ShandyLynnRN BSN, RN

I received training through the AANAC (American Association of Nurse Assessment Coordinators), where you can actually become certified. I've been doing MDS's now for 8 months, and am still learning, finding things I did wrong, and have those days wh...

i'm a nurse who smokes. is it healthy for me? nope. i'm also overweight. is it healthy for me? nope. however, i'm not perfect, and i don't expect anyone to think i am. if i need to do smoking cessation education for a patient, i do it. i wish t...

Well, I just got through talking with a very good friend of mine. Her eight year old daughter, with no previous psych history at all, was just put on klonopin and prozac after a TWO DAY hospital stay. Here is a little background: She has always h...

We have about 10-20 deliveries a month. On the rare occasion that we have mec, if it's thin and no fetal stress indicated on the strip, then we just call RT to come down "just in case" but the doc delee's on the perineum. If it's thick, or fetal st...

yet ANOTHER quote from you Mario--------It seems there are many water walkers who assume never having made a mistake.------------------- *I* have made mistakes. I have been written up for those mistakes. The difference between you and me is that I ...

---I ain't denying that I did make errors, but it was harsh to extend punishment.--- See, Mario, that is what I am talking about. You admit that you made a mistake, yet still cannot admit that it was YOUR fault that you failed. I believe that THAT ...

Mario, you AGAIN, have been given good advice. Work hard, don't give up, but MOST importantly, LEARN FROM YOUR MISTAKES! In order to do that, you HAVE to own up to them. Stop blaming the instructors! Stop saying that you didn't deserve this! Sto...

They are charged at our facility. Well, atleast we have to take the little charge sticker off the package before we open them. I believe though, that in all reality, it is just a means of tracking supplies in most cases, as most patients are just c...

Toradol, Toradol, Toradol!!! Usually 30 mg IVSP X 1, 6 hours after delivery, then 15 mg IVSP q 4 or 6 hours routinely for 4-5 doses, then q 6 hours prn. I have seen c/s patients that didn't require ANYTHING else post-op for pain. If you do have the...

I wasn't taught to use a filter needle (graduated nursing school in 98) and have never seen a filter needle in the three hospitals that I have worked at. What do filter needles look like? Are they packaged different? Maybe I have been using them all...

I have had numerous patients ask me the same questions. I tell them this: It is more common for boys in *my* area to be circ'd. Certain cultures around here do it less often, mostly hispanic. It is purely a personal choice. There are pro's and co...

mmm hmmm. THat about sums it up. Thanks Jenny

If she does decide on VBAC, she needs to check with the hospital she will be delivering at to see if they have an OR crew round the clock, or if one will have to be called in if there is an emergency.

You've gotta be kidding me.

um, I think many of the people that participated in "that thread" have since apologized and said that they were wrong. So why does it still seem to come up, as if we are NOT "getting it?"

That is indeed an interesting story! It makes me wonder though, if they were just pulling your leg???

My thoughts are that this thread needs to be closed/deleted. There are entirely too many posts here for anyone to read through.

When I had my son, I had a male LPN student examine me, from epis to peri care, to breast exam... The next semester I started nursing school and guess who was there in my RN class??? Talk about embarrassing!!!

excellent!

LOL!!!

Pulling on the cord can actually cause the cord to separate from the placenta, causing hemorrhage, OR cause the placenta to come out NOT intact, with retained placenta products left in the uterus leading to hemorrhage and possible need for D&C. O...

Good luck! I'd like to hear what you find out

Oh yeah, I was gonna add that too. Then you wouldn't have to worry about the whole timing thing.

That's what I do. Then, if I find that the second dose helps, I will give the full 2 mg when it is due again. If the patient is hurting before the four hours is up, then I might give the next dose 30 min early since we have 30 min before and after ...

Caring is everything mentioned above. The first thing that I thought of when I saw the question, was that caring is to not judge patients by their seemingly non-existent pain, when they say they hurt. Caring is not judging patients by their family...