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  1. funniest thing you saw a nurse do.......

    mari31666 replied to cre8tivRN's topic in General Nursing

    on l & d we do get some huge women 300+ sometimes. we had this one woman who was pregnant with twins and was 376 on her initial visit she was very sweet and shy and self conscious so we were...

  2. funniest thing you saw a nurse do.......

    mari31666 replied to cre8tivRN's topic in General Nursing

    just way too

  3. funniest thing you saw a nurse do.......

    mari31666 replied to cre8tivRN's topic in General Nursing

    omg thanks for cracking me up. i work in l&d and we have lots of stories and yes we laugh at the patients, not in front of them but lets be honest we are human too. it takes a strong nurse not...

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

    mari31666 replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    since i got to l&d as a new grad i usually get the heavy patient load. supposedly you are supposed to have 2 laboring pts and not more. well a lot of the time they are the pts who are...

  5. What do patients say that irks you?

    mari31666 replied to NurseforPreggers's topic in Ob/Gyn

    i think most nurses try their best to keep things in perspective. we always have to be nice to the patient but it doesnt necessarily mean they are nice to us. most of the time they don't even...

  6. Are they still using Cytotec?

    mari31666 replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in Ob/Gyn

    we use cytotec on a regular for diu's and for inductions. we monitor everyone continously. usually we see hyper stimulation and end up d/c it. then after a few hours of them still hypercontracting...

  7. Elective Cesareans/On Demand

    mari31666 replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in Ob/Gyn

    the worst c/s on demand i've seen was a 17 yr old multip who didn't feel fetal movement for a week. she was 40 wks breech, no fhr at all on admission. she was put in the demise room, induced with...

  8. What do patients say that irks you?

    mari31666 replied to NurseforPreggers's topic in Ob/Gyn

    mentioning holiday inn? pts think they are in a 4 star hotel. the majority of our pts are on service-not privates but they want the best food-is there such a thing in a hospital? one ordered a...

  9. What do patients say that irks you?

    mari31666 replied to NurseforPreggers's topic in Ob/Gyn

    best one i heard-a 17 yr old w/15 or 16 yr old boyfriend tells me and my co worker who has been there 27 yrs, after i try to explain that screaming at the top of her lungs doesn't effectively manage...

  10. What do patients say that irks you?

    mari31666 replied to NurseforPreggers's topic in Ob/Gyn

    ok for granted we are here for the patients. no stupid questions? how about "why can't you just put your hand in there and pull my baby out?" which i hear no less than 10 times a week. and this is...

  11. What do patients say that irks you?

    mari31666 replied to NurseforPreggers's topic in Ob/Gyn

    :angryfire i usually get the chronic bell ringers that are the furthest away from the station-can you raise the head, lower the head, i have pain-but no i dont want meds and no i cant do...

  12. What do patients say that irks you?

    mari31666 replied to NurseforPreggers's topic in Ob/Gyn

    :chuckle i always hear that from my patients! and i tell them that if i had a dollar for everytime I personally said that, I could go to the movies. then I tell them I have seven myself and never...

  13. New nurse blues

    mari31666 replied to Pleaides's topic in First Year After Licensure

    i have been in l&d for 10 months now. i had 6 wk orientation and after day 2 i hated it. it got worse and worse. each day i cried. i was always missing some dot over an i or my face wasnt...

  14. What do patients say that irks you?

    mari31666 replied to NurseforPreggers's topic in Ob/Gyn

    it makes me crazy when i ask the mothers in labor if she wants medication to help with the pain and the husbands answer NO she doesn't NEED anything for the pain! i usually ask them if they are in...

  15. What do patients say that irks you?

    mari31666 replied to NurseforPreggers's topic in Ob/Gyn

    its always by every person in the room thats not employed there-"what time is the baby coming?" or "how long is it going to take" while they look at their watch/clock on the wall. and 5 or 6 times...

  16. Elective Cesareans/On Demand

    mari31666 replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in Ob/Gyn

    hi i think c/s on demand is used way too much for convenience. i had a pt who had been in triage for 4 hrs demanding to be section. she came the day before to usa and next day to our facility. no...