Elvish BSN, DNP, RN, NP

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    Malpractice Insurance

    Elvish replied to Dawn Vylet's topic in General Nursing

    NSO patron
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    Skin Protect or Liquid Gloves

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

    I haven't used any of the aforementioned products, but will put in a recommendation for Burt's Bees Hand Salve. It works great either to heal chapped/cracked hands or to avoid said situation in the...
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    Transferring from UNCW to UNCC

    Elvish replied to cmd2870's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    Moved to NC Nursing Programs Discussion forum
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    Transferring from UNCW to UNCC

    Elvish replied to cmd2870's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    Moved to NC Nursing Programs Discussion forum
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    Parents/Patients demanding investigations

    Elvish replied to 15isto2's topic in General Nursing

    It depends. I had a parent bring her son in to the office (back when I worked in a community health center) because he looked yellow (he did). She'd heard some PSA on Spanish-language television about...
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    London Company sells breast milk ice-cream

    Elvish replied to TiffyRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    As long as it's pasteurized, I don't really have a problem with it other than thinking how many really sick babies could benefit from the donated
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    Do you bladder train before removing a Foley cath?

    Elvish replied to TooterIA's topic in General Nursing

    Most of our patients are s/p c-section and have their foleys in
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    save our unit!

    Elvish replied to jctiabecerra's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We've done similar things to the abovementioned post as well. I don't know if you change your linens on your babies' cribs every day, but if you do, you could stop doing that and just replace what is...
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    One Born Every Minute (nurses seem to sit around a lot)

    Elvish replied to Cathylady's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Okay, I see what you mean. Less ancillary people is why I prefer nights anyway! We do our inductions at 0730 and 1930, so it's kind of a tossup as to when they will deliver. Of course, nightshift...
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    One Born Every Minute (nurses seem to sit around a lot)

    Elvish replied to Cathylady's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Where is this unit?? I want to work on it! :) It never seems to be quieter in our L&D/PP at night, at least not in terms of deliveries. I haven't watched this show and don't plan to, for the same...
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    Nurses don't save lives....WHAT?

    Elvish replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    I don't code people on a daily basis. But the time I found a baby purple and unresponsive in her crib in the newborn nursery and started bagging her, and she went home with her parents a couple days...
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    Is nursing the most interesting profession?

    Elvish replied to LPNweezy's topic in General Nursing

    I've got friends who are attorneys, police, Marines, and teachers, and they all have interesting stories. I guess it just depends on what each individual's definition of 'interesting' is. Amongst my...
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    Electronic Charting or Paper?

    Elvish replied to Risgirl's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    It depends on which hospital, sometimes even which department. Ten years ago my first nursing job (med-surg) used electronic charting but the ER did not, though I discovered on a recent trip there...
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    New RN very nervous about starting out in L&D

    Elvish replied to lesliebeth1's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Moved to Ob/Gyn nursing forum. Also, if you do a quick search on allnurses.com for 'tips for new grads in L&D' or something similar, I am quite certain you will find multiple threads with good...
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    Self Scheduling

    Elvish replied to ICNClinicalRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We do self-scheduling and for the most part it works like BittyBabyGrower. Weekend option people (like me), since our schedule never changes, get automatically put in by the scheduling committee....
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    How does a nurse assess a C section incision?

    Elvish replied to mell260's topic in General Nursing

    Why don't you tell us how you think you'd assess a mom post-c/section? If you give us what you have already come up with, people around here are a lot more willing to help you fill in the blanks or...
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    Dangers of Nubain to Neonate peri and post natal

    Elvish replied to justiceformitch's topic in Ob/Gyn

    According to the Terms of Service of allnurses.com we cannot give advice on what may have happened with your son. We encourge you to seek information face-to-face with a medical provider if you...
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    New OB Nurses, Grads and Students, Please Feel Free to post your questions here:

    Elvish replied to SmilingBluEyes's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Youngphillynurse, Can you clarify whether you're working in LTC or
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    (Postpartum) Are babies counted in your census?

    Elvish replied to wife&mommyRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We have a nursery for respite care, sick newborns (that aren't sick enough to need NICU), and new admits, but the couplet nurse is responsible for charting and keeping track of them. We count babies...
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    Labor and delivery vs. Postpartum

    Elvish replied to michellesebert's topic in Ob/Gyn

    What the post before me describes sounds very facility-specific. My mother/baby floor does couplet care as well as high-risk antepartum and GYN care. We also deliver fetal demises under 20 weeks. From...
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    L&D RN's opinions on doulas?

    Elvish replied to mskate's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Ahhh, if only home birth were as accepted and legislated in every state as it apparently is in yours. In my state of about 10-12 million, there are exactly two CNMs who will deliver a home birth, and...
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    Have you ever had a pt have sex...

    Elvish replied to jarrn03's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Ackeem, No one is saying that sex is always going to be the solution. No one is suggesting that if a uterus is rupturing, or if there is a complete abruption, that a good dose of hanky-panky will fix...
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    Have you ever had a pt have sex...

    Elvish replied to jarrn03's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Um...how to put this delicately? Sex is a heck of a lot less painful than those 'safe drugs'...assuming you're talking about pitocin? I have to ask, have you ever had this drug drip into your vein? It...
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    Have you ever had a pt have sex...

    Elvish replied to jarrn03's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Then you'd be surprised to find out a) how many OBs/midwives recommend this as a way to kickstart labor; and b) how many people take them up on it. Regarding the last bit, 'newer' does not always...
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    Have you ever had a pt have sex...

    Elvish replied to jarrn03's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Nothing wrong with bacteria one is already used to. It's our germs she'd need to be worried about, not her