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

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 ago. My question is could using medical marijuana, as...

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

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 quite different than a woman who had a c/s for ftp....

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 belly right up to my ribs siezed up with the contr...

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 gone.

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 advocate for pain control in all of my patients, and do...

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

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, especially thier genitals, without thier consent, with...

How long did you breastfeed your children? I will start...I breastfed my son until just after his 3rd birthday.:)

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 whatever specialty that you have a passion for.

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 experience myself, I gave birth as a young teen and with ...

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 treatment.

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 parameters on the unit, and also if the alarm is ...

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 candidate. What ended up working for me was bypas...

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, We do that here. say the baby is licking and root...

I would start by asking all of the nurses on the unit to show you how they organize thiers. Then take in all of thier ideas and form your own sheet.

Yes a cesarean is a major surgery...but the husband is not the one who had it! he should be ready and willing and eager to help with his new baby, not to mention helping the mother of his baby and not just sleeping like a lump that does not stir all ...

I do not agree that having support people in the delivery room negates your right to confidentiality. If A patient had Syphilis, there is no reason for her grandmother to hear about it! The same is true for plenty of protected information. The doctor...

I am the most suprised at how close the wages are for cna's vs nurses that you are talking about. Up here in oregon RN's start at about $25/hour, I worked at my same hospital as a cna and made 15.50 base pay in the float pool with no benefits, plus s...

I started pre requisites at 15, and was 18 at the beginning of nursing school...

They cant force you to charge! Did they mention this before you accepted the position? If it was a known requirement then it would be different. I would tell her again that you are not ready for it at this point, and if you persists I would go above ...

The friend with the infection in his armpit should have been started on abx right away! A good sign that it is mrsa is when it goes from bad to unbearable in 24-48 hours. both of my lesions started as small bumps and doubled or tripled in size every...

I would also contact your union rep, I am sure they have dealt with this situation before and are familiar with the legal details. It would be prudent to have an advocate for the nurses who are under scrutiny...they cant just polygraph every nurse on...

My hospitals regular 12hr shifts are 7-7. A float pool RN who is flex(no benefits, higher pay, self schedule) can schedule themselves for anytime they want. in four hour blocks you can work 4-16 hours/day. There a people that I know who work 11a-11p ...