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  1. What does your spouse do?

    palesarah replied to vaughanmk's topic in General Nursing

    "computer operator" he's been in his job for several years and I'm still not sure what he

  2. float position as new BSN grad

    palesarah replied to SpecFuz's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Just weighing in in agreement with the other posters... I was hired onto an LDRP unit straight out of school. I oriented to mother/baby for 3 months. The I oriented to L&D for another 3 months....

  3. Help with Digital Camera

    palesarah replied to beckymcrn's topic in General Nursing

    my computer geek hubby chose a Sony cybershot for our first digital camera 4 years ago, and we've stuck with the Sony cameras since. Excellent picture quality! (If you want to see some pictures that...

  4. Nrp

    palesarah replied to SheaTab's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I haven't been in a situation as awful as you patients' (who will be in my prayers!) but we were going over code situations recently at work. We decided that anytime there are that many people...

  5. TLC Special Duggar Family

    palesarah replied to alphafe's topic in Ob/Gyn

    this show is going to be on Discovery Health channel this coming week: Nov 23 2004 @ 08:00 PM Nov 23 2004 @ 11:00 PM Nov 27 2004 @ 03:00 PM Dec 25 2004 @ 04:00

  6. Heard a sad, scary story from my preceptor today

    palesarah replied to pebbles1977's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Exactly. My old OB texts actually refer to decapitation being used not for CPD or dystocia but for high transverse presentation where the baby had already died, labor was prolonged and imprending...

  7. Heard a sad, scary story from my preceptor today

    palesarah replied to pebbles1977's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Several of my coworkers and I have gotten into collecting old OB nursing texts (pre-1900's to 1940's), and decapitation is mentioned in some of the books as a "last resort" pretty much exactly as you...

  8. Tub VS Whirlpool in LDRP

    palesarah replied to Marcia RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We're in the midst of planning a remodel. Our rooms do not and will not be getting tubs (despite our wishes) but we do have a jacuzzi room that we will be keeping. The jacuzzi is intended only for...

  9. What is your hospital's policy on supplemental feeding?

    palesarah replied to cabbage patch rn's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Just thought of something- the hospital I did my OB clinicals at in school treated things much differently. If baby wasn't doing well at breast, they'd have mom pump with a manual pump and then...

  10. What is your hospital's policy on supplemental feeding?

    palesarah replied to cabbage patch rn's topic in Ob/Gyn

    For healthy, term breastfeeding kids, we need an MD order to supplement formula(technicality since the nurses are usually the ones to assess the need for supplementation). But we do not do it...

  11. We make as much as maids

    palesarah replied to TRN's topic in General Nursing

    When I was a student, the mother of one of my pedi patients was a former RN turned maid (private homes). Less stress, better hours for mommyhood, and better pay for the hours she worked. More power...

  12. TLC Special Duggar Family

    palesarah replied to alphafe's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I wish I'd seen that! Anyone know if/when it will be shown

  13. Lexapro - Want off...advice please?

    palesarah replied to Ashera's topic in General Nursing

    just echoing the above. I take Celexa, which is very similar, and have experienced nasty withdrawal symptoms when stopping it- first time I was off for a week because I was lazy about getting it...

  14. What's your craziest delivery story?

    palesarah replied to sierranurse's topic in Ob/Gyn

    we had a "flyer" recently- multip who precip'd, that baby just shot right out like a cannon and landed in the delivery goo. There were three of us- myself (new nurse), A (experienced & skilled...

  15. what's your "soft spot" patient?

    palesarah replied to shay's topic in Ob/Gyn

    red-headed babies... I have such a soft spot for the wee little redheads! My sister was blessed with two beautiful redheaded babies and they've held a special place in my heart ever since the first...

  16. What happens if you hit bone in an inj?

    palesarah replied to weeble's topic in General Nursing

    I hit the bone on my tiny baby tortoise He screamed (well, tortoises don't scream, but it was a heartbreakingly noisy gasp). I haven't gotten over that. He was just this tiny little baby that...

  17. Newborn blood tests

    palesarah replied to MedLJ801's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I didn't realize how long the metabolic newborn screening had been in place- I work with a nurse with mild PKU disease, which was caught with the newborn screening after birth (she's in her early-mid...

  18. Husband wants to be a nurse????

    palesarah replied to harley_fan's topic in General Nursing

    offhand- my dad surprised my entire family by applying for and enrolling in an ADN nursing program alongside my older sister (who was also a second career learner) at the age of 49. It wasn't such a...

  19. Duramorph/astromorph for C/S

    palesarah replied to babies_r_us's topic in Ob/Gyn

    One the OB practices that delivers at my hospital (the smaller practice with the higher C/S rate ) is using those marcaine drip balls still. Like Duramorph, it either works really well or not at...

  20. nursing school survival kit

    palesarah replied to mstockwe's topic in General Students

    Tums, or chewable Pepto-Bismol tablets. I never would have made it without my

  21. Duramorph/astromorph for C/S

    palesarah replied to babies_r_us's topic in Ob/Gyn

    our anesthesia guys went through a Duramorph phase both for labor intrathecal/epidurals and C/S spinals. It was occasionally very effective at pain control, but overwhelmingly uncomfortable to the...

  22. Duramorph/astromorph for C/S

    palesarah replied to babies_r_us's topic in Ob/Gyn

    our anesthesia guys went through a Duramorph phase both for labor intrathecal/epidurals and C/S spinals. It was occasionally very effective at pain control, but overwhelmingly uncomfortable to the...

  23. Need Some Advise. Want to be an RN: late 30's AM I TOO LATE?

    palesarah replied to RNRNRNRNR's topic in Nursing Career

    my dad was 52 when he & my sister was 31 when they graduated from the community ADN program together! They were in their first year out as nurses when I decided to join them and make us a nursing...

  24. epidural management postpartum

    palesarah replied to KKRJJ's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We also recover women who had an epidural for a vag delivery the same as others- following delivery of the placenta, Q15x4, then Q30x2. If mom is stable at that point we transfer to postpartum...

  25. What's your protocol for low bld sugar? more...

    palesarah replied to mitchsmom's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'd have to check our policy to say for sure, but overall our protocol is similar to Deb's. We only routinely check infants of diabetic mothers, SGA infants, premature/preterm, and LGA infants with...