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  1. Can you believe this? 13yo and mom both pregnant

    seanymph replied to seanymph's topic in Ob/Gyn

    My original labor pt. (13 yr old) came back last night and delivered. Mom is 27yrs old and delivering in next couple of months and grandma is 42yrs. Pt. last night ended up seizuring and had to be put...

  2. I may be going to the ER for a migraine...help!

    seanymph replied to z's playa's topic in Emergency

    I just have to share with with you guys. My boyfriend thinks this is so funny. On my very first travel assignment I got a ripper of a migraine and had no idea where to go in Tallahassee. so my...

  3. I may be going to the ER for a migraine...help!

    seanymph replied to z's playa's topic in Emergency

    Hope you are feeling better. I can totally relate as I am a migraine sufferer also who has to go to the ER also and endure "the look". You would think our fellow medical professionals would cut us...

  4. "Not using terbutaline anymore"

    seanymph posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Just have to ask, because I don't trust the source of info. Had a PTL patient last night who refused both terbutaline and MgSo4 to stop the contractions. She and her mother then both insisted they...

  5. pain management and migraines

    seanymph posted a topic in Pain Management

    I want to start off by saying I don't know anything about the "pain management" speciality, but I have some questions I hope someone won't mind answering. Since I have started travel nursing and...

  6. Should nurses go back to wearing all white?

    seanymph replied to stbernardclub's topic in General Nursing

    Only if someone besides me is going to keep it clean! Besides the usual "hospital messes" I am accident

  7. pain management and migraines

    seanymph replied to seanymph's topic in Pain Management

    Thank you for your response and ifo, Nurse Ratched, I appreciate

  8. Mandatory Meetings :(

    seanymph replied to MandyInMS's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with the above poster. They are totally inconsiderate of nightshiftworkers. This was a big pet peeve of mine (along with coming back to the hospital after working 3 or 4 nights on my only day...

  9. Want to travel to California; need info

    seanymph replied to m_kae_s's topic in Travel

    I did a travel assignment last summer in Escondido, just north of San Diego, at Palomar Medical Center. It was a nice hospital and the people are very accepting of travelers. I loved the surrounding...

  10. Z-coil shoes

    seanymph replied to Shamrock's topic in General Nursing

    If they are the ones I am thinking of their is a nurse at work that wears them Everytime I look at them I think "wicked witch of the west" shoes.

  11. San Diego

    seanymph replied to zenman's topic in General Nursing

    I did a travel assignment just north of San Diego, in Escondido at Palomar Medical Center, last summer and loved the area. We spent quite a bit of time in San Diego and found alot of things to do. The...

  12. PALS and the L&D nurse

    seanymph posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    I have a question for those of you who work L&D and/or postpartum or newborn nursery. Do you do ro maintain PALS certification? I got mine a number of years ago and am do for recert., but...

  13. HELP!!! <LONG>

    seanymph replied to PedsNurse1981's topic in General Nursing

    Hi, Just thought I would give my opinion. I was in much the same boat you are, hating my job, etc. The stress level was tremendous. My health was being effected by it and I was thinking of quitting...

  14. Charge Nurse with patient assignment.

    seanymph replied to RNPATL's topic in Nurse Management

    When I did charge I took a full patient load, no extra pay and alot of headache. I was a new grad (with less than 2 months experience) and had even newer grads under me. A lot of nights I was crying...

  15. Migraines & nursing

    seanymph replied to NewEnglandRN's topic in General Nursing

    Wannabern, Hang in there with the Topamax. Once I started on it, it took almost 2 months before the groggy, weird feeling subsided. I had a terrible time making it through a 12hr shift at work. Now...

  16. Mother-Infant Coupling

    seanymph replied to niquern's topic in Ob/Gyn

    At the facility I spoke of earlier we did not keep babies at the nurses' station at any time because all our staff was either too busy with their mother/baby patients or with the labor patients any...

  17. Migraines & nursing

    seanymph replied to NewEnglandRN's topic in General Nursing

    I different levels to my migraines. Some I can function with (not at my usual level) and others I am either in bed with the blinds drawn and feel like dying or in the ER getting medicated, which is a...

  18. Mother-Infant Coupling

    seanymph replied to niquern's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I recently worked on a OB unit in CA where there was no established nursery. All babies from the time of delivery to the time of discharge were in mom's room (except C/S babies who went to a...

  19. For the family and patient (long)

    seanymph replied to orrnlori's topic in General Nursing

    (((((orrnlori))))). I just pray there was a nurse as wonderful and caring as you who took care of my husband when I lost him in very similar circumstances. Your story brought tears to my eyes and...

  20. Do you insert Cytotec for inductions?

    seanymph posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Just a quick question, I started a new travel assignment at a hospital where the nurses are expected to insert the Cytotec for inductions. From every place I had ever worked and everything I had read...

  21. 3 weeks till i arrive in UK

    seanymph replied to bulletproofbarb's topic in International Nursing

    If you end up in Leeds please PM me and let me as I am thinking of doing some travel nursing in the UK and the Leeds/Harrogate area is the area I want to go. What companies or agencies are you using?...

  22. OB Nurse looking for some Advice

    seanymph replied to Caseyrnbsn's topic in Travel

    Casey, I am an OB nurse who is traveling. I started last April and am on my fourth assignment working OB. My first was on a Mother/Baby unit and the last 3 have been with L&D units. I don't know...

  23. Did you work while going through Nursing school?

    seanymph replied to Maliatc's topic in General Nursing

    I had all my pre-req. out of the way d/t all the prior schooling I had. My first year of nursing school I continued to work full-time nights as a mental health tech. After I completed my first year at...

  24. Need Kid Advice....

    seanymph replied to LesJenRN's topic in General Nursing

    I agree totally with Nurseratchet. I think it is a good idea to spend special one-on-one time with each child. Don't feel guilty at all, go and enjoy your time with your oldest girl, time is so short...

  25. Travel Nursing from Mexico

    seanymph replied to Mantibob's topic in Travel

    I'm assuming you mean nurses from Mexico who come here to work as travellers then go home at end of assignments. I don't know about Mexico, but I have worked with a good number of nurses who travel...