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  1. Look, Ma, no diaper!

    Hardknox replied to sunnyjohn's topic in Pediatric

    Looks like the parent is training themself, not the child. I think this mother's version of attachment parenting is to attach a potty to the kids bum from birth on. ITA witwh Dr. Brazelton's comments...

  2. Want to work <4 wk strike contract - Help!

    Hardknox replied to DaisyRN, ACNP's topic in Agency Nurses

    Great pay, and I personally don't think it's 'scab' work because 1. The nurses that DO strike don't really want patients not to be cared for and 2. Strike nurses bleed corporate accounts to the bone...

  3. Why Nurses Go Crazy

    Hardknox replied to zenman's topic in General Nursing

    Thank God for intensivists, hospitalists and nurses like

  4. Evercare Choice health plan question.

    Hardknox posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    My 95 yo Dad is in A LTC facility after breaking his hip and running through his 100 Medicare days. We are now self pay. He hopes to eventually go home with help, but he lives alone and it appears at...

  5. Grey's Anatomy Premier!!! + How to Contact Show Creators

    Hardknox replied to miya's topic in General Nursing

    :rotfl: If your penmanship is as bad as your grammar and spelling, I am sure you'll make a great Doc!! :rotfl:

  6. Artificial feeding-Terri Schiavo

    Hardknox replied to ktwlpn's topic in General Nursing

    Nope...you're right!!! Merge the thread!!!

  7. Artificial feeding-Terri Schiavo

    Hardknox replied to ktwlpn's topic in General Nursing

    Well, Carolina, if you'll notice the three other posters do not have premium service membership and cannot join in the discussion if it's put in current events

  8. Artificial feeding-Terri Schiavo

    Hardknox replied to ktwlpn's topic in General Nursing

    The father that is worried that those suppositories will overdose his daughter has found a way to make $ off his dying daughter. Local - WKMG MyCFNow.com WKMG MyCFNow.com List of Schiavo Donors To Be...

  9. Artificial feeding-Terri Schiavo

    Hardknox replied to ktwlpn's topic in General Nursing

    Michael Shaivo has been made out to be the devil incarnate by many but I have no respect for the Schindlers. Mama can't visit Terri anymore--so overcome. Daddy is setting the hospice movement back...

  10. Artificial feeding-Terri Schiavo

    Hardknox replied to ktwlpn's topic in General Nursing

    She's probably thinking--Dear God, could you please make those protesters be quiet and let me die in peace"! I am sure that is what the other families and patients at that hospice are thinking. Her...

  11. Artificial feeding-Terri Schiavo

    Hardknox replied to ktwlpn's topic in General Nursing

    Where are you bleeding hearts on this issue? I totally agree with you, Unewmeb4! The banging drum all night, the chanting and wailing and now a bag piper. These"protesters" have no respect for...

  12. Neonate heel pricks for screening

    Hardknox replied to dawnbee's topic in Ob/Gyn

    The mother/baby or nursery nurse draws the blood on all babes. It's been that way for 28 years. After all the babes we've tested we would be much more of an expert than a phlebotomist. And the...

  13. Calling family after surgery

    Hardknox posted a topic in Operating Room

    I've been a nurse since 1978. This is a new one on me. My 95 year old Dad fell and broke his hip Saturday. He was taken to the OR at 1:30PM yesterday. The Surgical Resident told us it would take...

  14. Calling family after surgery

    Hardknox replied to Hardknox's topic in Operating Room

    Welll Granny7, I wish we had gone to your hospital. Would you consider going to Burlington, MA to Leahy Medical Center and giving them lessons on how things should be

  15. 66 YO Woman Gives Birth

    Hardknox replied to Nurse Somebody's topic in General Nursing

    As a 66 year old who is very active and healthy I can tell you that when my daughter comes for my 16 month old grandaughter after a day of babysitting I am more than ready to say "bye-bye". I am...

  16. co-breastfeeding

    Hardknox replied to beesnest's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Wow! I thought I'd heard everything. I wonder if the people at breastfeeding.com have heard of this????

  17. Forcing nurses to work as aides

    Hardknox replied to findingmywayRN's topic in General Nursing

    When we had clinical we all had pts. that needed transfers, showers, hoyer lifting etc. Did you not learn any of this back then? Does your floor not have inservices to show you how to use new...

  18. Old Ladies Having Babies

    Hardknox replied to alphafe's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I would NEVER NEVER NEVER want to deal with a teenager when I was in my 70's!!!! :uhoh21: I don't believe---as an OB nurse--that these 55 plus yo mothers think about dealng with this child as the...

  19. Upcoming Pres. Debates

    Hardknox replied to CCU NRS's topic in General Nursing

    HAving had John Kerry for my Senator for low these many years I will watch the debate to see if he can FINALLY do something to impress me. I am still going to write in John McCain for

  20. Flu shot facts

    Hardknox replied to Shotzie's topic in General Nursing

    Have had the flu shot for the last 20 years with no problems--no flu. So has hubby. It's a choice. I'll get it this year,

  21. Obesity in the hospital

    Hardknox replied to dietersmanifesto's topic in General Nursing

    Years ago I had a 400 lb. patient who burst a AAA. The fact that she was obese saved her according to her doc. The fat helped seal the tear until they brought her in--she had a lengthy recovery...

  22. But I'm Pregnant . . . . .

    Hardknox replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    I totally agree. Avoiding X-Rays and highly infectious patients is a given, but if you can't perform the other duties of your job description go on maternity leave. What happened to the war cry of...

  23. But I'm Pregnant . . . . .

    Hardknox replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    I totally agree. Avoiding X-Rays and highly infectious patients is a given, but if you can't perform the other duties of your job description go on maternity leave. What happened to the war cry of...

  24. Is anyone else leery of posting?

    Hardknox replied to Town & Country's topic in General Nursing

    I am not leery, but after one of the nurses here left a few years back because her co-workers reported things she wrote here, I make sure I am not specific. I cannot understand why people would post...

  25. I Hate Pp!

    Hardknox replied to nekhismom's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Some of us like a fast paced environment and some of us like the teaching and slower pace of PP. It sounds like you ARE on a "sucky" floor. Now if I was orienting you I think some of my passion for...