mother/babyRN

mother/babyRN RN

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  1. Caring For A Family Suffering A Fetal Demise

    mother/babyRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    George and MarthaNight time briskness slapped me in the face as I climbed in to my car for the familiar trek to work. It was my third scheduled night shift but only the first I had felt half way...

  2. S.T.A.B.L.E. Program-GREAT program to achieve certification

    mother/babyRN posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    I attended this program developed and fine tuned by nurses. Has helped me immensely with "bad" and good babies.....Great for delivery, motherbaby and nursery people who encounter surprises and...

  3. Has anyone done an assignment in Exeter New Hampshire?

    mother/babyRN posted a topic in Travel

    just wondering if anyone has done any traveling to exeter new hampshire and if so, how was it..i have a friend thinking about it and she wants to know what to

  4. Forgetful Nurses and Older Moments

    mother/babyRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    It can be worse because not only are you charged with caring for older people and their physical, emotional and psychological changes; you are tasked with dealing with some of the same issues WHILE...

  5. The more I think about a comment that my coworker made to me, the more ticked I get!!

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

    I would approach her and mention you were thinking about what she said but you are more interested in what she didn't say. You could ask for specifics and then let her know that if she has any...

  6. Warning Nurses! Holding It All In Can Kill You!

    mother/babyRN replied to Nurse_Advocate's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Absolutely on point and thank you so much for a great

  7. Do you talk about allnurses.com at work?

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

    I do talk about it all the time but do not know if people at my current facility have checked it out. I have noticed that now I have been fortunate to have had an article selected that is highlighted,...

  8. Forgetful Nurses and Older Moments

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

    Awww..Thank you everyone.....I will try some of the advice and I know that at the moment, things are just due to what I mentioned, because during the time I am off or manage to catch up with sleep, it...

  9. I Hate You, Heart Attack.....

    mother/babyRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I Hate You, Heart Attack... I hate you, heart attack... You robbed us of our lives together without either warning or reason.. Like a ferocious storm on a dead calm sea, you snuck in and overtook...

  10. sexual assault/evidence collection in ER?

    mother/babyRN replied to scrmblr's topic in Emergency

    Please don't refuse the next sexual assault case, if asked. You feel badly but she feels worse and this is how we learn lessons (I'm talking about us nurses here). If you refuse something or someone...

  11. Daft things you've done after night shift

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

    I would get frustrated that my kids couldn't dress themselves and discover that I had tried to put trousers on the baby and not be able to figure out how to do it...Putting both lets into one leg etc....

  12. Bad weekend at work.

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

    I'm sorry that you had such a rough night. You should submit your post as an article on what maternity nurses actually have to deal with vs the perception most people (and other nurses)

  13. Full Circle, My First Year of Nursing

    mother/babyRN replied to Imafloat's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Just an amazing rendition of the way all new grads feel. I loved it. You go girl! GREAT job and well written. I felt like I was going through the transition with you....Kind of like I felt when...

  14. Elderly Suicide Is Not Uncommon

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

    I'm so sorry for your loss, but your tribute to your aunt and the subject of elderly suicide was a poignant, personal and sentimental look at the subject through not only your eyes, but the eyes of...

  15. Helpful Hints: Female Patient Urinary Catheter Insertion

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

    Let me just say that in maternity, where sometimes the vision is totally obscurred by edema, these tips are great...Thank

  16. I Hate You - Heart Attack! Never Assume A Nurse Knows Everything.

    mother/babyRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I hate you, heart attack. You robbed us of our lives together without warning or reason. Like a ferocious storm overtaking a dead calm sea, you snuck in and overwhelmed everything in your path,...

  17. Allow me to set the record straight,,

    mother/babyRN posted a topic in Health, Stress Management

    Hi there, I just posted a thread, which has since been closed, on my narrow angle glaucoma. I was not asking for medical advice as I have researched it thoroughly and am already scheduled for...

  18. Any one have experience with Narrow angle glaucoma?

    mother/babyRN posted a topic in Health, Stress Management

    Hi everyone, First let me say hi to all. I haven't been here in quite some time and miss everyone. My question is whether anyone has experience with the treatment of narrow angle glaucoma. I know...

  19. Along A Jetty....one nurses thoughtsand feelings about her terminally ill dad.....

    mother/babyRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Along A Jetty Caravanning single file over a roughly hewn stone breakwater, mom, dad and I embark on a journey in my dreams. Unaffected by the waves slapping against the sides in a timeless...

  20. Writing on Fetal Heart Monitor Strips

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

    When I worked with central monitoring we didn't just have to type our initials every fifteen minutes, we had to document fh, baseline, variability , etc...Where I am now, the time frames are much more...

  21. Writing on Fetal Heart Monitor Strips

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

    Even when I worked with central monitoring, there were times when I needed to note when I did something because there was just no time to chart it..I do write on fetal strips such as when meds are...

  22. What do you think about the use of Cytotec?

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

    We had absolutely NO problems with scheduled cytotec inductions, and they were scheduled

  23. What do you think about the use of Cytotec?

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

    We used it often at the other facility I worked at and sometimes docs would give an oral dose, send people home, and then have them come in for the morning and give them a lady partsl dose. We also...

  24. Stressed out and Getting Out

    mother/babyRN replied to CseMgr1's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    There are a lot of nurses now working iin the post office (because of higher alsaries and union benefits) in my area due to the very same stressors...Man I know say they would never go back to...

  25. transferring unstable pts to postpartum

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

    I concur..People can be sick or stable on mag with high blood pressures. An unstable pt with HELLP should probably stay back there for increased monitoring, but what is unstable to you is definitely...