UrbanHealthRN BSN, RN

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    ARRIVE trial results - elective induction of labor at 39 weeks

    UrbanHealthRN replied to queenanneslace's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    The main birthing hospital in my area participated in this study. I didn't know about it until some of my postpartum home visiting clients told me they had participated in it, and I was very confused...
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    Bizarre Med Order

    UrbanHealthRN posted a topic in School

    This is actually a kiddo on the daycare side, not preschool side, of my agency. And actually, he's a 4 month old baby, not kid. But anyways. Has bad reflux that's not under control plus I guess had a...
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    Bizarre Med Order

    UrbanHealthRN replied to UrbanHealthRN's topic in School

    What's weird is, the doctor was realllly on board with q 4 hr albuterol at the start of our phone conversation. Kept talking about the constant reflux causing mucous production in the upper airway and...
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    Bizarre Med Order

    UrbanHealthRN replied to UrbanHealthRN's topic in School

    SUCCESS!! I called the pedi's office, asked for the doctor to call me back, and she did. Which, by the way, I'm glad I called today, because she's going to be out of the country starting tomorrow!...
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    Bizarre Med Order

    UrbanHealthRN replied to UrbanHealthRN's topic in School

    Oh lordy, the parents! Actually, they're foster parents. They didn't even want us contacting the doctor directly, and refused to sign an ROI form. The child's worker finally did yesterday. I think...
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    Bizarre Med Order

    UrbanHealthRN replied to UrbanHealthRN's topic in School

    Side note- those big girl pants will be pink. Happy
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    Bizarre Med Order

    UrbanHealthRN replied to UrbanHealthRN's topic in School

    Thanks for the responses so far! During the phone call, I was actually wondering if I was talking to a nurse or someone else. At the end of the call, I asked her to repeat her name, and she told me...
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    Feeling Very Confused (and a Little Hurt), Could Use Some Perspective

    UrbanHealthRN posted a topic in Pediatric

    Recently began working in a daycare/early childhood setting. I've done inpatient, outpatient, and community-based peds work before that. We've got a young infant with a hx of GERD and I guess also...
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    Mini cath on peds

    UrbanHealthRN replied to fromfaraway's topic in Emergency

    At a pediatric practice I once worked at, we had a baby go from UTI to urosepsis with ICU admission in a matter of about 8 hours. UTIs are no joke in infants and toddlers, and the gold standard for...
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    School Nursing

    UrbanHealthRN replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in School

    ...you review the welcome packet of paperwork at your new job, and the last paper is your state's guidelines for head lice in school. Just started for my local community's Head Start/Pre-K/Early Head...
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    What's your best catch?

    UrbanHealthRN replied to beekee's topic in General Nursing

    This was when I worked inpatient pedi as a new grad. There was a little baby admitted who had a congenital cardiac defect in need of repair. It was a non-emergent defect, so the decision was made to...
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    Hep B Titer

    UrbanHealthRN replied to JLVARGAS74's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Relevant quotes from the previous poster's website link: "Studies indicate that immunologic memory remains intact for at least 30 years among healthy vaccinated individuals who initiated hepatitis B...
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    Personal Hygiene: An Era Gone By

    UrbanHealthRN replied to Brenda F. Johnson's topic in General Nursing

    My parents were children when illnesses like mumps, measles, and polio were still common occurrences. My mother remembers the schools in her community using winter break as a time to regularly open...
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    Nurses and promoting better rates of vaccination

    UrbanHealthRN replied to jeastridge's topic in General Nursing

    I work with pregnant women and mothers of infants and toddlers, and some of these moms are so young that their own vaccination history looks very similar to the vaccines their children will receive....
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    Was I wrong?

    UrbanHealthRN replied to Munch's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with everyone else- awesome advocacy for the patient! My other thought that I don't think has been mentioned yet, is, by actually listening to the patient and caring for her in such an...
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    Correct way to draw blood?

    UrbanHealthRN replied to Flames9_RN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I work in pediatrics, so slightly different patient population, but I remember frequently drawing off of IVs when I worked in the hospital. Like others have mentioned, you do need to be aware of...
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    Tips/tricks voiding trial

    UrbanHealthRN replied to neogirl's topic in General Nursing

    Growing up, my parents always told me that it would take 100 years to digest chewing gum if I swallowed it instead of spitting it out. Considering that I didn't always take their advice, let's just...
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    Tips/tricks voiding trial

    UrbanHealthRN replied to neogirl's topic in General Nursing

    Fun fact about peppermint for everyone who mentioned it: Peppermint naturally relaxes sphincters, including urethral sphincters, which is why it helps folks to go. I don't know why I chose to retain...
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    Patient Confidentiality and Phone Calls

    UrbanHealthRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I currently don't have a lot of guidance on this topic at my job, I'm hoping to change that (create a protocol, etc.), and I'd appreciate any input I can get! I work for a program that's funded by the...
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    Patient Confidentiality and Phone Calls

    UrbanHealthRN replied to UrbanHealthRN's topic in General Nursing

    It's good to actually hear someone say this. I agree, too- I feel like if I can leave a message that has a purpose to it, it might encourage someone to give me a call
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    English As A Second Language

    UrbanHealthRN replied to Santa Monica's topic in General Nursing

    On the complete flip side of things... At one of the health centers I worked at, at least half of our patient population spoke Spanish, many exclusively. I learned to speak a good amount of Spanish...
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    Looking for Wellness In All The Wrong Places

    UrbanHealthRN replied to Carol Ebert's topic in General Nursing

    I can't help but read this and think that this also sounds exactly like what nurses
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    Reproductive health and more....

    UrbanHealthRN replied to WestCoastSunRN's topic in Advanced Practice

    I've previously worked in very busy pediatric departments of community health centers, and GYN care and immunizations are both topics that I dealt with frequently in those settings. I'll start with...
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    I'm loving Community Health nursing

    UrbanHealthRN replied to thelittleRNwhocould's topic in General Nursing

    I switched over to public and community health nursing after a couple years of hospital work, and I absolutely love it! So much, that I even got my Masters degree in Public Health, not nursing. The...
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    Help please!! Hep B Immunizations?!

    UrbanHealthRN replied to sarahhill's topic in General Students

    Ah, immunizations. One of my biggest loves in nursing. First, definitely check with your school about guidelines for the nursing packet. Like others said, many schools will accept vaccine records as...