Energizer Bunny

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  1. NICU nurses resistant to holding babies?

    Okay, I'm not actually a nurse, but I want to chime in on the "spoiling" part....I have three little children. All were held a lot during their infancy and none of them had a problem when we started...
  2. Whew...I have lots of reasons. First and foremost...it has always, always, always been my dream to be a nurse. Ever since I was a little kid. It's the only dream that has stuck with me....
  3. LPN student needing to vent about family

    I hear ya'll. If it's like this for me every day now..how is it going to be in the fall? OIY! it's like they can't survive without me for two minutes! I found my first few grey hairs this
  4. Finally a Registered Nurse......

    congratulations!
  5. Neuro ICU - Do you talk to brain-dead patients?

    I'm just a student, but I most certainly can see myself talking to a brain dead patient (or a corpse for that matter) because I talk to everyone all the time and can't stand silence. I also think I...
  6. Thoughts on working with a laboring patient with a deceased baby?

    These scenerios are just amazing to me! I still cannot believe that they made my Aunt carry her baby for days.....I would be seriously suing someone over that one. It was so hard on us...I cannot...
  7. I was just reading this thread and even though you all know I am student, I was thinking about this whole issue. Dr's are just people like us. Doesn't everyone have a beef with other people at some...
  8. 13 pound infant...thank goodness it was c-section!

    Man and I thought my last was big at 9 lbs. 10 oz!!! My MIL's neighbor had an 11 lb. some odd ounce boy with no meds. what-so-ever. It was her sixth though so she was probably used to it!
  9. New GI treatment------ewwwwwwwww

    hmmmmmmm...my MIL has a lot of bowel problems, including Crohn's...I have to wonder if this is something that might become available to her at some
  10. just made to feel guilty....

    I hope your son feels better! My kids come above all else, so I completely
  11. Ghostly experiences??

    Now, this is the thread I was looking for for my husband. Thank goodness someone posted on it and brought it to my attention!
  12. My Fearless Boy & a "lost"ear

    Your boy sounds like a real trooper and a big goof, to boot! Hope he heals up
  13. forgive me,
  14. have you had an abortion?

    Why is it that we all do so good in discussing things until one or two people come along and trash the whole discussion? Nerve?????
  15. Postpartum rooms in your hospital, are they all private?

    The hospital I delivered in is all LDRP...pretty good for a rural hospital in the middle of nowhere!
  16. What NOT/Never to talk about at work...

    Wow bluesky! I'm in shock right
  17. What NOT/Never to talk about at work...

    zambezi...I only wish I could find a place like that to work, but I doubt your hospital is the norm.
  18. Male L&D nurses

    Sexist and insulting....both ways....I can't believe this is still an issue with people in this
  19. No good deed goes unpunished

    IT sounds as though your local blood bank is very unprofessional and if I were you, I would speak to whoever you can to remedy this situation. If others are going through what you are and end up not...
  20. We had an OB patient die today

    Oh man, what a horrible thing to have happen. I will keep everyone involved in my prayers. Those poor
  21. Fibromyalgia

    This thread has been veeeery informative. My husband, Bryan, has had chronic pain, fatigue, etc. for years and has been thrown around and tested to the max. He finally went to a dr. (mine..that I...
  22. have you had an abortion?

    And I third it! You do what's best for you and your
  23. Male L&D nurses

    What you are basically saying then is that No men should be nurses
  24. What NOT/Never to talk about at work...

    Agreed! Agreed! Agreed! And this is almost always what tends to happen. Mature discussions are very possible if everyone is being mature about it and willing to see other's viewpoints. That being...
  25. dying child...how to cope?

    Is there an update from the OP on the baby???? I'm curious as to how he is