mitchsmom

mitchsmom

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  1. Postpartum rooms in your hospital, are they all private?

    mitchsmom replied to Natalieboo's topic in Ob/Gyn

    all of the rooms in the two hospitals in my small town are ldrp's. i have my first son at a big city women's hospital with ldr's then moved to a pp room on another floor - but it was private. i...

  2. Natural Childbirth and L/D nurse-do they mix?

    mitchsmom replied to Blackfish's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Dayray, I'm just curious. Since you have worked at both sorts of places, do you see a lot more side/adverse effects as a result of all the interventions as opposed to the lower intervention place?...

  3. Natural Childbirth and L/D nurse-do they mix?

    mitchsmom replied to Blackfish's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I think that I will be able to support informed decisions ...thinking that I will be able to educate them somewhat and then respect whatever they go with after that???... yall can let me know if I'm...

  4. Spanish Certification? Specifically TX

    mitchsmom replied to kea6783's topic in General Nursing

    The only other thing I can think of is if you take classes from a private language institute, I don't know if any of them have a certificate per se but you could say attended level C classes at so and...

  5. Can you test for LPN when in RN school?

    mitchsmom replied to Jill1215's topic in General Students

    This has been asked before, if you search you may find more info. At my school you can test for CNA after the first semester but they don't do the LPN testing at my school because we don't do some of...

  6. What are your thoughts?

    mitchsmom replied to eirthjona's topic in Ob/Gyn

    All of our delivery rooms in the two hospitals in our town are LDRP's with the same atmosphere except the beds are regular single breakdown beds and there are jacuzzi baths in each room but no deep...

  7. "Not using terbutaline anymore"

    mitchsmom replied to seanymph's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Apparently your patient had been watching the news, check out these headlines: http://drugs.mongabay.com/medications/Terbutaline.html I understand that the benefit may be worth the risk, but this is...

  8. Another shoe question - low heels ?

    mitchsmom posted a topic in General Nursing

    I know the question about the best shoes has been on here a million times but I am wondering what is the best shoe with a low heel (non clog type heel)?? I wanted Danskos really bad but when I looked...

  9. Recommend epidurals?

    mitchsmom replied to lady_jezebel's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Yes, you would think the dr's office would tell them that! My best friend had a baby recently and they let her get the epi at 1cm. I think it stalled her out, she ended up with a c/s (there were...

  10. How can I best prepare myself for a L&D position?

    mitchsmom replied to Lisanotar's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'm a breastfeeding counselor, if you are interested in lactation here are some resources and education/ workshop/ seminar/ conference pages: http://ilca.org/education/index.php...

  11. Recommend epidurals?

    mitchsmom replied to lady_jezebel's topic in Ob/Gyn

    By the same token, you've never seen them stall labor? (I guess that's hard to know though b/c you don't know how a particular labor would have gone

  12. Episiotomy vs. Spontaneous laceration?

    mitchsmom replied to becca.utns's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I have a friend that had two big 9lb+ babies - 1st one w/ epi and second w/ small tear - she much preferred the tear. I will make yall sick and say that I didn't have an episiotomy OR tear with any of...

  13. Recommend epidurals?

    mitchsmom replied to lady_jezebel's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I had my first two with epidurals and my third without. With the first, I was so scared of the pain of labor that I knew I'd probably get an epidural although I did walk around a little while and...

  14. Which should I do first? RN or Midwifery?

    mitchsmom replied to Emery's topic in Ob/Gyn

    To clarify a little more, there is a difference in lay midwifery, direct entry midwifery, and nurse-midwifery. A person can be a direct-entry midwife and not be considered a lay midwife. "The term...

  15. color coding staff

    mitchsmom replied to hock1's topic in General Nursing

    I would probably pick navy w/ white

  16. Seriousely,do you even use algebraic equations ?

    mitchsmom replied to Hypoxic Pixel Eyes's topic in General Nursing

    (I'm still a nursing student)... my husband is a medevac pilot and we have discussed what jobs actually use math and he says the crew uses it all the time (they carry nurses and paramedics), and he...

  17. Urgent HIPPA News!

    mitchsmom replied to Cutie's topic in General Nursing

    I know what you're saying but I think it is the guy's responsibility to tell you or yours to ask. I would want my friend to tell me what his condition was so I'd be sure I could care for him properly...

  18. Urgent HIPPA News!

    mitchsmom replied to Cutie's topic in General Nursing

    I'll go totally against the grain and say that I think perhaps HIPAA was most applicable in this suicidal guy's type of situation. His case sadly turned out bad, but many people in his situation...

  19. Mom of 3 trying to go back to school

    mitchsmom replied to MYAgirls3's topic in General Nursing

    I am lucky that I don't have to work and my husband does sort of shift work in a job that enables him a lot of time off so he can watch our kids while I go to nursing school part-time, so they don't...

  20. Which should I do first? RN or Midwifery?

    mitchsmom replied to Emery's topic in Ob/Gyn

    There are nurse-midwives (CNM's) and non-nurse midwives (they have various abbreviations because lisensure varies state to state). Non-nurse midwives don't go to nursing school first. They both...

  21. Online midwifery degree?

    mitchsmom replied to HisTreasure's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I have been told that State University of New York at Stony Brook also has a truly distance program. There is a list of programs here, but most that say "distance" are not truly complete distance, so...

  22. Bath After Broken Water

    mitchsmom replied to Natalieboo's topic in Ob/Gyn

    That's just the thing, I think that the evidence shows that it is safe, but as someone said, sometimes things are done out of habit instead of evidence. I haven't looked this stuff up in quite a...

  23. ADN vs BSN

    mitchsmom replied to Cadeyl's topic in General Nursing

    I think they do that because they are assuming that the BSN student may one day be interested in a role that would include more writing (management, advanced degree, advanced practitioner, etc.). But...

  24. Survival Tips for First Year Nurses

    mitchsmom replied to rosemadder's topic in General Nursing

    I think it's polite anywhere, but it is not as common in other places as it is in the South. Even in the South I don't think it's as common as it used to be, but I try to do it just to be nice to...

  25. ADN vs BSN

    mitchsmom replied to Cadeyl's topic in General Nursing

    Just my personal reasons for BSN: I am getting a BSN because I must have it to go on to grad school to be a nurse-midwife. If I didn't already have a 4 year degree I'd want it in case I needed/wanted...