Elvish BSN, DNP, RN, NP

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    I didn't know I was pregnant?

    Elvish replied to cali_rusk's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I don't automatically believe people when they say they didn't know they were pregnant...but I don't automatically disbelieve them either. Someone with, say, PCOS, who can go a year or more without a...
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    Best schedule for young family

    Elvish replied to loving2's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I started working weekend nights when my son was about a year old and I haven't regretted it for a second. He's in kindergarten now, and we have another one on the way. Yes, sleep is an issue, and if...
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    Quinnipiac ABSN May 2011 Cohort

    Elvish replied to anne2424's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    Moved to CT Nursing Programs Discussion
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    Ethics of Pushing for C-Sections?

    Elvish replied to iridium54's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Moved to OB/Gyn nursing
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    Grieving a perinatal loss

    Elvish replied to Elvish's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Thank you for such a heartfelt post. I am so sorry for your loss and am glad you had a nurse that was there to make a difference for you. I'm also glad that your baby was taken care of with the...
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    Grieving a perinatal loss

    Elvish replied to Elvish's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    You have an excellent point, KnitWitch. We deal with women who've lost planned and unplanned pregnancies, wanted and unwanted. I do my best to let women deal with it however they want. And I have had...
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    teas exams

    Elvish replied to puppies1123's topic in Nevada Nursing

    Moved to NV nursing programs discussion
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    How long did you stay?!

    Elvish replied to Sl1011's topic in General Nursing

    I stayed at my first nursing job 9mo full-time. I was offered my dream job at a community health center so went to that full-time, but stayed PRN at the first job (med-surg) for another two
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    Pulse Oximetry

    Elvish replied to Sunlight-RN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I'm nursery but not NICU....we do continuous pulse ox monitoring all the time. We'll keep them under an oxyhood (which we also set up) for a couple hours, but any more than that they go to NICU. The...
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    what's the most deliveries you've done in a 12 hour shift?

    Elvish replied to adpiRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    My personal record for the nursery is 13 babies in one 12-hour shift. The most we've ever had that I'm aware of was 19 in 12
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    Grieving a perinatal loss

    Elvish replied to Elvish's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Thank you all for the positive feedback. My current pregnancy came right on the heels of - as in, the month immediately following - a miscarriage after we'd been trying for nearly a year to get...
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    People in healthcare should speak Spanish, she said

    Elvish replied to Paulie G's topic in General Nursing

    The only problem I have with this thread is that it takes one bad incident - and I agree that the patient in the OP wasn't right to say what she said -and people are using it to bash an entire group...
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    Breastfeeding in the Hospital??!!

    Elvish replied to Sl1011's topic in General Nursing

    I work in a hospital that's pretty supportive of BFing/pumping moms. We have a pump room; however I am on mother/baby and we also have several pumps for patients who need to use them while visiting...
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    Floating

    Elvish replied to JenRN99's topic in Ob/Gyn

    No one's complaining about a 1:2 nurse ratio; the complaint is that there is no help in case of an emergency. And while CNAs are fantastic, there are some things a CNA can't do in an urgent situation....
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    capital community college in CT

    Elvish replied to Hopeful*in*CT's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    Moved to CT Nursing Programs Discussion
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    worst death you've seen

    Elvish replied to Darkfield's topic in General Nursing

    It wasn't someone I directly coded but I witnessed it. We had a postpartum mom on our floor who'd had a set of micropreemie multiples. One of them started crashing so NICU called us and asked us to...
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    Navy nurse or Airforce Nurse?

    Elvish replied to jmnurse08's topic in Government, Military

    Moved to Government and Military Nursing forum
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    Army reserve question

    Elvish replied to cpez's topic in Government, Military

    Moved to Government and Military Nursing forum
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    LVN-ADN Transition Vernon College Wichita Falls TX

    Elvish replied to tx15's topic in Texas Nursing

    Moved to TX Nursing Programs Discussion
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    Eyes & Thighs - is this an act of battery?

    Elvish replied to 33-weeker's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Everyone is screened during an initial OB panel for syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, HepB, and HIV. HepC isn't (at least not in my state) in the routine prenatal labs. Group B strep isn't tested until...
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    Eyes & Thighs - is this an act of battery?

    Elvish replied to 33-weeker's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Moderator note: Respectfully asking that we keep the discussion to the original topic/question, which is NOT (although mentioned in the OP but only as a side note) vaccines/autism. It is about vitamin...
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    Nursing School Must Haves??

    Elvish replied to Servingshots's topic in General Students

    The only problem I've found in the nursing world with those multicolor pens is that color tends to run out faster than the others. Most hospitals that still use paper charting still require most...
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    code on a baby

    Elvish replied to adpiRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Those situations are hard, hard, hard. You did the best you could. And sometimes even when people mean well and tell you what you coulda/shoulda done, it doesn't come across that way and you feel...
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    Eyes & Thighs - is this an act of battery?

    Elvish replied to 33-weeker's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I also live in a state where shots and drops are mandated by state law. If parents decline them, we have them sign a refusal form stating they understand the purpose of the meds, the risks of not...
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    Stress Relief after a BAD shift?

    Elvish replied to JStollRN's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I do yoga for about 30-60 min. Before I got prego I would come home and run the bathwater absolutely scalding hot, peel-your-skin hot, and just soak with my eyes