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  1. my first time seeing a dad almost pass out

    33-weeker replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I was watching on of those baby story shows on TV. It was a nice couples' first baby. They were middle-aged and a bit nerd-ish. She was delivering in an OR or old-fashioned delivery room. There was...

  2. What doctors do that bugs you...

    33-weeker replied to 33-weeker's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Could you elaborate on the two units thing? I'm

  3. HELP - need vent advice

    33-weeker replied to 33-weeker's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    A level III nurse I know told me about a book, Neonatal Core Curriculum. Apparently nurses studying for their RNC use

  4. Do You Have Any Favorite OB Myths?

    33-weeker replied to BabyRN2Be's topic in Ob/Gyn

    It won't kill anyone to scroll down a few posts. If you know how to move the posts in question to a new thread, be my guest, but I'm not doing all that copying and pasting over again. :lol2:...

  5. HELP - need vent advice

    33-weeker replied to 33-weeker's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We are a level II nursery and have been. They are trying to up our status to a level II 'B' (or 'C' ?) -- NOT level III by any means. We don't keep babies below about 30 weeks. We do keep vents...

  6. don't understand something

    33-weeker replied to Imafloat's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Another thing to consider is if there were good heart tones documented right before delivery. As opposed to not being able to get any or very poor

  7. kids like me nowdays - how do they compare

    33-weeker posted a topic in PICU, Pediatric

    i'm 40. i was born with an asd, vsd, & coarctation of the aorta. i had a pda and a pulmonary banding. i was pronounced healthy at birth, then after my first month checkup, i was diagnosed with...

  8. kids like me nowdays - how do they compare

    33-weeker replied to 33-weeker's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    I'm right there with ya, kid. I've got the same nasty scar from my banding and coarctation repair. Plus I have one from v-neck line to xyphoid from the open heart a year and a half later. I had to...

  9. Do You Have Any Favorite OB Myths?

    33-weeker replied to BabyRN2Be's topic in Ob/Gyn

    my kids have documented high heavy metals in their bodies (geneitc condition - 'poor detoxifiers'). two of the three have a form of autism. i have a note from their doctor stating i don't have to...

  10. I didn't know this actually happened

    33-weeker replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I guess that's my point, though. How is refusing to transport when it's an obvious non-emergency any different from say... a labor nurse assessing a pt., reporting her findings to the doc, and then...

  11. Medical Workers wearing scrubs to and from work, outside the Hospital, etc..

    33-weeker replied to Galvatron1's topic in General Nursing

    I work level I & II nurseries, so I have a different perspective. We don't come in contact with nearly as many bad germs as on an adult floor. We do risk more contamination with fluids attending...

  12. Do You Have Any Favorite OB Myths?

    33-weeker replied to BabyRN2Be's topic in Ob/Gyn

    It's not about getting the diseases, it's partly about not bypassing the usual method of infection/transmission (injecting rather than inhaling...etc.) and not asaulting the immune system when it is...

  13. Do You Have Any Favorite OB Myths?

    33-weeker replied to BabyRN2Be's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Another hormone thing... It is rare that a woman CAN'T produce enough milk for her baby. Many DON'T, but that's not because they CAN'T. Anyhow... in 15+ years of nursery nursing, I have only met 2 or...

  14. Do You Have Any Favorite OB Myths?

    33-weeker replied to BabyRN2Be's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Yes. To a point. Morning sickness is the effects of the hormones from the corpus luteum that maintains the pregnancy until the placenta takes over (end of first trimester?). If the woman is not...

  15. Do You Have Any Favorite OB Myths?

    33-weeker replied to BabyRN2Be's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Sorry - gotta disagree - been watching them for 15 years+... Though it isn't 100%, in term babies, the higher FHT's (140s-150s) are frequently girls and the slower (120s-130s) are frequently

  16. Do You Have Any Favorite OB Myths?

    33-weeker replied to BabyRN2Be's topic in Ob/Gyn

    All babies ARE born with blue eyes. They change later. However, the babies who will have brown/dark eyes tend to have a darker steel-blue than the one's who will have lighter colored

  17. I didn't know this actually happened

    33-weeker replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

    You didn't upset me. I said I was going to have some fun with your idea... just poking fun. I do know what you mean. And what I don't understand is that ambulance personnel follow protocols for all...

  18. I didn't know this actually happened

    33-weeker replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Ok... can I have a little fun here.... So, the time I went to the ER with severe dizziness that turned out to be - after bloodwork and CT of head, yada yada yada - nothing but 'my veritgo acting up...

  19. What doctors do that bugs you...

    33-weeker replied to 33-weeker's topic in Ob/Gyn

    No, I don't hold mothers responsible for scheduled, social births nearly as much as their doctors, who should know better. it's natural for mommies who are uncomfortable and ready to meet their baby...

  20. Rules for the ER (long)

    33-weeker replied to EDValerieRN's topic in Emergency

    AMEN!!!! We've had problems with medicaid/no-ins. patients getting angry when we won't give them a private room unless they pay the difference out of pocket. How many times (after being forced to...

  21. Rules for the ER (long)

    33-weeker replied to EDValerieRN's topic in Emergency

    i'm not saying you can't vent. i've enjoyed reading this thread. i'm not an ed nurse, but i have been a nurse for a long time, so i can relate. i was just having fun with rules from the patient's...

  22. Rules for the ER (long)

    33-weeker replied to EDValerieRN's topic in Emergency

    AMEN!!!!!

  23. What do patients say that irks you?

    33-weeker replied to NurseforPreggers's topic in Ob/Gyn

    You couldn't just thank them for their kindness, even though you don't believe? Besides, not all faiths that pray are white/Christian/prodestant. Our faith is a part of us. It is not easy to separate...

  24. phone calls no outsider would believe

    33-weeker replied to JBudd's topic in Emergency

    Laugh if you want, but we do fill-up with laboring moms any time there is a storm -- a greater than usual % come in c/o SROM... hmmmmmmmm.... maybe there is something to that barometric pressure...

  25. Parents of kids with autism, please read

    33-weeker replied to LydiaNN's topic in Pediatric

    Constant supervision 24/7 is not realistic if a parent wishes to stay sane and not keel over from exhaustion. I'm speaking from the perspective of being a working mom who is tired on her days off (no...