Elvish BSN, DNP, RN, NP

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    any H1N1 on your floor yet?

    Elvish replied to adpiRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We've had lots of women who either had it while they were pregnant or had it when they came in to deliver. As far as I know, only 2 of the many have had severe enough complications to be in ICU. One...
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    Complain more please! It is just an hour!

    Elvish replied to Tait's topic in General Nursing

    *Guilty party raises
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    Circumcized on a vent?

    Elvish replied to 2curlygirls's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    There are a few in this area that no longer
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    What color are your school uniforms?

    Elvish replied to TheCommuter's topic in General Students

    White everything.
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    Guidance with Teaching/Learning Assessment/Plan

    Elvish replied to erinjoy's topic in General Students

    Have you assessed whether the patient has spiritual resources that would be of use to her? That might be of some assistance; the above post mentioning guided imagery and/or progressive relaxation is a...
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    Need help with ideas!!

    Elvish replied to waRN2b2011's topic in General Students

    When I was in nursing school I did outreach for a migrant health clinic/community health center; part of my job was educating on HIV prevention. Lots of different things you can do with that. One...
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    acidotic baby with cholestrone around mouth

    Elvish replied to whitebunny's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Are you talking about a baby just delivered or one that's got a few hours of age on
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    "discovered" an IUFD the other day :(

    Elvish replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I am so so sorry. Got nothing, no words of wisdom for you. Just a big big hug. :icon_hug: I had a particularly hard fetal loss this weekend and, FDs always makes me wonder who the heck is at the wheel...
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    What to expect from the physical exam by nursing schools?

    Elvish replied to loribluelop's topic in General Students

    Moved to General Nursing Student
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    Clonus.....what Is This Test For??

    Elvish replied to InmyblooD's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Please keep in mind this thread is several years old. Most everybody who posted here has long since moved
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    Help with OB index

    Elvish replied to nescobedo.RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Five digits: G4 P1113 4th pregnancy (currently counted as a G, but not a P) 1 term pregnancy 1 preterm pregnancy (no matter how many babies) 1 AB 3 living children Two digits: G4 P2. This is what we...
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    RNC....Which one??

    Elvish replied to JentheOBRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'm a mother/baby nurse and function as a charge nurse in the regular newborn nursery. (a regular newborn is becoming more and more rare these days! :)) When I do go for my cert exam it will be in...
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    How many Medical Bankruptcies were there in the past year?

    Elvish replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    And he does it without yelling or name-calling. I wasn't sure how he'd do as a senator but have been pleasantly
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    Your Favorite and Your Weirdest

    Elvish replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    What do I love? I used to work in a community health center with a doc that did a beautiful ingrown toenail removal. I loved assisting him, and I miss it now! Ditto the above on abscesses in all...
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    Question about "Too narrow of bones" with giving birth

    Elvish replied to SNLou84's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I have little to no faith in third trimester ultrasounds to estimate fetal weight, and it rankles me when docs try to use them to scare women into having c/sections. Other than that, I can't add...
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    Is Tramadol part of your Narc count?

    Elvish replied to Alibaba's topic in General Nursing

    Nope, not at my
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    Personal statement

    Elvish replied to rubypie's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    When I had to write my personal I included several personal stories too. One was about a patient at the hospice where my mother worked that I got to meet and he completely rocked my world. He was in...
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    What's the Baylor Program?

    Elvish replied to blondy2061h's topic in General Nursing

    I work 2 12's and get paid for 40, though my FTE status is 0.67. If I take off one shift, they take out 20 hours of PDO. I accrue PDO at 2/3 the rate of a 1.0 FTE. I can take off 3 weekends a year...
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    I don't know if nursing is for me!

    Elvish replied to giarose2007's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Most everybody has an Achilles' heel...mine is trach/lung mucus. And eyes. Blech. Anything else - broken bones, vomit, pus, gangrene, blood pouring out, I can handle. Eventually, even the things you...
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    doppler at 16 weeks

    Elvish replied to crissrn27's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Oh.....I am so sorry. For this patient's loss and for yours. A policy change is probably a very good idea in this situation. :icon_hug: to
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    Doulas & new insurance code, Oct. 1: your thoughts

    Elvish replied to hallcrest's topic in Ob/Gyn

    In 'micro' I can see difficulties as babyktchr described. There are some doulas that are wonderful and some not so much. I've seen mostly great ones in my place. Looking at it in 'macro', I think it...
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    doppler at 16 weeks

    Elvish replied to crissrn27's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I have had similar situations come up and we've generally done u/s just to reassure. If I can't get tones with a doppler, I need reassuring as much as anyone. One other question though...is the...
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    Working from home

    Elvish replied to kennyfanKY's topic in General Nursing

    School nursing.
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    Donating blood- is it safe ?

    Elvish replied to bowser301's topic in General Nursing

    From the friendly moderator: Guys, it's not necessary to attack each other. It's no fun as a member to scroll through post after post of personal attacks and it's also against the Terms of Service....
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    Maternal Newborn vs Low Risk Neonatal

    Elvish replied to rags's topic in Ob/Gyn

    From what you describe your job as being, it sounds like you could test for either M-N or Low-risk Neonatal. All other things being equal, I'd test on the area I liked the most as it would be easier...