Graciegirlienurse

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1. Medical Marijuana for RN's

   Graciegirlienurse replied to Graciegirlienurse's topic in Nursing Professionalism

   I have been researching the requirements for medical marijuana prescritions and believe that I would be able to get an rx without any trouble. I have chronic muscle spasms related to a mva 2 years...

2. Medical Marijuana for RN's

   Graciegirlienurse posted a topic in Nursing Professionalism

   Is it ok for a registered nurse to use medical marijuana (with a prescription) outside of work of

3. VBA2C w/ 1st at 25 weeks

   Graciegirlienurse replied to sharirobinson's topic in Ob/Gyn

   http://www.ican-online.org/ good info and great resources. good luck, you can do

4. VBA2C w/ 1st at 25 weeks

   Graciegirlienurse replied to sharirobinson's topic in Ob/Gyn

   http://www.ican-online.org/ awesome organization, great resources! every one of us should check it out and educate ourselves. and re reason for previous c/s, if a woman had a c/s for breech, that is...

5. opinions about epidurals

   Graciegirlienurse replied to Jayla's topic in Ob/Gyn

   What labor feels like...I had lots of braxton hicks contractions, no big deal, then my water broke so I got in the shower and soon had my first REAL contraction. Menstrual cramps my ass! My whole big...

6. Still Breastfeeding

   Graciegirlienurse replied to tigress_8207's topic in General Nursing

   I told my three year old that the milk was gone, he had drank it all. he is now almost seven and talks fondly of breastfeeding and tells how he loved to nurse and drank all the milk until it was

7. do you HAVE to assist with circs?

   Graciegirlienurse replied to pittnurse08's topic in Ob/Gyn

   it has been researched and well documented that oral sucrose solution and non-nutritive sucking signifiganty reduce pain for neonates during procedures. this is not merely a distraction. I am an...

8. do you HAVE to assist with circs?

   Graciegirlienurse replied to pittnurse08's topic in Ob/Gyn

   We also use sweetease for pain control, for blood draws, IM injections etc, it works

9. do you HAVE to assist with circs?

   Graciegirlienurse replied to pittnurse08's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I work in a large teaching hospital, shortly after my hire I told my nurse manager about my ethical objection to circumcision. I explained that i am opposed to permanantly altering someones body,...

10. Room for Guys in this specialty?

    Graciegirlienurse replied to natron20's topic in Ob/Gyn

    why would a woman object to a male ob nurse when the majority of ob docs are still male??? we have a great male l&d nurse, and several male nurses who float to postpartum. you should go into...

11. Why did YOU choose OB nursing?

    Graciegirlienurse replied to tabbeycatt's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We live in a culture where women are constantly sharing their 'horror' stories about birth. a pregnant woman is bombarded with these negative tales. I was lucky enough to have an amazing birth...

12. celebrity deliveries

    Graciegirlienurse replied to mugwump's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I took care of the wife of a local tv personality as a gyn patient, they were super mellow and nice and did not seem to expect any special

13. Well Baby Nursery Question

    Graciegirlienurse replied to l&drocks's topic in Ob/Gyn

    we dont have a nursery for healthy babies, they are in with mom, or in the nicu. we chart on the babies Q4 when rooming in. the babies have a lojack alarm on that alarms if they are taken past certain...

14. Help needed!! --New and jobless RN

    Graciegirlienurse replied to Rosewine's topic in Oregon Nursing

    so I graduated last june. I now work at ohsu. I found that there were plenty of positions to apply for last spring, but not a huge response to my applications, and I feel like I was a very competitive...

15. LATCH: a breastfeeding charting system and documentation tool

    Graciegirlienurse replied to baby&mommynurse's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We use the latch scoring system, it is ok...It is nice to see the assessment broken down into specific parts as opposed to just fair, good, poor. Another poster mentioned giving a score for an atempt,...