matchstickxx

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1. Do you get a lot of false alarms coming in?

   matchstickxx replied to Jo Dirt's topic in Ob/Gyn

   We see plenty of "false alarms" where I work. Many are just women who honestly think they are in labor or are having a complication. They are all assessed and then appropriately managed or sent home...

2. Pt stole from a worker?/drama

   matchstickxx replied to aerorunner80's topic in General Nursing

   I guess we are lucky to have purse lockers at work. We bring our own locks and clear them out at the end of our shift. I have to wonder either about her judgement or the veracity of her story. More...

3. Male Urologic Dilemma

   matchstickxx replied to 58flyer's topic in General Nursing

   58flyer, I'm happy to hear you were able to open up to your PCP and that he actually heard what you were telling him. I'm also glad to hear that he has office staff who are willing to make sure he...

4. Airborne meningitis/sepsis exposure?

   matchstickxx replied to Megsd's topic in General Nursing

   Let your instructor know and then don't dwell on it. Chances are you were far enough away that you were not exposed. Be aware of early s/s of meningitis and if you think you are experiencing them,...

5. Male Urologic Dilemma

   matchstickxx replied to 58flyer's topic in General Nursing

   What do you think is actually going to happen if you are cared for by female healthcare professionals? What exactly is your fear? (Please, do not actually answer that question here.) Make an...

6. Physicians and Labor Support

   matchstickxx replied to May_baby's topic in Ob/Gyn

   If this doc was so strongly against a patient hiring a doula, why did he not tell her earlier in the pregnancy and not when she was near term? I do not think it is very fair to the patient to spring...

7. Working with shingles?

   matchstickxx posted a topic in General Nursing

   I found out today that I have shingles. I will be calling my supervisor in the morning, but I was wondering what your hospital's policy is on whether or not you are allowed to work with a shingles...

8. Visitor from He**

   matchstickxx replied to BBFRN's topic in General Nursing

   Good thing she didn't get to wash his hair. She may have tried to dye it to match the toenails. I'm glad to hear that the nurse who had him after you transferred him would keep her in line. I really...

9. low o2 sats after ORIF?

   matchstickxx replied to crissrn27's topic in General Nursing

   Oops....That's what I get for trying to type and talk at the same time and then post without

10. low o2 sats after ORIF?

    matchstickxx replied to crissrn27's topic in General Nursing

    Open reduction internal rotation, I think....Not an ortho nurse....can you

11. 20 week twins PTL

    matchstickxx replied to crissrn27's topic in Ob/Gyn

    There was a story in the local paper a couple of years ago about a woman who delivered one twin at 18 weeks. They were then able to stop her labor and she got to 35 weeks with the second baby. The...

12. 265 questions??

    matchstickxx replied to Unicornfrog's topic in General Nursing

    I remember the anxiety of waiting for my test results. I took the NCLEX a couple of years after they switched to computerized testing. I couldn't imagine having to wait for 12 weeks for my results. I...

13. Newborn Kidnapped from TX hospital, be on the lookout!

    matchstickxx replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    http://http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7821354 Here's another link to the story. It says the baby had a monitoring device on but it wasn't clear if it had GPS. I wasn't aware...

14. Funniest Write Up You have Every Recieved?!

    matchstickxx replied to nursebrandie28's topic in General Nursing

    I once had a visitor go to administration to complain to the DON about me. My transgression...I could not tell her when a particular patient had gone home. It was my first day back from vacation and...

15. Security

    matchstickxx replied to magz53's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I wish we were a locked unit. We have had more have had more than our fair share of "baby-daddy" and "new girlfriend of baby daddy" drama recently. Don't even get me started on the patient who we...