Elvish BSN, DNP, RN, NP

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    male labor and delivery nurses

    Elvish replied to booluvstrains's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Count me as another nurse who would welcome a male L&D or mother/baby nurse on my unit. The CRNA who put in my epidural and the OB who caught my daughter were both male and there's nothing I...
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    Calling Off Sick --Do You Ever Think People Lie?

    Elvish replied to It'sInTheBlood's topic in General Nursing

    Of course some people lie habitually when they call in. And some people lie when they call in one time and never do it again. And some people won't call in sick unless they're trapped in a closet when...
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    first PP temp after epidural?

    Elvish replied to ischialspines's topic in Ob/Gyn

    The first epidural I got, my temp shot up to 103F, which won my son a ticket to all kinds of fun bloodwork after birth even though his temps were normal. Of course, I had also been ruptured almost 18...
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    first PP temp after epidural?

    Elvish replied to ischialspines's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Interesting. I know when my daughter was born a few weeks ago and we were skin-to-skinning the nurse kept piling on the warm blankets, even though I didn't feel cold and my temp was fine. (DD's temp...
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    first PP temp after epidural?

    Elvish replied to ischialspines's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We don't usually see lower temps postpartum unless there is something else going on. But usually, if it is anything, the temp is elevated. Whether that's usually r/t epidurals or dehydration (or both)...
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    Opinions on weekend only night shift position

    Elvish replied to Florencebyondthepale's topic in General Nursing

    I have done this for about 6 years and I like it alright, only I work two nights/weekend instead of three. It works - dh keeps the kid(s) while I'm working sleeping and I keep them while he works...
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    If YOU were the patient, would you feel comfortable...

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

    I figure if Haiti didn't kill me not much else will. But my patients are women who are bleeding postpartum, sometimes with stitches/incisions (an extra portal of infection), and sometimes with sick...
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    If YOU were the patient, would you feel comfortable...

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

    I had my kids in a hospital where 4 of the 20 pp rooms had showers. I was lucky enough to get a shower to myself both times; for all others, there .are 2 communal showers at the end of the hall. Each...
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    Hep C+ mom, bloody amniotic fluid, chances for baby?

    Elvish replied to beachmom's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Considering that moms who have HepC can breastfeed (most of ours do not), I would honestly not spend a lot of time worrying about it. That's my (I understand getting attached to a family, just saying...
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    Doctors Keeping Very Sick Babies Off Life Support

    Elvish replied to Bortaz's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    It sounds like a very normal human reaction, and you don't stop being a human at work. :redbeathe I've caught 19-weekers born alive that live for several hours, and I pray for them to die quickly....
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    What scares you most as a rn?

    Elvish replied to havehope's topic in General Nursing

    Yep, the previous posters pretty much nailed it. I've already lived through a couple needlesticks and while it wasn't fun, I didn't lose sleep over it like I had
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    No creativity in nursing? Hah!

    Elvish replied to nurseprnRN's topic in General Nursing

    If we have a postpartum mom that's engorged and getting cabbage leaves or ice packs to her breasts, or hydrogels for sore nipples, we take our sexy Victorias-Secret issue stretchy underwear and cut...
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    In One Sentence; if you weren't a nurse, you'd be a ________

    Elvish replied to OCCHCanada's topic in General Nursing

    Librarian , or a
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    The Patient I Failed

    Elvish replied to nerdtonurse?'s topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I am so very very glad that my mother was there for my grandma when she was dying. They knew the end was coming, and Mom asked Nana, "Mommy, do you want them to keep trying things to help you get...
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    Patients should ALL be swabbed tested for HIV

    Elvish replied to Cathylady's topic in General Nursing

    We don't HIV test everyone coming in to deliver in my state....only at the 28ish mark. So theoretically someone could have been infected between testing and delivery, and be breastfeeding, and we...
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    Patients should ALL be swabbed tested for HIV

    Elvish replied to Cathylady's topic in General Nursing

    When I was a brand new nurse I had a HIV+ patient with an abscessed dialysis access that was pressure wrapped and due to be taken out the next AM. He took the pressure dressing off for a few minutes...
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    Hooray! He Finally Gets It!

    Elvish replied to sharpeimom's topic in General Nursing

    Can he please write a note to TPTB at that
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    Patients should ALL be swabbed tested for HIV

    Elvish replied to Cathylady's topic in General Nursing

    True. I've never heard of anyone at my place decline after we tell them why we test,
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    Patients should ALL be swabbed tested for HIV

    Elvish replied to Cathylady's topic in General Nursing

    It's not the HIV pts I know about that worry me. Heck, it's not really even the HIV+ folks I don't know about that scare me. I'd almost have to be trying to catch HIV from them, and sometimes even...
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    Help! L&D Interview tomorrow!

    Elvish replied to luv4nursing's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Congratulations!!!!!
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    what percentage of your job involves poop?

    Elvish replied to onedayitllbeme's topic in General Nursing

    I'm out on maternity leave right now....far more of my time as a mother involves poop than my time as a nurse. Just yesterday while I was eating my cereal my daughter had the audacity to poop in her...
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    NPO/clear liquid status during labor - evidenced-based?

    Elvish replied to ischialspines's topic in Ob/Gyn

    The danger is that something might not improve outcomes, and it might even make outcomes worse, but it might make our lives (health care providers, that is) more convenient, so it sticks around....
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    NPO/clear liquid status during labor - evidenced-based?

    Elvish replied to ischialspines's topic in Ob/Gyn

    :igtsyt: As a moderator, I really want to thank all involved posters for keeping the discussion professional even when there is disagreement. This is the kind of controversial thread I dream of...
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    Bye Bye Bye!

    Elvish replied to Art_Vandelay's topic in General Nursing

    Get it in writing
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    2 Wks Postpartum Bleed in ER

    Elvish replied to flyingchange's topic in Ob/Gyn

    You're right but if it's a smallish piece, or if it's not attached to the uterine wall anymore, it might not impede BFing. Also, the body starts making colostrum as early as the second trimester, so...