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My proposed solution to help is to increase the number of Nurse Midwives and competant OBGyns (preferably female). I had my first two babies under the charge of male OBGyns, both who discounted my pre-enclamypsia symptoms. I thought with a track record of enclampsia the second would take me seriously, but alas. A 1 pounder, then a 2 pounder. My third child, under a wonderful female OBGyn, was 8 pounds 10 ounces. She saw me constantly, tested me thoroughly, and addressed any problems promptly. In medicine, just like in a lot of places, women's voices are often discounted, to everyone's detriment.

You too Danni!

I'm just putting it out there that I am now on a first-name basis with the fungi in my bathroom. The whole family is looking forward to December lol.

Thurs lab, starting in mat/peds with mon class & lecture

Just want to put it out there that the class I needed and registered for STILL has openings as of 4:45. Irrational, displaced anger anyone?

Glad it's over! I got an 87.5. How did everyone else do?

Just FYI, the bookstore has the ursing books but it wont have the nursing kit until "sometime" this week.

I'm only like a tenth of the way into the big nursing book, although Im halfway through Clinical Calculations and Ive done a bunch of NCLEX stuff. Ive followed a nurse a few times and I'm going to follow a tech soon. Ive also studied up on some pathophysiology because everyone says it's the hardest thing. I feel behind too, because I planned to have a lot more done by now but all you can do is your best, right? And Danni, I think the skills you show, like dedication, attitude, and focus are all more important than pre-studying and will take you farther.

Yeah! It's about time! Geez, they were letting you sweat it out.

You can have autistic characteristics and not be autistic. I have many characteristics of autism also but that doesn't make me autistic.

I can't wait either, momtofore!

The more time I spend in the medical sphere the more I believe good sticks are an art and some got it and some do not. I have rolling veins and whenever I was pregnant was covered in bruises from the lab. Ouch! Sending you my sympathy! I havnt heard anything about my packet so hopefully it was all good! I raised 70K on Saturday and completed 2 major house projects today so I am really feeling like I am getting somewhere. I havnt bought any of my supplies yet though, I was goning to wait until August. Anyone know of a reason why it's a bad idea? PS The $1000 is a "nursing school is really popular and theres a lot of demand" fee - it's pretty new.

At Cooper we got our cards that night so maybe you will too. They waited on the class prices til like a wwek ago because they werent sure how much they were going to charge per credit.

It was great to meet you guys! FYI for everyone else, apparently there are a lot of people (guess how I found out) handing in their packets with their CPR card not signed - so just a reminder so no one else gets rejected!

I WOULD like to point out that in 1991, when 27 weeks was touch-and-go, the smallest baby at that time ever to survive was revived by a nurse after the mother had agreed to let the baby go. Reading this mom's story of the heartbreak, divroce, and over 400 operations she and her baby suffered through in the next four years was excrutiating. And it was the NURSES decision - and she was PROUD of it. Since then, society has joined in the chorus, with any and all doctor shows having "miracle" babies born at 23 weeks grow into perfect newborns. But it's all of our faults, not just mom and dad. People take their cues from the people around them, including the people in the NICU - doctors that say it straight are doing the parents a favor. And let us not forget that keeping 23 weekers alive is also part of an agenda about abortion that makes the situation that much more difficult. I mean, just go onto a website and try to explain why you are having an abortion at 23 weeks for a fatal disease or congenital abnormality and watch the fur fly. So why would you expect parents to ever agree to let their child go... it always turns out fine on Gray's Anatomy. And honestly, no matter what, you don't feel like a good parent when you agree to let your child die. Even when it's the right thing to do.