GingerSue

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  1. critical thinking paper

    GingerSue replied to mcns's topic in General Nursing

    is pain management of interest to

  2. Help with Nursing Diagnosis

    GingerSue replied to MeAndrawl's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    related to collection of excess fluid in the intrapleural space with compression of overlying lung tissue (depending on which one: empyemic, hemothorax, exudative, transudative, or chylothorax) any...

  3. I need a quick pregnancy/childhood/pp cheat sheet

    GingerSue replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I don't have a site here's the Apgar Scoring System from Olds: Sign Heart Rate Score 0Absent 1 Slow-below 100 2Above-100 Respiratory effort 0Absent 1Slow-irregular 2Good crying Muscle tone 0 Flaccid...

  4. website -- doctor-rating --problems

    GingerSue replied to GingerSue's topic in General Nursing

    I have no idea why she (this doctor) behaved this way except that maybe she's in the habit of ordering nurses and maybe it was her own "transference" and inability to realize that I, as a patient, am...

  5. website -- doctor-rating --problems

    GingerSue posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have seen this website, and checked about several doctors in my current location, and in another city to check if there were any comments and I realize that there can be some problems with comments...

  6. ? about rectal administration of medication

    GingerSue replied to blyn79's topic in General Nursing

    for rectal route, there would be meds specifically designed for rectal admin (suppository is all that I'm aware of) unless there was something that I missed while taking the pharmacology

  7. website -- doctor-rating --problems

    GingerSue replied to GingerSue's topic in General Nursing

    no, I did not work at that office as I mentioned, I was a

  8. freezing breast milk

    GingerSue replied to GingerSue's topic in Ob/Gyn

    even when I freeze ordinary cow's milk, it'll sometimes become sour upon thawing (after being in the freezer for a few

  9. freezing breast milk

    GingerSue replied to GingerSue's topic in Ob/Gyn

    breast milk can only be stored up to 6 months in a deep freezer (only 3 - 4 months in a freezer separate from the refrigerator, and only 2 weeks in a freezer compartment of a refrigerator) how long as...

  10. Communicating patients medications from hospitals to home care.

    GingerSue replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in General Nursing

    reading this just reminded me of my father's recent experience with medications - the only reason he even has a list is because I insisted that staff give him one upon discharge then he gets his...

  11. Non-Nurses calling themselves a Nurse

    GingerSue replied to sarajasmine's topic in General Nursing

    doesn't have the right to diagnose or prescribe "wingworm"? maybe some changes

  12. sterile water for baby baths

    GingerSue replied to brady123's topic in Ob/Gyn

    couldn't be sterile if the basin and supplies are unsterile. how can a faucet provide sterile

  13. Need a little help with something that has been bothering me

    GingerSue replied to medicrnohio's topic in General Nursing

    depends how you think of it for eg. when I was doing private duty in the home, I didn't get breaks, I was with the patient at all times (usually 12 hours shifts) - but I was paid well and breaks never...

  14. Patient ghost visit

    GingerSue replied to yankeesrule's topic in General Nursing

    A. not necessarily, maybe just tired? B. happened? - one afternoon I arrived to visit my mother, and she told me that she had just seen me sitting in the living-room on the sofa, (which was not...

  15. fetal monitor question

    GingerSue posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    when using a fetal monitor, what position must the mother be in - must she be lying supine, or can she be in a position in which she is most

  16. pulsatilla as a homeopathic remedy

    GingerSue posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    I am reading that pulsatilla is used to improve a deficient flow of milk or to dry up milk if the mother is weaning why can pulsatilla do

  17. pulsatilla as a homeopathic remedy

    GingerSue replied to GingerSue's topic in Ob/Gyn

    thanks (in Olds, the mention of herbs is in little boxes throughout the

  18. red raspberry to increase milk supply

    GingerSue replied to GingerSue's topic in Ob/Gyn

    thanks for the information (no it's not for me personally, it just trying to learn more about what I'm

  19. red raspberry to increase milk supply

    GingerSue posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    there's a list of herbs thought to increase milk supply, and red raspberry is one item in the list is this the same or different from those red raspberries that grow on bushes? it's included as an...

  20. dilemma

    GingerSue replied to WingsEarned21's topic in General Nursing

    why give up your current position for a place where you know there are already a lot of

  21. pulsatilla as a homeopathic remedy

    GingerSue replied to GingerSue's topic in Ob/Gyn

    these items are listed in the maternal-newborn textbook in the chapter about newborn nutrition Chaste tree (vitex) is listed as being helpful in cases of insufficient lactation anyone know about...

  22. Determining Gender of Baby at 12 weeks! HUH??

    GingerSue replied to dougRN2BE's topic in General Nursing

    in my textbook this is what it says by 12 weeks well-differentiated genitals appear between 8 to 12 weeks male physical characteristics and production of testosterone just a start male and female...

  23. Looking for career advice and encouragement.

    GingerSue replied to LaeDeesNP's topic in General Nursing

    there are many areas other than med/surg for you to

  24. congenital rubella and isolation

    GingerSue posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    infants born with congential rubella syndrome should be isolated they continue to shed the virus for up to 12 months so - are they kept isolated for 12

  25. congenital rubella and isolation

    GingerSue replied to GingerSue's topic in Ob/Gyn

    thanks