BabyLady

BabyLady BSN, RN

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  1. Are you a "Professor", or a "Mrs."?

    At the local University...not all instructors have doctorates. They have the titles of Assistant, Associate or full Professor. If you don't have a doctorate, the students refer you as Mr, Mrs, Miss,...
  2. Basic I & O Question

    I can only speak for infants. At our hospital, we calculate all intake...which is everything IV...including meds, flushes, etc. With infants, obviously, the intake will be liquid..and the infants we...
  3. I Acted terribly unprofessional today...

    I think the biggest question you have to ask yourself...is why you assumed the worse before you even met the patient? There is not an aspect of nursing, were the psychiatric aspects of patient care...
  4. Horrible delivery the other day

    Was the baby already in the birth canal? We were always taught that once the baby was "engaged" that you cannot turn around and pull the baby back out. Was the position of the infant's station...
  5. Developmental positioning in Giraffe beds

    We have a physical therapy employee that has special training in the positioning and development of the neonate. Here is what we do: 1. We have a single blanket over the mattress 2. We place a folded...
  6. my new instructor sucks HELP!!!

    Be careful...everyone has to start somewhere. No matter what the profession. However, as a person that just completed nursing school, I can tell you that there is strength in numbers....the more of...
  7. PICC Removal

    The PICC lines that we use have a black dot and are curved at the tip of the lumen. We don't measure them, because if your tip is intact, you know you got the whole
  8. I can tell you for an absolute fact that whether or not a hospital hires ADN has zero bearing on their Magnet status. I'm an ADN grad, our hospital is now going through our first renewal to maintain...
  9. False Negative HIV Results

    This is EXACTLY what I think happened. I agree with you
  10. False Negative HIV Results

    I actually don't believe that the physician can make such a claim, in fact, everything we know about the disease process of AIDS and HIV testing, says he is very incorrect. People respond differently...
  11. Hungry Nurse or Troublemaker?

    It's not only illegal, if you are clocked out and get injured, then the hospital can legally deny to pay you workman's comp because they, nor any employer, can require you to work "off the clock". My...
  12. The Circumcision Discussion

    I am very proud of the fact that I base my teaching on facts, backed up by research that I can prove, rather than thinking that the CDC and WHO is involved in some conspiracy theory to con the world...
  13. The Circumcision Discussion

    You cannot let the "facts speak for themselves" because I posted hard-core statistics and you have posted NOTHING to back up what you are saying. The point of this entire discussion is being severely...
  14. The Circumcision Discussion

    Not according to the CDC, WHO and Unicef. Once again, these are internationally recognized authorities on disease prevention and
  15. The Circumcision Discussion

    You need to go back and take a class in experimental research because there is no truth to this statement
  16. The Circumcision Discussion

    Well, I guess the CDC, World Health Organization, Unicef, and other, internationally recognized organizations that are dedicated to the PREVENTION of disease, are all wrong. Better send them a letter...
  17. The Circumcision Discussion

    You are comparing apples to oranges. I cannot control what parent hears or how they interpret the information. All I can do is present it to them, assess their level of understanding, and ask if they...
  18. The Circumcision Discussion

    I listed SEVERAL sources of DIFFERENT studies that were done. None of them were done in Africa. You are posting that as if all of the research is based on a single study done in Africa...and there is...
  19. What does this mean??

    it means that your test results have not been delivered to pearson. in order for the pearson vue trick to work...your results have to be in delivered
  20. Holding insulin for NPO & surgery

    This is what we were taught in
  21. The Circumcision Discussion

    Hang on...that isn't what I said....and it's not a true statement. You cannot prevent HIV or HPV by circumcision alone and it would be foolish for anyone to think that you could. Telling a parent that...
  22. The Circumcision Discussion

    Because that isn't for me to decide. As a healthcare professional, it isn't my job to influence. You give the parents an OBJECTIVE list of pros and cons and you SUPPORT the decision either way. If you...
  23. The Circumcision Discussion

    Quote your source on that. Because I guarantee, it doesn't exist. It doesn't even make common sense...so you really think a virus knows where it lives? Surely you don't think that unsafe sex ONLY...
  24. Routine Tylenol #3 and PRN administration

    That wasn't the problem the OP had nor the order. The OP stated that the patient woke up at 0600 in horrible pain...the pain meds were due at 0600. The patient ASKED for the dose to be...
  25. The Circumcision Discussion

    A circumcision is a surgical procedure. ANY SURGICAL PROCEDURE, runs the risk of being "botched". ANY of them. That is a risk...along with EVERY surgery that is performed, EVERY day in the USA. When a...