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I had a 10lb'er sunny side up baby with a 4th degree tear, labor was a whole hour and a half with an epidural. the 2nd was a 10lb'er who almost came out in the parking lot an hour after I said "hmm, I think I might be going into labor?" The 3rd was...

I play ATI and Youtube (legit) videos while folding laundry, cooking, whatever. I figure SOMETHING will seep into my brain. I don't have time to SIT and read/study, so I sneak in what I can. I haven't failed anything yet, and still have a 3.6GPA. ...

Why would you EXPECT to fail? That is terrible. I would MAYBE expect to lose your 4.0 GPA, if you have it. But to expect to fail is to not have faith in yourself and set yourself up for failure. Save the drama for the end of each semester when yo...

I have Nursemates Seneca I think. I love them. Super comfy, easy to get on and keep clean. Good luck!

The sun is the BEST stain remover. I refuse to use chlorine bleach. I often wash my laundry, and before I had a clothes line--I would just lay the stained item on the patio table. The sun would knock out any stain. Even baby pooper blow outs. Hy...

Don't be scared of your nurses. Even though some FORGET they were students once, most are VERY helpful and kind. Also, the students who jump right in, get the most out of the day. Good luck and have fun!

I am in school still, but our testing on documentation in nursing 1 was more about the legal implications, if you didnt doc it, it wasn't done. That you can call in late entries, but the nurse who writes it has to doc it as a late entry. um...nothi...

Reading only gets you 1/2 way there. If you know your style of learning, maximize your time in that. I do tons of things online, because I learn better that way. I can't sit and read my MASSIVE med/surge book. I have 3 kids, so its a constant int...

Hep B is not found in breast milk. from the CDC: s it safe for a mother infected with hepatitis B virus (HBV) to breastfeed her infant immediately after birth? Yes. Even before the availability of hepatitis B vaccine, HBV transmission through breast...

Hi, Lisa. I am at OCC as well, heading into semester 3 with Prof Quinn. I will do my best to explain it to you. 1. Are we supposed to wear our uniforms to orientation and to each class or only to clinical's? Unless is SPECIFICALLY says wear your...

http://www.who.int/reproductivehealth/topics/ageing/cocs_hrt_statement.pdf Yep, they did.

Keep your eye on the goal. You said you wanted to go for 12 months, so go for 12 months. Your supply may dip from the long shifts with no baby emptying the breast, so make sure that baby is "on tap" as much as possible when you are together. Espec...

I ordered my Littman from allhearts.com and they personalized it for me. I think you can send it in to them to have it done as well, just like you can send it in to medico. You can have it personalized on the tubing, which I did, or engraved on the...

I am going for an IBCLC as well. They change the testing BIG TIME next year, so keep an eye out for that. I wanted to sit for it before then, but I won't have time. I am taking the La Leache League route because I am a breastfeeding mother of 3. ...

Should I have made my expectations of them clear when I made the assignments of the night? Yes.

Oh GOOD LUCK!! I am planning on applying for an externship next summer at the hospital I want to work at when I grad. They actually have an L&D one, and I know it will be VERY competive. I hope you let us know how it went! Alesha

I worked with a girl who was named Godis and her middle name was Good. So her name was God is Good. Her cousin--who was born 3 days later, was named Iamme. I am me. Godis was also very stunning and gorgeous, so when guys would try and flirt with ...

My smallest was 9.4 and my largest was 10.3 Both of them delivered on my knees over an intact peri. My first, was 9.6, delivered on my back, with 2nd degree tears. I swore I would never do that again. My body just kept getting on my knees so I to...

It is all about education. Teach the ladies that, YES you will panic right before transition, yes, it might hurt so bad you can't see, but when the time comes, your body will bless you with hormones to make it ok. And---IT MIGHT NOT! You don't have...

My first born was done with out an epidural, and he was born OP, and weighed 9.6. I had 3rd degree tears and getting those local injections felt like they did nothing to ease the pain of the stitches, though I am sure they did. It was VERY distract...

I have certainly fallen into this catagory the past two semesters. I am entering my 2nd Nursing semester in September and doing it the right way again. My reasoning was I am a mom first. I am not the type of mom who plants her kids in front of th...

Well, the 29th is my birthday, so I will grant you all of my birthday luck!! You rocked it up until now, and I am sure you felt this way at another point in your journey to the Nclex. Your anxiety is founded, and understandable. But you have a gre...

Congrats! Now get to work! Just kidding....kinda. I just finished my first semester of an ASN program, and have been studying all summer for the 2nd semester. I wish I had pre-read stuff before my 1st, but we didn't get our book list until first ...

I have been to told to pad up my resume. I have joined AWHONN and CAPPA and will be sitting to become an IBCLC July '11. I am taking courses to become a lactation educator, and child birth educator before I even hit my 3rd semester in school. I am...

I have severe motion sickness, and when I was pregnant with my first, at my 6 week initial check up, the doc said to gather up whatever remedies I used for motion sickness since morning sickness and motion sickness kind of pair together. I felt grea...