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  1. The Cancer That Spreads Across the Nation...HCA

    I work at an HCA facilitly also and have been there 7 years. It is the best job I've ever had of all the jobs I've ever had, nursing or non-nursing, and I plan to stay there until they sweep my dry...
  2. birth control and a lump( kinda graphic i guess)

    I'm not familiar with the term 'mon vernis' and wonder if you mean 'mons venus'. In any case, a painful lump in the hair would likely be an ingrown hair. A painful lump on the interior of the labia...
  3. transferring unstable pts to postpartum

    Our non-typical PP's either stay in L&D, go to the ICU, or out to antepartum and sometimes a combination of these three places. PPU won't take non-typical patients or patients who have had mag and...
  4. Ethical question...what would you do?

    It is wrong to take things that are not yours in any situation. It is more wrong when the people who are taken from are dependant on the taker in some way. Why anyone would want to invite doubt about...
  5. Record number of deliveries?

    We're always full all the time, but no, we haven't noticed an unusual increase at this
  6. Did you get any training on elder abuse?

    Abuse training is part of our annual competencies
  7. Are certified elder law attorneys really helpful or not?

    I used one for my dad- she was a big help in advising when and how to transfer assets, applying for state assistance (court appearance required in our case), and guiding us through probate later, but...
  8. Death by Medicine

    I'm suspicious of any website that states "conventional medicine will kill you" and then touts a bunch of vitimins and remedies to cure you of all your
  9. Doctors and Nurses?

    Many people meet their spouses through the work environment. I don't think medicine is or should be any
  10. Who's #1 your patient or you?

    I try to live by the adage "Be a nurse, but don't let nursing be you." which was taught to us in nursing
  11. How do you really feel about 5-star rooms?

    The patients there are like all the others- some are demanding and some are pleasures. All our 5 stars get is a fancy room. The housekeeper empties their trash, cleans and mops- just like she does in...
  12. 13 pound infant...thank goodness it was c-section!

    My little brother was 12.13. I gave my first injection to my mom when I was 4 years
  13. Hmmm...am I wrong to think this way???

    Something similar happened to me once. A young family member was burned. His recovery was long and complicated. I went to work as usual-a job that I enjoyed and was good at. During the early part of...
  14. How do you really feel about 5-star rooms?

    I like our 5 star rooms and always volunteer (as do many others at my institution) to take care of the patients there. I give the same care to the "5 star" patient as I do the the uninsured one in a...
  15. I love my job, but....

    I'm not in neo, but do agree about the CPAP. My son (6) has a pretty big hole in his septum from the CPAP. I took him to a plastic surgeon to see about correction and was advised against it as the...
  16. Having trouble getting pregnant...getting worried....

    That is great news! Best
  17. Having trouble getting pregnant...getting worried....

    So, just relaxing will unblock tubes and cause sperm to swim? Wow, how come the Doctors and patients don't know this (sarcasm
  18. Bath After Broken Water

    I guess I was confused by the op- I was thinking "there's no way we'd let our ruptured patients in a tub", but then realized some of ours are ruptured for weeks or months even. I guess the discussion...
  19. I totally disagree. There is not a single male nurse in my unit or my hospital. I've never worked with a nicer group of women. I've been here over 6 years. I do believe people look for things that...
  20. feelings about double rooms

    Our rooms are all private. Sometimes I float to a floor that has a couple of shared rooms (but mostly privates). I don't care for shared rooms as I prefer privacy both for myself and my patients. Who...
  21. Ever use Celebrex or Indocin to stop PTL?

    My place uses Indocin much like SmilingBlueEyes reported with mag and terb. We do not use Celebrex at all. Most of our indocin use is before and after rescue cerclage and in the preemies for PDA...
  22. Religion's Place in Nursing

    That's not entirely correct. Emerson was Universalist minister early on, but later distanced himself from the Universalists. The distancing lasted the remainder of his life. Darwin was a (lowercase...
  23. Religion's Place in Nursing

    (extra typing to get post to post- I'm not very computer
  24. Holistic Medicines?

    mrdoc2005 posted "So, I do believe in some things like chiropractic..." I believe (actually I hate to use that word in this context- I mean, it works or not. It shouldn't be a faith issue) that...
  25. Holistic Medicines?

    mrdoc2005 posted "So, I do believe in some things like chiropractic..." I believe (actually I hate to use that word in this context- I mean, it works or not. It shouldn't be a faith issue) that...