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  1. Hep C+ mom, bloody amniotic fluid, chances for baby?

    beachmom replied to beachmom's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Babies don't have open cuts, but they "breathe" the amniotic fluid into their lungs, they swallow it, it's touching the mucus membranes of their eyes and nose. I just hope the baby will be OK. One of...

  2. Is working in nursing home harder then working in hospital for new RN?

    beachmom replied to RomanRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I got a month orientation at the hospital. Our CNA's get more orientation than three days. If I were you, I would insist on more days. It's just not safe. A friend of mine was a new nurse in LTC...

  3. car seat challenge/test

    beachmom replied to ICNClinicalRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    The 90-120 min thing is new. Our car seat techs just a few weeks ago went to a siminar stating it has changed, so we just changed our

  4. What ridiculous things have you seen happen in the workplace?

    beachmom replied to pink_shoes99's topic in General Nursing

    Had a young man, frequent flyer for pain control issues. He truly was in pain but always wanted more pain med than was ordered. One time he broke into the sharps container and was sucking all the...

  5. Funny things patients say !

    beachmom replied to TAM's topic in Nursing Humor

    After my son was born, for awhile I would "toot" out the urethra. I guess the birth stretched open the urethra. If I would move one way, a bit of air would get up there, then I would move another way...

  6. L&D nurses - can you look at my birth plan?

    beachmom replied to Lola77's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I agree with the other poster about discussing all this in detail with your doctor (or midwife.) They are the ones who decide a lot of this. And you need to be able to trust them if they say you need...

  7. Baby Catcher - Brilliant book

    beachmom replied to emmy's topic in Ob/Gyn

    LOVED

  8. Confused on how to start a career in OB

    beachmom replied to clemoi's topic in Ob/Gyn

    In L&D most pts are young and healthy, but you get a few sick ones. We had one with an NG d/t GI issues, and some of the L&D nurses had never worked with one and were quite intimidated. I had...

  9. Should I tattle?

    beachmom posted a topic in General Nursing

    There is a nurse, "Janet", who worked at my hospital for years, was a traveler for awhile and now has been rehired and is working as a charge nurse. I floated to her unit last Friday and had a...

  10. Orillia nurse found responsible in $10million suit

    beachmom replied to nic900's topic in Ob/Gyn

    In my experience, even if twins are both head down, when the first is born, the second quite often flips to be breech. At my hospital, standard procedure for a twin mom is to get an epidural (turning...

  11. Husbands!

    beachmom replied to cali_rusk's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Birth has been a "women only" event in many cultures throughout history. Personally, if a man didn't want to be there because it's against his culture, or he thought he couldn't handle it, I wouldn't...

  12. Now this is funny!

    beachmom replied to MERCEDES674's topic in Nursing Humor

    That was

  13. Why bolus with a high BP?

    beachmom posted a topic in Emergency

    My husband woke up one night feeling a fluttering heart. His HR was 180. Our daughter took him to ER. I was at work, and when I arrived in ER, they were ready to give him adenosine. His BP was...

  14. EMLA Cream with Circs

    beachmom replied to rickdon19's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I wonder if the doctor would let someone cut on his winky if he only had sweatease for

  15. Why Many nurses are No-Codes

    beachmom replied to BackfromRetirement's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    My father-in-law was 68 and in the ER for chest pain when he coded. They defibrillated him twice and got him back. He ended up with his second CABG, so had a few miserable months. That was 20 years...

  16. The positive side of nursing...PLEASE!!!

    beachmom replied to sarahsmile44's topic in General Nursing

    If you don't like your job, there are LOTS of other choices. Nursing is so varied, med-surg, L&D, LTC, clinics, home health, schools, military, teaching, administration, legal or insurance...

  17. Female catheter oop's that hurts me! And I am not female!

    beachmom replied to jamistlc's topic in Nursing Humor

    I discovered once that men can be "innies" instead of "outies." I had one man with so much scrotal edema and so little penile substance, I couldn't find an opening. Neither could the other nurse on my...

  18. How long in bed for post C/S mothers?

    beachmom replied to MeditationPeace's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We get them up as soon as they are ready. No set time. 4 hours is probably the soonest. I work evenings, and I tell them that sometime on my shift they need to try to get up. If all they can do is...

  19. Insulin given by nursing assistant?

    beachmom replied to LightsMyWay's topic in Developmental Disabilities

    In adult foster homes, whoever runs the homes can check sugars give insulin. They don't have to be medical people. I don't know about your program. If your diabetic is developmentally delayed to the...

  20. should you starte off a cna..before a lpn please responed!!

    beachmom replied to margueritef's topic in General Nursing

    You'll be a better nurse if you're a CNA first. It's embarrassing to be a nurse and the CNA's have to show you how to change a pt. It also helps you tremendously in clinicals, especially if you can be...

  21. Head Lice

    beachmom replied to carbaminohemoglobin's topic in General Nursing

    Between my two daughters and my foster kids, I have unfortunately had a lot of experience with lice. I finally started collecting the bugs when I could find them and trying different things directly...

  22. Do "ominous" fetal heart tone strips ever improve if you wait awhile?

    beachmom posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Had a mom come in with decreased fetal movement. Hooked her up to monitor the fetal heart tones. They were 160 with minimal to absent variability with a couple lates. The doctor waited for hours...

  23. Do "ominous" fetal heart tone strips ever improve if you wait awhile?

    beachmom replied to beachmom's topic in Ob/Gyn

    i thank all of you for your

  24. And the beat goes on . . .

    beachmom replied to sunnycalifRN's topic in General Nursing

    My community has a lot of layoffs in the logging industry. As part of their layoff plan, loggers can get college paid for. I had two big burly men in my nursing class. Both turned out to be great...

  25. Obese Women and Anesthesia..

    beachmom replied to RescueGrrl211's topic in Ob/Gyn

    One important reason the doctors are looking into anesthesia rather than a natural birth is that most twins end up being C/S. At our hospital, if they are planned to be lady partsl births, we deliver...