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Hi all, I'm a registered nurse in the U.S. My husband and I are considering moving to Spain (not permanently but likely for a year or two) for his job and I have no idea what my prospects are for being able to nurse there. My Spanish is pretty good b...

I'm wondering what you all think about taking sleep aids when on call. I'm not talking about call where you might have to actually go in to work, but call for outpatient care where you have to manage patient complaints overnight, possibly call the do...

Thanks so much. I really appreciate your suggestions. See, this is kind of my bottom line too, and I feel like in general we don't respect sleep deprivation as the danger that it is. We don't blink at a practitioner working sleep-deprived; it's con...

Thanks; I've taken doxylamine and Benadryl both many times and am very familiar with how they affect me. Thank you. This is good to hear.

Agree that missing a call is not an option. Even though it'll eventually go to the doctor on call if they can't get me, there is not a chance in hell I want that to happen. Please know that patient safety is my #1 priority. I just want to take care o...

Thanks. I have been dealing with anxiety for all my life and have sought much professional help, been on lots of meds, and worked on various strategies, some effective, some not so much. It's a chronic struggle. Thanks everyone for your comments. I w...

fair enough. because I'm anxious and feel bad about it and am seeking reassurance.

I'm not talking about something like Ambien, btw. I'm talking about Benadryl or doxylamine, a low dose of a med I am used to where I am confident I would still wake up and my clinical judgment would not be impaired. Are we not allowed to take NyQuil ...

Outpatient ambulatory surgery. We get a lot of calls.

I work a full-time schedule that is mostly business hours though often they become 10-12 hour shifts because we are just open as long as we have patients. When on call I work the days and then am on-call all night and weekend, for a full week at a ti...

My judgment was that the sleep aid would not impair my ability to give professional judgment over the phone -- certainly not more than the ongoing sleep deprivation would have. Any suggestions for how to deal with call without becoming an anxiety-rid...

Have worked with several male L&D nurses and one of them in particular was one of the best nurses I've ever known. Sure, they're a minority, but they certainly can and do go into OB.

lol "I expensive taco bell"

I work in abortion care where we are routinely handling 400-800 mcg of misoprostol, way more than the 25 mcg that is routine in labor & delivery, but I'm curious what L&D nurses have heard as well. I heard a rumor that we might be encouraged/...

Whaaaaat. That's crazy about DMPA. I have certainly never worn PPE besides gloves to give that shot. Thanks for digging! Good to know and I'll be sure to bring this up if they try to make us start wearing gloves...

Thanks for this. Guess it's not so crazy after all?

I agree it seems absurd. I'm asking in response to a rumor I heard at work about mandating glove usage for handling Cytotec and I was suggesting a reason why it might be warranted, since the drug certainly does have effects on pregnancy. I'm not sayi...

Well there's the whole abortifacient property and how it comes with labels about NOT TO BE USED BY WOMEN WHO MAY BE PREGNANT. So maybe an overabundance of caution?

When I worked postpartum I had this one family, lovely couple, first-time parents. Breastfeeding was going pretty well but mom's milk wasn't in yet and the baby was cluster-feeding constantly and mom was just so exhausted she started to sob. I suppor...

Thanks for the info. I'd be going to Barcelona.

I don't know if it will be an option for me not to work, is the thing. We probably can't afford to just be on one salary. I know that might mean I have to work not as a nurse but I am hoping I can continue nursing if at all possible. I'm curious to k...

I forgot we live under religious law and this is a Christian nation - oh wait.

Thank you for sharing your expertise, and I hope everyone reads these excellent accounts from people who actually know!

I recently moved to a new state that has very different scope of practice laws than the state where I come from. I was trained as an RN to take my responsibility of administering medications extremely seriously. The five (seven) rights of medication ...

Based on your other comments I would wager that I will agree with you but can you elaborate on what you mean exactly? I strongly dislike the term pro-choice personally, though I will use it casually because people understand it; it's too consumerist ...