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

    Q. replied to enfermeraSG's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I agree that one choosing an abortion and one going through an unexpected genetic defect or demise are different, however just because a parent chooses abortion does not mean she doesn't honor the...

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

    Q. replied to enfermeraSG's topic in Ob/Gyn

    ITA Shannon; great

  3. Car Seat Stories or information?

    Q. replied to CMB4321's topic in General Nursing

    No war here, and I'm a parent and we had trouble installing the thing!

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

    Q. replied to enfermeraSG's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I don't know. It's one thing to find it sick and grotesque to go through the whole dressing and photographing of a dead fetus, which is actually a baby now that it is born, but another to leave this...

  5. Your employer's policy re: *snow and ice*?

    Q. replied to nervousnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I pretty much agree the posters who said it's probably more regional than anything. I live in southeastern Wisconsin and you are expected to come in to work, regardless of the weather, UNLESS it is so...

  6. Too busy for break?

    Q. replied to merae's topic in General Nursing

    I would wager that most supervisors could handle an emergency situation, in the basic sense of initiating CPR and calling a code. Or at least recognizing a situation is going bad. I would doubt that...

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

    Q. replied to enfermeraSG's topic in Ob/Gyn

    ITA. As an L&D nurse I would hear of and most certainly deal with these tragedies alot. I would cry. It would hurt. As a mom now, I think it hurts me a bit more because I envision my own 2...

  8. Too busy for break?

    Q. replied to merae's topic in General Nursing

    I have never taken a break, even where I currently work which is a M-F salaried office position. I do take a lunch, but never a break. Just never occured to me. Too much to do. I guess sometimes I...

  9. Why a C-Section?

    Q. replied to edj02's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Exactly. I may be a nurse, but I'm not a stone. I am a woman, and a mother with twins of my own and have opinions on things from epidurals to c-sections. I can hold those opinions and still provide...

  10. Why a C-Section?

    Q. replied to edj02's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I did read your entire post and I don't see how you really accounted for that fact other than stating that because abortion was legal and women were allowed to "choose" to kill their baby, women...

  11. Why a C-Section?

    Q. replied to edj02's topic in Ob/Gyn

    No, not only SHE will have to suffer the after effects of the type of labor she chooses - so will the BABY. That is why so many practitioners have problems with elective sections. Generally...

  12. Why a C-Section?

    Q. replied to edj02's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Wow, 48 hour discharges for sections?? That seems a little premature. At 48 hours I still had fluids running because my output was low. I didn't even get my colostrum in yet. Holy crap, that's too...

  13. Crossing the line of Caring

    Q. replied to VintageGAdog's topic in General Nursing

    I've read some of the posts here related to demanding patients and setting limits. I agree with that, but unless I have the context of the situaton, given what the OP stated at face value, I still...

  14. Why a C-Section?

    Q. replied to edj02's topic in Ob/Gyn

    If C-sections only affected the mother, I wouldn't really care how she chooses to deliver. But the fact remains that c-sections ultimately affect the baby and generally speaking, c-sections are...

  15. "What do you need Christmas off for? You don't have kids!" (rant)

    Q. replied to Marie_LPN, RN's topic in General Nursing

    This is PRECISELY why I didn't have children when I was staffing. The daycare opens as early as 0630, and my kids can only be there for 10 hours before I get charged $5 per minute over. So I can...

  16. Why a C-Section?

    Q. replied to edj02's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Having been an L&D nurse and experienced my own section, I can say that I tend to agree with that. After my section my twins were in the NICU for a month. Hours after my surgery I was too weak...

  17. My husband works for me- is this ever going to work?

    Q. replied to LoriAlabamaRN's topic in General Nursing

    Excellent points Timothy and precisely why 9 out of 10 organizations prohibit this type of thing. I agree Lori that it may work for you, but as a leader you also hold an obligation to your employees....

  18. What punishment should this nurse get?

    Q. replied to Daytonite's topic in General Nursing

    I agree completely. Sleeping on the job, I'm confident, is in direct violation of hospital policies. If this one were to be "let go", what other policies should we let slip and where do we draw the...

  19. Not a nurse, but want to be.

    Q. replied to aryahsmom84's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't go to undergrad with children, but I am currently a full time graduate student, work full time, and am a mother to 6 month old twins. It's hard, but it can be done with flexible scheduling...

  20. Why a C-Section?

    Q. replied to edj02's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Excellent post,

  21. Not a nurse, but want to be.

    Q. replied to aryahsmom84's topic in General Nursing

    That is my recommendation also. Chances are not many of your classes for your health administration program will transfer into a nursing

  22. fat ankles

    Q. replied to fat ankles's topic in General Nursing

    If you only signed RN after your name at an in-service, that is one thing, though still unethical~ what are the other complaints? If you told your employer that you are indeed an RN then yes, you...

  23. Not a nurse, but want to be.

    Q. replied to aryahsmom84's topic in General Nursing

    Why did you enroll in a health administration program to start with? I'm confused as to what you mean about your state not "going along with" your transferring programs. Could you

  24. This article insults nursing as a lower skilled job

    Q. replied to Cheyenne RN,BSHS's topic in General Nursing

    I think given the amount of education that is required for the field (which can be as little, and little I mean time spent not worth, as a diploma program or community college) the pay for nursing is...

  25. My husband works for me- is this ever going to work?

    Q. replied to LoriAlabamaRN's topic in General Nursing

    I think at most organizations this isn't allowed because of nepotism. I wouldn't be comfortable with it for long and I'd either find a new position or