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    Seriously?!?! You gotta be kidding me!

    LibraSunCNM replied to ~Mi Vida Loca~RN's topic in General Nursing

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    Do you ever NOT give out ice packs?

    LibraSunCNM replied to KeeperOfTheIceRN's topic in School

    Interesting. I'm glad you at least have your principal's support. How immature and petty of the parents to post complaints on their neighborhood page, rather than just communicating their issues...
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    Do you ever NOT give out ice packs?

    LibraSunCNM replied to KeeperOfTheIceRN's topic in School

    Not a school nurse, but I'm curious about your references to Facebook complaints---does your school have a Facebook page where parents post such complaints? If so, that's
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    Sleeping on job?

    LibraSunCNM replied to Nursing617's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Good lord, how awful! As I'm sure you already know, since you've mentioned that you're looking for another job, if you've reported this to management numerous times and nothing has been done, then...
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    Orders from hell...

    LibraSunCNM replied to Leonardo Del Toro's topic in General Nursing

    I think there are definitely OBs out there still doing that, I'm sad to
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    Hmm...that's nice

    LibraSunCNM replied to DiplomaNurseRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Do you really think looking over a nurse's shoulder at the computer, where there very well may be other patients' information on the screen, breathing down their neck and invading their personal space...
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    The Incontinence Epidemic

    LibraSunCNM replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

    OMG guys. I'm not a school nurse, but am a longtime lurker here because you guys are hilarious. And hearing all the stories in this thread, just...wow. I cannot fathom that there are so many...
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    5 Weird Questions Patients Have Asked As An OB Nurse

    LibraSunCNM replied to JanineKelbach's topic in Ob/Gyn

    You're either unbelievably obtuse, or for some obscure reason, trying to pick a fight about a harmless post on the internet. Either way, I doubt we'll get anywhere by continuing to discuss
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    5 Weird Questions Patients Have Asked As An OB Nurse

    LibraSunCNM replied to JanineKelbach's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Please enlighten us as to how the OP, gently poking fun with some gallows humor, is
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    5 Weird Questions Patients Have Asked As An OB Nurse

    LibraSunCNM replied to JanineKelbach's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Congrats, you win the Florence Nightengale award while the rest of us mere mortals will continue on, groveling at your feet and aspiring to one day, be as angelic as you. Want a
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    5 Weird Questions Patients Have Asked As An OB Nurse

    LibraSunCNM replied to JanineKelbach's topic in Ob/Gyn

    People...read the room. Also, read the first sentence of the OP: "This article is meant to be humorous." Lighten
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    L&D experience or keep going?

    LibraSunCNM replied to midwifemae's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    I was a high school junior when I decided to become a midwife and initially wanted to go straight through. However, actually attending nursing school, my eyes were opened to all the different areas...
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    5 Weird Questions Patients Have Asked As An OB Nurse

    LibraSunCNM replied to JanineKelbach's topic in Ob/Gyn

    As the midwife caring for a patient in labor..."When will the baby be born?" From my own father, who is a college professor with a PhD, when I was doing homebirth for my final semester of midwifery...
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    Nurse-Midwifery- finding program fit

    LibraSunCNM replied to gatorem's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    It is definitely different. I'll be forever thankful for my homebirth experience as a student, it definitely led me to make the choice for myself when I gave birth. I was lucky enough to be placed...
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    Nurse-Midwifery- finding program fit

    LibraSunCNM replied to gatorem's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    It's true that the vast majority of CNMs work in hospitals, but homebirth CNMs are definitely out there (thankfully!). I had the privilege of doing my integration in midwifery school with a homebirth...
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    I have a real problem with ancillary staff and am at my wits end. I need help.

    LibraSunCNM replied to dec2007's topic in General Nursing

    I was surprised about this too...where I've worked PCTs certainly did blood sugars but I've never in my life heard of unit clerks doing any type of patient care tasks. OP, I'm so sorry you're going...
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    What was your worst shift ever?

    LibraSunCNM replied to Isakolistic's topic in General Nursing

    Brand new nurse on a very heavy surgical floor. We had 28 floor beds and then 8 additional step-down beds, split between two different step-down units. For some weird architectural reason due to the...
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    Nurse opinions on "Birth Rape"

    LibraSunCNM replied to EKUGRAD's topic in Ob/Gyn

    As a midwife, a woman, and a mother, I'm so sorry you experienced this. How
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    Nursing Student From Hell

    LibraSunCNM replied to DWelly14's topic in General Nursing

    Didn't see this before my previous post.
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    Nursing Student From Hell

    LibraSunCNM replied to DWelly14's topic in General Nursing

    No, from the OP's explanation of the scenario, I do not think her expectations of the student are too high because she is also a CNM. On the contrary, it seems she has gone above and beyond for this...
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    Nursing Student From Hell

    LibraSunCNM replied to DWelly14's topic in General Nursing

    I'm pretty sure the OP is a new grad CNM who is still working in a bedside role in L&D, and it is in this capacity that she is precepting the student. I could be wrong, but this was my take on...
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    "Breast Is Best": A Mantra to Promote Infant Health? or Stigmatizing Adage to Guilt Moms

    LibraSunCNM replied to cjcsoon2bnp's topic in General Nursing

    I absolutely agree with everything you're saying. I just don't know that the BFHI can be responsible for all that, in that it's an initiative aimed at changing the hospital process to implement...
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    "Breast Is Best": A Mantra to Promote Infant Health? or Stigmatizing Adage to Guilt Moms

    LibraSunCNM replied to cjcsoon2bnp's topic in General Nursing

    Totally agree. This is exactly my point---there is no safety net in those first few weeks. Other countries have nurses doing home visits multiple times a day in the early days and weeks postpartum,...
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    "Breast Is Best": A Mantra to Promote Infant Health? or Stigmatizing Adage to Guilt Moms

    LibraSunCNM replied to cjcsoon2bnp's topic in General Nursing

    Also, the BFHI only goes as far as the hospital. All of those readmissions say to me that moms are completely without support when they get home, from pediatricians, family members, spouses, and...
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    Being friends with residents on Facebook

    LibraSunCNM replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    See and I saw the thread title, knew CapeCodMermaid works in LTC, and thought to myself, "Wow, those are some internet-savvy elderly folks at her LTC!" I temporarily forgot about the rising number of...