Viability
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Nurse Lochia ..
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This is the week that, should my last pregnancy have continued, I would have hit 24 weeks, or viability. I'm not 100% sure this is the week, and I decided not to torture mysel ...
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Second Class Birth
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Nurse Lochia ..
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Last night I had an interesting discussion on face.book with an old sorority sister and a couple other people about birth. This friend had her first baby by c-section for bree ...
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In a Funk
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Nurse Lochia ..
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The last couple days I've been in a funk. I've wanted to be lazy but I am unable to indulge my fantasy of lying on the coach and napping. I am slowly coming out of it. I wa ...
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The Moment
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Nurse Lochia ..
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A patient presents to L&D, full term with her second child. As she rounds the corner, you see she is sitting to one side, sweat above her lip - a telltale sign that she wi ...
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Another night in L&D
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Nurse Lochia ..
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Last night wasn't too bad of a shift. I am pretty flexible and there are a couple weekends this schedule that I am working Friday/Sunday. Fridays tend to be pretty busy and ...
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Loose Interpretation
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Nurse Lochia ..
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As I mentioned before, there has been a lot of drama making its way around work, way more than I ever thought possible. I try to just stay away from it. I go to work, take car ...
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Stellan
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Nurse Lochia ..
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For the last several months, I've been following Stellan's story. If you haven't read about him, he is a one year old little boy who was found to have SVT while in the womb. T ...
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Back On-Line
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Nurse Lochia ..
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Can I just say I forgot how much I like new computers? After using granny hp computer, bought back in January of 2002, this brand new puppy is nice. I've heard good things a ...
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Computer Issues
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Nurse Lochia ..
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So our ancient computer is finally on it's deathbed. We bought the thing back in January 2002 and it's been a wonderful tool, but it is now time to move on. It may be a bit ...
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Ranting and Raving
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Nurse Lochia ..
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Dear Charge Nurses, when there are two nurses back in labor with 5 labors, and 2 outpatients, if there are 2 labor nurses on post- partum, please send at least one back to hel ...
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It's Fall!
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Nurse Lochia ..
Posted in: Blog Posts in Nursing
I just love this time of year. The temperatures are great, you can wear long or short sleeves, the colors of the leaves are fabulous, and of course, I LOVE the pumpkin patche ...
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FIve weeks
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Nurse Lochia ..
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Five weeks ago today, I went to bed after fretting all weekend that there was something wrong with the pregnancy, although I had no reason to think so. Five weeks ago, I woke ...
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SVE
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Nurse Lochia ..
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As a labor nurse, part of my job is to evaluate where a woman is at in labor, by determining if her contractions are the real deal, causing her cervix to dilate. In order to ...
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Autism 5K
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Nurse Lochia ..
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I am running another 5K race tomorrow morning. This race is raising money to benefit the local autism association. With the other races I've run, I was excited, nervous, bu ...
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Follow Up Appointment
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Nurse Lochia ..
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Yesterday afternoon, I met with Doc for my post-op appointment. I've been somewhat dreading this appointment for a few reasons. One, it was the first time I went into the OB ...
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A few Pictures
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Nurse Lochia ..
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Jacob has been playing football this fall. The flag football program is new this year as a part of the JFL, or Junior Football League. Once the kids are in 3rd grade, they pl ...
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