mother/babyRN

mother/babyRN RN

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  1. Had a talk with nurse manager. I feel better.

    mother/babyRN replied to peaceful2100's topic in General Nursing

    Good for you! Anything important takes time. You can't know everything. The only problems happen when you think you have learned or experienced everything, because something new always comes...

  2. Why all the fuss? Influenza.

    mother/babyRN replied to tgibson3770's topic in General Nursing

    Why not condemn it? And why give the guy a break, as it were? It was obviously worded to elicit a response, so the person responsible for the post got exactly what he or she wanted....Why argue with...

  3. Why all the fuss? Influenza.

    mother/babyRN replied to tgibson3770's topic in General Nursing

    We have had a couple of college kids die from the latest strain of flu and personally, since my three year old has a cough, sore joints and a 2 day history of 104 temps despite tepid baths and...

  4. Lotus births.

    mother/babyRN replied to dawngloves's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I am just going to assume it was a joke..Either way it was totally hilarious! Made my

  5. Twas the Night Before Christmas...A Soldier's version...

    mother/babyRN replied to mother/babyRN's topic in General Nursing

    And lets not forget the Navy and my personal favorite, the Coast Guard, which is the fifth branch of the Armed Services and is often left out incorrectly..... The Sailor's Christmas Twas the night...

  6. Twas the Night Before Christmas...A Soldier's version...

    mother/babyRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, HE LIVED ALL ALONE, IN A ONE BEDROOM HOUSE MADE OF PLASTER AND STONE. I HAD COME DOWN THE CHIMNEY WITH PRESENTS TO GIVE, AND TO SEE JUST WHO IN THIS HOME DID LIVE. I...

  7. Lotus births.

    mother/babyRN replied to dawngloves's topic in Ob/Gyn

    PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE tell me you ARE kidding, Or I am NOT going to be able to appropriately shake off my lastest night shift....I beg

  8. M. Murray has scared the pants off me

    mother/babyRN replied to Bessie's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Sounds like a regular community hospital scenario to

  9. May be stupid, but

    mother/babyRN replied to nekhismom's topic in Ob/Gyn

    One twelve hour labor utilizes the energy expendiature of two marathons and THEN we expect you to push. That isn't counting all the annoying sleep depriving contractions that occurred prior to hard...

  10. They are laughing at the patients

    mother/babyRN replied to Rapheal's topic in General Nursing

    These are tough situations and when people tell me they do things the way they are used to or that is how so and so likes it, I nicely but firmly remind them that while they certainly can continue to...

  11. babies having babies

    mother/babyRN replied to BRANDY LPN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Right for sure Smiling Blue Eyes, but what place do insults have in a discussion anyway? I don't have a problem with PMing people but as adults people should figure out that we just won't always agree...

  12. babies having babies

    mother/babyRN replied to BRANDY LPN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    You know, it occurs to me that in the real world, people do have opinions, get upset and occasionally, even disagree...Since when did we become so concerned about hurting everyones feelings? That...

  13. babies having babies

    mother/babyRN replied to BRANDY LPN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I have to say that I am not sure anyone is ever truly optimally prepared to have a child until they arrive and then you figure it out...You of course have different tools at different ages,...

  14. "Bad" rooms on a floor

    mother/babyRN replied to Ariko's topic in General Nursing

    Room 4 scares the hell out of me. If I have a patient in labor in that room, I say a Hail Mary that we all get out of there alright because I KNOW something is going to happen. Worse if a nurse ,...

  15. timing of newborn bath

    mother/babyRN replied to kyobnurse's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Anyone who can should attend or check into the STABLE program, which was developed by nurses.....THEN one would see why temp and blood sugars and certainly important and NOT old school...Not in all...

  16. timing of newborn bath

    mother/babyRN replied to kyobnurse's topic in Ob/Gyn

    On the night shift people want to get some sleep so we combine teaching and bathtime in a more timely manner to get those people to sleep. Unless there was a cold stress problem, I do it as soon as I...

  17. Final Essay

    mother/babyRN replied to kittya's topic in International Nursing

    Roger

  18. Final Essay

    mother/babyRN replied to kittya's topic in International Nursing

    YAY! I have been a nurse for 23 years and STILL before any assignment, class, practical ( such as neopnatal resus or arrythmia courses, even CPR), I get myself so frantic that my husband has learned...

  19. Weeks pregnant and abortion?

    mother/babyRN replied to webbiedebbie's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Prejudice, by the way, is not a dirty word..It is simply a definition.. The fact that these days it is most often linked to racism, makes people a bit testy when the word is tossed their way....As an...

  20. Weeks pregnant and abortion?

    mother/babyRN replied to webbiedebbie's topic in Ob/Gyn

    However insulted you may be at hearing this, in the way or morality, if you feel one way strongly (either way), it most certainly IS a matter of prejudice...You may not want to hear that or even agree...

  21. Weeks pregnant and abortion?

    mother/babyRN replied to webbiedebbie's topic in Ob/Gyn

    It is difficult not to get pulled into such a voilitile personal issue certainly...I think, though, as nurses, it behooves us, as someone so eloquently said, to leave our prejudices at the door, or at...

  22. Weeks pregnant and abortion?

    mother/babyRN replied to webbiedebbie's topic in Ob/Gyn

    So what happens if all the nurses on refuse to take care of the pt undergoing an abortion. I would like to refuse to take care of patients with a Middle East connection (not really), or espousing...

  23. Does everyone get an IV?

    mother/babyRN replied to NPJohnson's topic in Ob/Gyn

    No, not everyone, but labs are usually drawn....Anyone who comes in with no risk factors and feels they do not want an iv, as long as the strip is good, is usually honored. However, those are often...

  24. Weeks pregnant and abortion?

    mother/babyRN replied to webbiedebbie's topic in Ob/Gyn

    20 weeks in Massachusetts, as the fetus is not considered viable. 19 weeks is perfectly legal in

  25. To give credit to the show ER (part 2)

    mother/babyRN replied to MarcusKspn's topic in General Nursing

    Yep, ever since they left the pt on mag sulfate in the er and had her die without EVER turfing her to OB, I have been suspect BUT that doesn't mean I don't watch it...On Seventh Heaven for heavens...