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  1. monkeybug

    Triaging pregnant women in the ED?

    monkeybug replied to mommy2boysaz's topic in Ob/Gyn

    At my last hospital, we were supposed to get OB patients after 20 weeks unless it was something inherently medical or surgical. In theory. In practice, they tried to send any pregnant woman to us,...
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    RN Struggling After Neonatal Death

    monkeybug replied to jndavis21's topic in Ob/Gyn

    First of all, my prayers for the parents, and for all the caregivers. My very first job out of nursing school was at a small L&D with no NICU, in a situation that sounds very similar to yours....
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    Do potential employers owe you an explaination?

    monkeybug replied to Marshall1's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I agree with you. Common courtesy dictates that they call with a simple yes or
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    What's the weirdest thing management has said to you?

    monkeybug replied to monkeybug's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    At the very first hospital I worked at, we complained at length about not having a unit secretary because calls were being missed frequently, and we did phone triage for our OBs. So patients were...
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    Triage complaints- the good, the bad, and the shocking.

    monkeybug replied to canoehead's topic in Emergency

    Hee hee! Several years ago we had a laboring patient come in who "didn't know" she was pregnant. When asked how she'd interpreted all the fetal movement, she said she thought that her "kidneys were...
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    Triage complaints- the good, the bad, and the shocking.

    monkeybug replied to canoehead's topic in Emergency

    After over a decade in Labor & Delivery, I'll go you one better. I'm convinced that fertility and intelligence are inversely
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    The "Q" Word and Other Mysteries

    monkeybug replied to Liddle Noodnik's topic in Nursing Humor

    I'm no longer in a hospital! And I thank God for this every single
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    You know you are going to have an interesting day when you get report that . . .

    monkeybug replied to anon456's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    When you walk in and hear any of the following, or a combination: "Thank God!" "Fresh meat!" "Got your roller skates?" "I hope you ate on the way." "Can you go ahead and clock in right this minute?"...
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    People really believe this????

    monkeybug replied to meanmaryjean's topic in General Nursing

    A member of my husband's family is a pediatrician. I got to sit through a 10 minute diatribe about parents allowing their kids to address her as "Miss First Name" (a very common way to refer to an...
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    Cry for help: I don't think I can do this.

    monkeybug replied to -MissTake-'s topic in General Students

    I felt a lot like that my last semester. I was over it and done. And when it came time to precept and my advisor told me I should really precept in Med/Surg for that wonderful knowledge base it...
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    The "Q" Word and Other Mysteries

    monkeybug replied to Liddle Noodnik's topic in Nursing Humor

    Of course, you never, ever say the "q" word. Oh woe be unto the newbie who chirps "I'm bored!" as this will also bring in the nuts. Some others from my years in L&D: Never say the name of a...
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    Nursing Job Satisfaction

    monkeybug replied to tangel's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I'm sorry, but sometimes there's no one else to blame. When someone acts in an appalling fashion just because they can, who should we blame? Maybe their mothers, I suppose. I don't blame patients...
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    What exactly do physicians do again?

    monkeybug replied to wanderlustgirl's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    How many ways can I say I love this?!?! :up:Thank you, you said a lot of what I feel. I'm there to help, to teach, to contribute, but I am NOT your dang servant, and treat me like that at your...
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    What exactly do physicians do again?

    monkeybug replied to wanderlustgirl's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yep. Hey, if they know it all, and I'm "just a nurse," I'm certainly not going to burden them with my experience. And usually when you get to this point with a resident, you've tried to help them...
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    What exactly do physicians do again?

    monkeybug replied to wanderlustgirl's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Of course it's about the patient, something residents and interns rarely understand. I advocate very strongly for my patients. I've basically told a resident "over my dead body" when they wanted to...
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    A patient wants to know your thoughts on frequent fliers...

    monkeybug replied to Clusterhead's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Hey, good for you! When you lead a chronic life, you take the victories where you can. Some days a victory is getting out of the
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    A patient wants to know your thoughts on frequent fliers...

    monkeybug replied to Clusterhead's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Narcotics can be used quite effectively for some migraine patients. For episodic migraines, maybe not so much. Yes, triptans are a better option. But for some of the chronic patients, narcotics as...
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    A patient wants to know your thoughts on frequent fliers...

    monkeybug replied to Clusterhead's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Thank you, yes!! I use distraction as a way to cope. It's one of the only ways I can keep it together. I might be on my phone, I might even read, but that doesn't mean my head doesn't hurt. I...
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    Bedside nurses and pregnancy

    monkeybug replied to beeker's topic in General Nursing

    Oh wow, I had totally the oppposite experience. I swear my belly made me a crap magnet. I had a rather large man go toe-to-toe with me and threaten to hurt me when I was 36 weeks. And then my...
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    Does your facility still give enemas ?

    monkeybug replied to caregiver1977's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Well, it's just awful that they made rude comments to you. Like the previous poster, I always took it as a sign that we had some effective pushing going on. Granted, no sane person enjoys dealing...
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    Has anyone ever been careless and gotten stuck?

    monkeybug replied to NCmcMan's topic in General Nursing

    Don't worry about anything you've said, you're fine. You haven't put a foot wrong, or not that I've
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    NICU "crafts"

    monkeybug replied to sophie<3's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I used to work NICU, now I work with new moms and babies in a long term capacity. I love Pinterest! For Mother's Day, we bought inexpensive frames at the dollar store, printed poems in pretty fonts...
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    Does your facility still give enemas ?

    monkeybug replied to caregiver1977's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We never gave enemas if the patient was beyond 4 or 5 cm, but only because we didn't want to be fishing the results of a precipitous labor out of the toilet. And they weren't holding on to the...
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    Does your facility still give enemas ?

    monkeybug replied to caregiver1977's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Honestly, we rarely had patients poop while pushing after they had enemas. Before I worked with routine enemas, I thought it really wouldn't make a difference, but in my experience, it really does...
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    Does your facility still give enemas ?

    monkeybug replied to caregiver1977's topic in Ob/Gyn

    At the last hospital I worked in (where I also delivered my baby), enemas were offered. A couple of the older doctors were insistent, but ultimately it was up to the patient. When I started working...