Jayla

For those of you who work with pregnant/laboring women: for a normal, low risk pregnancy, which type of provider do you think is best? Either for you, personally, or your patients? I have not had a baby yet, but my preference would be a nurse midwif...

I'm not a big daytime tv person, so I don't have a strong opinion about Oprah either way. The other day I happened to be watching her show, and she made a comment about HTN in African Americans that I have some issue with. She said HTN is so preval...

Hi all! I'm a new grad on a MS floor (just off orientation). I always heard about the "nurses eat their young" thing in school and thought it was silly, but now I'm beginning to wonder.... First of all, I'm 29 and have worked in plenty of other e...

Given all the recent media attention to cancer, I have been thinking about my recent and personal experience with this disease. In November 2005 my father was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer. Since that time, I cannot tell you how many people h...

I just want to be clear--I do support a cure for every type of cancer. Of course, I do not want anyone to have to go through what my family is going through. My point, however, is that many people view those with a diagnosis of lung cancer as some...

Thank you! Also, for everyone's information: Radon is considered to be the second leading cause of lung cancer in the U.S. today. Radon gas can come up through the soil under a home or building and enter through gaps and cracks in the foundation or i...

No, I absolutely do not think it is intentionally said to be hurtful or insensitive. I agree with the above posts. From someone who is personally dealing with this disease: just because such a comment is not meant to be hurtful, doesn't mean it isn'...

I'm looking to switch into a field of nursing that would both broaden my skill set and provide a challenge. Up till now, my focus has been community/public health nursing. I'm not feeling challenged and after looking around I have noticed a lot of ...

Thank you so much for your response--definitely food for thought. I would imagine it would be hard to find a job on a more specialized unit with no cardiac nursing experience, though. I'm not opposed to having M/S patients; I just don't want to end...

Ok, so we've all heard the horror stories of bad outcomes from epidurals, and the fact that "natural" childbirth is much healthier for mom and baby has probably been drilled into every nurse (maybe not, but this has been my experience). Then there ar...

Yep, went back to school in 2000 after graduating with a degree in Anthroplogy in 1998. I took all my prerequisites part time (2/semester) at a CC while working full time at a hospital as a CNA. The job had tuition reimbursement, so I had no loans ...

The problem I see is that several of the young girls/women who have requested plan B repeatedly also come in for STD testing very frequently. Many times they are positive for Gonorrhea or Chlamydia, sometime herpes and syphilis. So, what I worry abou...

So why oh why would someone say that they would only want to be attended by a midwife who has nursing training? I know i have little or no understanding of systems outside the UK, but please, give specialist midwives a chance, after all thats what th...

Hello all! Thanks for all the responses! I feel like I've gleaned a lot from reading these posts, considering I have yet to experience labor myself. I did not intend for this to turn into a debate about which is better--natural vs. medicated. I belie...

Thanks for the replies! I think it's great that there is such support for midwifery--I guess I'm not surprised though. I'm glad to hear no one's had a bad experience with a midwife. This is pretty much the response I thought I'd get, but was just c...

As a nurse, particularly an ER nurse, you assume the responsibility of saving the lives of people who take risks you may be against--every day. For example, you might be morally against IV drug use, but if a patient is brought through the doors coma...

A very comprehensive book about providing health care to latino patients is called, well, The Latino Patient (Nilda Chong). It discusses many cultural aspects of providing health care to people from central and south america. Of course, it only perta...

So, thus far the opinions seems split almost evenly. I understand the point that epidurals can make the pain of labor tolerable and the experience more enjoyable. But I also can't help but think about the millions of women who've squatted in a field...

THanks for the responses! Just curious--what made the "all natural" experience your favorite?

Just wondering--for a hospital based birth, if a woman has a midwife, is a birth doula really necessary? Does a hospital based midwife essentially fill the role of doula/birth companion? Thanks!

Does anyone have experience posting their resume online? Where are the best places to list your resume as a nurse? Thanks!

Hello! Does anyone here have experience with cloth diapers? Where do you get them, and is one brand known as the best? Thanks!!

Wow! Thank you so much for all this helpful info! I will definitely start doing my research.

Thank you! Would you mind asking your friend for me where she bought them online?

Hi! I just quit my first nursing job. It was on a med-surg floor, which was not what I was planning to do after graduation. My goal was to go directly into community health nursing, but I got antsy because the process of application was lengthy, and ...