danissa LPN, LVN

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    Patient is a famous star

    danissa replied to Lara911's topic in Nursing Humor

    Lucked out here---As a Midwife I'm NEVER going to treat Hugh Jackman!! :angryfire- i can but dream--WOLVERINE!!!:rotfl:
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    Should nurses be forced to take charge against their will?

    danissa replied to luv2dive's topic in General Nursing

    years ago, as a new midwife, I was charge in postnatal ward. at the time there was myself and a new Sister midwife, who supposedly,on opposite shifts from me, had responsibility. Most times she banged...
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    Question

    danissa replied to juicy_jade's topic in General Nursing

    one of my newer co-workers was telling me the other night how she had to get a letter from her doctor stating her fitness to go to Uni to train as a nurse, as she disclosed at her interview that she...
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    Do you like day or night shift better and why?

    danissa replied to CrystalClear75's topic in General Nursing

    : :smackingf OMG!! I am definately working in the wrong place, must come to where you have been a student!! NOTHING TO DO ON NIGHTS??? Our NICU is as busy at night as it is some days! Some times we...
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    Ho, ho, ho...

    danissa replied to prmenrs's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    :Santa1: we have a very festive looking unit this year, it's great for a change! the corridor is all icicle lights hanging, the tree is all co-ordinated and we have xmas songs playing. As we only...
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    Merry Christmas!

    danissa posted a topic in General Nursing

    MERRY CHRISTMAS AND ALL THE BEST FOR 2007 TO YOU ALL! It's Christmas here already in Scotland, (twenty past midnight, and we are patiently waiting for our babies (aged 19, 17, & 14, to go to...
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    I woke up during surgery, Have you?

    danissa replied to GatorRN's topic in General Nursing

    :icon_rolleyes: Horror stories! I have never experienced this, thank him above!, as I've only had one GA in my life! this was for tooth extraction at the dentist when I was a child, but I went the...
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    Quiet time (again!)

    danissa posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    :welcome: Hi all, earlier in the year I posted a thread about how your units organise quiet time. got a great response and used that and other info and research i had gathered to fight for a change in...
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    Ampicillin/Cefotaxime in Febrile Neonate

    danissa replied to luckylucyrn's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Our most commom antib's are Benpen (3-5min push), Gentamicin (3-5 min push, Cefotaxime (3-5 min push) and Vanc over 1 hour. Also may use Fluclox as a push over 3-5 mins, we use benpen and gent as...
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    Why do I do this to myself???

    danissa replied to 2curlygirls's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    ((((((:icon_hug: )))))) to you babe, we all have times like this with sick babies, YOU weren't to blame! Take comfort that you helped his poor parents have a cuddle with him, you are a great nurse,...
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    Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    danissa replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    :Santa1: Sure, this is a great thread, but when Gompers posts that she's being induced on Wed., so many people have followed her progress, that it's hard not to get sidetracked! back to the
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    STUPID PARENTS!! (vent here)

    danissa replied to tgb3rn's topic in General Nursing

    :angryfire agree totally, he knew what he was up to and is old enough to comprehend that there will be a bad outcome to his actions! Little s**t!! But the thread here is Stupid Parents, WHERE ARE...
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    Do you regret being a nurse

    danissa replied to lpnstudentin2010's topic in General Nursing

    sad that some people regret being a nurse! If you are unhappy, get out of the job and find something to enhance your life! You only have one, so don't waste it , even a minute of it , doing something...
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    RNs- Mostly first born? Alcoholic fathers?

    danissa replied to Hellllllo Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    :icon_sad: good thread. my dad is an alcoholic, he and my mother drank when we were young and i always felt responsible for my brother who is 4 yrs younger. my mum also had post-natal depression after...
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    Do you like day or night shift better and why?

    danissa replied to CrystalClear75's topic in General Nursing

    on days I feel much better, even when tired i don't have that sick jet-lag feeling. It's also better for seeing my children, I leave home at 6.30 am, and am home by 8.30 pm on a day shift, so I still...
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    Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    danissa replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    :icon_cool: :icon_smile: not fun at the time babe, BUT!!!, after it, you really won't remember the sore bits, I've done this three times with nearly nine pounders!,and I'm the world's biggest...
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    Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    danissa replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    :Present2: HO,Ho, HO, A BABY for Christmas!! What A PRESENT!!! Being a parent is the Best job in the world, you both will soon find that out. I'm sure you'll be a fab mammy and daddy, Gompers, you...
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    What are you ??

    danissa replied to Keepstanding's topic in General Nursing

    just home after a long, long day. leave at 06.30 am and get home around 21.00. three days on--what a joy, so right now, I think I'm Human, but I just can't be
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    What are you ??

    danissa replied to Keepstanding's topic in General Nursing

    :Santa1: Don't be sad LPN 90, know you did not intend this! Nice to know that people are interested in what fellow posters do, I certainly am! Cheer up, Santa is coming soon! (never mind that I'm...
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    SiPAP

    danissa posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    :icon_confused: hi guys, have been on another nicu site, someone mentioned SiPAP as opposed to Cpap. Did not feel comfy enough to ask on that site what they meant, (showing my lack of the old brain...
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    A question for some research we are doing

    danissa replied to kitty29's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    we currently use Cyclopentolate 0.5%, 2 doses given half hour apart. Used to use phenylepherine as well, but the current opthalmologist prefers only Cyclo, then gives a drop of local into the eye just...
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    Cure for whiny negative nurses - PET PEEVE game. Always read first post before entry.

    danissa replied to UKRNinUSA's topic in Nursing Humor

    :angryfire PET Peeve: Nurses/ Parents changing a babies cot, and putting bedding they are going to reuse on the visitors chair next to the cot!:trout: Chairs are cleaned, but still Mothers with...
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    Article on MSNBC about 22 weekers

    danissa replied to preemieRNkate's topic in NICU, Neonatal

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    Article on MSNBC about 22 weekers

    danissa replied to preemieRNkate's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    [so
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    Is your first temp on a new admit..

    danissa replied to Zippedodah's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    in all my years with both well and sick/preemie babies, have never done a rectal temp, always axilla then with the preemies, they are connected to the servo incubator temp control, (external probe)....