rnmi2004

rnmi2004

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  1. two out of three American adults think health care coverage should be a "guarantee"

    rnmi2004 replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Health care is as basic a right as education. Our society (United States) as a whole doesn't have the best track record on either. We'd be a lot better off if we spent more time & energy...

  2. Sterile Water Papule--have you ever heard of this?

    rnmi2004 posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    I am currently in an L&D clinical rotation. Today, one of the patients was having bad back labor (yes, I know--is back labor ever good?). Her CNM relieved her pain with sterile water papules. I...

  3. Childbirth simulator provides hands-on training

    rnmi2004 replied to gwenith's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Oooh, I remember that one, stevielynn. I didn't remember that it was a Stephen King story. It wasn't a Lamaze class--her doctor had supposedly invented this Lamaze-style breathing method (hence, the...

  4. Waiting for cord to stop pulsating before clamped & cut

    rnmi2004 replied to becca.utns's topic in Ob/Gyn

    That sounds like an extremely rare case, imrichmom4. I hope the baby & mom were okay. I would imagine that any baby who was only partially born would have difficulty getting the lungs to expand...

  5. Does this sound like something I should do?

    rnmi2004 replied to pebbles1977's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Congratulations on the

  6. Guess What?!!!

    rnmi2004 replied to Baby Catcher's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Congratulations to you! I'm almost done with my L&D rotation with the most awesome clinical instructor I have ever had. She plans on going to Frontier. I also had a client whose midwife was in...

  7. Sterile Water Papule--have you ever heard of this?

    rnmi2004 replied to rnmi2004's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Thanks for posting the links, SmilingBlueEyes. Can I ask what area of the country you live in? I'm curious because my clinical instructor said that although she's heard of this technique, today was...

  8. HUGE A&P Dilemma, object to dissecting cats, any options?

    rnmi2004 replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    I am sorry, but this whole "cats are bred for dissection" thing smacks of an urban legend. There are way too many unwanted cats in our society for there to be a need for creating more to fulfill a...

  9. Huge Dilema RE: Nursing School Long!

    rnmi2004 replied to Jen2's topic in General Nursing

    So basically, someone taking this course who doesn't really have their heart into it & is going into nursing for all the wrong reasons doesn't have to bother learning anything--no critical...

  10. HUGE A&P Dilemma, object to dissecting cats, any options?

    rnmi2004 replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    Let me start by saying, I am a cat lover. We have adopted 3 rescued cats; if we had a larger house we'd have more cats. They are spoiled to death. However, if part of my A&P class had involved...

  11. about injections: are filters important for ampuled drugs?

    rnmi2004 replied to epiphany's topic in General Nursing

    Great article, CRNA--thanks for finding & posting it for

  12. Cafeteria Feedback!!

    rnmi2004 replied to TweetiePieRN's topic in General Nursing

    I would think that if the patient was well enough to go to the cafeteria, he/she would be well enough to be

  13. Questions about Clonus

    rnmi2004 replied to bam_bam's topic in Ob/Gyn

    The OB unit I'm doing this clinical rotation on has DTR & clonus checks as part of every mom's shift

  14. How far am I?

    rnmi2004 replied to oceanblue's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Congratulations! I'm happy for

  15. Good future L & D nurse?

    rnmi2004 replied to cookie78's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I think MommyLaura's Siberia comment was tongue-in-cheek... We have one of those in our rotation. She monopolizes post-conference and everything gets related back to her experience that day, or back...

  16. Fetal Monitoring Class Development

    rnmi2004 replied to KellyLynn's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    We were taught fetal monitoring interpretation in my last theory class. Some of the strips we saw were from the hospital where our OB rotation is at (no identifying information, of course). That...

  17. What should they teach in nursing school but don't. What do they teach but shouldn't?

    rnmi2004 replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    There are some good suggestions in this thread. It amazes me to see the wide variations in getting the same degree from one program to the next. I think my CC's ADN program has trained me about as...

  18. What/Who are duncan and shultz? r/o

    rnmi2004 replied to alicec1's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We were taught that the reason it is noted if the placenta is "Dirty Duncan" vs. "Shiny Schultz" is because the Duncan is more likely to be associated with postpartum

  19. I quit, now regret it. HELP!

    rnmi2004 replied to prairiegirl's topic in General Students

    I've seen "it's all greek to me" mentioned a couple of times in this thread. Medical terminology is a different language--add that to the stress of nursing school in general, it's no wonder you feel...

  20. Slandered at work by another nurse...need advice asap

    rnmi2004 replied to rosieseattle's topic in General Nursing

    Rosie--good luck with your meeting on Monday and please let us know how it goes. I hope your job doesn't suffer from this, but if it does then you have a legal case against her since her defamation...

  21. LPN's who can't pass NCLEX-RN??

    rnmi2004 replied to KacyLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    Don't worry too much! There is learning how to be a nurse, and there is learning how to take the NCLEX. Please don't think the one is an exact measure of your ability in the other. In the real...

  22. How long to obtain ADN?

    rnmi2004 replied to mollyz's topic in General Nursing

    I'm in my last year of my ADN program--by the time I graduate in a few months, I will have completed 8 semesters. It took me this long because of prerequisites & gen ed requirements. I think...

  23. Flu shot facts

    rnmi2004 replied to Shotzie's topic in General Nursing

    Last I checked, the immune system was designed to create antibodies. If getting the flu vax weakens a person's immune system, then they already have problems that have nothing to do with getting...

  24. Cynical? Realistic? or both?

    rnmi2004 replied to veetach's topic in Emergency

    I think ER nurses have a LOT of stress! What better way for them to vent a little bit of that stress than at a message board where they can "complain" amongst other ER nurses who understand that they...

  25. Have you guys received your flu shots yet?

    rnmi2004 replied to SoldierMedic's topic in General Nursing

    The "24 hour flu" isn't truly the flu--it's more likely food poisoning. Flu shots protect you against what the "experts" hope/guess will be the most likely influenza strain--the real flu last 1-2...