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  1. Newborn PKU: Heelstick vs Venipuncture?

    fergus51 replied to Krojas21's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Fairly slowly, but not excessively so on term babies. I've never had a vein on a term kid collapse from that. Their veins are comparitively big to me since I deal more with premies and we use these...

  2. Newborn PKU: Heelstick vs Venipuncture?

    fergus51 replied to Krojas21's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I work NICU and will not waste a vein on a premie for the PKU. I will do it on term babies where IV access is not such a concern, but honestly I don't see a big difference. I've been doing heelsticks...

  3. Circumcisions-Question

    fergus51 replied to Bipley's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I know some HIV studies showed an increased risk, but the studies themselves were horribly flawed in that they didn't look at the difference in behavior between the intact and circ'ed men (they didn't...

  4. Patient complaints handling by management.

    fergus51 replied to RNS for Unity's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't have appreciated the Ritz Carlton comment, but otherwise there isn't much you can do about stuff like this. If management wants to make someone a DNR for something stupid, then you probably...

  5. Fundal Pressure

    fergus51 replied to jdc4672's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I can't believe anyone still defends fundal pressure! What's their

  6. BC Northern Hospitals are SCARY

    fergus51 replied to Danianne's topic in General Nursing

    I have friends who work in great units up north. I wouldn't do it for the weather reasons alone, but they seem to like it. I'm alive thanks to treatment I received when I lived in Prince George as a...

  7. Outcomes

    fergus51 replied to Altalorraine's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Glad to hear

  8. Outcomes

    fergus51 replied to Altalorraine's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Sure, I've seen kids with good deliveries do poorly too. This one just doesn't scream "train wreck" to me. 7.20 is the low end of normal, but I don't know any research that would point to that as a...

  9. Best Places to Work RN USA?

    fergus51 replied to joey1967's topic in International Nursing

    I'm a Canadian in California and I wouldn't live anywhere else right

  10. Broken collar bone question

    fergus51 replied to Kaseyrn2b's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I've seen shoulder dystocia with an 8lb baby and 11 lbers delivered without difficulty. It's a very individual

  11. Outcomes

    fergus51 replied to Altalorraine's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I would not be particularly worried about long term outcomes. A decel into the 90s isn't ideal, but for a term baby it isn't terrible. Every neonatologist I know pretty much ignores the one minute...

  12. Circumcisions-Question

    fergus51 replied to Bipley's topic in Ob/Gyn

    The similarities to certain forms of female genital mutilation (I would not use the word circumcision to describe cutting of female genitals because it gives the impression that it's similar to male...

  13. no relief at change of shift

    fergus51 replied to meta4's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    Our charge nurse or extra nurses will take the assignment. It has happened to me, and I just don't have the energy to stay late after working a night

  14. Can't go with family on vacation. Is it worth it?!

    fergus51 replied to Zee_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think it's all that unreasonable to not get your first choice of vacation time after being at a hospital for only 2 years. It's a bummer, but I don't think they're so evil or unusual. Good...

  15. advice on nursing school please

    fergus51 replied to OB_or_NICU_hopeful's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I had no interest in med-surg patients either and I did fine. I went pretty much into L&D as a new grad and though you see "sick" moms and babies, it's a different kind of sick. It isn't the 80...

  16. Circumcisions-Question

    fergus51 replied to Bipley's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Newer docs are no longer telling their patients that circs will prevent cervical cancer in men's sexual partners or stressing that penile cancer risk is decreased since the research that found those...

  17. How long will the CRNBC application process usually take?

    fergus51 replied to yxj124's topic in International Nursing

    With the changes in US immigration rules, Canadian nurses face about the same wait time (thanks to the visa screen). I went to school in BC and found them to be ridiculously slow about getting me my...

  18. How common is the Nursery Nurse (vs. mother/baby) care?

    fergus51 replied to BookishRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We have couplet care, but also have a nursery where most of the babies seem to go for the night. Our nursery nurses don't go to deliveries. The L&D nurses handle that, or the NICU if it's any sort...

  19. What does a Respiratory Therapist Do That An RN Can't?

    fergus51 replied to steve0123's topic in MICU, SICU

    There is no excuse for this type of territorial autonomy when it negatively impacts patient care. Jan's post is shocking to me. I can't imagine working somewhere that didn't allow me to adjust FiO2 on...

  20. What does a Respiratory Therapist Do That An RN Can't?

    fergus51 replied to steve0123's topic in MICU, SICU

    We have RTs and this is often how it works. We nearly always have some RTs that are floats from other units, so the nurse will "suggest" when to get blood gases and what to do about them:wink2: . We...

  21. AIDS debate - Most Controversial Story You've Never Heard

    fergus51 replied to JasmineTea's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    There is a documentary today on tv called "The Origin of AIDS" which hypothesizes that HIV was first introduced to humans by polio vaccines that were made using Chimpanzee tissues in the Belgian Congo...

  22. Advice on CRNBC Registration Qualifying Courses...

    fergus51 replied to mark_v's topic in International Nursing

    I don't believe you need an interim permit to take extra courses to qualify. I believe you would have to register as a student. I've heard that Douglas college offers the needed courses and clinicals...

  23. Are you too old, tired and unable to do your job?

    fergus51 replied to hbncns35's topic in General Nursing

    Honestly, it is definitely the older nurses I work with complaining that we have to work 12 hours. I have never heard younger nurses say they want 8 hour shifts. I think this is mainly related to the...

  24. AIDS debate - Most Controversial Story You've Never Heard

    fergus51 replied to JasmineTea's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    The part that ignores is that all those terrible health conditions have always been present there. It wasn't until after HIV made its appearance that we saw the number of deaths that we now see there....

  25. Nurses with AIDS

    fergus51 replied to HappyJaxRN's topic in General Nursing

    I can't imagine a healthcare worker openly proclaiming they had HIV. In my experience healthcare workers are no less likely to stigmatize people with HIV and I can't imagine they would welcome an HIV...