Jamesdotter

Jamesdotter has 38 years experience and specializes in Women's health & post-partum.

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1. What's the funniest most unusual baby name?

   Jamesdotter replied to nirvana1's topic in Nursing Humor

   As a surname it's OK. Then there's the president, Grover Cleveland and the ball player Grover Cleveland Alexander. And the pediatrician who switched "Grover" (his mother's maiden name) from first to...

2. What's the funniest most unusual baby name?

   Jamesdotter replied to nirvana1's topic in Nursing Humor

   One Ima Hogg was the daughter of Texas Governor James Hogg. That name had to be hard to grow up with. I wonder if that's where your patient got the

3. What's the funniest most unusual baby name?

   Jamesdotter replied to nirvana1's topic in Nursing Humor

   Have I mentioned Rubbin? They pronounced it

4. Effect of 12 Hour Shifts on Patient Care and the Nurse: A Need for Change.

   Jamesdotter replied to LindaGracie's topic in General Nursing

   Retired nurse here. I never worked 12 hours (unless it was overtime). The last couple of years before retirement I would have welcomed 6 hours! 12 hours would have been wonderful when I had small...

5. Retire vs stay current

   Jamesdotter replied to Lori66's topic in Retired Nurses

   I retired at 65. Then 9/11 happened. I had enough hours and CEs to renew when it came due, so I did, although I never needed to return to work. We weren't sure what was going to happen next and I...

6. Do you identify yourself as a nurse when you or your family are a patient?

   Jamesdotter replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

   I posted "no" on this topic a while back, but discovered at my recent surgery that it irritated the heck out of me if the staff used euphemisms for body parts and didn't want to discuss my meds. I...

7. My Colonoscopy

   Jamesdotter replied to Davey Do's topic in Nursing Humor

   I was instructed to dissolve an entire container (I've forgotten the size - 238 g maybe?) of polyethylene glycol in a sports drink. I think I also took a couple dulcolax tablets? Time has drawn a...

8. What does your username mean?

   Jamesdotter replied to LifesAJourney's topic in Nursing Humor

   James'

9. What happened to molar pregnancies before modern medicine?

   Jamesdotter replied to krispykritter's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Years ago I remember a colleague and I read an article about a (15th or 16th century, I think) woman who had been delivered of a multiple pregnancy of "over 100 infants ". We decided that had to have...

10. Did you contract anything from a patient?

    Jamesdotter replied to RNrhythm's topic in General Nursing

    In nursing school one of my classmates converted to TB positive. She was treated rather

11. Is it legal for your boss to dictate where you poop?

    Jamesdotter replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    We had a night nurse who used to use the unit toilet for his morning bm. That was ok, tho a little stinky. What we objected to was that it seemed to take him at least 20 minutes, while others were...

12. Nursing, Hurricanes, and Floods.

    Jamesdotter replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

    My experience wasn't a weather emergency, just a badly designed early 20th century county hospital. How does 90 degrees at the nurses' station sound - at midnight? We coped with wet cloths around our...

13. Where did you start working right after getting your RN license?

    Jamesdotter replied to xmilkncookiesx's topic in General Nursing

    Med/surg/ortho women's unit (it was a county hospital, in the

14. So I thought I would ask if you guys can share...

    Jamesdotter replied to Postpartum RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I moved because of my husband's job to a small town The (less than 100-bed) hospital needed a night nurse in OB. They hired me when I showed up to apply for a job with my 4-month old son in

15. BORED

    Jamesdotter replied to ptcwhit's topic in Private Duty

    Are you crafty at all? You could knit, crochet,