mitchsmom

mitchsmom

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  1. How do you get through the "gross" stuff?

    mitchsmom replied to DLS_PMHNP's topic in First Year After Licensure

  2. Dr wants to induce at 38 weeks, please tell me what you know about cytotec!!!!

    mitchsmom replied to Anonymous2013's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Here is the FDA page on Cytotec for induction as of May 2005: http://www.fda.gov/cder/drug/infopage/misoprostol/default.htm Here's an article about it by Henci Goer with references:...

  3. Ever had a nurse or doc as a patient?

    mitchsmom replied to Bipley's topic in General Nursing

    My very first patient in clinicals was a 30 year nurse with metastatic ovarian cancer. My first shot that day, too!! Eeeekk ... but she was super nice and patient with me. I was just concerned...

  4. Does MD really stand for Mad Diva?

    mitchsmom replied to OliveVinesRN's topic in General Nursing

    That stinks. I hope you are at a point that you will be able to move on to somewhere that you can work with mutual respect if things don't improve.

  5. Age when you had your first child?

    mitchsmom replied to sugabuga's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Do you mean hard because the age that you had them at (too young? too old?) or because they are closely

  6. wearing perfume to work

    mitchsmom replied to acaringnurse's topic in General Nursing

    We are not supposed to have any scents or smells on us for clinicals in our nursing program... perfumes, smoke, etc.

  7. When circ's go bad...

    mitchsmom replied to newgrad2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Only a couple of docs in my town do all the circs and they don't use pain relief (unless you consider a pacifier pain

  8. Age when you had your first child?

    mitchsmom replied to sugabuga's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Me 26 & husband 33 (then another 2 years later and another 3 years after that). I guess it worked well for us, old enough to be done with college and stuff (my first time around in college) but...

  9. Is This True? (extra coccyx bone, tail?)

    mitchsmom replied to Meerkat's topic in Ob/Gyn

    If you're curious: This one has a picture: http://www.indianpediatrics.net/july1999/july-712-713.htm this one too: http://www.thefetus.net/page.php?id=997...

  10. Fertililty & cycle questions galore

    mitchsmom replied to nurse_wannabe's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Another vote for TCOYF.. I think all women should read it... it's a great book just to know about your body even if you aren't trying to get/avoid pregnancy at the

  11. Caesarians and evolution

    mitchsmom replied to futureTMA's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I think it totally makes

  12. My innards are falling out !!!! EEEKKKK

    mitchsmom replied to txspadequeenRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    :yeahthat: Not to mention... the thread is titled My innards are falling out !!!! EEEKKKK Exactly how much more of a warning did you want?

  13. thinking about NP, need advise

    mitchsmom replied to raiderfan's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I just wanted to add that all programs don't do direct ADN->MSN. My school does require a separate BSN first. So alot of programs do have that option but not every one so you have to check with...

  14. I *do* recognize the need for nursing theory

    mitchsmom replied to carachel2's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Hey carachel2, Why don't you fight fire with fire? You should officially pen the nursing theory of "No Fluff" & make people come to their senses

  15. Good books to read! Got any?

    mitchsmom replied to Nathalie's topic in General Nursing

    https://allnurses.com/forums/f8/good-reads-128710.html Here's a book thread from the other day! Cheers

  16. Sort of an open-ended poll for an assignment...

    mitchsmom replied to mitchsmom's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Thanks for all your feedback - it did give me alot of ideas to start

  17. Sort of an open-ended poll for an assignment...

    mitchsmom posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    How do you merge caring & technology? !!!!!!!!!!!!!Any feedback is SUPER

  18. civilian RN interested in Air Force nursing

    mitchsmom replied to bkg98's topic in Government, Military

    bkg98, Just curious, is your husband unhappy with the police job? Why start over with 20 years instead of finishing out the 9? Hard decision! Not to sound negative, because I think it sounds like...

  19. ERI Testing

    mitchsmom replied to Caligirlrn2b's topic in General Students

    We do ERI tests for most of our clinical classes.. I have three that I have to do by Dec. 1. We have to get higher than the national average to pass our classes but we do get to retake them until we...

  20. Sort of an open-ended poll for an assignment...

    mitchsmom replied to mitchsmom's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    It's pretty broad, it could be anything - it's just a topic for a paper I'm doing... I have most of it done but it's not really long enough so I'm trolling for an extra theme or two to add in....

  21. Good reads

    mitchsmom replied to piscesgirl's topic in General Nursing

    Some books I want to read (Amazon links): Windfalls -two young women who end up pregnant, two different choices, two different lives - they meet again later in life Baby Catcher: Chronicles of a...

  22. Nursing school or Medical school

    mitchsmom replied to steph86's topic in Nursing Career

    If I could go back & was young and unattached again I'd go for med school! I agree with the suggestions to really research the two careers & to try really hard to shadow a good nurse and a...

  23. Question about shock

    mitchsmom replied to Kns124's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    yep, I think it's hypotension too

  24. decorticate, decerebate keeping them straight

    mitchsmom replied to Tiny1Nisolet's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    The other day our teacher said to think of decorticate as the hands going toward the core of the body - it worked for me and I could NOT remember them before that!

  25. Taking Med/Surg next semester! What helped u?

    mitchsmom replied to anfe's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I refer to Saunders comprehensive review for the NCLEX-RN examination & Medical-surgical nursing reviews & rationales pretty often - outline form, easy to find what I'm looking for when I...