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  1. Why a C-Section?

    fergus51 replied to edj02's topic in Ob/Gyn

    nAs long as you can find a doc willing to do it, you can schedule your c-section. Most docs nowadays are business people and want the customer (mother) to be happy, so I can't imagine many of them...

  2. Staph Aureus

    fergus51 replied to CANADARN13's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We have outbreaks here and there. I think it's fine to swab the staff as long as they swab ALL the staff (including docs, RTs, etc). This should not be a blame thing, just a chance to eliminate...

  3. Stigma against Psych.

    fergus51 replied to Keely-FutureRN's topic in Psychiatric

    All areas of nursing get this to a point. My NICU friends can't believe I enjoyed L&D (Ewww, lady parts and lochia all day!), my L&D friends can't believe I like NICU (Who would want to work...

  4. New Ratios Good or Bad

    fergus51 replied to donahued's topic in California Nursing

    Good. Patients don't get turned away, we still have the same number of ancillary staff. We sometimes have to work outside the ratio limits, but at least it isn't all the time. We are much more...

  5. Sweet Dreams, Baby! Tell us about your strange dreams r/t nursing

    fergus51 replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    that or some therapy

  6. Vacation Woes (rant)

    fergus51 replied to TreetopAngel_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think it's disrespectful. Just say no and let it go is how I approach it. I actually wanted to work during my vacation time this summer (and I

  7. Sweet Dreams, Baby! Tell us about your strange dreams r/t nursing

    fergus51 replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    seriously! i can still hear it in my head when i think about it. work affects my subconscious waaaaaayyyyy too much. i even find myself humming the songs that play on our baby mobiles when i'm walking...

  8. Religion Needed to be a Good Nurse?

    fergus51 replied to Kabin's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    There is a great deal of diversity in Christianity and what each church teaches. A catholic and a baptist will differ greatly on what it takes to get into heaven so I don't think universalists can be...

  9. Sweet Dreams, Baby! Tell us about your strange dreams r/t nursing

    fergus51 replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    You guys are hilarious! I actually dream about work a fair bit. I used to always have the dream where it was change of shift and the oncoming nurse would ask me for a report on a patient I didn't know...

  10. I want to relocat and looking for advice...

    fergus51 replied to dan_haifa's topic in International Nursing

    Canada does have places that rarely if ever see snow (Vancouver and Victoria for instance). I worked with several Israeli nurses in Toronto and they all seemed happy there. There is a fairly large...

  11. Why a C-Section?

    fergus51 replied to edj02's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Alta, with all due respect, having an opinion on something does not mean that nurses can't provide good compassionate care to everyone. I have opinions about drug use in pregnancy, yet I have been...

  12. Religion Needed to be a Good Nurse?

    fergus51 replied to Kabin's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    I would argue that the loving and merciful nature of God would preclude him from abandoning his children in the afterlife simply because they didn't say "Jesus Christ is the only way to salvation"...

  13. Why a C-Section?

    fergus51 replied to edj02's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I would call ear pinning strictly elective (I have big ears btw, and I'm fine), but I know some doc would stress the psychological reason it has to be done and that would make it non-elective....

  14. Why a C-Section?

    fergus51 replied to edj02's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Me too:chuckle My plan doesn't cover contraception because it's a cheapy plan. I basically have insurance just so I am covered if I get into an accident or something. I don't really use the medical...

  15. PA NP movability

    fergus51 replied to Pinoy2.0's topic in General Nursing

    You've pretty much got it. Basically FNPs will be able to work with almost every kind of med-surg type patient from babies up to old folks. They just can't work in the most specialized units. So, if...

  16. Why a C-Section?

    fergus51 replied to edj02's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I've never had a health plan that covered pregnancy or birth control pills unless they were medically necessary for another reason. Breast reduction isn't really elective for many since it is done to...

  17. Why a C-Section?

    fergus51 replied to edj02's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Exceptions to the rule though. Extra digits and ears being pinned back is generally seen as correcting a deformity. They are along the lines of skin grafts for burn victims or the repair of a cleft...

  18. Why a C-Section?

    fergus51 replied to edj02's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I would never force my decision on someone else or attack them for their beliefs, just as I would expect the same thing from them. Ok, take drugs out and leave only alcohol in my post.... it's legal,...

  19. PA NP movability

    fergus51 replied to Pinoy2.0's topic in General Nursing

    Because an FNP does not have ALL roads available. I work NICU and don't know a single nurse who would want to be an FNP because we could never work in NICU again since we only take NNPs. Our peds...

  20. Benchmarking Level III NICU nurse/pt ratios....please help

    fergus51 replied to SteveNNP's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    California. We routinely have 2 stable vents, it's the really unstable ones who are 1:1 (those on high amounts of pressors, immediate post op, kids with suspected pneomos needing chest tube insertion,...

  21. Religion Needed to be a Good Nurse?

    fergus51 replied to Kabin's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    I think you have a good view of things. Off topic, but there are Christians who do not believe in the exclusive rightness of Christianity. I was raised going to UU church, which was founded as a...

  22. Bridge programs in Ontario?

    fergus51 replied to mattmend's topic in International Nursing

    I'm really not certain. I would suggest you look into U of T to get some

  23. Why a C-Section?

    fergus51 replied to edj02's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Your post seemed to equate the two though. I am all for choice, but not in every instance. For example, I don't think women should CHOOSE to use drugs and drink while pregnant. Does that make me...

  24. Why a C-Section?

    fergus51 replied to edj02's topic in Ob/Gyn

    THANK YOU! I thought I was the only one. We get more c-section babies admitted from newborn nursery because they are grunty than I care to mention. Most parents would never associate that with the...

  25. Whom if anyone do I tell?

    fergus51 replied to Mysterri's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    He wasn't suffocated from a low flow and your family member should have known that, though he wouldn't have been getting as high of an oxygen concentration as he would have with a higher flow. Why...