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  1. I didn't know this actually happened

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

    right. how does that relate anyway. lol i should add, since i was so outspoken before, that i have no problem with people using public assistance the way it was intended to be used. i even qualified...

  2. I didn't know this actually happened

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

    it's not about being better than anyone. it's about the attitude that some people on public assistance have and how they abuse the system. i treat all my patients well, regardless of insurance...

  3. I didn't know this actually happened

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

    wow... some people just don't get the this-is-a-place-for-professionals-to-vent thing. we know there are ligitimate times for people to call 911. i did when i went into chf. the problem is we see so...

  4. #%@&$ Flu Shot!

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

    i'm right there with you about hating vaccines, but since i had my spleen removed to put my itp in remission, i don't have a choice any more either. i'll be achy and flu-ish soon, too. take a tylenol...

  5. Whats your birth story?

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

    after working in family birthing (hospitals) for years, and reading up on birth, i knew i didn't want to deliver in a hospital. (no offense - i'm a nurse, too) i hired midwives and had my kids at...

  6. Can all parents really make good decisions

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

    i can see where feeding in a case like this might cause more suffering, not less. i could see holding feeds as appropriate in such a

  7. What doctors do that bugs you...

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

    perhaps she's bipolar, or perhaps she's just miserable, burned-out and taking it out on those around her. i've worked with doctors like her before. you hate to have to call them or round with them...

  8. Can all parents really make good decisions

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

    i suppose i should clarify my previous comments... dnr, comfort care, and even turning off a vent for a hopless case is one thing. euthenasia or stopping feedings for a patient breathing on their own...

  9. phone calls no outsider would believe

    33-weeker replied to JBudd's topic in Emergency

    occasionally we see married folks with different last names, but usually it means they aren't married - at least in my neck of the

  10. What doctors do that bugs you...

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

    this does place us between a rock and a hard place. i guess all we nurses can do is to mutter the vs out loud as you take them, or make a joke about drs. offices making her bp go up, and say her...

  11. kids like me nowdays - how do they compare

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

    thanks for the info. i have no real memories from back then, only some from a heart cath when i was 4 - mostly negative. i have often wondered, though, if i am comfortable in the hospital setting...

  12. phone calls no outsider would believe

    33-weeker replied to JBudd's topic in Emergency

    OH

  13. phone calls no outsider would believe

    33-weeker replied to JBudd's topic in Emergency

    we get similar calls in nursery all the time. "could you come pick up brandon for the night" "what's brandon's last name?" "jones" "maam... we don't have a baby jones... what last name was the mom...

  14. phone calls no outsider would believe

    33-weeker replied to JBudd's topic in Emergency

    i had a case once like this. the neo began to explain to the parents - like she does often - about abo incomptibility and jaundice. the dad got up quietly, but abruptly, and walked right out of...

  15. phone calls no outsider would believe

    33-weeker replied to JBudd's topic in Emergency

    ok. let's be a kind here... after my tubal, the first few times i was with my husband, i had a throbbing, aching in about the place where my tubes/ovaries are. i'm a nurse & i understand the...

  16. Stadol Screamers

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

    oh, sweetie. never you mind that. i've always said (stadol or not) that no one should ever hold a woman responsible for anything she does or says while in labor. i've seen straight-laced, proper...

  17. Stadol Screamers

    33-weeker posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    at our hospital (i work level i, ii, & catch babies) we have noticed a trend with stadol and its affects on newborns. [color=#483d8b] [color=#483d8b]we get a lot of drop-ins who typically get iv...

  18. Can all parents really make good decisions

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

    I'm sure most professionals, when faced with a situation in which there is a question of parental understanding, could explain it in plain enough language so that the most simple person would...

  19. What doctors do that bugs you...

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

    just as in any profession, there are good, bad and so-so midwives. do pick a good one. i saw great midwifes for both my pregnancies and births (and for one miscarriage in between). they never spent...

  20. How does your facility utilize pitocin for post-3rd stage?

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

    true, but we can educate the publlic about the whole thing, in hopes that more moms will refuse it or insist that the infusion be stopped once the birth is over and all is well. have any of you heard...

  21. Meds used to stop preterm labour

    33-weeker replied to mom2Alina's topic in Ob/Gyn

    yikes! a nitro patch. i had nitro for r/o mi and had such an awful headache that i vowed never to take it again. are we talking about the same

  22. What doctors do that bugs you...

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

    sometimes docs realize their mistakes & do a little sheepish crawfishing. when i was a new nurse and not as assertive with the docs as i would be nowadays... i had a rather young, avg.size,...

  23. Can all parents really make good decisions

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

    no. one cannot put a price on human life. but we, as a society, cannot totally ignore cost issues either. it affects us all. spending money on preventable preemies/drug babies leaves less to go...

  24. Is there any significance to a two vessel cord?

    33-weeker replied to Lisky90's topic in Ob/Gyn

    bless your heart! i bet you do get chills. 'once bitten', as they

  25. What doctors do that bugs you...

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

    boy... this thread has really taken an interesting path. these threads have a life of their