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The overwhelming majority of abortions are done because the child is an inconvenience not due to rape/incest/trauma. Many pro lifers like myself think it’s fair to have exceptions to legislation. There are are way more couples waiting for a baby to adopt than available supple. Once I came to terms with that fact that this clump of cells is a life, then the reasons to abort became selfish and weak (I’m excluding the few cases of rape/incest/trauma here). i had an unwanted, inconvenient pregnancy that I was so upset about when I found out. Now I have a sweet boy whom I wouldn’t trade for the world.

Hugs to you. Yes debriefing with another nurse really helps. Sometimes it is just their time to go and there is nothing we can do about it. You did what you could and really it doesn't sound like your patient showed much signs of decompensation. It was just their time and you happened to be their nurse.

6-8 PATIENTS!!! I would be jumping ship too....

So today I was reading a post about an RN who hung blood with D51/2NS instead of NSS. Many of the comments said that as a general rule always hand blood with NSS. This is not something I would instinctively know or remember in school. What are some other "general rules" from you more experienced nurses for us younger nurses? I had my own experience with a "general rule". The nursing school I went to never taught us to insert IV. They said hospitals are moving towards IV teams and if the facility that hires us wants RNs to insert IVs, they will teach us. They facility I work at does have RNs insert the IVs. I did my research, including watching youtube videos and reading a our facilities Mosbys skills for IV insertion. Nowhere do I remember it said IVs must point away from the heart. I inserted one IV in the forearm that point up towards the shoulder. Thankfully, everything was okay. However, I, even after doing research, did not know this simple rule (my charge nurse who found the error probably questioned my right to practice ), a rule many of you know. Is there anything else like this that comes to your mind to remind nurses?