Altalorraine

Altalorraine

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  1. When circ's go bad...

    Altalorraine replied to newgrad2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

    But you were asking how they know what sex would be like if they were cut compared to if they weren't; it wasn't meant to be a before and after comparision. It was about how one group rates their...

  2. When circ's go bad...

    Altalorraine replied to newgrad2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

    It's not a comparative statement; it's an absolute statement about how high each group self reports their levels of sexual pleasure. Altalorraine, mother of three uncut

  3. Friend nonsupportive...opinions?

    Altalorraine replied to Jerico's topic in First Year After Licensure

    It sounds like it. I don't think it's about you and your jobs at all; sounds like she is burned out and projecting it all on you. Congratulations on your new job; it sounds like a terrific...

  4. How do you learn anticipation

    Altalorraine replied to mugwump's topic in Ob/Gyn

    It sounds to me like the doctor is taking his anxiety out on you. You did anticipate reasonably well by having the extra pit and the cytotec in the room. Hemabate and methergine are expensive and...

  5. "Time out" for epidurals?

    Altalorraine replied to midwife2b's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We do not. JCAHO didn't seem to mind when they were here this summer. Truthfully, there's not much chance of confusion with a patient sitting at the edge of the bed yelling "I want my epidural"....

  6. Role of Nurse During Circumcision

    Altalorraine replied to dac71's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Where I work the nurses assess the infant, including vital signs, draw up the medication for the dorsal block, assist with strapping the infant down, set up and maintain the sterile field for the...

  7. Something good

    Altalorraine posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I work in a stressful unit where there are days that we don't eat lunch, get a break or get to go to the bathroom. We nurses are getting it from every angle, from stressed residents, to arrogant...

  8. Is doula training useful?

    Altalorraine replied to BonnieSc's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I did doula training, and I've found it tremendously helpful. When other nurses are helpless in the face of a transitioning labor patient, I have a whole bunch of tricks up my sleeve. I've hand...

  9. Have is the shift on postpartum unit look like

    Altalorraine replied to livtek's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Be prepared for L&D nurses who are trying to discharge patients from their floor to your floor. Be gracious; they're not trying to make your life harder, it's just that they are triaging laboring...

  10. gifts

    Altalorraine replied to Butterfli's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Support knee highs, protective eyewear, a reflex hammer, bandage scissors, a utilitarian watch with a second hand, a English-Spanish medical phrase pocket guide, a tote bag, a foot massager, hand...

  11. Non-viable baby, born alive -parent won't hold him, what do you do?

    Altalorraine replied to enfermeraSG's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Where I work we do a fair number of genetic terminations and some second trimester abortions. It is not at all uncommon for a parent to not want to see the fetus. It's not the parents'...

  12. Non-viable baby, born alive -parent won't hold him, what do you do?

    Altalorraine replied to enfermeraSG's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Believe it or not some people think it is a sick, grotesque mockery to diaper and dress a dead or previable fetus. People are no doubt well intentioned, but any one person's passionately held beliefs...

  13. What would you do?

    Altalorraine replied to HappyJaxRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    No, all of nursing is not like this. I work on a unit with a bunch of absolutely terrific women. We watch each others' backs, we jump in to help, we support each other. Don't stay a minute longer...

  14. Why a C-Section?

    Altalorraine replied to edj02's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I assumed we were here to talk about things *as nurses* rather than to vent our spleens about things that annoy us. There is probably room to do both here, though it can make discussion more...

  15. Why a C-Section?

    Altalorraine replied to edj02's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I am astounded by the judgmental attitudes here. Our job as nurses is to educate people about relative and absolute risks and alternatives and then support them as *they make choices* which are in...

  16. observation

    Altalorraine replied to chuckc's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Thanks for clarifying. I think my original statement, made to you, holds.

  17. How Behind Do You Get?

    Altalorraine replied to lisa41rn's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Remember all those prioritization questions on NCLEX... the ones where you come out saying, "There was no right answer; they were all important!"....? Try to use the same thinking in the care of your...

  18. observation

    Altalorraine replied to chuckc's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I think you've taken the posts entirely too personally. Anyone who has worked on the floor for any length of time knows that there certinly *are* people who could use the reminder that in the middle...

  19. Why a C-Section?

    Altalorraine replied to edj02's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Not everyone thinks a lady partsl birth is desireable. It's hard to believe, but some people prefer surgery, with its risks, to the earthy, funky, painful, unpredictable, lady parts-stretching...

  20. Why a C-Section?

    Altalorraine replied to edj02's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Not everyone thinks a lady partsl birth is desireable. It's hard to believe, but some people prefer surgery, with its risks, to the earthy, funky, painful, unpredictable, lady parts-stretching...

  21. observation

    Altalorraine replied to chuckc's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I didn't see any mention of nurses in the original post at all. I didn't take it personally because I think that everyone can use the reminder that what we do is more than a job. I appreciate the...

  22. observation

    Altalorraine replied to chuckc's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I was talking about the doctor who was on the phone with her hand in someone's lady parts.

  23. observation

    Altalorraine replied to chuckc's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I think that after people have seen their 100th, 500th, 5000th birth, it stops being a holy thing and becomes just part of the job. It's a

  24. When a baby is born....what does your hospital do?

    Altalorraine replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    It's terribly sad that people lose babies, but I don't think that means we should stop celebrating when babies are born. What's next? Do we hide the balloons in the gift shop, make pregnant women...

  25. new med order

    Altalorraine replied to nursey_girl's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Though there may be a danger of uterine rupture with the use of pitocin for prior c section patients, the primary danger with pitocin is to the fetus if the patient has tetanic contractions. That's...