Dayray

Dayray RN

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  1. Does MD really stand for Mad Diva?

    Dayray replied to OliveVinesRN's topic in General Nursing

    Doctors have to be reminded that they are not demi gods from time to time. A direct approach is rarely effective and as many can attest documenting anything short of violence or sexual harassment is...

  2. Age when you had your first child?

    Dayray replied to sugabuga's topic in Ob/Gyn

    #1- 16 #2- 18 #3- 21 #4- 23 Wouldn't change it. At 31 I'm a whole lot wiser then I was at 16 but then again my kids didn't really need my wisdom when they were tiny. At 16-23 I was perfectly able to...

  3. Help-Dyslexic 2nd yr student

    Dayray replied to daisyboo22's topic in General Nursing

    Don't worry they won't find you unfit. If you have made it this far I assume you don't have problems reading. So I'm guessing you just have trouble spelling and writing. Most dyslexic people are able...

  4. You'd think I was applying to CIA! Background checks

    Dayray replied to bethin's topic in General Nursing

    Medical debt is considered for credit. The only marks I have ever had on my credit were from hospital bills. There was a time when I had 30,000 outstanding and had to pay it off and wait for it to...

  5. VBAC Questions

    Dayray replied to Sleepy_Princess's topic in Ob/Gyn

    1 30 - 35% 2 yes, less then 1 % 3 yes very often I do fell that way but the advocacy has to be tempered with a realistic view point and the safety of the baby in mind. As a nurse my part is to try...

  6. Tall scrubs? What about fanny packs?

    Dayray replied to iLOVEbees's topic in Men in Nursing

    I call them something else but in the interest of decorum I'll keep it to myself

  7. I'm a WannaBe....

    Dayray replied to hippienurse's topic in Ob/Gyn

    That's great I'm glad you have been able to find an L&D that will see you as an asset. I'm not a doula but I do see birth as more then just a physical process that produces a baby. Many times I...

  8. I'm a WannaBe....

    Dayray replied to hippienurse's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I think your pretty well qualified to be a candidate for a new grad hired to L&D. Even if you don't get hired to L&D you might be able to get in on PP and apply to L&D the next year. I do...

  9. Admissions preferences

    Dayray replied to phlounder's topic in Men in Nursing

    When I went back to school 5 years ago they told me that men were no longer considered a minority in nursing. There had been a nice scholership for men in nursing at my school. by the time i was...

  10. Tall scrubs? What about fanny packs?

    Dayray replied to iLOVEbees's topic in Men in Nursing

    I put my keys and phone in my locker. Presently I work on a unit where we all wear hospital scrubs. Back when I did wear my own scrubs I could always find ones with 2 side pockets. You don't have to...

  11. How do you learn anticipation

    Dayray replied to mugwump's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I agree with those above. You did fine; you had the cytotec there. When things looked okay it was fine to weight the baby. If things weren't fine at that point he could have told you. He was probably...

  12. epidural - who has the right to decide?

    Dayray replied to epiphany's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Only a few years experance here but I'll give my opion. Yes lowering the epidural can make a patient deliver faster. I don't have mine turned down offten because most patients are able to learn how to...

  13. Do you get crude jokes about your field?

    Dayray replied to Mirai Kangofu's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Being a guy I try to avoid telling other guy's that I work OB but not because of lude comments. I avoid it because the common reaction is usually a puzzled look followed by an awkward silence. Every...

  14. epidural - who has the right to decide?

    Dayray replied to epiphany's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'd say the OB or RN but then again I'm bias. Our MDA's really try to make too many policies on our floor. They run around telling my patients not to drink any water in labor. They also have recently...

  15. Caesarians and evolution

    Dayray replied to futureTMA's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Labors do tend to run in families. However the label of CPD and c/s resulting from them is ambiguous. CPD is supposed to mean that the head is too big to fit threw the pelvis or that the pelvis is...

  16. Out of orientation now . . . (this is long)

    Dayray replied to RaeT,RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Something similar happened to me. A good friend of mine asked me to "watch" her patient. So I watched the tracing for an hour and then the nurse comes and tells me she had hung an antibiotic and...

  17. Help...pregnant nurse needs quick advice!

    Dayray replied to MadisonsMomRN's topic in General Nursing

    I agree, call now and get a script for zofran or phegran or both =) sometimes one won't work for you but the other will. Reglan can also work. Also drink lots of water, You can try pressure points I...

  18. Polite refusal, how do I do it?

    Dayray replied to KatieBell's topic in General Nursing

    I just thought of this... You could push this whole issue off on your manager. It would depend if you could trust them to follow threw or not. You could tell them that you are worried about this and...

  19. Epidural-induced Hypotension

    Dayray replied to RaeT,RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    What did she

  20. Polite refusal, how do I do it?

    Dayray replied to KatieBell's topic in General Nursing

    I always try to be nice and diplomatic with people. In this case I don't see any way around ruffling her feathers. If I were in your shoes I wouldn’t want her in my rooms either. I would be very...

  21. Questions for L&D Nurses.

    Dayray replied to Blayde&Lily'sMom's topic in Ob/Gyn

    This is horrible. I am so sorry that you lost a child. Because I wasn’t there and because it's hard to really understand the situation from a single description I can't say for sure that your...

  22. Cervix stretching..dense epidurals - advice?

    Dayray replied to SierraN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    So, okay first you need a really hot iron..... no not really, It's when you take the index and midle finger of both or either hand and gently iron out the pelvic floor. Its suposed to help the baby...

  23. Cervix stretching..dense epidurals - advice?

    Dayray replied to SierraN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I wish I could find the article that was published in many newspapers a few months back. It's been researched and proven that rules about 4cm or 5 cm before getting an epidural don't decrease the...

  24. Check Your Wall Clocks - Hidden Cameras

    Dayray replied to Gomer's topic in General Nursing

    Well I guess if they have hiden carmers in our break room they have some goods on me. Like many others I don't have time to take a break so they probeleby have me running to the coffe maker, grabing a...

  25. treating a visitor of your pt? reprimanded for not doing it....

    Dayray replied to rehab nurse's topic in General Nursing

    To the Op - you did the right thing. Taking vital sighs is an indication that you are accepting care of that patient as a nurse. If she did have abnormal vitals you would then be in the bad position...