Elvish BSN, DNP, RN, NP

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    On the positive side . . .

    Elvish replied to KimICURN's topic in General Nursing

    I will eat homemade food in a heartbeat....if the pt is eating or has eaten it themselves. I figure if it hasn't killed them it won't kill me either. One night I took care of a Moroccan lady and...
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    On the positive side . . .

    Elvish replied to KimICURN's topic in General Nursing

    I have told this story before, but I bond well with our young teen moms. I don't know why, it just is what it is. I had a pt that I took care of as an antepartum in preterm labor at 27ish weeks (can't...
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    Things you'd LOVE to tell coworkers...and get away with it!

    Elvish replied to General E. Speaking, RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I don't tell you how to do your job, so get the **) out of my face and quit telling me how to do
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    Nurses in the path of Hurricane Irene

    Elvish replied to Horseshoe's topic in General Nursing

    I have gone to work a snowstorm having not slept between shifts because I had stayed at a hotel and not slept a wink (not by choice). I went back and worked my shift even though I was so tired I was...
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    Your introduction to your patient

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

    "Hi [pt name], I'm Elvish. I'll be your nurse til 0700. I just wanted to come introduce myself, see if you need anything, and see if now's a good time to check you out." If I think they'll appreciate...
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    midwifery question :)

    Elvish replied to butterfly134's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    Jenni811 - the OP is in Ireland and the study of midwifery is done a little differently than here. That's how she can study midwifery without being in grad school.
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    midwifery question :)

    Elvish replied to butterfly134's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    Me too! She is on my Facebook list of people who inspire me!
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    midwifery question :)

    Elvish replied to butterfly134's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    Butterfly134 - here is what the previous poster was referring to: http://www.thefarmmidwives.org And yes, you are correct. TN = Tennessee, one of our states. You'll be fine. Just make sure you eat...
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    Giving LDR nursing a bad name........

    Elvish replied to roser13's topic in General Nursing

    I want to know where this Shangri-La is where nurses only have two couplets. That was my first thought. If you truly have concerns I'd call the unit manager and speak with him/her and relay facts, no...
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    What is a Women's Health Unit?

    Elvish replied to mnbrn's topic in Ob/Gyn

    My women's care unit is mostly ante- and postpartum, but we do take postops sometimes if we have beds (we usually don't). Most of the postops are hysterectomies of all sorts, maybe an appy or a lap...
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    Pitocin infusion: Induction vs PostPartum

    Elvish replied to mormor's topic in Ob/Gyn

    It's different postpartum because you aren't worried about having to shut off pit quickly for a baby or uterus in distress. And if you have to bolus for the same reason, you surely don't want to be...
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    Things you'd LOVE to tell coworkers...and get away with it!

    Elvish replied to General E. Speaking, RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    *Don't gripe at me for calling you for a set of VS that are outside call parameters. If you don't want me to call you, change the damn parameters. *I know you have had a crappy night and don't want...
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    Diversity.. at what price?

    Elvish replied to Been there,done that's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    We have a great mix of diversity at my workplace. I might have a Filipina coworker, a Nigerian coworker, a Kenyan or Pakistani lab guy, an Indian med student, and a Brazilian resident. And you know...
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    Beta Strep

    Elvish replied to TLSpaz's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I learned that particular statistic on a CE lecture on neonatal sepsis earlier this year, but I will look for a link. The lecturer explained it that women get tested at 35-37 weeks, but most don't...
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    Beta Strep

    Elvish replied to TLSpaz's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I think latest evidence is that abx cross the placenta in about an hour, but my place still cultures babies if it was If mom is ROMed we treat, if not we don't when it comes to c/s. Keep in mind,...
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    Beta Strep

    Elvish replied to TLSpaz's topic in Ob/Gyn

    If there's no rupture we don't treat. But we do watch the
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    Two-minus-one pregnancy

    Elvish posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/14/magazine/the-two-minus-one-pregnancy.html?pagewanted=1&smid=fb-nytimes Unintended consequences of reproductive
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    Physical exam for a High school student

    Elvish replied to nursing.mypassion's topic in General Nursing

    My state allows SOME physicals, like kindergarten physicals, to be performed by a certified public health nurse. But outside that, no. It's not
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    Do you get over it?

    Elvish replied to StL_Momma27's topic in General Nursing

    I'm with Canes on this one. Usually it doesn't even register that I've just helped a doc pull a clot the size of a beach volleyball out of someone's uterus postpartum. I just want her to flippin' quit...
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    Treating pain/anxiety in patients with drug history

    Elvish replied to Simply Complicated's topic in General Nursing

    Some drug (meaning, prescription or otherwise) addictions make pain harder to treat too, as the pt has built up such a tolerance or their receptors are already occupied. A dose that works for them...
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    Two-minus-one pregnancy

    Elvish replied to Elvish's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'm with those who are disturbed by this. I found the article interesting, but also very unsettling. If you take fertility drugs or use other fertility treatments, you have to know that multiples are...
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    Two-minus-one pregnancy

    Elvish replied to Elvish's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I only chose the title because that was the title of the article. Did you read it? It's actually pretty interesting. And neutral. I'm not interested in stirring up the abortion debate either, but...
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    Another shoes thread-- narrow feet

    Elvish replied to anon456's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Moved to Nursing Shoes & Footwear
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    2nd prolapsed cord in the past few months!

    Elvish replied to adpiRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    This is exactly why I didn't let the doc AROM me at 3.5cm when I got to the hospital with my daughter a couple months ago. (I thought I was further along than I actually was but that's another story.)...
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    501 ways to know you've been on allnurses.com too long!

    Elvish replied to Roy Fokker's topic in Nursing Humor

    More than two years? Try, almost FIVE. The mark of a really good