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  1. "What could you know?!"

    Gosh, I don't even know if my midwives or any of my nurses have had children, except for one nurse who shared that informtion with me. I'm positive that the male perinatologist who delivered my son...
  2. A & P or Nutrition first?

    At my school, A&P is taken first, or the second semester of it is taken concurrently with Nutrition. And Nutrition wasn't an easy class by any means. I would think A&P would be hard to do...
  3. Thanks. :) All of this is really interesting to me. I just registered today for my first semester of nursing classes, for this fall. I find labor and delivery, women's health, etc., especially...
  4. I had forgotten about this old thread until I started getting e-mail alerts of replies! The baby in question is a healthy, beautiful 9-month-old now. :) They may have given me antibiotics towards...
  5. Yes, it has, it is very
  6. And thanks for all the congratulations, and for the information.
  7. This is really interesting. The theory of the head plugging it makes sense to me. The first gush was when I was lying down taking a nap. After that, the biggest amounts were when I would move...
  8. Thanks! That was really
  9. What exactly do you do when a woman comes in with possible rupture of membranes? I assume you leave them to let any amniotic fluid pool for a while, then check with a speculum and then do either a...
  10. PRIVATE school vs. PUBLIC school

    Oh, I didn't mean to imply that it was true everywhere, just in my area. I'm glad things are easier
  11. PRIVATE school vs. PUBLIC school

    The public university here is a lot more competitive to get into than the private schools. But the private schools are flooded, too. It's at the point where if you are transferring from another...
  12. Minnesota Nurses Please Respond!!!!!!!!

    I didn't see the Pioneer Press article. I'm interested in the answer to your question, too! (I'm in the Cities and graduating in 3 years.) The last I heard was when the Strib and one or two news...
  13. Question about NICU duration

    Oh boy, who's claiming that? My *32*-weeker stayed longer than that, so I'd find it hard to
  14. I'm Erin, 25, I live in Minnesota and I'm the mom of a 2 1/2 year old boy and a newborn girl (born July 15). I took most of my pre-req's last year, but have a couple more to do this year. I've...
  15. Wishes Regarding Students in Birth Plans

    Thank you. I had originally asked that the catheter be placed after I got the spinal, but the nurse came back later and said that the doctor wanted it done beforehand because he wanted things to go as...