LilPeanut MSN, RN, NP

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    random and bizarre question..when listening to your own heartbeat

    LilPeanut replied to LilPeanut's topic in General Nursing

    Well, just as an update, my mother in law is a nurse and was over today, so I had her listen, just to see if I was crazy. I apparently do not have the murmur when standing up, only when lying down,...
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    random and bizarre question..when listening to your own heartbeat

    LilPeanut replied to LilPeanut's topic in General Nursing

    When I first started fainting a few years ago, I didn't have a murmur and I think I had a stress test maybe? Anyway, I'm putting a call into a doctor tomorrow because I was needing to see one...
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    Short gut babies

    LilPeanut replied to LaNICUnurse's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We actually just had the ultimate of short gut who was taken off support. There was a 12d old with MCA and issues with not tolerating feeds. The babygrams were showing some unusual things, but no...
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    Short gut babies

    LilPeanut replied to LaNICUnurse's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Actually, our OT dept uses suckers for our babes. Obviously if the kid is NPO, that's another issue, but a little lick of a sucker can be great for combatting oral
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    Experiences with post-maturity

    LilPeanut replied to 2curlygirls's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    It goes up, and of course you see the sickest babies in the NICU. But, it is also very irresponsible IMO to say that nothing good happens after 40 weeks. 40 weeks is an average. Some babies need...
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    At what gestation would YOU want YOUR baby saved?

    LilPeanut replied to StacyC417's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Like some others, I think it is different when you are actually in the situation. I was in PTL with both of my pregnancies, but when I was dilated to 2, 90%, fFN+ at 23+5 with my son and...
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    Short gut babies

    LilPeanut replied to LaNICUnurse's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I agree with the above poster. We have a large number of short guts. (our city has the highest national rate of gastro.) In general, we have been reasonably successful in getting our babies off TPN,...
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    Experiences with post-maturity

    LilPeanut replied to 2curlygirls's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I will disagree with it - normal human gestation can last for 38-42 weeks. If the baby is healthy and the mom is healthy, it is very possible that either dates are off, or the baby needs more time to...
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    Soo Many Posts On Criminal Records

    LilPeanut replied to MQ Edna's topic in General Nursing

    Schools can run fingerprinted background checks. We had to pay for an FBI check, including being fingerprinted, when I started nursing school. If we had had a background check run in the last 5...
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    Breastfeed or else

    LilPeanut replied to babynurselsa's topic in General Nursing

    Yep, actually I am, and there are several I will not mention because I find their results to be
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    Breastfeed or else

    LilPeanut replied to babynurselsa's topic in General Nursing

    Ah :) Now this is what I like. Interesting study. I'm wondering about the cat thing, and whether pets in the home were looked at. Also, there's a lot of potential in the wording of breastfed for...
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    Breastfeed or else

    LilPeanut replied to babynurselsa's topic in General Nursing

    Because no one was responding to the intelligent replies. No one was answering the questions I posed, responding to the studies I discussed, critiquing the essay I posted. And that's why I am...
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    Breastfeed or else

    LilPeanut replied to babynurselsa's topic in General Nursing

    Just some food for thought in everyone's assumptions about me. Did anyone ever ask me how I would approach a patient about it, instead of a colleague in intellectual discourse? Or rather, how I have...
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    Breastfeed or else

    LilPeanut replied to babynurselsa's topic in General Nursing

    I know perfectly well. I am very frustrated with the group that ignores every word I say and then praises it when it comes from someone else. Saying things like "as a student, you just can't...
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    Breastfeed or else

    LilPeanut replied to babynurselsa's topic in General Nursing

    *scratches head* Isn't that exactly what I've been saying? Fully inform them prior to the initiation of infant feeding. Yeah. I'm pretty sure that's what I said. And I'm pretty sure I also never...
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    Breastfeed or else

    LilPeanut replied to babynurselsa's topic in General Nursing

    Ok. Because I am a sucker, loser and whatnot else and I cannot just let this patronizing, condescension slip by, I must address it. Please point to a post where I say I think moms are terrible for...
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    Breastfeed or else

    LilPeanut replied to babynurselsa's topic in General Nursing

    edited to add: No, smilingblueeyes, you gave vague references to informing her and not making her feel guilty. Actually type out the conversation you would have with a new mother, verbatim, to show...
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    Breastfeed or else

    LilPeanut replied to babynurselsa's topic in General Nursing

    Tell me exactly how you do this, roleplay it with me if you will. I'm definitely willing to learn and I'd love to see how this is properly approached so the mother doesn't feel guilty, but is fully...
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    Breastfeed or else

    LilPeanut replied to babynurselsa's topic in General Nursing

    Alright, so then give examples of how you propose to educate a woman about breastfeeding, without "guilting" her. Please, give me something to read that supports your point of view. Be it essay,...
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    Breastfeed or else

    LilPeanut replied to babynurselsa's topic in General Nursing

    But, no one is thinking, they are reacting emotionally. They aren't reading the studies, the essays, the articles. I'm feel like I'm talking to a wall. People aren't responding to my analogies as...
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    Breastfeed or else

    LilPeanut replied to babynurselsa's topic in General Nursing

    Jay: Did you read the article I posted twice now on this thread called "Watch your Language?" With your excessive use of caps and large fonts, it is very easy for you to come off as offensive to me....
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    Breastfeed or else

    LilPeanut replied to babynurselsa's topic in General Nursing

    Why do I give my kids inferior food sometimes? because it's easier and I know that I am not feeding them that single thing for every single meal for over six months during some of the most important...
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    Breastfeed or else

    LilPeanut replied to babynurselsa's topic in General Nursing

    I'm assuming she's referring to soy and/or homemade concoctions made with goats milk. I have seen some compelling research on goat's milk, but cow's milk is the standard and the standardization is...
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    Breastfeed or else

    LilPeanut replied to babynurselsa's topic in General Nursing

    Because the research has born that out. As for other environmental "hazards" in breastmilk, the way they are finding their way into the mom is via air and water typically, things that the child is...
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    Breastfeed or else

    LilPeanut replied to babynurselsa's topic in General Nursing

    Again, I'm going to refer to "Watch your Language" by Diane Wiessinger, MS, IBCLC. Read the whole article. It's very good and thought provoking....