beachmom

beachmom has 6 years experience.

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1. How can I educate fellow nurses?

   beachmom posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   I need suggestions please! Our hospital has encouraged skin to skin after birth for many years, and after lady partsl births this is happening. After C/S births, IT'S NOT. Our manager is all for us...

2. What's the funniest most unusual baby name?

   beachmom replied to nirvana1's topic in Nursing Humor

   Here's a whole list of names, with pictures. :) 19 Nonsensical Names That Nobody Should Have To Live With |

3. Do you have an OB in the hospital 24/7?

   beachmom replied to adpiRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

   No, we don't have a 24/7 OB. Luckily all our OB's live 5-10 minutes away, and they can park right next to LDRP. The clinics are across the street - 2 minutes away. Our peds live farther away, 10-20...

4. Portland-Nice place to visit but dont stay?

   beachmom replied to puravidaLV's topic in Oregon Nursing

   Lots of green in the Portland area and lots of rain to keep it green. Snow and skiing on Mt. Hood. Nice clean water from Mt. Hood melt-off. About two hours from the beach. Lots of culture, arts and...

5. If one is treated for MRSA, are they still contagious?

   beachmom replied to beachmom's topic in General Nursing

   I know they are different. I'm just saying you can cure strep. Why can't you cure MRSA? If the antibiotics kill the MRSA enough for the wound to heal, why is the person still colonized and

6. If one is treated for MRSA, are they still contagious?

   beachmom replied to beachmom's topic in General Nursing

   If someone has a MRSA infection and is on Vanco and Zosyn, and the wound heals, do they still have MRSA? If someone has strep, and they are treated with antibiotics, after 24 hours, they are not...

7. If one is treated for MRSA, are they still contagious?

   beachmom posted a topic in General Nursing

   If someone has a MRSA infection and is treated with IV Vanco, when he gets out of the hospital, is he still able to spread MRSA to others? If a person has strep, after 24 hours of antibiotics they are...

8. L&D nurses - different viewpoints on birth

   beachmom replied to KMLSanDiego's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I can't count the number of women that come in planning on a totally natural birth who decide, at 6 cm, to go with the epidural and are very happy they did. I always tell them I'll support whichever...

9. What's the funniest most unusual baby name?

   beachmom replied to nirvana1's topic in Nursing Humor

   I knew a man with a first name of "Fuk." It was pronounced "Fuke". Too bad it wasn't spelled the way it was pronounced. He was an immigrant from one of those small, south Asian countries. I'm sure it...

10. Best MD note

    beachmom replied to beckster_01's topic in Nursing Humor

    This was a night shift nurse's note in a LTC facility. "No pulse, no BP. Will keep comfortable." She left the next morning, saying nothing about it to the day shift. Day shift CNA, of course, found...

11. What if the Boston bomber was your pt

    beachmom replied to imintrouble's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Considering his actions the last few days, I wouldn't take care of him without a policeman present and any other safeguards I might need to keep myself safe. That being said, he'd get the same care...

12. Tricks of the trade: Diversion- stories of the stupid and sly?

    beachmom replied to SuzieVN's topic in General Nursing

    We had a nurse give a pt. two regular Tylenol instead of Norco. Too bad for her that the pt. was a hospital pharmacy tech and recognized the pills and turned her in. Don't know how many patients she...

13. Fun poll: Did you get oriented, or did you get orientated?

    beachmom replied to SuzieVN's topic in Nursing Humor

    Our patients are "alert and oriented." When I started working at the hospital, I was "orientated." I never liked the word "orientated," and now I learn I'm right, it's not American

14. Would you have told on this nurse?

    beachmom posted a topic in General Nursing

    There was a nurse on our unit, whom I will call "Kate," who was recently found "diverting" narcotics. Several months ago I was on the shift after hers and medicated a patient that Kate had. I brought...

15. "I'm not listening to you" says the doctor

    beachmom posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    One of the peds is out of town for a couple weeks, and a locum tenens took his place. We had a 34 weeker in labor and needed a ped at the delivery, so we called Dr. "LT." This is a small hospital...