mitchsmom

mitchsmom

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  1. religion and nursing

    mitchsmom replied to alikat70's topic in General Nursing

    That's kind of true but I think we should evaluate the individual situation and decide... I mean, if there's an old Southern Baptist Christian woman dying in a cancer unit that is going to seriously...

  2. Breast impants..again..

    mitchsmom replied to rnnurse2b's topic in General Nursing

    LOLOL ...This just totally made me laugh.... I don't know who you've been looking at in that position lately but mine have always taken on more or less that very appearance when they hang straight...

  3. religion and nursing

    mitchsmom replied to alikat70's topic in General Nursing

    Here's a fun one: Religion Selector Quiz... see where you fall: http://selectsmart.com/RELIGION/ I'm also an agnostic (which doesn't purport to know if there's a God or not)/atheist(does not believe...

  4. Shingles? At MY age??

    mitchsmom replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    stsdoc I think you are right. In FL you have to get the chicken pox vaccine but also remember, there may be kids with waivers for medical or religious reasons, plus staff who haven't had it. The...

  5. Shingles? At MY age??

    mitchsmom replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    My lab partner last semester, who is 38, got shingles at the end of the semester, right after our assessment teacher said we should not ever go to work with any herpes-family virus happening. My...

  6. Question from test today, need your opinion PLEASE!!

    mitchsmom replied to kwagner_51's topic in General Nursing

    My pharm class had a quiz question last week re: Synthroid that threw a bunch of us off. A & B were obviously not the answers (don't even remember what they were), C was something about not...

  7. RN or BSN (2nd Degree)?

    mitchsmom replied to rn101's topic in General Nursing

    Someone just asked almost this exact question either here or on the student nursing forum - look around for that post and you'll find some opinions.

  8. I love my CNM

    mitchsmom replied to ayndim's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Andrea, I am current BSN student/future CNM also, I think if I remember correctly, the number of CNM deliveries has actually increased a lot in the last 10-20 yrs in the U.S., I think I saw that it's...

  9. Slow February?

    mitchsmom replied to fourbirds4me's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Carla, I'm a student and wondering if you can explain "with hourglass membranes" to me? Just

  10. is there a nurse lactation site?

    mitchsmom replied to Rhon1991's topic in Ob/Gyn

    This site also has a BIG professional resource section: http://www.geocities.com/breastfeedinglinks/ (Scroll down the index on the left to "Professional Info". That said, there are millions of links...

  11. Is there any evidence that modern cell phones REALLY cause problems...

    mitchsmom replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    I think it depends on where you are and what equipment is being used, and how it is used (hardwired or not, etc.). My husband was in ER and my phone rang, one nurse told me to turn it off b/c it...

  12. Marijuana and Breast Feeding ????

    mitchsmom replied to Lela RN's topic in General Nursing

    Here's the writeup from Dr. Hale's "Medications and Mother's Milk" for anyone interested: "AAP - contraindicated by the American Academy of Pediatrics in Breastfeeding Mothers. Commonly called...

  13. ADHD and son

    mitchsmom replied to kastas's topic in General Nursing

    OMG, kastas, your son sounds exactly like my 1st grade son. I haven't had my son tested, but I have read a lot about ADD and I know he has it, have known since he was probably 2 or really even...

  14. Induction craze

    mitchsmom replied to Blizzard's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I am still in BSN school, and I think I wrote about this before, but we have a doc in town that apparently routinely schedules ALL his patients for 38 wk induction. A trustworthy friend of mine told...

  15. ALL NP's PLEASE READ THIS!

    mitchsmom replied to jewelsg627's topic in General Nursing

    It sounds to me like you are just not confident about the prereqs & MCAT needed for med

  16. Circs and abs question

    mitchsmom replied to ayndim's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'm not even done with my BSN program yet, but I'm with fergus and ayndim. My three boys are not circed. Dh is, but he was actually the one who said "oh, you don't have to do that!" when I brought...

  17. new NICU GN and research project

    mitchsmom replied to amyinpa's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    You may have already found this, but here's one link about breastfeeding and pacifiers: http://www.leron-line.com/Pacifiers.htm There are several more here under "Pumping & Storage, Bottles &...

  18. Relactation? Is it possible?

    mitchsmom replied to ImaEMT's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Look under "Relactation" here: http://www.geocities.com/breastfeedinglinks/ Lots more info! Best

  19. Breastfeeding

    mitchsmom replied to babyrex33's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Refer to the American Academy of Pediatrics' Policy Statement PEDIATRICS Vol. 100 No. 6 December 1997, pp. 1035-1039 AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS: Breastfeeding and the Use of Human Milk...

  20. Sex of unborn child?

    mitchsmom replied to wcu_nurse's topic in General Students

    I carried high all three times, all three times was a boy. Here are some boy/girl beliefs, hope I didnt' repeat any: If a needle on a string dangled over your pregnant belly points north/south or...

  21. Are you a member of the NSNA?

    mitchsmom replied to nursepearl's topic in General Students

    I am a member of our school's chapter but not national. Some of our officers may be going to TN, not sure. I know that they won some awards at our state conference.

  22. migraine faker at the ED!

    mitchsmom replied to z's playa's topic in Emergency

    Sarah wrote I know what you mean about ranking according to the "pain expectation rating" of a given condition. In addition, I think people tend to rate pain according to the pain that they have...

  23. Tips for bringing your child to the ER (rant)

    mitchsmom replied to NYCRN16's topic in Emergency

    I don't think I've *ever* taken my kids to the ER (oldest of 3 is now 6.5). I guess we are lucky, no major illnesses and I don't bother for minor viruses, etc. I did take a foster child to the ER...

  24. Pt. positioning with epidural

    mitchsmom replied to fourbirds4me's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I used a birthing ball with my third labor. To back up, I had epidurals with #'s 1&2, with one I walked the halls a little bit then pretty much got stadol and epidural in quick succession and...

  25. Online FAFSA corrections

    mitchsmom replied to CaterpillarGirl's topic in General Students

    My school has a change of circumstance form for this. I was going to do it last year after my whole thing had already been figured (but before the semester started). I don't see why there would be...