Elvish BSN, DNP, RN, NP

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    What grosses YOU out?

    Elvish replied to JenTheRN's topic in Nursing Humor

    Trach sputum. GI bleed poop. Pregestimil poop. Chunks of ear wax. Beyond that, I can handle a good
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    Have you ever had a pt have sex...

    Elvish replied to jarrn03's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Honestly, I never felt like it in labor either. But if, like someone else said, it saves a c/section, there are worse things that people could be doing. From a nurse perspective, if it jumpstarts a...
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    Have you ever had a pt have sex...

    Elvish replied to jarrn03's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Ina May Gaskin talks about it in her books as a means of getting things going. I've heard other homebirth midwives say the same thing. Never seen or heard of it in the
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    Night Shift For Newbies

    Elvish replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    I have to switch back and forth so on my last day off I sleep for a few hours (usually 4-5) and then go to bed around 2230 that night. Sometimes it takes a while to fall asleep but if I can get a good...
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    Looking for a resource on natural childbirth...

    Elvish replied to KT17's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Throwing in my recommendation for 'Gentle Birth Choices' by Barbara
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    Prison nursing.

    Elvish replied to carolmaccas66's topic in Correctional

    Moved to Correctional Nursing
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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

    Seriously? You have a post surgical patient 3 days post-op with a temp of almost 102, and you dip a urine and that's it before you hand her off to me four hours later? Would it be too much to ask to,...
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    Grieving a perinatal loss

    Elvish posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    When I tell people I'm a mother-baby nurse, the usual reaction is, "Oh, what a great [fun, exciting, happy, insert positive adjective here] job that must be!" Sometimes, that's a true statement. But...
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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

    Hey, that ice cream was yummy! Thanks!
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    My first OB Interview

    Elvish replied to RaziRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I work at a level 3 facility that has a level 4 NICU. Our L&D is staffed separately, but mother/baby, stable antepartum, and newborn nursery are all cross-trained. I will agree with those who say...
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    Night Shift For Newbies

    Elvish replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    We disable our doorbell. Also, I'll throw in my suggestion to have white noise - a fan, a white noise machine, etc. That has been my saving grace, even more so than earplugs. I have two fans; I turn...
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    Q for nurses in Hospital L&D

    Elvish replied to CB44's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Maybe you can have someone who's with you (a support person - your husband, your friend, your mom, whoever) pull the nurse aside at a noncritical time and gently clue her in to the fact that you don't...
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    Reasons why you love OB nursing?

    Elvish replied to RN2B73's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I love watching men and women make the transition to fathers and mothers. I love watching people's eyes well up with joy when they hold their babies for the first time. I love watching breastfeeding...
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    Question about shift differentials

    Elvish replied to cicatrixx15's topic in General Nursing

    It depends on where you work. My facility pays $4/hr more for 3-11 and $6/hr more for 11-7 on week days (Monday through Thursday). Anytime between Friday 7p and Monday 7a is considered 'weekend' and...
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    NRP mock codes

    Elvish replied to princess_g63's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Not sure what you are asking. Do you mean websites, or do you mean a physical location where you can practice a mock neonatal code? When we have our NRP cert/recerts, we have staff who are certified...
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    Do your ancillary depts annoy you (security, transport)?

    Elvish replied to jimmy the P's topic in General Nursing

    Most of our ancillary staff rocks! There are bad apples in every department, but on the whole there is very little interdepartmental friction that I'm aware
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    To get the flu shot, or not to get the flu shot...

    Elvish replied to jordansnapp's topic in General Nursing

    Not to nitpick, but it is still a choice in that situation, isn't it? Either you choose to get the vaccine or you choose to find employment elsewhere. I guess it depends on which is more important to...
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    HPV straim that causes cervical cancer and pregnancy?

    Elvish replied to tempestxoxo's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Thanks for the clarification, klone. I was just thinking HPV itself (and not being very clear to boot) when I posted the above...not LEEP, cryosurg, etc. Thanks for clearing that part
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    HPV straim that causes cervical cancer and pregnancy?

    Elvish replied to tempestxoxo's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We have tons and tons of pts with a hx of HPV; most of them are lady partsl deliveries at term. HPV isn't an indication for c/section. Unless there is a hx of extensive cervical surgery (for any...
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    Looking to start manufacturing scrubs

    Elvish replied to MedicalStates's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    Moved to Entpreneurs in Nursing
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    Excited to be precepting a male nurse to PP

    Elvish replied to pearljammer's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I hope that in the 21st century, all you'd have to do introduce him as "John Doe, he's going to be one of our new nurses." There may initially be some resistance but hopefully it will be only in small...
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    Confess! Whats the craziest force of habit you've done in the "Real World"

    Elvish replied to vhern246's topic in Nursing Humor

    I have a really hard time restraining myself from asking my real-world friends who've just had babies about: if they had a perineal tear, if their nipples are sore, what their bleeding is like, what...
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    questions about tests/procedures (please help!)

    Elvish replied to Miller86's topic in General Nursing

    If you know what the most common procedures are for your unit it might not be a bad idea to grab the P&P book/website as someone else mentioned and go over those common ones. That way, when you...
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    L&D to PP patient handoff at change of shift

    Elvish replied to Urban Mama Nurse's topic in Ob/Gyn

    In theory, we're not supposed to get anyone after 6:30 am or pm, but 'things' happen and often it's a few minutes later than that. When that happens, I do the first check/VS and usually the oncoming...
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    Don't tell me my job isn't important!!!!!!!!!

    Elvish replied to Queen2u's topic in Ob/Gyn

    There is some of that where I work, but for the most part it's okay because I have no desire to do L&D and appreciate them for what they do, and L&D appreciates mother/baby because they don't...