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  1. I'm not an OB nurse but experienced a neonatal loss my son was 18 days old. I would not want a nurse who couldn't or did not want to deal with loss. Even after having him the post-partum nurse was...
  2. I found more of the Blog that I think was cut out here:...
  3. Hi I'm not sure if this is the appropriate place to post this but here I go. I am a med-surg nurse and had a baby august 16th a 27 weeker he was taken off of life support on september 3rd after doing...
  4. WOW! What a heartbreaking situation. While I am not a NICU nurse. I am a nurse and a parent of a preemie who may not of had the same situation but in the end I had to let him go. I can't say the...
  5. How to say thank you to NICU nurses

    Just wanted to update. I decided to send cards and pictures of him. I was going to send one card to the whole staff with pictures, one to each of the 3 nurses who took care of him after he whad NEC...
  6. LPN Jobs in the Denver area

    You can work at Denver Health medical center as an LPN and St Joes which is an exempla hospital. those are pretty much the only hospitals in denver. if you want clinics try Kaiser great
  7. University of Phoenix in CO, LPN to BSN

    I was enrolled last spring and dropped due to family problems. Yes UOP does have a LPN-BSN program here in denver at the lone tree campus I am not sure who the contact is now for admissions but will...
  8. comments about patient's w/ IV's?

    where work many of our frequent Dialysis patients who come in once a week because they are illegal/no insurance and can not recieve outpt dialysis do not get an IV when they are on Tele. The docs who...
  9. Pregnant new grad in the ED?

    As a pregnant floor nurse this is my first baby and I am exhausted! I'm 5 months and haven't had any problems except terrible back pain, lifting restrictions. Your first year is hectic as by itself,...
  10. I'm sure this has been asked before but was unable to find it in my search. So my question is I work on a busy med-surg floor lots of MRSA, VRE, C-diff and any other infectious disease you can think...
  11. Does nite shift make you fat?

    I acutally lost weight due to night shift I think. (too much red bull). But my advise is say NOOOOOO! to the vending machines and ordering out. get a pedometer and try to walk the halls if you ever...
  12. Is Ativan 10 mg po per dose too much?

    WOW! that would be alot of ativan. I've seen 2mg q 2hr but never 10mg po. I question anything that takes more than a couple pills to get the dose. though I have given 5 or 6 pills of methadone to get...
  13. My 16-year-old wants a navel piercing

    I've had mine peirced since I was 15, it's been done 3 times due to various things that would make me take it out but only the "bottom" of the hole has healed the top has never. ugly scar! I had a...
  14. How many Pt do you take care of?

    Med-surg max 5
  15. I am moving from Denver and the waiting lists here for all of the nursing programs are long you could possibly wait 1-2 years to get in. My question is how hard is it to get into the programs for say...
  16. What exactly is a 'weekend' anyway?

    Where I work Weekend is considered Sat & Sun or after midnight on friday if you work nights. the everyother weekend thing would probably start after orientation or the following weekend after you...
  17. Waiting List for Phoenix schools

    Yes, I already have my LPN and I have all my prereqs except Chemistry. I'll probably move near the military base because I have a friend in the air force. I spoke with the advisor their in phoenix @...
  18. Book suggestions to learn more in MedSurg

    Medical-Surgical Nursing Reviews & Rationales. I think its published by prentice
  19. insensitive ED Doc

    I spent a evening earlier this week in the ED, while I was only a couple of weeks pregnant I started cramping and bleeding heavy. SO while in the room the doctor after running my Hcg levels which was...
  20. insensitive ED Doc

    Thank you all for your words of wisdom. while no I did not recieve any drugs to complete the miscarraige or an ultrasound since my Hcg level was so low. I did go back to my doctors office on wednesday...
  21. Has anyone heard anything about University of phoenix LPN-BSN program? Any information would be helpful just wondering what everyone else thinks about their