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  1. Jenny McCarthy and autism

    rph3664 replied to EmilyUSFRN's topic in Pediatric

    MTP, I can't think of anything off immediately that portrays autism as wonderful, but trust me, if I do I will post it. Like I said earlier, the link I first saw to that Salon.com article said, "Here...

  2. Jenny McCarthy and autism

    rph3664 replied to EmilyUSFRN's topic in Pediatric

    Mercyteapot, you have a point; maybe the child with part of their brain missing does have an autistic spectrum disorder but that's not the impression I got. The child's parents say s/he autistic and...

  3. Jenny McCarthy and autism

    rph3664 replied to EmilyUSFRN's topic in Pediatric

    Another thing I've noticed is that some people say their kids are autistic when it clear they aren't. Case in point: I have some relatives who say their daughter is autistic when it's clear that she...

  4. Somalian patients

    rph3664 replied to Zhlake's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Here's a story about a town that has been taken over by Somali refugees - over 1,000 in a sleepy college town of 20,000....

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

    rph3664 replied to rph3664's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Be grateful this doctor wasn't a pediatrician! If s/he was, s/he would probably write prescriptions for ADD meds for any parent who asked for them, without examining the child.

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

    rph3664 replied to rph3664's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Plus, why would anyone want to bring children into a relationship with a man who is that selfish? They do pelvic reconstructions, for medical reasons, and part of the procedure involves tightening the...

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

    rph3664 replied to rph3664's topic in Ob/Gyn

    There was a story in my local paper a while back about the increasing c-section rate. All of the doctors said they did not do them per patient's request unless the circumstances were very unusual. One...

  8. Nurse story

    rph3664 posted a topic in Men in Nursing

    Recently, the hospital where I work had a male patient on the med/surg floor who was sexually harassing the female nurses - groping them, pinching them, pulling their tops out so he could look down...

  9. Are they still using Cytotec?

    rph3664 replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in Ob/Gyn

    It must work, or we wouldn't use it. I'm a pharmacist, not a nurse, but I come here because it's the only huge message board for medical professionals I can find. I have no children, but the only...

  10. Are they still using Cytotec?

    rph3664 replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in Ob/Gyn

    The hospital where I work most certainly uses Cytotec, at 25 or 50mcg lady partslly for labor induction at term, 200mcg lady partslly for 2nd or 3rd trimester fetal demise, and 800mcg rectally for...

  11. Nurse story

    rph3664 replied to rph3664's topic in Men in Nursing

    Guess I forgot to mention that the man was indeed AOx3 (yes, I do know what that means and I'm not a nurse) and was about 50 years

  12. Working holidays and weekends

    rph3664 replied to mycatmax's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a hospital pharmacist and my dad is a retired FF. My mom used to pitch some horrible fits about him working holidays, birthdays, etc. and when I was about 10 or 11 years old, I said, "If it's...

  13. Jenny McCarthy and autism

    rph3664 replied to EmilyUSFRN's topic in Pediatric

    Some of us were discussing this on a non-medical discussion board, and one person referred to Jenny McCarthy as "the self appointed Jonas Salk of autism." I have to say, I don't disagree. One has to...

  14. Sylas Morrison (Sextuplet) doing well

    rph3664 replied to luvmy3kids's topic in Ob/Gyn

    The family had a website but last time I checked, it had been taken down. I wonder what happened that caused her to deliver at 22

  15. Has anyone EVER seen a patient come off CRRT alive?

    rph3664 replied to rph3664's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    These are usually ordered for the patients of a certain heart surgeon that I, and a lot of other people, believe does things to his patients to make them have complications so he can "rescue" them. My...

  16. license to breed

    rph3664 replied to medsurgnurse's topic in Emergency

    Are you sure it was accidental, or might it have been a case of Munchausen's by

  17. Adoption option?

    rph3664 replied to lannisz's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I have a friend who used to be a foster care caseworker, and she said the main reason there are so many children in FC is because the kinds of women who in past generations would have adopted out...

  18. Adoption option?

    rph3664 replied to lannisz's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I have always believed that a huge percentage of unwed teenage pregnancies are "planned" for any number of reasons. And of course, many older women, even married ones, get pregnant for these reasons...

  19. Silly Episiotomy Question

    rph3664 replied to TheCommuter's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Has anyone worked with a doctor who REFUSED to use local anesthesia for episiotomies? When I was growing up, there was a doctor in my city who not only did that, he did them even when it wasn't...

  20. Favorite, Fun, Weird, and Scandalous Symptoms and Diagnosis...

    rph3664 replied to doctordefender's topic in Nursing Humor

    We recently had a patient in with "incurative colitis." I think they meant "ulcerative colitis." Yeah, we see "Sick" and "Ill" and "Doesn't feel good" as ER reasons for visit all the time. Beats...

  21. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    rph3664 replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    He must not be obligated to pay her medical bills! Seriously, the ER where I work sees kids all the time who are having hours-long tantrums that DO NOT end, and these kids get admitted to the psych...

  22. Will I Find Another Nursing Job?

    rph3664 replied to needrn's topic in General Nursing

    Got a pharmacist smilie? This, too happened to me some years back, and the job experience was so bad, I briefly considered surrendering my license. I honestly didn't think I would be able to find...

  23. Free formula

    rph3664 replied to mugwump's topic in Ob/Gyn

    When my brother had his kids in 1999 and 2001, he went to the various formula websites and signed up for a free can. They were usually short-dated but still useful. He got free diapers and other...

  24. Video cameras banned in L&D

    rph3664 posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    The hospital where I work recently banned videotaping in the labor & delivery suite. There's a big sign on the entrance door to the unit. The technician who told me about it believed that the...

  25. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    rph3664 replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    Beta carotene (a precursor of vitamin A) is NOT non-toxic in that it's very poisonous if you get too much of it. If you know anything about Arctic exploration, you would be aware of all the explorers...