I also used tha patch for about 2 1/2 years, all the way through nursing school and I just took it off this January because we want to try and get pregnant again :). I loved it for the most part. All was fine for the first 5 months then I'd get sic...
First off let me please state that I'm not posting this to start a debate. I was just wondering if there is any medical thoughts out there as to how early is too early to pierce an infants ears. Again please don't make this a debate. I have seen ba...
I only heard of the cartilage part once from a salon person. I think she meant that since babies don't have very firm cartilage in the ears for the first few months that piercing in the wrong spot would be bad if they accidently pierced too high and...
Our L&D usually bring pt to the pp side around 1 hour for vaginal deliveries and two hours for c-sections. If unstable (pp hemm, on mag...) they stay until stable. They always have IV's in (unless they never had one in the first place), but hav...
I was just wondering how many of you are still doing heelsticks or venipuncture for newborn pkus. I hear that venipunture is the way to go now since it's less painfull and supossedley faster. I have done both and don't mind either way. At my curr...
We have OB techs which can be or don't have to be cna's also. They are allowed to do pku's and other specimen collection (ie urine catch), it's in their list of allowed responsibilites, but I haven't seen any of them do one. Us RN's are pretty prot...
I'm sorry about your experience but I also don't believe that it was a pku since you must have food (breastmilk or formula) in them before the test is done, but maybe some other type of test (maybe a NICU nurse would know about.) I haven't seen othe...
For venipuncture: In my senior preceptorship we would use a regular need with hub (23-25G, I think) enter the vein in the back of the hand by bending their wrist and our own had was the tournoquet. We used glass pipettes in the hub then blotted the ...
I work in a highrisk family birth center (FBC) that is seperate from L&D and our hospital has a NICU. We have variety of different RN jobs (ie Nursery lead, Transistion, Mother/baby nurses, and antepartum nurses). I'm new so I only do mother/ba...
I would also like to put my two cents in, I am also a younger new grad (25) and I haven't seen this at all, however (and I apologize if this has been already said, I haven't read all the posts) We as nurses, nursing students or whatever have the resp...
Krojas21 replied to ftr_bb_catchr's topic in NCLEX
You can take the NCLEX the day after graduation if the testing center is open. For example I graduated on a friday and one person in my class did take it on saturday (the day of our pinning, but I think the center was closed on Sunday), but I waited...
Are you breast feeding? That may be why your MD is pushing something that can be progesterone only. So it won't diminish your milk supply, if not then who knows why she's pushing that choice other than becuase she's promoting it. By the way: I use...
Krojas21 replied to chilloutrelax's topic in Ob/Gyn
Possibly after you aspirated, you may have then pushed the needle into deep and did hit a vessel, while injecting , thus seeing a flush of blood. Did you stabalize the syringe well while injecting? I don't know what the consequenses of the Rhogam g...
Thank you alot for clearing things up for me. I am most likely going to attend a community college for 2 years and then a University for 2 years. So do you think a BSN would be better? Also when I've been looking at the college courses most colleges ...
What is a Direct entry (lay) midwife? How does this differ from a midwife in general? Is she just less experienced or less education? Any input would be great. Thanks. Kimberly
Thanks everyone! You have all help me those are some great sites. Just to let you all know I was interested because in my Nursing theory class we had an assingment that talked about a direct entry (lay) midwife and I had never heard the term used b...
Why UTI's often cause change in mental status in elderly? I would like to know the rational or pathopys behind this. I know this is a frequent sign, but I can't find the anwser. Anyone know why? I have ask my collegues, peer, and search the net. If ...
Thanks for all your input, but I still want to know why. Whats the pathophys behind it. I know elderly can show signs different from the younger crowd, but why a change in mental status, what is the connection of a uti and mental staus? What does ...
Why UTI's often cause change in mental status in elderly? I would like to know the rational or pathopys behind this. I know this is a frequent sign, but I can't find the anwser. Anyone know why? I have ask my collegues, peer, and search the net. If...
WOW! My teachers are great at my school. They constantly say that no question is a stupid one, and that we paid for our education therefore giving them a job and they are very respectful and kind toward all of us. Maybe it's because I go to a smal...