Elvish BSN, DNP, RN, NP

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    9-11 - Where were You? What were You Doing?

    Elvish replied to traumaRUs's topic in Nursing News

    Ah yes. Father Mychal Judge. My grandma kept a picture of him and one of his quotes in her Bible until she died in
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    9-11 - Where were You? What were You Doing?

    Elvish replied to traumaRUs's topic in Nursing News

    Still on orientation as a brand new nurse. It was my least favorite floor to work on anyway (we had to rotate through two weeks on each acute care floor as new grads), and the patient assignment was...
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    "Are you a Christian?"

    Elvish replied to anon456's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    If you were addressing me, thank you so much. They were a wonderful family and I so enjoyed meeting them. They left our unit a very nice note thanking us for caring for them after the birth of their...
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    "Are you a Christian?"

    Elvish replied to anon456's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    The thing is, well-meaning Christians ask this question and if you say no, sometimes attempts at proselytizing occur and it's generally tone-deaf at best to do this in a hospital setting This happened...
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    Are you supposed to check a boy's foreskin during a physical?

    Elvish replied to SydneyKidney's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    There are lots of people in the US that mistakenly think you're supposed to retract. Folks from other parts of the world where foreskin is more common than it is here do not retract during exams....
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    Average DNP loans

    Elvish replied to Ashtimus Prime's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    I'll have my DNP-FNP in May 2017 and will have about 30k of debt. I actually borrowed more but the scholarships etc. paid back some of them. If they hadn't, if I had just paid for school with nothing...
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    "Are you a Christian?"

    Elvish replied to anon456's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    Our friends NOADLS has a bit of - shall we say - tongue-in-cheek
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    Treat the Patient, not the Monitor.....Really?

    Elvish replied to jk2185's topic in General Nursing

    I think this is the classic case of a family that argues over each other before realizing that everyone essentially agrees. OF COURSE monitors can be good. But if I started bagging every newborn baby...
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    Thoughts on FNP with limited nursing experience

    Elvish replied to INN_777's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Early in my career I worked for just over 3 years in a federally qualified community health center....that experience has come in handy in NP school. I can't speak for anyone but myself, but I started...
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    Thoughts on FNP with limited nursing experience

    Elvish replied to INN_777's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I'm one of those ones with 15+ years of experience. I don't know what it would've been like going back to school sooner than I did, but I can tell you there is a lot that I know because I saw it as a...
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    Any Raleigh Durham area nicu RN's

    Elvish replied to SleepingInn's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    WakeMed has an excellent NICU, but hearts get shipped to Duke or UNC. Last I heard, Wake sends pts to PICU to start ECMO, but only as pt is being readied for transfer
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    "Are you a Christian?"

    Elvish replied to anon456's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    Same. The Jewish docs at work always wish us a Merry Christmas, and I always take a moment to wish my Jewish friends Shana Tovah....and my Muslim friends get a Ramadan Mubarak. And so on. Just because...
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    Seeking advice from all you Introverted nurses out there...

    Elvish replied to jk2185's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I am an introvert. I could live on a deserted island and be perfectly happy never seeing another person or talking to anyone ever again. Seriously. I go home from work and turn off the lights in my...
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    Meaning of your username?

    Elvish replied to Flightless Bird's topic in General Nursing

    We LOTR fans are many.
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    I'm 31 married with a 2 year old. Am I too old to start fnp program?

    Elvish replied to *Butterfly8*'s topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I'll graduate FNP school in May at 38, so no....I don't think you're too old. And the 'do I really belong in NP school?' question, I think most of us have asked ourselves that at least once if not...
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    The nurse that assesses the newborn immediately after delivery??

    Elvish replied to BSNSt3ph's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    You might also try 'stork nurse' or 'newborn specialist.' I will say, it requires you be very very familiar with normal newborns (so you will recognize what is not normal), so you might apply first to...
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    Blood Transfusions Question??

    Elvish replied to jk2185's topic in General Nursing

    Man, one of the longest nights of my life was when I had to give 3 units of blood when the physician's order specifically stated to give each over 4 hours. So, I was in this poor postpartum woman's...
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    Moms who pump at work?

    Elvish replied to BlueDawnRN's topic in General Nursing

    Another vote for Medela Pump in Style. Do not waste your time or money on a manual. To save you some time, you don't have to wash your pump parts out with soap & water every single time.....just...
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    Test question re: PROM

    Elvish replied to guest563546's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Risk for infection. Wouldn't choose fluid volume deficit because that nursing dx implies systemic fluid volume deficit, not amniotic fluid. Wouldn't choose ineffective coping, because there's no...
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    Clamping umbilical cords

    Elvish replied to sharonx's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We don't call it the Leboyer because full Leboyer involves warm bath, which we don't do immediately after delivery (if at all). But lots of places have moved to kinder gentler births. Most of the...
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    Security on Mother Baby Unit

    Elvish replied to kms6417's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Hugs for security. Locked unit with 24/7 security outside to screen visitors. Drills are twice a year, fall and spring. Security does separate drills to keep their team up to date. Moms get a safety...
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    Clamping umbilical cords

    Elvish replied to sharonx's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Depending on the doc we have a couple ways of doing it. 1) Doc just puts the plastic clamp on closest to the abdomen then hemostat on other side, then when the cord is cut the plastic clamp is...
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    Disturbing things that I heard Dr.s say in the Labor room

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

    I have been at deliveries (baby nurse) for almost 3 years now and am so glad to have never heard the things said that I'm reading here. It makes me so angry when women get manhandled, manipulated, and...
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    Husbands!

    Elvish replied to middleagednurse's topic in General Nursing

    Husband: "My elbow hurts when I do [insert several things here]." Me: "You have tennis elbow. You need to rest, ice, compress, and elevate." Him: "How am I going to rest, I'm busy at work!" Me: "I...
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    Are you supposed to check a boy's foreskin during a physical?

    Elvish replied to SydneyKidney's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Not cool. Not cool at all. I warn my female patients before I touch their genitals. I do the same for my male patients. That just feels like common courtesy. And the last male patient (18yo, cc STI...