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  1. Krav Maga practicing nurses out there, how do you handle your beat up hands?

    greenykilt posted a topic in General Nursing

    hi there, I have a probably odd question, I am a Krav Maga practitioner and my hands and arms tend to get beat up and down depending on my day. Either with bruising down my forearms, on my palms or...

  2. Krav Maga practicing nurses out there, how do you handle your beat up hands?

    greenykilt replied to greenykilt's topic in General Nursing

  3. Differing types of therapeutic self-defense philosophy and techniques

    greenykilt replied to mingez's topic in Psychiatric

    For those of you that hold martial art belts and extensive experience, do you wonder if your response to a patient altercation. While even docile, would be trumped into something more because of your...

  4. Had the WORST shadow experience, am shaking

    greenykilt posted a topic in General Students

    I can barely even breathe I am just outraged and upset and everything else. I shadowed in ob/gyn (my choice for working after graduation, if I am so lucky) and lucked out shadowing an amazing team of...

  5. Nursing vs Occupational Therapy as a career?

    greenykilt posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello, Does anyone have opinons on these two different fields? Has anyone struggled with choosing between them? And if so how did you rationalize one over the other? What are the pros and cons of OT...

  6. RN babysiting gig gone south

    greenykilt replied to RNnbakes's topic in General Nursing

    you and me both. Will always be haunted by those. I was a social worker for years. Have to take a sleeping pill to not wake up from nitemares. never EVER leave a child alone. They are VERY smart and...

  7. RN babysiting gig gone south

    greenykilt replied to RNnbakes's topic in General Nursing

    You should never EVER leave a child unattended. This is basic life skills 101. And a RN to boot. I don't quite get it. I am sorry to say that I don't know how much I would trust a RN taking care of...

  8. Accepted & now worried about the hard work

    greenykilt replied to jewelspassion's topic in General Students

    You will do amazing! You will be very focused on having superb time management skills that it will flow alot easier than some of your classmates. For me- I find it very doable (and not hard and I do...

  9. How Hard is Nursing School?

    greenykilt replied to MiahMSN's topic in General Students

    I have another masters (MBA) and find nursing school easier. What some of my classmates are lacking is time mangement skills. Or overstudying. Especially spending say 7 hours on a saturday on...

  10. edema in the postpartum period

    greenykilt replied to yellowbox's topic in Ob/Gyn

    you will find alot of interesting information from www.preeclampsia.org the non profit pre eclampsia (and HELLP and etc) site. Browsing the forums is very interesting as

  11. Abortion in nursing school rotations?

    greenykilt replied to caffeineRx's topic in General Students

    another hard one is seeing a 1st of 2nd trimester baby lost to a mother who desperately wanted that child with all her heart and soul. All sorts of stillbirth, genetic and etc issues that will come...

  12. issue with leaving newborn to return to nursing school

    greenykilt replied to marineswife0809's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I say do it now. I just had my 3rd baby myself. If you wait the risk you run into is being very tired and "tied" up during your kiddos kindergarten and elem years, those are crucial and I will argue...

  13. Had the WORST shadow experience, am shaking

    greenykilt replied to greenykilt's topic in General Students

    I want to follow up and thank everyone for your replies. I read each and every one of them and let reply sink in. All were valuable. Thank You. First, I have been given alot of thought to hostile...

  14. Had the WORST shadow experience, am shaking

    greenykilt replied to greenykilt's topic in General Students

    Well it went better than anticipated. I told her that what she did was unprofessional and embarassing. She said she has been working long nites on call etc etc. I said it seems her reputation is...

  15. Had the WORST shadow experience, am shaking

    greenykilt replied to greenykilt's topic in General Students

    Thanks everyone. I am a "older" student who has a MBA and previous VP experience and have been around many politically explosive, difficult and embarassing situations. But this one to me is...

  16. allergic reaction during prepidil induction or ..razor burn?

    greenykilt posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Alright, me again and my shadowing. Apparently I should get used to shadowing during inductions as thats all I seem to see :) Again, another eye opener on having to use critical thinking skills in...

  17. Older students after graduation

    greenykilt replied to Saysfaa's topic in General Nursing

    ha! I will be 37 when I graduate- you? thats what I get for being on allnurses while breastfeeding my baby! hard to type!

  18. Older students after graduation

    greenykilt replied to Saysfaa's topic in General Nursing

    you have an advantage, in my opinion. you will come across as more mature, more articulated, more professional. BTDT in terms of politics at work.

  19. confused on 0-10 w.prepidil and events last nite

    greenykilt posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Hello, I am very new in all senses of the word and shadowed a obgyn nurse 3 weeks ago and ! and am very confused on the turn of events and am searching for some sense to a delivery I witnessed, if...

  20. confused on 0-10 w.prepidil and events last nite

    greenykilt replied to greenykilt's topic in Ob/Gyn

    not to be completely idiotic, but- if you have central monitoring cant you just monitor every 15 minutes remotely vs in person? am truly asking in such lazy/simple terms just to understand the scope...

  21. confused on 0-10 w.prepidil and events last nite

    greenykilt replied to greenykilt's topic in Ob/Gyn

    ps she was a high risk patient, pre exsisting hypertension and thus the induction at 36.5 weeks as bp was creeping

  22. confused on 0-10 w.prepidil and events last nite

    greenykilt replied to greenykilt's topic in Ob/Gyn

    thanks for all your information, its truly very appreciated. I guess what is hanging me up, is that you hear of how litigious lnd and etc is now a days, something about the look on the husbands face...

  23. confused on 0-10 w.prepidil and events last nite

    greenykilt replied to greenykilt's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Yes to central monitoring. Does it show the patient contractions too? or just FHR? If you have central monitoring and a patient is in "active labor past 4 cm" do you not need to check on the patient...

  24. Required to watch circumcision?

    greenykilt replied to CrunchyMama's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I also think its BS that your claming your bowing out of the discussion - its because you cant stand the heat. I am sure your reading all the

  25. Required to watch circumcision?

    greenykilt replied to CrunchyMama's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Ever seen a non circ member get infected? or seen what an unclean one looks like, or try to convince a small boy how to clean it properly? to each their own. With this kind of prejudices and feeling...