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  1. How to Volunteer w/o being "in the way"

    alphafe posted a topic in Nursing Career

    Hi everyone, I'm considering midlife career move to nursing. I'm interested in L/D and also in SANE certification. I'd love to volunteer in a L/D unit -- what are roles for volunteers? Seriously,...

  2. Help re DD's Knee/Feet!

    alphafe replied to alphafe's topic in Orthopedic

    Thanks for your note! I'm thrilled to say that our visit to the podiatrist was very enlightening. My dd was fitted for custom orthotics (sp?), which lots of nurses on these boards swear by for their...

  3. SCARY drug exp post C-Sec - DROPERIDOL

    alphafe replied to alphafe's topic in Ob/Gyn

    While a appreciate the movement to more natural, safe births, I have to tell you that the way Mothering Mag and the Silent Knife mentality brainwashed me and led me to feel like a failure enrages me....

  4. SCARY drug exp post C-Sec - DROPERIDOL

    alphafe replied to alphafe's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Thank you -- it's very validating. The C-Sec was such a huge disappointment in the first place and I was SO exhausted (had been awake for 36 hours, in labor for 14), and I went into the whole...

  5. SCARY drug exp post C-Sec - DROPERIDOL

    alphafe replied to alphafe's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I was not under GA -- had an epidural. Why was I sent to recovery? I will get those medical records will they ALL be with the OB/GYN's office (every hospital notation, etc.?). Until then, I'd really...

  6. SCARY drug exp post C-Sec - DROPERIDOL

    alphafe replied to alphafe's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I googled Droperidol and it does NOT appear to be off the market, tho has been given the black box. Perhaps the doc I spoke to said "We don't use it

  7. SCARY drug exp post C-Sec - DROPERIDOL

    alphafe replied to alphafe's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Thanks so much for your message. This experience was so bad I believe it's the main reason I did not have any more children and experienced panic disorder starting about 6 mos pp. Was I sent to...

  8. What do you HATE to do at work?

    alphafe replied to mickeymouse1205's topic in General Nursing

    Oh. My. God. This may not be the profession for me. I cannot believe that chart forms aren't online, to be filled in fast, with spell and grammar checks. Just a word doc tailored to your hospital....

  9. What do you HATE to do at work?

    alphafe replied to mickeymouse1205's topic in General Nursing

    "...My least favorite duty is charting though." Please, please tell me that all charting, at every hospital in the US is done via computer nowadays! (Old lady nursing

  10. Foreign Objects in Body Cavities

    alphafe replied to SWFlorida's topic in Emergency

    I don't shock easily, but I hafta tell you -- after reading about the stoma and STDs I almost wrote to the moderator to beg him/her to remove the post -- it was just *****SO***** disgusting. (need...

  11. Offended by Prayer

    alphafe replied to CCU NRS's topic in General Nursing

    Your comment about the Constitution is precisely my point. We all have the freedom to practice any religion or none. This is why I believe it's important to make no assumptions about the religious...

  12. Offended by Prayer

    alphafe replied to CCU NRS's topic in General Nursing

    "I am curious to know if you would be offended, after death if someone were to say a prayer over you." I don't know how I could be offended if dead :rotfl: I believe that is is inappropriate for...

  13. Suggested Reading!

    alphafe posted a topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Hi everyone! I'm new to this list and am eager to read books like this: From Silence to Voice: What Nurses Know and Must Communicate to the Public...

  14. What's your craziest delivery story?

    alphafe replied to sierranurse's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I know a L/D nurse who told me about babies who **flew** out! Does this happen? Do they literally "fly" into waiting arms (one would

  15. What's your craziest delivery story?

    alphafe replied to sierranurse's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I know a L/D nurse who told me about babies who **flew** out! Does this happen? Do they literally "fly" into waiting arms (one would

  16. What's your craziest delivery story?

    alphafe replied to sierranurse's topic in Ob/Gyn

    What a great thread! As someone who thinks of becoming a L/D nurse but has very little experience (other than my own -- when, yes, I hit my dear husband), I'd LOVE to hear about wild, funny, extreme...

  17. What's your craziest delivery story?

    alphafe replied to sierranurse's topic in Ob/Gyn

    What a great thread! As someone who thinks of becoming a L/D nurse but has very little experience (other than my own -- when, yes, I hit my dear husband), I'd LOVE to hear about wild, funny, extreme...

  18. Talented Prospective Nurse Troubled by the Times!

    alphafe posted a topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Hi Everyone, I'm been on these boards often trying to decide if a midlife career move to nursing is for me. When I get excited, I find a long thread of horror stories re: the mistreatment of nurses...

  19. Nurse Mobbing/bullying

    alphafe replied to LuciGirl's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Could it be that nurses have internalized much anger from often having a history of overwhelming caregiving -- often to dysfunctional family members in their own childhoods? I hypothesize that a...

  20. Can you believe this?

    alphafe replied to LolaRN's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe it's the parts of the country I've lived in but the idea that **anyone** smokes in a hospital or any other **health** care setting shocks me. In this day and

  21. Real Life Advice, Please....

    alphafe replied to Curious1alwys's topic in General Nursing

    PS As soon as my Prozac reached a therapeutic level my years long back pain disappeared and has never

  22. Real Life Advice, Please....

    alphafe replied to Curious1alwys's topic in General Nursing

    Everyone has given you great advice, but I'll throw in my .02. Think of medication as insulin is to a diabetic. Your chemistry is out of whack (emotional, financial, etc., LOSS does this!) and...

  23. Daughter wants to go into Forensic Pathology ...

    alphafe replied to RNPATL's topic in Forensic

    Thanks so much for this wealth of information! I'd love to see this post on several boards (general nursing, OB/GNY, etc.) and I look forward to getting involved with this

  24. Record for most babies

    alphafe replied to alphafe's topic in Ob/Gyn

    "...G15P14" I'm not a nurse yet! Would someone translate?

  25. Record for most babies

    alphafe replied to alphafe's topic in Ob/Gyn

    NurseBaby/Elizabeth -- What a great post! Your parents must have been amazing people! Your story tugs at my heart a bit, I have an only who has no cousins and I worry constantly about who will be...