BabyRN2Be

Oklahoma, Oregon or Ohio?

I really don't do this on a public forum very often, but I'm going to tattle on myself about when I "fired" a NICU nurse. It was a complicated mess and she told me I had no business breastfeeding. At that moment, it was a hot button issue for me. It...

Mom did come out about a year ago (she is 15) and announced to the world that Jahi had gotten her period and had started puberty. I guess she did that as a demonstration that she was not brain dead. Mom means well to Jahi, but if my mom got in the me...

Laughter is the best medicine.

I met a nurse named "Fun." Although she lived up to her name, I never found out if that was a nickname or her real first name.

Yes, yes, I know. Another thread about the tired discussion of said topic. We all know that the bottom feel out of the nursing bucket roughly 2008 when Bad Things were happening to the US economy. It just seemed as if there was not a job to be had ...

There's really not a good reason for a pt coming to the ED to confirm a pregnancy test at night especially after 10 were taken. But it was possible that the pt was from a fertility clinic and wanted to test ASAP after the progesterone "trigger" shot...

Judging only from I've read here and I do very little TV reading, I have to give the writers of this program a lot of kudos for the amount of studying they've done. So many "medical dramas" out there just pull it out of their hat (or worse) strictly ...

Think of it this way: 150 people aboard a Germanwings flight would be alive and well if a pilot had been honest about his mental health history.

I do have an update on Little Man Nicholas James. He turned 12 last March and his mother Nicole Conn put up a video. She finds it so happy but my hurt hurts inside as he can barely say "thank you" for a colorful fiberoptic toy that he becomes engaged...

The police don't know damn squat about what does or does not go against a nursing license. They are arrogant SOB' s who only care about their days' quota. DO NOT TRUST WHAT A COP SAYS REGARDING SOMEONE'S LICENSE. Fight it at all cost. I'm sorry I'm a...

I'm having trouble understanding your post as well. We'd all like to help, but the story is a little confusing. It sounds as if you were caught driving while either your license was suspended or you didn't have one the first place? You said you were ...

There was a time in which physicians were fairly liberal in their admissions. I'd guess that some of the older generations still think that a very minor ailment will score an admission. I'm referring to the days where hospitals were more like Hiltons...

Yeah, I do about Nehaeh. I worked in NICU and it seemed that every baby was names "Nehaeh". And every blasted parent would say "My baby's name is "Nehaeh" that Heaven spelled backwards." And yes, this was in 2006'

Hello, and thank you for all that you do. I do not hope that you mind Children's Hospital Boston from a doula point of view, so please, take it from what it's worth because I don't want to step on anyone's toes. I'm giving my experience via my cousin...

Oh no! This has got to me Nevaeh's little sister. Bound to happen. When they get older they can double date the Jello twins, with Nosmoking as chaperone. They'll go see a movie and L-a will take the tickets, and the mean usher, Shithead (really, he i...

Hi, I'm wondering if you've read the other posts especially by Meriwhen. You can't go strictly on what a stranger says on an Internet message board from anecdotal experience. It's fine to get support, but for more concrete answers fo to your BON.

I've thought about these nurses so much during the past several weeks. You have our love and concern. Thank you for all you do. Take time for yourselves and know that you have so much love and support coming in from all over the US and beyond.

^^^^ This. I have two Chinese friends who are very fluent in English. However. there are times that they've reverted to Chinese in my presence; they've always given a translation eventually. And if they did, it didn't matter. But these are my frien...

And people thought sub-prime mortgages were bad. This is coming, no doubt. Maybe ~2004-2005, nursing jobs seemed plentiful. This was the time in which there seemed to be a true nursing shortage and you could pick and choose your field. And then 2008...

It really didn't help when the clinic I was attending had a big poster expousing to get ready for the institution of "HIPPA" complete with dancing hippo. I bet they never get it right there.

Have considered getting a lawyer who deals with type of harassment? This seems like a bunch of harassment and you need someone in your corner after all this BS! Sounds like this are more interested in your money than getting you out in the workforce....

I went to a breastfeeding conference a few years ago and there were these two NICU girls who thought they were more important than anyone at the conference. Not only did they have the most annoying ring tone, but they had it set on the loudest ring p...

I now have serious tears running down my face and now my stomach hurts from laughing. The pain rates a 2. Can I have my Dilaudid now?

Hey, I had a great one during clinicals! I was checking on a patient who was being admitted to PP. I went in to check her and baby when I saw the cribcard. The name was La-a. "Oh my goodness, I thought to myself." So, I asked "How's little Laa doing?...