GingerSue

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  1. Help Re: Constipation - Need Recipe!

    GingerSue replied to miko014's topic in General Nursing

    Why the

  2. what is a surgigator?

    GingerSue posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    I have tried to find this on google looking for explanation of what is a surgigator - mentioned in the Teaching/psychosocial section of the postpartal period when explaining about peri-care,...

  3. Is anyone else uncomfortable with this?

    GingerSue replied to jill48's topic in General Nursing

    if you are being held responsible for the person's actions, then you must have authority over what this person

  4. congenital rubella and isolation

    GingerSue replied to GingerSue's topic in Ob/Gyn

    does anyone know about those 12

  5. FTA, ABS blood test for treponema pallidum

    GingerSue replied to GingerSue's topic in Ob/Gyn

    thanks

  6. FTA, ABS blood test for treponema pallidum

    GingerSue posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    this is a chart about infections that put pregnancy at risk in the section about syphilis there is a list of blood tests that include VDRL, RPR, FTA, ABS I have checked these my question is about ABS...

  7. For those who have gone before me.....

    GingerSue replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

    it is easy to know about conversion of mg to g and the formulas for calculation but I'm not able to comment about the machines used in hospitals, although I have seen them, I haven't personally used...

  8. The Circumcision Discussion

    GingerSue replied to jmspeach's topic in Ob/Gyn

    besides a pacifier, what else could have been helpful for the

  9. Handing out free samples

    GingerSue replied to LifeisgoodTN's topic in General Nursing

    who authorized the free samples? (wouldn't want to be accused of stealing at a later

  10. Using Same Equipement on all Patients?

    GingerSue replied to Atl_John's topic in General Nursing

    I remember one LTC facility that had available one forcep kept in solution to be used for all patients dressings - what do you think of that

  11. what is a surgigator?

    GingerSue replied to GingerSue's topic in Ob/Gyn

    thanks I'll never

  12. Hints for Interview Success?

    GingerSue replied to weirdRN's topic in General Nursing

    yes, people do this if they are considering to switch jobs as a preceptor, I remember having a nurse from a hospital come with me while doing home visiting nursing, for her to consider if she wanted...

  13. Chat anyone???

    GingerSue replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    happy birthday :balloons:

  14. Career vs family

    GingerSue replied to PEDSVA's topic in General Nursing

    your children will not be children forever they will grow up can you work something out in your specialty area - maybe they would listen? your career is also

  15. I just need to talk

    GingerSue replied to crb613's topic in General Nursing

    keep trying to get the other opinion and get the testing done sooner if you don't persist, then nothing will be changed you've got to persist there will likely be someone who will listen, when you...

  16. safety and home care services

    GingerSue posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    this is in a chapter about postpartal family home care the section is about safety the point being mentioned is "leave the home immediately if a gun is visible and the client or family member refuses...

  17. newby with a quick questions

    GingerSue replied to Christine950423's topic in General Nursing

    1) no I did not know what type of nurse that I wanted to be before entering school. I had one area of interest (pediatrics) but I didn't pursue it right away, instead I pursued another area that...

  18. newborn heart rate - why auscultate at the junction of the umbilical cord & skin?

    GingerSue posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'm reading about rating the newborn at 1 minute after birth aand again at 5 minutes, and the textbook says that the heart rate is auscultated or palpated at the junction of the umbilical cord and...

  19. Help! Please

    GingerSue replied to nathy620's topic in General Nursing

    can you find out from the board of nursing in your

  20. newborn heart rate - why auscultate at the junction of the umbilical cord & skin?

    GingerSue replied to GingerSue's topic in Ob/Gyn

    name of the book is Maternal-Newborn Nursing & Women's Health Care by Olds, et

  21. safety and home care services

    GingerSue replied to GingerSue's topic in Ob/Gyn

    thanks for the

  22. safety and home care services

    GingerSue replied to GingerSue's topic in Ob/Gyn

    thank you I have not had the experience of encountering someone with a gun in the home (at least, not to my knowledge) but to read this, well, it got me thinking I remember once a male patient in a...

  23. pulsatilla as a homeopathic remedy

    GingerSue replied to GingerSue's topic in Ob/Gyn

    the source - is Sally B. Olds, Marcia L. London, Patricia Wieland Ladewig, and Michele R. Davidson Maternal-Newborn Nursing & Women's Health Care (2004) They describe pulsatilla, a homeopathic...

  24. newborn heart rate - why auscultate at the junction of the umbilical cord & skin?

    GingerSue replied to GingerSue's topic in Ob/Gyn

    thanks if you have an opportunity to check how the apical compares to the umbilical junction site I went back and read that section again, and this is what it says to do "the heart rate is auscultated...

  25. would you be a RN for $11.00/hr?

    GingerSue replied to PHLEBOTOMIST_TO_RN's topic in General Nursing

    no, I would not work for $11/hour 23 years ago I was being paid around $12/hour and ten years later I was being paid $20/hour so by now it should be around $35/hour considering the responsibilities...