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Oh I am so sorry for your loss, you and your family are in my prayers! Dont hold back your tears, emotions, or sorrow. And as many others have suggested seek support from others who have experienced this. We have a wonderful perinatal bereavment t...

Be very scared, I have never heard of doing this and cant believe that the possiblity of a anaphylactic reaction is taken so lightly there. We had a all out anaphylactic reaction on our unit back in Feburary this year. Mom was GBS+ and the nurse h...

We use it for DIU's only at our hospital.

THE FREQUENT FLYERS- PTS THAT COME IN FOR R/O LABOR STATING THEY HAVE BEEN CTX'ING, THEY ARE INTENSE AND FREQUENT, PUT THE TOCO ON, NO CTX'S, STILL NONE AFTER 10 MIN'S, 30 MIN'S..........YOU ARE SITTING AT BEDSIDE PALPATING FOR CTX'S IN CASE MONITOR ...

ME TOOO, my fingers hurt now!

Thanx everyone, you guys gave some great tips!!!1

Exactly- instead of reading her the riot act for eating so much of Sally's birthday cake, I will accept her for who she is, and all the wonderful qualities she posesses as a person, and should she decide the try and loose some weight I will be there ...

Thanks for the motivation, and the stat, wow I didnt know the average was 8 times before actually quitting. I will give it my all, so many of you have done, and I need to join the ranks. It must feel great to say I was able to quit.

Sounds like you have quite a brave doc, trying to do so called convience deliveries, but he or she has flipped their lid, doing this at 35 wks. He or she is sure to get burned some point for this practice. That is RIDICULOUS!!!!!! Im sure you cringe...

I LOVE IT, THANKS SO MUCH FOR SHARING, I TOO WILL BE PRINTING IT AND TAKING IT TO HANG ON THE BOARD! EVERYONE WILL GET A GOOD LAUGHT AT IT!

Minerva and Gompers- I think you took the birth plan to seriously, I dont think she wanted to say "Hi my name is such and such and, then immediatley flop out her back side with anesth armed and ready. As for the part about the family being present, ...

I am a newer nurse also, and like you at my previous job we generally used #22's, never had a problem then so why now. A really good nurse I work with told me I was waiting to long to advance the cath, the cath gets warm and wont move as easy and yo...

A few things, one thing I remember from my psych rotation in nursing school re theraputic communication, is NEVER ASK WHY! In re to smoking you already know the answer, addiction is a disease. Do you want someone to say because it feels good, they ...

We use 18G, agree with another poster if its b/c anesth wants a 16 they need to put it in.

Just remember you passed the same state board exam to obtain your nursing license as your fellow BSN nurses did, you are no lower than them. Pursue your dreams!

Im not sure where you work and what area of nsg, but please know there are many of us RN's who "roll our sleeves up, and dig in" remember many units in hospitals have gone to totol pt care, and that means we do everything. I work in labor and deliv...

I second that!!!!!!!!!

BEST OF LUCK TO YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I graduated 1 1/2 yrs ago from nsg school. For as long I can remember I have had a passion for L&D, and a great interest in home health (the hx of it interests me, and the close 1:1 relationship and care you can provide your pt) so I knew I woul...

Heather, your license is on the line here, and that as well as a positive outcome for your pt and baby are the bottom line! I think you are going to be hard pressed to find any RN to back this practice up. On my unit, we go to a max of 24, anythin...

I second that!

Hello FrumDoula- It sure is funny you say to educate yourself on something that scares you so, because 2 weeks ago I took a 2 CEU/CNE shoulder dystocia class, and I have to tell I was more scared when I walked out of that class than I was before I we...

This woman is nuts and as others have said dangerous!!!!

I am in my 4th of 5 month orientation on labor and delivery. L&D has always been my dream and I love almost every minute of it. My preceptor is the most wonderful and skilled nurse with a wealth of experience and knowledge, some docs she would ...