epiphany

epiphany

Member

  • Content

    543

  • Visitors

    7,201

  • Followers

    0

  • Likes

    7

All Content by epiphany

  1. Starting UPenn this summer

    epiphany replied to epiphany's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    Hi all: Update of my Penn experience. Our first semester we are taking Patho, Primary care of women, and Physical Exam. They are all very intense, on the average of 2 exams a week. There were a...

  2. Question about vitamine B12 IM injection

    epiphany replied to angle85's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I do sub-q on myself instead of IM, so it hurts less. and very small needle. I think B12 is generally given IM, but the instructions on the package recommended either

  3. Differences in CNM schools?

    epiphany replied to rigbyk's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    Easiet way to answer that for yourself is to look up all the schools you might be interested in, and see what their requirements are. Schools are variously different in their requirements, and MANY...

  4. Starting UPenn this summer

    epiphany replied to epiphany's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    I sent you a private

  5. Starting UPenn this summer

    epiphany replied to epiphany's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    Done. look forward to talking to

  6. Starting UPenn this summer

    epiphany replied to epiphany's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    absolutely, please have her contact me right awat. I am travelling in a different country at the moment but will check my mail when I

  7. a male midwife??? :S

    epiphany replied to yaz's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    Yes, and he hates all the terms that people have tried to use on him, especially midhusband. But he doesn't mind being called a Delivery

  8. Vanderbilt or Columbia Midwifery program?

    epiphany replied to starryeyed's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    I hope I am not answering too late, but I have heard about Columbia through friends who went there and were not too happy with the program. In my personal experience, in the hospital where I worked,...

  9. So Very Sad

    epiphany replied to TrudyRN's topic in General Nursing

    does that ever

  10. Would You/Do You Offer Assistance?

    epiphany replied to KellNY's topic in General Nursing

    If I see an ambulance there, they don't need

  11. Can you sue your instructor?

    epiphany replied to Phillygryl's topic in General Students

    I had instructor I would have sued for cruel and unusual

  12. Can you sue your instructor?

    epiphany replied to Phillygryl's topic in General Students

    Anyone can be sued. Are you angry with an instructor right now, and need some kind of

  13. Thoughts on Apple's Mac

    epiphany replied to shippoRN's topic in General Students

    The mac's are NOT "going the route" of the pc's. All new macs, as of a few months ago, use intel chips, and therefore run BOTH mac and pc platforms. This is now standard on all new purchased macs....

  14. Why are nurses such back-stabbers?

    epiphany replied to RNforLongTime's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Do you want women who don't feel that it applies to them to admit to it? Does your version of a productive dialogue include "recognizing an issue" that you deem to be fact? You mention in your...

  15. Why are nurses such back-stabbers?

    epiphany replied to RNforLongTime's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    how do you think we can change a situation by blaming an epidemic behavior on an x

  16. Why are nurses such back-stabbers?

    epiphany replied to RNforLongTime's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Backstabbing is a symptom of dysfunctionality and failure to communicate. The question is not whether women tend to backstab - the question is why anyone would do that. It IS tempting to go down...

  17. "Y" tubing and transfusion reaction

    epiphany replied to NYNewGrad's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Someone should call the company making the Y tubing and asked them exactly what they are

  18. Differences in CNM schools?

    epiphany replied to rigbyk's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    anyone from UPenn midwifery

  19. what is the normal urine output for neonate?

    epiphany posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    what is the normal urine output for neonate? Is it .5ml/kg/hr? (studying for nclex) Thank you for

  20. How much pitocin SQ to give after placenta delivery?

    epiphany posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    My pt. pulled out her IV during delivery and I had to give her a pitocin inj 10 units sc. Just wondering how this handled by other

  21. chorioamnionitis...(spelling?)

    epiphany replied to MIA-RN1's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I wonder if you are referring to an elevated temp as Chorio? That's what we call it when the maternal temp is over 100.4, and we start the antibiotics. I believe that's not really chorio, which will...

  22. Mother & Baby Dies

    epiphany replied to tigress_8207's topic in General Nursing

    I couldn't give better advice than

  23. Stuff Patients Have Smuggled onto the Psych Unit...

    epiphany replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    How very sad. I cannot fathom the pain this family would have

  24. Female FOLEY

    epiphany replied to RNOTODAY's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I don't know how to search the threads, but we had a foley thread where a lot of good tips were discussed. Don't get discouraged. They are not always easy to spot and look different in different...

  25. Bellevue ER, NYC

    epiphany replied to Dempather's topic in Emergency

    FYI, NYU Medical Center is NOT an affilliate of Bellevue. Bellevue is part of the HHC of New York City. NYU is a private hospital. But Bellevue is also a teaching hospital, who profits from the use...