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I am not sure if i'd consider this one funny but maybe amusing. A mother of G3P2 was admitted in the ward. The OB doctor came to examine her and only 2 cm and not in pain. Thus the doctor ordered for Prostin and was received 2mg.I returned to her room to get her vital signs and to assess her labor pain which is only little. I instructed her to stay on bed for about an hour. After about 10-15minutes a scream was heard along the corridor. We rushed on one room thought its where the sound came from (and was also where the housekeeper pointed us). But it isnt. Rather on the next room where I have been 15minutes ago. So we rushed in inside, the bathroom is open and there was the mother right just beside the toilet towering her belly slightly feet apart screaming.. Oh my God! What is that 'thing' hanging between your legs, Mama? Good thing my adrenaline woke my sleepy brain fast and ordered my hand to catch that 'falling thing'. Its a baby!! And as all nurses would do, I encouraged her to go on and that everything is fine. How could that be too fast? The mother just stood there starstrucked staring on her angel fell on my ungloved hand crying on his mighty voice. For a moment co-Nurses came to assist followed by the lady doctor. We ushered the mother still me holding the baby to the bed for the cutting of umbilical and both rushed to L&D for evacuation of placenta and for settling the baby. As i washed my hands on the lavatory I have felt my knees shaked along with my hands. There the effects of adrenaline withdrawal haha. Nevertheless, it all went fine. The scene that had just occured now a laughing scenario for the unit's 'history'. Specially for the reason that the mother thought she has the feeliong of passing stool that time that she gone to the bathroom.. and exerted effort to empty a ''big stool''. A funny one maybe for my co-workers but a very amazing memory for me that gave me a cloud-9 feeling.:)

But pitocin is only used to further progress labor, means it does used only for one-time-setting. It wont take days. Unless it was ordered with lacking assessment and found later that it is contraindicated that it needed to d/c.

1. what makes me prepared for the job is the education and trainings i took and takin in. 2. the hardest part, honestly, is being bugged by our conscience (see, we are dealin with human life here so we should be intellectual, knowledgeable , and do extra carefull in everything) 3. it is indeed very important and at the same time difficult coz it is either we're lengthenin or shortenin ones life... 4. benefits? the feeling that you helped someone in a way.. 5. medicine, therapist, pharmaceutical, midwifery... :nuke::nuke: have fun and keep your grades high :nuke:

shes right! LOL! dont mean to offend you... hail philippine nurses! LOL!

no sweety, you are not alone. coz i myself was sexualy abused too as a little young one. i never told it to my family or to friends...maybe bcoz unconsciously i am ashamed. so i kept it to myself for a long time and that leaded me to the situation ur are in. i say leaded coz believe it or not, i overcome the situation. as a nurse, or a studnet nurse i came to learn about understanding the people who commits unlawful acts. it is hard thu at first and i wont deny that (i had my confession way back high school to a priest about my situation and of how i feel bout it that i swore to kill ''him'' and he just told me to rest it all to God..at first i accepted it bitterly but not now...). and i am not questioning your capacity in not overcoming it coz every individual as we know do have different ways in coping. what i wanna say is be strong, keep praying and ask the Lords guidance. no one can help us better than ourselves. :nuke::nuke:

way back when i was a student, i saw a medical stud cleaning the pressure area with a so-called ZONROX, a chemical used to remove stains from cloths. they only explain it quite, that it contain some mineral (never had the chance to figure it out) that'll help heal the sore fast. honeybee also is being used and correct me if im wrong, to rebuild the tissues and the muscles. they say, honeybee contain huge proteins and as we all know, protein 'bulks' our body :wink2: bt as the saying goes, prevention is better than cure: do log-rolling every 2hrs, masssage prominent bone areas, keep patient 'dry' and out of moisture.

your point is well taken but for me, i prefferred 12hr shift. i know my bodys capacity and it says i can take the tasks to work for 12hrs non-stop. it too give me more time for my family coz i only work 3days a week instead of 5days.

u are just doin fine.... be brave....see everybody do understand what u are undergoin... (esp me...i am a newbie too :spon:)

its 12 noon the other day. im with my senior staff to give our meds. our last patient to entertain on is an old lady w/a dx of HPN and cardio problem. her meds are amlodipine and citicholine. i always explain every procedures and the drugs, of what they are for, to my patients. but that day and that moment i took it for granted. i explained to the lola that amlodipine is for her high blood pressure. and for her citicholine? it is for her ARTHRITIS!!! my senior wasnt able to hear so no one to correct me and only i realized when doin my routine hand washing of what crazy-info i gave..."huh?! isnt it a colchicine? nuh-uh it is citicholine'' thats so embarrassing and careless..:sofahider

wow i like your guts...hope i have it too... we are taught in school to do whats in the book..and to follow the universal rule in giving medication but lets face the reality...our own CI's bend the rule.. some of our CI's allows us to give or inject what we didnt prepare.. and i hate myself, the fact that i know it is strongly not right, cause i still gave it ..without asking and sometimes never give a damn if it is the right med or not.. how pathetic i am, huh! but your 'piece' gave me something to think of.. thanx!

its so happened that last week i got that as my case study. and i wanna correct something, its not the bed that really treat or prevent the patient from such disease. rather its the q2h log rolling. it is believed to be the cornerstone for prevention and treatment. but offcourse aside from that, dont let the decubitus to get moistend for a long time, it will worsen the condition, but most of all keep the area clean. Nutrition status should be evaluated and optimized, too. for this is one of the only contributing factors that may be considered reversible.. so restore a positive nitrogen balance and a serum protein to facilitate wound healing.... :)