Elvish BSN, DNP, RN, NP

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    Placing newborns prone position

    Elvish replied to newlvngrad's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Moved to NICU forum
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    Hematospermia

    Elvish replied to CosmoKramer's topic in General Nursing

    Being female I can't fully understand, but I do get that seeing blood when and where you don't normally see it is terrifying. However, according to the terms of service of this website, we can't...
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    So..is it true what they say?

    Elvish replied to sophie<3's topic in General Nursing

    I'll agree with the others and say it's a mix. Nursing school for me taught me how to think critically and it gave me a decent foundation. It taught me where to look when I don't know the whys of a...
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    How do you care for yourself??

    Elvish replied to dixiebelleRN's topic in General Nursing

    I make it a point to exercise 3-4x/week for 30-60min. I try to think about work as little as possible while I'm not working (and I live almost 50 miles away, which helps tremendously). While working...
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    Finding time to schedule "day time" things when working nights

    Elvish replied to KaitRN's topic in General Nursing

    Most people I know who work nights who stay on a night schedule while not working schedule their appointment stuff for first thing in the AM so as to minimize lost sleep. I work nights too, but I...
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    Entering A Women's World..........

    Elvish replied to Just1Question's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Tossing my hat in the ring to encourage you to go for it as well! My unit is all women right now (we have a couple car seat techs and a secretary that are male, but nursing staff is all female)...but...
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    Vaccinated in Poland and about to begin nursing school

    Elvish replied to Pimpushka's topic in General Nursing

    Ahh, okay. My mistake, I'm sorry!
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    Vaccinated in Poland and about to begin nursing school

    Elvish replied to Pimpushka's topic in General Nursing

    Just for clarification, a community health center and a health department aren't the same thing, though in my post I included health depts, because they too should have a copy of the CDC's book. I...
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    what area of nursing is 9-5, no w/e and whats the pay like? NY

    Elvish replied to rnintwo's topic in General Nursing

    I worked at a community health center as a semi-new grad ( The hours were 8-5 except for one day when we had evening clinic, and we worked 12-8 or 9, then Fridays were 8-1:30. I had weekends and...
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    Vaccinated in Poland and about to begin nursing school

    Elvish replied to Pimpushka's topic in General Nursing

    The CDC publishes Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases (when I worked in a community health center we called it the 'pink book' for short). It's considered the authority on...
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    Nursing Care Plans

    Elvish replied to SkinnyLatte's topic in General Nursing

    Part of the point of care plans in nursing school (and I don't know a soul who liked them!) is to get you thinking about what the patient needs, based on his medical diagnoses, your physical...
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    Sub. q stick from hep.c positive patient...

    Elvish replied to Mdean05's topic in General Nursing

    A few years ago I had a needlestick from a newborn whose mother was HepC positive (at that point the baby's status was unknown). All came back okay, but the wait seemed like forever. Hang in there,...
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    med errors?

    Elvish replied to cecilsgirl's topic in General Nursing

    Once I hung the wrong antibiotic on a post-abdominal surgery pt; she was supposed to get Zosyn and I hung Mefoxin instead. I wrote an incident report, called the doc, and the pt was fine. The doc's...
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    I couldn't handle it and now I'm afraid...

    Elvish replied to RevolutioN2013's topic in General Nursing

    I will add my two cents and agree that there is a HUGE difference between watching a loved one suffer and/or die, and being present for a patient when s/he is doing the same thing. While you may be...
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    MSN courses online

    Elvish replied to stitch702's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Moved to Distance Learning forum
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    Any OB/Nursery nurses that can help?

    Elvish replied to Kilika421's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Moved to OB/Gyn nursing forum
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    Calling out sick. How much notice?

    Elvish replied to Kitty Hawk's topic in General Nursing

    Where I am, one has to call out for dayshift, by 0500, evenings by 0900, 12-hour nights (19-07) by 1300, and 8hr nights (23-07) by 1700. I broke that rule a few days ago when I was in an accident that...
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    Help with my Psych Nursing Diagnosis!

    Elvish replied to LisaMarie5's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Moved to Nursing Student Assistance forum
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    LPN to Labor and Delivery Nurse or OBGYN Nurse possible?

    Elvish replied to medical_mom's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Moved to Ob/Gyn Nursing
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    L& D----3 codes in 1 month!

    Elvish replied to adpiRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    It seems to go in spurts like that, sometimes. We've had a recent run of bad too, and I hope it gets better for all of us very soon. Hang in
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    ? Re: mother's size and ability to push out 'big' baby

    Elvish replied to blueindigo79's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    I have seen many many short women - under 5 ft tall - birth 9- and 10-lb babies lady partslly. I have a hard time believing that short stature automatically translates into a c/section for
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    Share your BOOYAH moments...

    Elvish replied to LuxCalidaNP's topic in General Nursing

    Uncomfortable antepartum that residents had been sitting on for several hours, blowing off her sx, saying 'the toco isn't picking anything up' (which means nothing, but try telling these particular...
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    Ideas for community nursing clinicals

    Elvish replied to sparklegirl_007's topic in General Students

    If there is a community health center (not the same as a health dept, but has some of the same services and receives funding from some of the same places) in your area, you might try contacting them...
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    Passing a test but not the grade you expected.

    Elvish replied to mmgirlsmom's topic in General Students

    Recognize that nursing school exams are unlike most other college-level exams. If you don't get an A, it is okay. A B is still 'above-average', and the truth is when I was interviewing for my first...
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    What to give- Percocet or Norco's

    Elvish replied to ccrnmomnb's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Asking the pt is always a good idea. Our routine post-op C/S orders allow us to give 1-2 Norco q4 prn while epidural/Duramorph is still in effect for breakthrough pain. We rarely use it, since we also...