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farrellashleigh
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Broken boob FFing, babywearing, co-sleeping, PPD warrior,colic survivor, proud WAHM!
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Any other nurses here? Come say HI!
farrellashleigh
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Hi guys, I was looking for any other nursies on here... It's a very strange concept to literally KNOW so much about what is happening here yet still feel like you know nothing and have no control.... After all the peds and ob classes I SHOULD know all of this yet I keep having surprises...
I feel like I'm self diagnosing ALL the time and I'm constantly reminded by hubby that I don't know everything haha But I can't help but analyze all the bits of info my body gives me on a daily basis.
Well anyway... anyone else having a hard time with this or do you feel more comfortable? I feel thankful that there are a ton of things that I have no worries about because I have a prior knowledge and the same will go for when baby arrives... but it is surreal when your patient is YOU!!
Broken boob FFing, babywearing, co-sleeping, PPD warrior,colic survivor, proud WAHM!
Momma Maven In The Making!
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Re: Any other nurses here? Come say HI!
Oh yes and I forgot a little bit about me! I'm a pediatric nurse here in Denver, who will eventually move toward neonatology- my initial goal was an NNP. However I've studied and practiced a ton in labor & delivery and mom & baby! And I'll most likely go for the doctorate once the kiddos are in school full time..!
Did I mention that I love kids and pregnant women??!!
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I am not a nurse...yet! I graduate in July with an RN degree and I am due in October! I am about to start peds and then Ob, and I don't know if these classes are going to make me feel better or more nervous!!! I am already analyzing everything (I asked my OB for my CBC report so I could analyze the numbers, LOL.)
Anyway, when I actually give birth I will technically be an RN, but I do not plan to start working until at least February. I hope to one day be a labor and delivery nurse, so I hope that works out. Hopefully I won't forget everything I learned between graduation and actually starting work!
Best of luck on being a patient with too much knowledge
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I'm a nurse!
Went to nursing school with the goal of becoming a midwife someday... worked in an ob/gyn office during school and did my preceptorship in L&D. When I graduated, everyone said "get some general med/surg experience, it will make you a better specialty nurse." So I did, and after a year, applied for a transfer to L&D, who wouldn't take me because I didn't have any experience!
Needless to say, that idea hasn't ever really worked out... I'm the charge nurse in a large, multi-physician oncology practice. I love oncology more than I ever thought I would - I have a great appreciation for life and have learned to value every moment. I meet people every day who are just happy to put their two feet on the ground and they've tought me not to sweat the small stuff (it's mostly small stuff). So... I feel very grateful that my career has led me where I am today. Not to mention, it's great to work office hours instead of hospital hours! And I get to build real relationships with patients, which I never felt like there was time for in the hospital. And we have our own pharmacy tech, so I never have to mix any chemo or anything like that - so it seems like a win, win to me!
Ask me in six months, though... I'm sure I'll be saying that 8 hours on my feet is too much by that time, but right now it's okay!
LOL I do this all the time! I called my PCP a while back when I was sick and had blood work drawn to check my eosinophil count... the lady on the phone was like "your what??" and all I could say was "yea... I can tell you exactly where it is on the report"
I swear they want to kill me sometimes! I even do this with our DOGS... long story but one of our 3 labs had to have surgery... anyway I ended up telling the doc how we needed to treat his wounds and insisted he give us Rx high cal. high protein food to help speed up the healing... the vet looked at me like oh my gosh but he couldn't deny that'd it help
And this was after they OD'd my dog with Dextrose while in surgery (more of the long story) and overhydrated him... full blown 3rd spacing in the lungs... now tissue necrosis (hence the wounds) well you can imagine how that convo went!! All I could say was "You're LUCKY you don't deal with humans, can you say malpractice! I'd have lost my license if I screwed up that bad" ugghh.... well anyway glad to see you all on here!
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Hi! I am a PICU nurse and get feaked out all the time because I see all the babies/kids with things that can go wrong. ?Surprisingly, a lot of that OB stuff from school is coming back to me. ?I'll be so glad when I have a happy and healthy baby (hopefully ! ).
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Forgot to mention that that's enough said about being freaked out about childbearing.