mom of twins

mom of twins has 2 years experience and specializes in ER,OR, MedSurg, OccuMed,ICU.

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1. Which Drug book to get ?

   mom of twins replied to 09RN's topic in General Students

   I definetely prefer Davis' Drug Guide. I have both, book and for PDA. Love it!

2. Funny things you have said but wish you didn't

   mom of twins replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Humor

   After assessing a pt for a physical exam, one of the nurse's I work with handed the pt a gown and told him underwear off and open in front. She caught what she had said, but not before the pt acted a little excited about the idea. He went on the shar...

3. H&P/Drug Screen B4 Starting School

   mom of twins replied to NBMom1225's topic in General Students

   I work in Occupational Medicine, and do 100's of drug screens a day. You should not be asked to list your meds before taking a drug screen, nor will the collector want to know what you have taken. You should be told to list all meds you are taking ...

4. Help needed in the worst way

   mom of twins replied to mr.rn-2010's topic in Pre-Nursing

   The nursing school I went to required a 3.0gpa. However, that is also how they thinned applicants. They would set a scale of about 3.7 and drop the applicants below that. I guess that is the only way they could come up with to go through the 300+a...

5. How to you transport your books & keep them dry?

   mom of twins replied to msngrad's topic in General Students

   When I was in school, I just took the books I needed at that time and left the rest in a rubbermaid container in my car (kept them from sliding everywhere). Your backpack should keep them pretty dry. Most bags are made of heavy enough fabrics to ke...

6. I need scrubs............help!

   mom of twins replied to jessi1106's topic in New Nurse

   I buy all of my uniforms from uniformadvantage.com. They carry name brand and uniform advantage brand. Both are very good scrubs and hold up well. UA brand is CHEAP

7. What's the weirdest baby name?

   mom of twins replied to teresab_2000's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I think the worst I have EVER EVER EVER heard for a name was Traylor Trashley. Dakota Blu Ball was pretty good to. My mom had a patient name her's female and pronounced it like tamale with an "f".

8. Mystery symptoms on hip pt.

   mom of twins replied to Fairlythere's topic in General Nursing

   Have they done a UA? UTI's can really mess with people. Just a thought.

9. Alli skinny pill

   mom of twins replied to nurse79's topic in Stress 101

   Alli is a lower version of the prescription med Xenical. A physician that I work with, is currently taking Alli and has experienced "leakage" the day after eating high fat meals. I think that is just depends on the persons body.

10. How long did you stay at your first job out of nursing school?

    mom of twins replied to scchickadee's topic in General Nursing

    I graduated in 2005 My first job was in the ICU I stayed for 8 months Left because two days after starting the job, I found out that I was pregnant-----with twins I feel like I had a good orientation--not great, but good Not a residency program avail...