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  1. SCARY drug exp post C-Sec - DROPERIDOL

    Mermaid4 replied to alphafe's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Our routine post op csections orders give the option of either droperidol or zofran for nausea. I haven't had a patient complain about droperidol at all ( at least not yet), but I have found that they...

  2. TLC Special Duggar Family

    Mermaid4 replied to alphafe's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I once worked with a dialysis nurse who was thrilled to be delivering her eleventh child with no end in sight. I thought she was crazy until I met her family and saw how much they actually enjoyed...

  3. Dau. is 27 wks but measures 35!

    Mermaid4 replied to Midwest4me's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I am with Smiling Blue Eyes

  4. thinking about switching from OB to dialysis...

    Mermaid4 replied to ChristineO's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Gosh, I could have written your post as well. I have been a labor nurse for nearly sixteen years and I am still on nights. Unfortunately, that is how it is now a days and the experienced people are...

  5. Ten Commandments of Nursing...

    Mermaid4 posted a topic in Nursing Humor

    this may have been around before... ten commandments of nursing ( herbert kavet) 1. thou shalt not wear stylish shoes that will kill your feet before the shift ends. 2. thou shalt protect thy...

  6. How many mistakes can one nurse make? (A vent)

    Mermaid4 replied to JacelRN's topic in General Nursing

    If we were all perfect, we couldn't be good nurses. At least in my opinion. Sometimes nurses who seem to convey disgust or dismay when we have an imperfect moment or moments, are the ones who might...

  7. Along A Jetty....one nurses thoughtsand feelings about her terminally ill dad.....

    Mermaid4 replied to mother/babyRN's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you.....I love you

  8. WANTED: Words of Wisdom from L&D RNs

    Mermaid4 replied to camay1221_RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Where to start...First, trust your feelings..If you have an instinct for something, investigate why Get to know the nurses and docs and approach them the same way you approached this post, as an...

  9. Old Ladies Having Babies

    Mermaid4 replied to alphafe's topic in Ob/Gyn

    No personal attack was made or received by me..Lets be clear on that....Thanks for your concern and message received. Asking a person how old they is is not an attack, but a question. It interests me...

  10. Old Ladies Having Babies

    Mermaid4 replied to alphafe's topic in Ob/Gyn

    With regard to the "some people seem defensive", feel free to refer to me if you are referring to me. I'm not defensive, just genuinely floored that people would care to involve themselves in such a...

  11. Old Ladies Having Babies

    Mermaid4 replied to alphafe's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I don't get why anyone has the right to judge...I thought that before I became a parent in my forties and I believe that now, otherwise, people should be chastized for having the gall to die...

  12. Old Ladies Having Babies

    Mermaid4 replied to alphafe's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Well, I am forty seven and no old lady but I do have naturally occurring children, ages six, five and four. I doubt anyone thought Senator Strom Thurmond was ethically irresponsible for having five...

  13. Are all day shift nurse burnt out and crabby

    Mermaid4 replied to Nursesuzi's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I think it is just not knowing yet how to adjust to different personalities for the most part. Nursing isn't easy on the best day, and the night shift often has to pull together because often there...

  14. AJN Article Opinions.. "I'm No Angel"

    Mermaid4 replied to Trauma-tizedRN's topic in General Nursing

    I think whoever you are is the person and personality you bring to nursing. In no way do I think being called an angel could ever hurt the nursing profession because being called an angel is just...

  15. AJN Article Opinions.. "I'm No Angel"

    Mermaid4 replied to Trauma-tizedRN's topic in General Nursing

    I couldn't (and didn't) put it beter myself..Exactly how I feel.. Well

  16. What's your craziest delivery story?

    Mermaid4 replied to sierranurse's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Shea Tab...She had twins at 26 weeks and was 36 weeks the day of her section? I don't get it. You mean one twin died and they left it in utero for ten weeks. I think I missed something...FUNNY story...

  17. Rude and crude RN

    Mermaid4 replied to Thunderwolf's topic in General Nursing

    Nope....Sigh......

  18. What's you highest...?

    Mermaid4 replied to talaxandra's topic in General Nursing

    Dear friend who was a child patient of mine (refer to the post entitled "Some Kind of Friendship")...Was talking to me with a blood sugar of 1600....Since then has had a pancreas transplant after not...

  19. Rude and crude RN

    Mermaid4 replied to Thunderwolf's topic in General Nursing

    Women have had to endure this for years because "thats how it is." If this guy is in any way enlightened to modern times, he should know that this is inappropriate behavior in the workplace but...

  20. Help! question about complications at a birth

    Mermaid4 replied to cathalenem's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Yep, my thought as well...And while it is wonderful and possibly necessary to have four people on, it just doesn't always turn out that way. Not to mention at what point of the labor it is or any one...

  21. PPH and REDHEADS?

    Mermaid4 replied to rtadpole's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Not EVERY redhead has a pph, but they often do bleed more and that is just a fact EVERY OB nurse who has been in it awhile can tell you for certain. Pain is something that is a personal thing. Studies...

  22. ICU to OB????

    Mermaid4 replied to hollerhill's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Thats why we tell the new nurses wanting to get into OB to get all the experience they can before they arrive...Our patients go into pulmonary edema, bleed to death, throw emboli, have heart problems,...

  23. ICU to OB????

    Mermaid4 replied to hollerhill's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Intereseting.. ICU nurses have the same sort of personality delivery nurses need and to your co workers who ridicule you or ridiculed you, let them know that OB nurses are even more trained than they...

  24. PPH and REDHEADS?

    Mermaid4 replied to rtadpole's topic in Ob/Gyn

    The old capillaries are larger and more friable....But I am still not sure why those long legged ladies always have to be watched for their quick

  25. Help! question about complications at a birth

    Mermaid4 replied to cathalenem's topic in Ob/Gyn

    What about spontaneous cardiomyopathy post birth, which happens without warning and for no good