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  1. The Magic of Touch: What's Happened to the PM Care Backrub?

    epiphany replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in General Nursing

    So

  2. Nursing school not teaching IVs

    epiphany replied to 19Monica79's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    I was in your shoes and just as worried as you about doing my IV's. When you start work, observe the procedure a few times, and have someone you can approach be there in the beginning. I know it's...

  3. Unresolved post-op tachy in c-section pt.

    epiphany replied to epiphany's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Good question, but we checked her baseline base on her prenatal care chart, as well as during labor. Her temp spiked briefly to 99.9 tympanic about 2 hours post op - it was resolved in one hour...

  4. Unresolved post-op tachy in c-section pt.

    epiphany replied to epiphany's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Blood loss, H&H, BP, urine output unremarkable. That was the first thing we

  5. advice/experience? please!

    epiphany replied to sweetieann's topic in General Nursing

    An externship is very helpful, but not indispensible. Some people get a foot through the door with it, but jobs are plenty, and many of my classmates got by without it. If you need the break, I would...

  6. Vet tech calling herself RN

    epiphany replied to Nightcrawler's topic in General Nursing

    Does anyone know how I can stop getting notification when we get a new post on this

  7. New OB Nurses, Grads and Students, Please Feel Free to post your questions here:

    epiphany replied to SmilingBluEyes's topic in Ob/Gyn

    The LPN's on my floor scrub, and also assist the nurses tasks, but they don't take on any patients or even give meds, or take vitals. Their main job is to scrub, and help out in between. Besides...

  8. Positive Side of Nursing

    epiphany replied to wanna-be-nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Thank YOU. Your response means a lot to me. It means I'm not some scraggly old hag following the sound of my own distant drums. :) I'll cross my fingers for you getting into the

  9. Kudos to you L&D Nurses!

    epiphany replied to dawngloves's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I get a kick out of a real primal scream. I wish I was allowed to scream that way on occasion, but I don't have an

  10. Positive Side of Nursing

    epiphany replied to wanna-be-nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Most of my patients need me. I'm one of the few advocates (sadly) who will defend them, because they are poor immigrants who cannot speak up for themselves. Most of them don't know what I have to do...

  11. Graduate nurse never inserted foley :/

    epiphany replied to NikiChiki's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    We do enough catherization that sterility is a must. For women, I look for the meatus before starting the procedure, to limit fumbling around. Then, I like to open the labia (or pull for the...

  12. Vet tech calling herself RN

    epiphany replied to Nightcrawler's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think there's much you can do about someone calling themselves an RN falsely unless they are also functioning as an RN, is

  13. Applying Oxygen when O2sat is 99% on RA

    epiphany replied to SC RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    This is a fun puzzle you brought up. I see your rationale of making up for the inaccuracy of the pulse oximeter. It would be very interesting to observe the relationship between fetal distress and...

  14. AROM at -2 station?

    epiphany posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    A resident decided to do an AROM on my pt at 8/90/-2. I asked her if the head was engaged, and she said yes. My question is, is she right? I though the head was engaged only at 0 station, and...

  15. AROM at -2 station?

    epiphany replied to epiphany's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Yeah, it's mystery to me. I had encountered this earlier, and in fact asked a similar question in this from, but this time, I actually point blank made the physician verbalized she was doing and AROM...

  16. Maimonides Hospital in Brooklyn? (Lutheran, Methodist)

    epiphany replied to NYNewGrad's topic in New York Nursing

    what's a "bump"? I see that all the

  17. Post-op pain!

    epiphany posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Right after we wheel a mother from the OR - c/s with BTL - into recovery, the anesthesiologist deemed it necessary to immediately take out her epidural catheter "because of some sterility breakdown"....

  18. Post-op pain!

    epiphany replied to epiphany's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I spoke to the anesthesiologist, and apparently what happened was the cap came off the epid. catheter right after the c/s. Normally, she would have given the Duramorph right before she removed it, and...

  19. Post-op pain!

    epiphany replied to epiphany's topic in Ob/Gyn

    This is all mystery to me and I intend to get to the bottom of this. As for the PCA pump, it appear to me, no-one's used it frequently to even have one around. It had to be fetched from another...

  20. Post-op pain!

    epiphany replied to epiphany's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I wonder myself if the Toradol was not used because of pt's hx of

  21. Pain!

    epiphany posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    So I had an interesting day. Right after we wheel the mother from c/s with BTL into recovery, her epidural catheter was removed immediately by anesth. necessary "because of some sterility breakdown"...

  22. Post-op pain!

    epiphany replied to epiphany's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Thank for you responses. I was not scheduled to circulate to OR yet - I'm still in the labor & delivery training, so it was my first recovery experience. I was just supposed to observe because my...

  23. Pain!

    epiphany posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    So I had an interesting day. Right after we wheel the mother from c/s with BTL into recovery, her epidural catheter was removed immediately by anesth. necessary "because of some sterility breakdown"...

  24. Pain!

    epiphany posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    So I had an interesting day. Right after we wheel the mother from c/s with BTL into recovery, her epidural catheter was removed immediately by anesth. necessary "because of some sterility breakdown"...

  25. Male RN-assist with pelvic exams?

    epiphany replied to walnuttree91's topic in Emergency

    Exactly my