MIcrunchyRN

Ok lol again this is related to our Peds ER visit the other day. My son is uncirc'd and is 5 months old. He was in ER for rule out intusseption, we were sent by our ped. They wanted a urine sample because my husband has a rare kidney issue, and s...

Ok I had to share this... So I had just graduated nursing school and got my first job interview at UofM on their oncology floor. I was so excited to have a job at the place I wanted to work for so long (not necessarily oncology but at UofM). The i...

EEk! Ok so yesterday was my first day back from maternity leave. I went in monday spoke with manager about a few random things and had some loose ends tied up before returning. I emptied my mailbox then. Today I go and check my mailbox and there w...

I pick up shifts in hospice and I"m young (23). LOL most think I'm a PCT but oh well lol it doesn't hurt my feelings. I think as a whole there is a lack of interest in hospice nursing amongst young nurses. But you also need the experience behind y...

Very well said. Why is it when women come in with a birth plan and want a natural birth many frown and says how much of a pain it is (less work really at least for the nurses .. haha not for the mom). But this kind of birth plan is viewed as comica...

OMG CONGRATS! I'm glad he's here safe and sound and your recover is going smoothly. I'm sorry you didn't get the birth you had hoped. He's absoutely adorable and I LOVE the name!

LOL do we work in the same hospital? HAHA my unit was closed too...

I know its not just me, my coworkers and I frequently talk about this.. But what illness do you have today? I swear every day I feel like I'm dying from some other rare and strange illness. I swore I had a blood clot in my leg the other day... (ROF...

Phew thank goodness I"m not alone... haha today I still have lymphoma... still got the few swollen lymph nodes. One on the back of my neck HURTS... Hmm maybe its mono?

Every single thing on my birth plan was followed to a T. Nothing went unexpectedly except he had nuchal hands (no biggie). It was natural, staff was accepting of it. OB let spouse catch, I labored and birthed whatever way I wanted. No IV except ...

Its perfect... we did 1-2 hours of no interventions with baby. There was no issues at all. IF they wanted to do vitamin K etc or eye ointment they did it while I was holding baby. There were no issues with this at all. Do you have a birth plan ...

I'm so sorry... You can still have children with HIV and it shouldn't affect your job any. Standard precautions work both ways. (((HUGS)))

Is this something that is feasable? I don't have a big reaction... yet but I fear it may develop into one as I didn't have latex allergies before. I have a few questions for allergist I need to ask first... but anyone here with a latex allergy and...

Thank you for your response. My biggest fear is that this will become a more severe allergy over time. Right now its just a local reaction...

ROFL your nurse manager is in for one hell of a lawsuit if patients are told they HAVE to have one even if they refuse. I wouldn't touch that with a ten foot pole.... Haha that's like saying when you go to the grocery store you HAVE to buy a pop an...

I dunno I don't think TIA. It looked like he was having a hard time seeing his paper as he repeated himself once... then sorta mumbled and down he went. I've had a few episodes of syncope and they are bizzare its like you don't know whats going on...

Ok I'm new and this nurse has a reputation for not being the nicest with the newer nurses (which there is a lot of us). Well today I went to give report and she was so rude to me. She basically didn't want any report on a patient who was having som...

I didn't think to add that before I left however 2 other nurses (one being charge nurse) did witness her behaviors and my attempts to give her an adequate report. But for in future if I have those issues I can make sure I chart that... thank you!

My DH is allergic to chocolate... actually chocolate is amongst the top 10 food allergies... top 20.. its right up there. My daughter is allergic to "Caramel Coloring" gives her bad hives on her back (always along diaper line) and her cheecks. Tha...

Depends on the Doula and the nurse. For my first baby.. nurse was horrid.. not sure Doula would have helped situation. 2nd baby... Nurse was great and open to our ideas. As well was OB. (we requested a nurse that was on board with our plan). Nurs...

A friend of minds baby would be dead... if she DIDN"T co sleep. She awoke because the lack of normal movement from her baby woke her up. TUrns out baby wasn't breathing... . Cosleeping is great for some.. not for others... same with sleeping solo f...

I have an odd allergy for you! LOL... its a personal one.. then I can dive into odd ones I've seen from patients. My allergy is Fenugreek. My OB/MW/Lactation consultant, friends many people I know said its safe for increaseing milk supply. I took...

With my daughter.. I got a nurse that made natural delivery impossible... with my 2nd my nurse was great minus a few errors in judgement. LOL she learned quickly. With my friend who I was her support... nurse was phenomenal. No IV nothing. It ...

Exactly... My nurse when I was in labor knew I didn't want pain meds yet kept asking me my pain level... DUH Pain is expected! I knew she had to chart something... and I knew if I said too high a number she was obligated to ask me (per hospital proto...

Curoius what is the c-seciton rates?? Sad these women cannot go thru the natural process of childbirth for some silly policies someone decided to make up. What ever happened to the statements "Do no harm"? While pit/AROM/csecitons are needed for...