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  1. Medical Missions Trips?

    Littlewonder replied to newflgrad's topic in General Nursing

    Hello from Zanzibar... from a nurse working with a humanitarian aide organization that does many different projects, I see often the educational side of things is more important than actual "nursing"...

  2. Sterile Speculum exams for ?ROM

    Littlewonder replied to LizzyL&DRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I have been at several facilities where nursing is not allowed to do sterile spec exams and the physicians are not in house. We would simply do a SVE (without goo, ouch) and then brush the gloved...

  3. bottle vs breast feeding

    Littlewonder replied to evansj2's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I think one thing that has not been mentioned here that should is the cost to the infant of early formula feeding. I never make mom's feel guilty for using formula if that is their choice (and have...

  4. doing stuff differently

    Littlewonder replied to cvryder's topic in Travel

    I don't work critical care, but OB (labor, delivery, postpartum, and level one newborn nursery.) I have found that different areas of the country do many things differently. Some area's have nurses...

  5. Run get it...scrub tech student!

    Littlewonder replied to AngelGail's topic in Nursing Humor

    Littlewon's dh here. I was an orderly in OR and saw some great practical jokes. I think the classic was when the circ. cut off the scrubs pants while he was scubbed in. We also sterilized a rubber...

  6. 10 things you say at work lay people could get arrested for

    Littlewonder replied to sharann's topic in Nursing Humor

    Littlewon's dh here, I used to be an orderly in OR and one day I was sent to pick up a patient from ER who had caught a circular saw, when I got there he was still fully dressed (including winter...

  7. Finding FHT early in pregnancy

    Littlewonder posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Now, working in an LDRP where we never get anyone before they are twenty weeks along, I have a hard time with this! Every once in a while we are called down to ER to find FHT on girls between 12 and...

  8. pregnant while in school or during first year?

    Littlewonder replied to Boston-RN's topic in General Nursing

    As long as your due date is after graduation - not so bad. I ended up pregnant and delivered in the middle of my last semester. I took a year off to enjoy baby (but we really went into debt to do...

  9. Will it wreck me? Would it wreck you?

    Littlewonder replied to NurseDaddy2006's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I have dealt with this issue as I have worked LDRP for several years now and have miscarried three times while working LDRP. It really hurts in the middle of a miscarriage or when seeing someone who...

  10. Does anyone feel lonely because of being away from home during christmas!

    Littlewonder replied to sweetpea839's topic in Travel

    Yes...:icon_cry: :icon_roll and I have my husband and children with me, just not the same as being

  11. Ever had cervix go down in dilitation...

    Littlewonder replied to ShannonB25's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Hey, don't feel so bad - it CAN happen. Maybe not officially, but I have definately had it happen to me (verified by repeat exams by the nurse midwife who felt the same thing!) There are several...

  12. Resume help, please

    Littlewonder replied to ArmyWife,RN's topic in General Nursing

    Most newer word processing programs have resume templates that are great to put a good resume together. They give helpful hints for what to put where. Just make sure to keep it to one page and...

  13. Co-sleeping?

    Littlewonder replied to amber1142's topic in Ob/Gyn

    At risk of getting flamed here;) , I really think we need to take all of our supposed "guidelines" (AAP and all the others...) and use our own critical thinking when we are looking at a parenting...

  14. Public Breastfeeding

    Littlewonder replied to MarySunshine's topic in General Nursing

    I ran into this problem a lot because I never used a blanket when I was nursing in public. My babies got hot and would pull blankets off - that left me much more exposed than if I just discreetly put...

  15. Nursing Student Unlawfully Removed from School

    Littlewonder replied to RobInAlabama's topic in General Nursing

    I don't doubt Rob's story at all. Nurses take a lot of nasty stuff without even flinching - and expect it. Because of a long history of nurses not standing up for themselves, there is quite a...

  16. Floating to diffrent units in your hospital

    Littlewonder replied to mugwump's topic in General Nursing

    I just have one little comment to make. As a fairly new traveler (on to second assignment!) I do not float!!! It is already difficult enough to learn the routines, locations of supplies, and...

  17. Pregnant/Work

    Littlewonder replied to jrfinley21's topic in First Year After Licensure

    No, you will do fine. Just remember to take a deep breath and smile when you think you just can't do it. I have had to start jobs at that point in pregnancy and while it is always stressful, it is...

  18. getting independent health insurance?

    Littlewonder replied to cre8tivRN's topic in Travel

    I am in the exact same situation right now and I found an interesting key phrase to put into google "short term health insurance." It brings up much less expensive insurances for those between major...

  19. Traveling RV style...

    Littlewonder replied to kat29's topic in Travel

    Hello from another 5th wheeling travel nurse. My husband and I and our two preschool boys live in a 33 footer with a superslide. We love it! (It is much easier to keep track of the 18 month old than...

  20. Effect of Mom's Pain Meds?

    Littlewonder replied to JaneyW's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Hey, I do LDRP and have used Nubain frequently in one hospital for about three years. We did not have the irritable babies described, but we did use a mother/baby skin to skin type care model. I...

  21. Hospital Infant Security Systems

    Littlewonder replied to BABYRN916's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We use Prosec and I really like the system. It attatches to the cord clamp so that you don't have to worry about removal or stink (until the cord falls off!) You do need diapers that fit though. We...

  22. Male Nursing Student, Want to Work OB

    Littlewonder replied to Annointed_RNStudent's topic in Men in Nursing

    Just to place a slightly different viewpoint here... I am a LDRP/ newborn nurse. I am also a breastfeeding educator. I have also had two children. As a patient, as a nurse, and as a breastfeeding...

  23. Accepting or not accepting the client which jeopardizes the license the most?

    Littlewonder replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    If I understand right, it would be better to refuse the new admit. I do not think you could be "abandoning" a client who you had not taken report on and not cared for - just as if you come to work...

  24. Tell me what you like and dislike about nurse midwives

    Littlewonder replied to midwife2b's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    Wow, in our small LDRP, we have maybe a 5-10% epidural rate!!! Because the docs have to do them!!! ...so we do a lot of comfort interventions! Our moms generally do great without, but I admit I...

  25. Does a first time traveler get many interviews?

    Littlewonder posted a topic in Travel

    I am currently working in a LDRP, NN unit where we do everything (including ward clerk!) We only do about 35 deliveries a month, but then again we only have about 15 staff members so we each have...