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Our hospital doesn't, but a couple of nursing homes I've worked at do.

As far as I know they can. (at least where i have worked)

Yes. I've had 2 csections - one after 12 hours of hard labor with a stuck baby, and 1 elective. I absolutely loved the second. (the only bad thing during the first was the pain i was in before the section) It was a wonderful birth experience (before, during and after). I have nothing to complain about with the csections. I could eat normal, was walking within about 6 hours of the delivery, had no problem holding the babies, etc. If I were to get pregnant again my next would also be a section. Thank God I have an OB/hospital that respects a womans right to choose when it comes to reproductive & birthing options.

Southern Ohio 8.00 an hour (starting wage) for home care.

A lot of people go for unique spellings now. I named my daugher Emilie and can't tell you how many times they tried to correct the spelling and put a y at the end. :angryfire I don't think I would ever comment on the spelling of a name :chuckle

Why does everyone automatically assume this girl will be on welfare? I had a child at 19, and my other at 20. I'm very happily married, my husband is set in his career, I'm in nursing school. We live a very nice, comfortable life and I would not have it any other way. I'm proud to be a young mom and encourage all the others out there to do the best they can.

yikes! Mine were both 10 pounders lol

For those who complain about their tax money going for it.. When we were on medicaid i was working and paying out my taxes. Believe me, I paid out hundreds more than I used. So I look at it as MY money paying for my visits.

I work as a cna right now doing home care. We are told to open the patients medicine, get out their pills and tell them to take it, but we can not put it in their hand. I hate doing this! I'm terrified that the nurse will write down the wrong med for the wrong day/time or something and then I'll give it to them and get the blame/punishment. It's required at our agency so if I don't do this I lose my job. I will be so happy when I get my bsn and can quit this job!

I was really nervous my first day of clinicals too. I'm not too good with smells and have found that the vicks works well. I just dab a bit under my nose and i'm good to go.

I agree that the spelling comment was a bit harsh. When chatting online my hands go faster than my mind :chuckle (i am the typo queen!) To the OP, there is a risk with everything. I know these chips aren't exactly nutritious... but I'll eat them anyway!

I agree with ebay! I recently bought a set (pants, top & jacket) for $15! There are in almost perfect condition, very excited about my find

As someone who use to receive medicaid, I got those looks like 'she can't be on it, look at her clothes, car, etc'. Yes, I was poor, did I need to dress or act like it? No. I made every attempt to look professional when I went out in public. Everything I had was gotten before my husband was laid off from his job. We went from getting around 4,500 a month to my little above minimum wage job which brought in about 1,300 (and this included overtime!) Rough times Yes, the system does get abused, but you don't know their situation so it's better not to judge.

To the person who said there is no need for CNA's... I would LOVE to see you do that job and still have time for your duties as an RN. Thats like saying there are no need for nurses, doctors can do it all on their own. RN/LPN's are assistants to them, as CNA's are assistants to the nurses.

I have my last day of clinicals tomorrow... our class was 5 weeks long (4 days a week)

I personally wouldn't like a male nurse while I was delivering. Same goes for a male doctor. I felt weird with the women so there was no way I would have a male do it. I'm not saying that one is a better nurse than the other, I just wasen't comfortable with the men. Of course I also turned away the female student who wanted to watch. I only wanted my husband, doctor and the nurse in teh deliver room... ended up with a csection and had about 10 people (including men) seeing everything. (by that time i didn't care though lol)

I'm taking a cna course right now and we will be learning how to do catheters.

I've had 2 csections and was very happy with them. The first was an emergency, and my doctor highly recommeded the second because it was only 15 months after my first and becasue I was carrying a 10+ pound baby. If I ever get pregnant again, I will definately choose the csection.

i'm starting one jan. 5th, and its 5 weeks long

If its seeped into my tissues, will it just go away or do I need to be worried??

"Three things bother me about this post. First it "seems" you were given the iron IV outside of the hospital. I'm hoping this isn't true, and your doctor wasn't that dense or incompetent!" ~ I was given this at my regular OB appointment. "Next you made no mention of having a test dose given before receiving the IV therapy. Was this an oversight on your part, and just not included in your original post? " ~ No test dose "Last but not least, did this person advise you of the possible complications of giving iron IV???" ~ I asked about complications and possible reactions and was told he's never seen any. I trusted him, he's supposed to be the best OBGYN in this city (scary huh?). He only takes high-risk patients, so I thought he would have to know what he's talking about. (By the way, I'm on this site because I'm hoping to start an LPN program next year, so right now I know basically nothing about this stuff)

Here is the picture (the first didn't work)

I'm sorry if this shouldn't go here, but since I'm getting NO help at all from my doctor, this seems like a good place to get a little advice. A little background, I had my baby on november 7th, during the whole pregnancy I had low iron, it never got above 7.2. I was a scheduled c-section so on October 22 my doctor gave me an iron injection directly into the vein on my arm. The next day I woke up with a huge brown place on my arm, it looks like a very big bruise and it is even sore. That was almost 2 months ago and its STILL there and still sore. My doctor keeps putting it off acting like everything is ok and that it will eventually go away. This same doctor let me go 3 weeks overdue also Any advice or help would be greatly appreciated. Here is a picture..