33-weeker

The BON gives us until the last day of the expiration month to renew our license. I renewed my RN license on the morning of 30th and checked to make sure I was showing on the Board's site as renewed. I was. I printed out the receipt and notified my d...

I am not looking for legal advice. I was hoping someone knew of a similar occurrence and could relate how it was handled. Anyhow, I did not work for 6 hours without accessing the computer. I worked for approx. 2 until I needed to give a med and disco...

I find it interesting how many people chose to scold me over this--people who know nothing about me or my life. My question was posed as more of a legal / policy issue. Because I AM responsible, I've never had to deal with this in all my 20+ years ...

I was showing up as renewed right after I did it on a Wednesday morning. My shift did not start until Friday evening. I even notified my director once I'd renewed. There was no reason for me to be locked out of the system. I did my part before the de...

For one, I didn't wait until the last minute. I renewed on the 30th of a 31-day month, and more than 48 hours before my next shift. I was unaware that HR was now outsourcing to a third party. As far as my manager not fixing it, HR is the only one wit...

Well, I don't live in a small town. If someone can figure out from my ambiguous screen name which state and city I'm in and which of the many hospitals I work for--and which one I *worked* for when said name was encountered--then more power to them. ...

A couple was going to name their daughter 'Sweetpea.' But then they changed their minds. They ended up naming her 'Snapdragon.' #notkidding

Had a baby recently by the name 'Dinky.' Nope. Wasn't a nickname. It was his on-the-BC given name. Apparently it's dad's real name, too. Poor kid. He'll be teased.

I'm sure things have changed since I graduated in '91, but the way I got into a specialty area right out of school was going through an 'acute care women's health residency' that consisted of classroom and clinical rotations through areas like L&...

I'd like to add to this, as a neonatal nurse of 20 years, that thinking of PP patients as 'healthy' is painting them all with the same brush, and potentially dangerous. Yes. It's true. Most of them are young and healthy, but even those can turn into ...

I wonder if they'd still choose 'Premarin' if they knew it came from 'pregnant mare urine'? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premarin

We are never rude to parents (or children) over their names. However, in cases where we felt a mom would be receptive, we have gently given her food for thought. One mom of a 34-wkr wanted to name her son 'Rocky Road _(surname)_', because the pregna...

I work with an Aria, pronounced 'uh-REE-ya'. (not 'ARE-ree-ya)

You know, I can see how that would irritate you hearing it so much, but look at it from the patient's perspective and consider OB care these days... Everything is so technical and specific- a test for this, a monitor for that. Heck, the patients are...

I don't see that as such an odd question, unless they're truly wanting a specific time. Families get called to the bedside all the time because 'she's taken a turn for the worse and it probably won't be much longer'. I see it as asking 'hours? ...day...

Yup. Exactly what I was thinking. 'Florida Evans' I've always liked the name, too. Probably because I liked her character so much.

Maybe I'm strange, but I don't mind 'labels' as long as the diagnosis is accurate. (I think the 'don't label my child' thing has become a cliche concept that people parrot without really thinking it through.) I see the label as a comfort, because it ...

FWIW, I believe this word is derived from one that means 'honey'.

I disagree with the statement that the pedi is the best resource for getting autism diagnosed. In my experience, most are rather clueless when it comes to pinning down specifics like that. I am the mother of two kids with autism spectrum disorders (...

Maybe she shoulda named the kid 'Hemabate'.

You misspelled 'Oranjello'.

You know, on one level, I agree with you, and I realize this is an OB post. But I was in the hospital with my 6 yo son for 10 days - 4 in the PICU and 6 on the floor - a 45 minute drive from home, and that's NOT in rush hour traffic. I was the only o...

When I have a 'breast only, no pacifier' baby, I DON'T keep it if it is crying. I take it right back out if reasonable measures (diapering, swaddling, burping, holding for a few minutes, etc.) don't settle the child. I will take a little more time wi...

We have an 'Armani', which is bad enough for a boy, but it's a girl.

I work as a nursery nurse in Texas. Here, the erythromycin eye ointment after birth is mandated by state law. Twice in the last month, we have had parents refuse it. The second time, risk management told us to stand right there and give it even if t...