytic?

    nursedude1 replied to epiphany's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Wow - it's strange to hear people talking about indocin being an out-of-date treatment for PTL... on the antepartum unit I came from (not 6 mos ago) it was routinely used as well as terb and...

11. Chaperone or not during exam

    nursedude1 replied to masstudent's topic in Ob/Gyn

    You're probably right as far as the patients not able/comfortable speaking up for themselves. There are always three sides to every story, each one usually not without merit... I happily advocate for...

12. Post C/S patient care

    nursedude1 replied to Woman_in_love's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Our facility protocols were much the same for fresh C/S pts as described in the post above. And for any patient that complains or wants to refuse a fundal check, remind them as to WHY you are...

13. Newbie, OB or M/S???

    nursedude1 replied to LUVtxNursing's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I went for OB/GYN right out of school and loved it. I am now working in med/surg because I wanted to diversify my nursing experience, but if you can seriously see yourself working OB/Postpartum for...

14. Chaperone or not during exam

    nursedude1 replied to masstudent's topic in Ob/Gyn

    As a man who has worked in OB/GYN, and may someday again work in OB/GYN, I find a lot of interesting commentary here... I have run into the issue of chaperoning before. My heart's desire coming out...

15. Male Nursing Student, Want to Work OB

    nursedude1 replied to Annointed_RNStudent's topic in Men in Nursing

    What a laughable statement! I educated new mothers countless times on breastfeeding in my 2 1/2 years of OB nursing. I'd get the occasional side glance, but 99% of my patients accepted me because I...