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  1. Healthy women schedule C-sections to prevent vaginal stretching

    rph3664 replied to rph3664's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Remember the Discovery Channel show "The Operation", from the mid-1990s? By far the most popular episode was the c-section. I did not know that they take the uterus out to sew it up and clean it!...

  2. We're giving her what??

    rph3664 replied to preemieRNkate's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    They probably injected phenylephrine into his member. That's what they do in the ER with men who experience "priapism, an erection lasting longer than 4 hours" which is NOT fun, is extremely...

  3. Jenny McCarthy and autism

    rph3664 replied to EmilyUSFRN's topic in Pediatric

    He would probably have been considered mentally retarded. JMHO. I would also not consider someone like your son to be high functioning before treatment. To me, "high functioning" is someone who can go...

  4. Jenny McCarthy and autism

    rph3664 replied to EmilyUSFRN's topic in Pediatric

    JMHO to Soundofmusic: I believe that most high functioning autistic people were not recognized as such until very recently. Not so long ago, parents of a child like yours would have tried to punish...

  5. Amniotic Band Syndrome? Heard of it? Seen it?

    rph3664 replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Crissrn, do you live in an area with a lot of cousin marriages and inbreeding? Are there a lot of Amish or Mennonites, who also tend to marry relatives and have a high rate of birth defects? Just...

  6. Whats the best job in healthcare?

    rph3664 replied to ThePrestige's topic in General Nursing

    I'm guessing this person is a medic on an oil

  7. We're giving her what??

    rph3664 replied to preemieRNkate's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    You're on the right track. Pfizer was experimenting with drugs that would promote blood flow to the heart, and at first they wondered if the mens' increased sexual function was due to improved overall...

  8. Whats the best job in healthcare?

    rph3664 replied to ThePrestige's topic in General Nursing

    One of my colleagues graduated from high school in 1960. He and his then-best friend both wavered between IT and pharmacy. At the time, the money was MUCH better in IT but the field was so new, the...

  9. How to tell??

    rph3664 replied to katieRNlove's topic in General Nursing

    Thecommuter, do you want to tell us what you really think? I once worked at a small hospital where I had lots of contact with the nurses, and the nurses on the different units had very distinct...

  10. We're giving her what??

    rph3664 replied to preemieRNkate's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Sildenafil is marketed for ED in 25, 50, and 100mg strengths. Since it's being used so much for PPH, Pfizer decided to market Revatio, which is a 20mg tablet and is approved for this purpose and is...

  11. Amniotic Band Syndrome? Heard of it? Seen it?

    rph3664 replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I know a family whose son was born with one arm missing below the elbow. He's about 30 years old now and he is 100% normal; his family does not consider him handicapped and he doesn't either. They...

  12. Whats the best job in healthcare?

    rph3664 replied to ThePrestige's topic in General Nursing

    What about dermatologists? They are rarely on call; eye surgeons might be if they treat traumatic eye injuries. We have an eye surgeon here who does most of that work. I know a woman whose husband is...

  13. The most expensive, silly or cheap gifts you received from your hospital

    rph3664 replied to Shantas's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not a nurse, but before I went back to school, I worked for a company that wanted people to come up with money-saving ideas. I submitted an idea that was a "red" level, meaning they would save...

  14. Anyone heard of VADER(sp?)'s Syndrome?

    rph3664 replied to lhawes73's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I had never heard of that! I'll bet that's where a lot of the false positives (or, for that matter, negatives ) come

  15. What percentage of your students are on ADD/ADHD meds?

    rph3664 replied to rph3664's topic in School

    Yes, a lot of the kids (and adults too) are on Adderall XR or Concerta or some other daily med, but around here, a lot of them are also on clonidine or the immediate release stimulants and therefore...

  16. Anyone Else Experience Mobbing?

    rph3664 replied to WeakAnkles's topic in General Nursing

    She probably DOES know it. I went to the boss after she screamed at a nurse and slammed the phone down, and I told her, "If you do that to the wrong person, you won't be working here any more" and...

  17. Anyone Else Experience Mobbing?

    rph3664 replied to WeakAnkles's topic in General Nursing

    I would hardly call it "reverse mobbing" if you have a legitimate complaint about someone. We have a tech who was just out of high school when she was hired, and this was before "The 40-year-old...

  18. What percentage of your students are on ADD/ADHD meds?

    rph3664 replied to rph3664's topic in School

    Yes, I

  19. Patients Treat Nurses Like Garbage!

    rph3664 replied to lisa41rn's topic in General Nursing

    I posted this in the male nurse forum under the title "Nurse Story" but here goes. A while back at the hospital where I work, there was a middle-aged male patient who was harassing nurses. Grabbing...

  20. Anyone Else Experience Mobbing?

    rph3664 replied to WeakAnkles's topic in General Nursing

    I had one job where I was afraid that they would steal drugs and make it look like I did it. That job experience was so bad, I briefly considered surrendering my license. Several years ago, I was...

  21. Anyone Else Experience Mobbing?

    rph3664 replied to WeakAnkles's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the kind words; it happened years ago and I have gotten over it. I, too developed PTSD from the "blackball" job and had daily migraines for months afterwards. They were not serious; I...

  22. Anyone Else Experience Mobbing?

    rph3664 replied to WeakAnkles's topic in General Nursing

    If you people think this is unique to nursing, you're mistaken. I have seen, and experienced it, in jobs I had before I became a pharmacist. And twice, I have been fired from pharmacy jobs due to...

  23. Healthy women schedule C-sections to prevent vaginal stretching

    rph3664 replied to rph3664's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Was she a 3rd world mail order bride, or was she really stupid or naive or using him for his money? I have known women who married men like this and they were almost always more dysfunctional than...

  24. Bipolar kids or bad parents?

    rph3664 replied to oramar's topic in General Nursing

    Did you hear that story about the 4-year-old who was diagnosed as bipolar at age 2, and died of a Depakote overdose? "60 Minutes" did a very cursory treatment of this, but there were two other...

  25. Healthy women schedule C-sections to prevent vaginal stretching

    rph3664 replied to rph3664's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Probably not a lot is my guess. Most people probably don't even know that the lungs are full of fluid before birth. Animals born by c-section usually die for this reason. My oldest uncle was born at...