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  1. Clean hands made me sick?

    HappyBunnyNurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    At the NICU where I work we are required to do a 3 minute scrub up to the elbows using a brush at the beginning of our shift. Between babies or before touching a "clean" area we can do a 20 second...

  2. UAB vs USA

    HappyBunnyNurse posted a topic in Post Graduate Students

    I am considering an online NNP through either University of South Alabama or University of Alabama at Birmingham. I have read both schools web sites. I'd like to get an idea of how these two compare...

  3. Snow Days....

    HappyBunnyNurse replied to Kareylea's topic in General Nursing

    I tried to stay Sunday morning but was told no. I literally could not afford a hotel. So I drove home through sleet and ice (which turned my normal one hour thirty minute commute into two hours and...

  4. Snow Days....

    HappyBunnyNurse replied to Kareylea's topic in General Nursing

    Sadly, these holier-than-thou attitudes are all too common on this board and in nursing in general. Vent about a bad assignment....they've had much worse. Management problems......their bosses are...

  5. Snow Days....

    HappyBunnyNurse replied to Kareylea's topic in General Nursing

    probably the same people who would take care the patients while you are out recovering from injuries sustained in an accident trying to get to work. or maybe the people who would cover while your...

  6. Does Ole Miss Have A RN-BSN Program?

    HappyBunnyNurse replied to redraider1977's topic in General Nursing

    The nursing program for Ole Miss isn't on the oxford campus. It is in Jackson at UMC. I think the reason it is on hold is because they on longer offer RN to BSN. Now it is only RN to

  7. People in healthcare should speak Spanish, she said

    HappyBunnyNurse replied to Paulie G's topic in General Nursing

    I'd love to learn Spanish. However, I can't afford the Rosetta stone system or classes. It would be great if my facility would pay for it. But I don't see THAT happening. I only have so much money...

  8. getting "gifts" from patient every other day

    HappyBunnyNurse replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in General Nursing

    My grandmother used to give her "helpers" those little butter toffee candies. She just loved giving them a little something. When you've spent your whole life nurturing others it's hard to stop. Even...

  9. Making a huge decision; HELP!

    HappyBunnyNurse replied to TheLiberation's topic in Nursing Career

    The college experience (with dorms and stuff) only comes once in a lifetime. You've got your whole life to work. Lol. That said, depending on your individual situation, that LPN will probably come in...

  10. Eyes & Thighs - is this an act of battery?

    HappyBunnyNurse replied to 33-weeker's topic in Ob/Gyn

    At my hospital if a parent refuses either vit k or eye ointment a doctor is called to the bedside to discuss risks and benefits. Then the Dr writes up a note (sort of like a consent note) detailing...

  11. superstitious?

    HappyBunnyNurse replied to BigB_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Well you'll fit right in when you get a job. A lot of nurse are VERY superstitious.

  12. Eyes & Thighs - is this an act of battery?

    HappyBunnyNurse replied to 33-weeker's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Actually things weren't all that great "back in the day" of all home births, no vaccines or vit k, and etc. All you have to do to understand is go to an old cemetery and count the little tombstones....

  13. Terms we will not admit to using

    HappyBunnyNurse replied to gwenith's topic in Nursing Humor

    Stop and Drop -- mother shows up (usually with no prenatal care) in VERY advanced labor. Needs to go see Jesus ---- baby has no hope; should be let to pass peacefully DFO --- done FLOPPED out; baby...

  14. From Teacher to Nursing

    HappyBunnyNurse replied to mom30's topic in General Nursing

    When I left teaching, I did an accelerated second degree program which was shorter and cheaper. But I don't know if I would recommend nursing as a "back up." A nursing school education is expensive...

  15. Smokers in Nursing School--How Are You Treated?

    HappyBunnyNurse replied to SarahMaria's topic in General Students

    Geez............... you are gonna be so unhappy when you have lung cancer/COPD and obese nurses are rushing in to turn you and give your breathing treatments......... Actually you'll probably...

  16. Would you marry a Doctor?

    HappyBunnyNurse replied to fleurafor's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Well, of course I would. That's the only reason I went to nursing school.

  17. HELP! Ostomy bag will NOT stay on!

    HappyBunnyNurse replied to Preemie2RN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    You put the tegaderm on when you place the bag. It goes over the edge of the wafer and on to the skin. When the bag starts to leak you usually see the stool leaking around the wafer under the...

  18. HELP! Ostomy bag will NOT stay on!

    HappyBunnyNurse replied to Preemie2RN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I always go all around the edge of the wafer and onto the tummy with tegaderm (a lot of tegaderm). Most of the tummy may get covered sometimes depending on how small the baby is. It's ok though...

  19. Smokers in Nursing School--How Are You Treated?

    HappyBunnyNurse replied to SarahMaria's topic in General Students

    I DO feel sorry for family members who need to smoke. I mean if your mama is in the last stages of dying or your kid is in PICU or your husband just had a heart attack it is NOT the time to quit your...

  20. Low Census- To Take Cancel or Not?

    HappyBunnyNurse replied to nurse678's topic in General Nursing

    You may have gotten asked twice in a row because others are turning it

  21. Plz read!!! Nurse using drugs what should i do???

    HappyBunnyNurse replied to J-Star's topic in General Nursing

    When she goes go to have her baby she'll get a drug screen. If she tests positive then the baby will get a urine and meconium screen. If the baby is positive CPS will be notified. (Not that they'll...

  22. Ominous physical symptoms

    HappyBunnyNurse replied to catlvr's topic in General Nursing

    I've never seen this but I remember in nursing school learning that bleeding from an IV site is a sign of DIC. I mean like blood just running from around an intact

  23. Working as a bedside RN after getting NP....

    HappyBunnyNurse replied to WoosahRN's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I think it would depend on your NP speciality. For example if you were a NNP working on an adult unit or an adult nurse practitioner working in a NICU you would surely only be held to an RN's standard...

  24. Ideas needed

    HappyBunnyNurse replied to honeybee888's topic in General Nursing

    Even if your organization hasn't changed manufacturers, the manufacturer may have changed their

  25. Guidelines/ Requirement for one to one Nursing Care in a NICU

    HappyBunnyNurse replied to ona fofah's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    ECMO is the only thing that has to be 1:1 at my unit. Well that actually means 2:1. Pump nurse + baby nurse. They take it to the extreme though........ we had a baby beside the ECMO baby code (from...