Elvish BSN, DNP, RN, NP

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    Can a nurse make the call to change a baby to soy formula?

    Elvish replied to Smackdown's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Our orders for formula feeding read: Feed q3-4 hours with Enfamil [or Similac, depending on the peds] 20cal/oz, or formula of mother's choice. If we make a switch (and most often it's the moms who ask...
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    what do you talk about at work?

    Elvish replied to nola1202's topic in General Nursing

    It's almost always the same crew on weekend nights....and pretty much nothing is off-limits. Especially around
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    Pregnant stroke pt!?!?!?!?!

    Elvish replied to TonyaM73's topic in General Nursing

    Absolutely. I was in a bad rollover MVA a little over a year ago and had just miscarried less than a month prior. I took an ambulance ride to the ED, where the nice ED folks (doing their job) asked...
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    Pregnant stroke pt!?!?!?!?!

    Elvish replied to TonyaM73's topic in General Nursing

    Even in the absence of underlying clotting issues, pregnancy alone increases a woman's chance for DVT/PE. It could be
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    Treating the Muslim patient

    Elvish replied to Inspired By Silence's topic in General Nursing

    There are plenty of other books too. 'In the Land of Invisible Women' by Qanta Ahmed. 'Nine Parts of Desire' by Geraldine Brooks 'The Bread of Angels' by Stephanie Saldana 'Tea with Hezbollah' by...
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    FQHC: Federally Quallified Health Center

    Elvish replied to Zen APRN's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    What kinds of things do you do in an inner city CHC? Sounds interesting. As an aside, probably the weirdest thing (among many weird things) was when a farmer called us about this strange illness that...
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    FQHC: Federally Quallified Health Center

    Elvish replied to Zen APRN's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    I used to work in a FQHC that served anyone but the focus was on migrant and seasonal farmworkers. As a RN, I did phone and in-person triage. We saw more emergencies than you might think, since we...
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    Calling a Patient 'Sugar': Abuse?

    Elvish replied to Trancelation's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I think one day when I am old and in the nursing home, I will want everyone to call me 'Admiral.' Or maybe 'Janis Joplin'. I get what you're saying, and agree with
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    My first death

    Elvish replied to laynaER's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Does your unit/hospital have a chaplain? Even if you don't follow a particular faith, chaplains can be a great source of spiritual support. We tend to think of them in terms of what they can do for...
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    Shoulder Dystocia Drills

    Elvish replied to feisty's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We also do shoulder dystocia drills like the one mentioned in the previous post. Our pp hemorrhage kit also has IV start kits, angiocaths, IM injection stuff, and shoulder-length gloves for manual...
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    To all Night Nurses:

    Elvish replied to Double-Helix's topic in General Nursing

    From a night nurse....thank you so very much!
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    Labor and delivery safe staffing and assignments

    Elvish replied to sunshine1216's topic in Ob/Gyn

    It took a bit of navigating, but here is what the previous member was referring to: http://www.awhonn.org/awhonn/store/productDetail.do?productCode=SG-910 For AWHONN members it is free; for...
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    Male nurse in L&D

    Elvish replied to tony2353's topic in Ob/Gyn

    This is how it is where I work and also where I delivered. If someone cares about male/female providers, s/he makes the choice: do I want my pain relief or do I want to insist on a female provider...
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    Male nurse in L&D

    Elvish replied to tony2353's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Well, me too, but to paint someone as a pervert for wanting to do it versus someone who - God bless them - has the desire to do something I could never do is wrongheaded. (I am not saying you did...
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    Male nurse in L&D

    Elvish replied to tony2353's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Why would a female want to work on a urology floor? To help people who need it? Yeah
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    Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    Elvish replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I don't care what you do at home, but please stop smoking weed in your room. We can smell it in the hallway and none of us was born
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    holding lasix d/t BP reading

    Elvish replied to dudette10's topic in General Nursing

    Is the Lasix IV or PO? Heart failure acute or chronic? If it was the patient's regular home po dose I might go ahead and give it. Either way, like you said, the answer depends on so much. My floor...
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    Trends in Post Partum, Nursery, Special Care after budget cuts?

    Elvish replied to bestbabynurse's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Mir....you are welcome to mosey on down to my neck of the woods. It has been a madhouse for several months with no end in sight!!!! My first night from maternity leave I admitted 3 pts in 12 hours, 2...
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    Male OB nurse

    Elvish replied to tony2353's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I have been in labor with male CRNAs (placed a rockin' epidural in 3min flat), male OBs, and male nursing students. The only thing missing would've been a male RN, and frankly I would not have cared...
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    Injuries r/t toning sneakers

    Elvish replied to BrazoriaLVN's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I never had any problem in terms of coordination/balance, but after about two weeks of wearing them to work, my ankles and feet hurt so badly I had to ditch them. Which made me sad because it was good...
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    shoes?

    Elvish replied to serein's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I have had good luck at various times with New Balance 608's, Nike Shox, Asics Gel Nimbus (actually a running shoe, but did well for me at work too), and Sketchers Delites. I have plantar fasciitis,...
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    Gifts for OB/L&D

    Elvish replied to pdsm's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We'll eat just about anything, but if it's yummy AND healthy, so much the better! We had a pt not too long ago send in one of those 'bouquets' of flowers made out of fruit and then dipped in...
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    There but for the grace of....

    Elvish replied to xtxrn's topic in General Nursing

    Not a patient but a coworker whose baby was born with a congenital heart defect (diagnosed prenatally) and died when she was a few months old. She never made it out of the hospital. My friend had come...
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    Is this normal?

    Elvish replied to CrazziiRN913's topic in General Nursing

    We used to do it but no longer do, think we did away with it about 5 yrs ago. Problem in addition to liability if someone ODs on it (pt or otherwise) was that pain was not getting effectively...
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    Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    Elvish replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    *If I look tired, it's because I *am* tired. If I look busy, it's because I *am* busy. Do I look too busy to you? Kindly write a letter to my manager and CEO expressing that you wish for nurses to...