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  1. Working as a stripper AND a nurse

    mamafeliz replied to inland18mempire's topic in General Nursing

    Your point confirms my point: Our culture is screwed up. Guess what? Breasts at work are breasts that are feeding a baby. How sad that this basic and critical biological function is...

  2. Working as a stripper AND a nurse

    mamafeliz replied to inland18mempire's topic in General Nursing

    Our culture is so screwed up. With all due respect to the OP, I just caught her response to another post regarding breast feeding in the workplace. Her advise was to not disclose that she is...

  3. Elective Primary C/S

    mamafeliz replied to mamafeliz's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Thanks, everyone, for your replies. A couple of posts stated that elective primaries are becoming more common in their facilities, but maybe the perception is overblown that they are MUCH more...

  4. Working as a stripper AND a nurse

    mamafeliz replied to inland18mempire's topic in General Nursing

    I agree, to a point. My interpretation from the OP is that stripping has nothing to do with her fulfillment, or personal expression, or sensuality. It is a good paying job. She is doing it because...

  5. Working as a stripper AND a nurse

    mamafeliz replied to inland18mempire's topic in General Nursing

    I find it interesting that your perception is that Mediaography/strippers, general sexualization of women is not mainstream. It is everywhere. No, I am not religious. No, I am not uptight. I am...

  6. WooHoo!!! Only 44 days until Spring!!

    mamafeliz replied to SusanKathleen, RN's topic in General Nursing

    Crocus are starting to bloom in sunny Portland, OR! Everyone out walking in the rare and treasured sunshine and 50 degree warmth.

  7. Working as a stripper AND a nurse

    mamafeliz replied to inland18mempire's topic in General Nursing

    Do you really feel stripping has anything to do with women dancers expressing their sexuality? Or is it getting relatively good pay for fulfilling sexual need of the viewer. I have never heard a...

  8. Working as a stripper AND a nurse

    mamafeliz replied to inland18mempire's topic in General Nursing

    I find it interesting that the two "professions" the OP is juggling are both traditionally "women's work". The similarities between the two professions end there. Nursing is a woman dominated...

  9. Do Nurses eat their....lunch?

    mamafeliz replied to massrn116's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    It is an infringement of labor law to consistently miss lunch breaks. Not that we as nurses don't have it worked into our culture to "not be weanies". If we are good nurses and committed to patient...

  10. Back Rubs

    mamafeliz replied to Saifudin's topic in General Nursing

    Absolutely! That concentrated time is priceless, I agree, in many

  11. Back Rubs

    mamafeliz replied to Saifudin's topic in General Nursing

    I am a labor and delivery nurse, and use massage daily. Therapeutic touch is a proven method of decreasing need for meds in pain control, aids in relaxation and a helps create a general sense of...

  12. Octuplets

    mamafeliz replied to Sweeper933's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Again, I feel that we as a society must engage in discussions of how to ethically utilize (or not utilize) our available technology. Just because we can does not mean we should. Until all are fed,...

  13. The Circumcision Discussion

    mamafeliz replied to jmspeach's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I come to this thread very late in the game. Am appreciative that people are taking the time, emotional and intellectual energy to tease out this loaded subject. Any others out there who have as...

  14. Do you think midwife deliveries are less safe than doctor deliveries?

    mamafeliz replied to slippery_seal's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Anyone not convinced yet that midwifery is the best practice model for term healthy Moms and Babes should read the Cochran Review related to this question at the following link:...

  15. What do you think of doulas?

    mamafeliz replied to calypte's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I think Doulas are a critical member of the birth team, especially when women are striving for an unmedicated birth. Studies are plentiful demonstrating that the CONSTANT presence of a female labor...

  16. Baby in a bag!

    mamafeliz replied to elizabells's topic in Ob/Gyn

    That is one lesson you only need to learn once. We often let women labor with an intact bag of water (especially now that Cochran Review demonstrates that AROM is not merited to speed up labor)....

  17. Oregon Basics

    mamafeliz replied to nurseby07's topic in Oregon Nursing

    OHSU has a hiring freeze because of the current economic situation. Oddly, their executive committee were just awarded almost $2 million in bonuses. And this is a non-profit institution. I love the...

  18. Do birth plans grate on your nerves?

    mamafeliz replied to cradlecrewer's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Low intervention doesn't mean no assessment. Intervene when there is

  19. Do birth plans grate on your nerves?

    mamafeliz replied to cradlecrewer's topic in Ob/Gyn

    How many studies need be done to demonstrate that excessive intervention does not improve outcome? We all know that increased use of inductions results in increased intervention, leading to increased...

  20. Do birth plans grate on your nerves?

    mamafeliz replied to cradlecrewer's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Had a lovely birth yesterday. No birth plan. Non-English speaking. But given options; this multip delivered without IV access (Yes, I had scoped it out and she had beautiful veins), intermittent...

  21. Ten Reasons Why American Health Care Is so Bad

    mamafeliz replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    The failure of health care delivery in this country is that it is driven by profit motive. Access to health care, in my mind, is a human rights issue, like access to education. We need to remove the...

  22. Do birth plans grate on your nerves?

    mamafeliz replied to cradlecrewer's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Even a woman who has not benefitted from child birth ed classes has the right to informed choice about her labor and delivery. We work with a large non-English speaking population and they are given...

  23. Do birth plans grate on your nerves?

    mamafeliz replied to cradlecrewer's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Skin to skin is great, and bare chests I can take. I just draw the line with naked Dads in the tub with laboring Moms. The first thing I ask if someone comes in planning a water birth is if they...

  24. Do birth plans grate on your nerves?

    mamafeliz replied to cradlecrewer's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Women should not be induced unless there is a medical indication or serious social considerations. Otherwise, the path of intervention is paved. Any woman invested in a natural birth should decline...

  25. amount of time alotted from recovery to pp unit

    mamafeliz replied to rnElaine's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We are given 2 hours to recover, but that includes doing full baby assessment and bath. It is a push, and we are reviewing whether we should defer bath until babe is 24 hours old based on new...