Elvish BSN, DNP, RN, NP

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    Evidence Based Care

    Elvish replied to AspiringNurseMW's topic in Ob/Gyn

    This is where you will have to be really discriminating in where you choose to work. (Easier said than done, I know.) Wherever you end up, your main job will be 'patient advocate'. I am really...
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    Baby Friendly

    Elvish replied to OBRNC12345's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Yes, yes, yes. A thousand times yes. And max of 3 couplets. Very hard to teach and support breastfeeding with more than that. Four is doable from a task standpoint, but nobody will get much BF...
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    Felt pretty proud of myself!

    Elvish replied to KG MSN RN CCRN CEN's topic in Emergency

    Never ever lose that willingness to grab someone else when you know something bad is going down. Ever. Very well
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    surgeon with Ebola has died

    Elvish replied to Mulan's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Apparently he was tested in Sierra Leone before coming to the US. I wonder if the same tests are used in both places or if there is a difference in sensitivity that would account for his testing...
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    Random question.

    Elvish replied to katierobin23's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Warmer, open crib, or isolette, head is toward the wall. In nine years I've never ever seen it any other way. Don't know what the rationale is, other than tradition. Frankly, it would upset my mojo in...
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    Hygiene After Hospital Shift

    Elvish replied to nifty_n's topic in General Nursing

    Hahaha! People do all kinds of gross things before they touch the produce. I don't even want to know the percentage of inadequate
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    Hygiene After Hospital Shift

    Elvish replied to nifty_n's topic in General Nursing

    For a long time I did floor nursing and never changed unless I'd gotten barfed/peed/pooped/bled on. Now I work in a place (L&D baby nurse) where I have to wear hospital scrubs, so by policy I have...
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    blue tubex injector

    Elvish replied to Mulan's topic in General Nursing

    I don't work in an area where I'll use it (neonatal) so it's tucked in my bedside table. My 4th-grader found it the other day and just could not wrap his head around the fact that syringes didn't...
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    How full is your NICU usually?

    Elvish replied to adpiRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Level IV with 41 beds....usually 75% or more full, though lately it seems we have been packed and
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    What do you think of this story?

    Elvish replied to adpiRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    There is always that 'who knows?', isn't there? Two years and not many delays is a positive thing, but no one knows for sure how that kid will do in school. There's a reason these kids are called...
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    UAC/UVC Placement

    Elvish replied to OwlieO.O's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We practiced UVC insertion during STABLE class, but it was to give us an idea of what a provider will need in terms of assistance and supplies at the bedside......and to put hands-on experience with...
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    dilauded and breastfeeding

    Elvish replied to leannanavy's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'd agree with you as well. The first thing that jumped out at me was their use of whether a drug is Cat C, D, etc. As klone said already, that's not an appropriate way to measure a med's safety in...
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    Attachment issues

    Elvish replied to abudde6's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Just to tag on to what cayenne06 said, being deeply affected by something and breaking down to the point of incapacity are different. (I know you know this, cayenne, just making a statement for other...
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    Ebola Nursing Survey: to Quarantine or Not to Quarantine

    Elvish replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Disaster Preparation

    This seems like the most appropriate place to post
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    Undergraduate gpa

    Elvish replied to KB85RN's topic in Advanced Practice

    My undergrad GPA was 3.2. Schools look at it but it's not the only thing they look at. The grad schools I applied to focused heavily on your contributions to nursing since becoming a nurse: work...
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    Ebola Nursing Survey: to Quarantine or Not to Quarantine

    Elvish replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Disaster Preparation

    What the general public apparently does not realize is that there are people living in the United States who have played with Ebola and other level 4 biohazards every day for decades for a living. The...
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    Ebola Nursing Survey: to Quarantine or Not to Quarantine

    Elvish replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Disaster Preparation

    1) As a free citizen who has committed no crime, Kaci has rights. Rights which include the right not to be held against her will in any location. 2) If Charles Duncan's family did not get Ebola by...
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    Do you mix your own pit?

    Elvish replied to perfexion's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Premixed in a 30u/500ml bag....only if we run out in the pyxis and it's emergent do we mix our own. When I first started working there we did it all the
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    21 Things you never mention at a hospital job interview

    Elvish replied to prettyboyswag's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I think most of us can see at least a little humor here. And frankly, it's a good thing that most of us don't say everything that's on our mind at every single opportunity - job interview or
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    Ebola in Texas

    Elvish replied to SmilingBluEyes's topic in Disaster Preparation

    ......
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    Crash C-Section Interventions

    Elvish replied to Anastasiak's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    My great-grandma used to say it.....works well in a lot of
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    I know I did the right thing

    Elvish replied to perfexion's topic in Ob/Gyn

    A few things come to mind here: 1) I absolutely agree with the other posters that the MD needed to know this, and s/he did a ****-poor job of handling the situation. If a pt is having morning...
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    Crash C-Section Interventions

    Elvish replied to Anastasiak's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    It completely depends on the reason for the crash. Sometimes they are crashed for reasons that mostly affect baby (say, a dropped cord) , other times for things that more immediately affect mom (say,...
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    Newborn Bath

    Elvish replied to tmdl's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We also wait at least 6 hrs to bathe. I can't remember the last time I bathed anyone younger than that unless mom had HepB or
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    Halo sleep sacks

    Elvish replied to nocturnalnurse's topic in Ob/Gyn

    If you don't mind my asking....apart from the danger of metal pieces getting hot, why were babies under the warmer with clothes