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  1. Umbilical cord care

    Hi Vanessa, Thanks for these references. I have read them all as well as many others and have come to the conclusion that the recent research seems to indicate that natural drying isn't as wonderful...
  2. Umbilical cord care

    I didn't read all of the posts because I don't have time right now...but I do have a pretty good bibliography that you can use. Email me at [email protected] and I will send it to
  3. Funny things you have said but wish you didn't

    My youngest when he was three years old looked up at his Aunt's largely pregnant belly and said "Aunt Sandra, how you get all that fat food in there?" LOL He hasn't lived that down for the past 18...
  4. I know just what you mean. I love the women who come in by ambulance for a labor check because they "didn't have a ride" and then they expect to get an ambulance ride back home! We tell that that...
  5. I earned my first Master's degree (Community Psych) in a traditional classroom based program. I am currently finishing my second to last course for my MSN (Administration track) through the University...
  6. I earned my first Master's degree (Community Psych) in a traditional classroom based program. I am currently finishing my second to last course for my MSN (Administration track) through the University...
  7. What does your screenname mean?

    I went there too and thought I had made a mistake for a second and was reading your post again!! I did enjoy this thread, it is fun to see what people think of when pressed to come up with a...
  8. What does your screenname mean?

    I went there too and thought I had made a mistake for a second and was reading your post again!! I did enjoy this thread, it is fun to see what people think of when pressed to come up with a...
  9. I'm writing up the CNA at my LTC facility

    I am assuming you weren't working the night shift if you could get vitals at 9 pm. A night shift nurse needs to get them AFTER she actually gets to work I would
  10. I'm writing up the CNA at my LTC facility

    I am assuming you weren't working the night shift if you could get vitals at 9 pm. A night shift nurse needs to get them AFTER she actually gets to work I would
  11. What does your screenname mean?

    Sort of reminds me of "slap happy"! Cute! I feel badly about the student who goes by the name Sad. If I were an instructor at her/his school I would take that as a mandate to look into what might make...
  12. What does your screenname mean?

    Sort of reminds me of "slap happy"! Cute! I feel badly about the student who goes by the name Sad. If I were an instructor at her/his school I would take that as a mandate to look into what might make...
  13. The Know-It-All nurse

    Gee, I wonder who that could be Betsy!!! I am not sure that the loose cannon example is really that she doesn't think outside the box. More that she likes to be in the center of things that she thinks...
  14. Snow emergency excuse?

    I just had to weigh in on this topic. I lived my entire life (until the past 14 months) in New England. My first job was as a nurse's aide when I was 16 getting paid $1.10 an hour. From that time on I...
  15. For my pinning we wore our student uniforms. That what was we wore as we struggled to become nurses and it seemed appropriate to wear that to our pinning. It was a brief but meaningful ceremony held...
  16. Had a similar experience in my house when one of my boys was 13. He had suffered for a whole day before having the guts to tell me about this... he had peed in the woods and apparently had poison ivy...
  17. :chuckle And half of the world's doctors graduated in the bottom half of their class!!!
  18. Mock Drills

    I am having difficulty with my image, just trying to get it to
  19. Cord Blood Collection

    We get them once in a while. In my last facility the Care Providers all did the collections, no questions asked. Here they do try to get us to do it. However, I discovered the the kit that usually...
  20. 1st 2005 Baby...

    We had a woman come in at 2225 and we thought for sure we would have the first 2005 baby.....turned out she was already fully dilated with bulging membranes and she ended up delivering at 2312. Oh...
  21. Own uniforms or hospital scrubs?

    I have done both. I think there are pro's and con's for each. I liked the fact that it didn't cost me anything with hospital scrubs and I thought we looked more professional with all of us wearing the...
  22. Dating Patients

    Since all of my patients are either pregnant women or newborns I guess I will never have this issue!!! LOL (Since I am now divorced maybe I should change my specialty to find myself a new guy??!! Just...
  23. does anyone get to wear fun scrubs

    Did you know that you can deduct uniforms from your
  24. does anyone get to wear fun scrubs

    It is always interesting to me how many different opinions there are around this topic. My experiences have been...... all white when a CNA back in the 70's (clean look when fresh but by the end of a...
  25. Nurse Emptied Sharps Container!!!!

    Half a vicodin? Not gonna be able to get much on the street for that!!