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In a message dated 3/9/1999 3:34:39 PM Central Standard Time,

inspired2@... writes:

<<

My name is and I am sorry I haven't written to introduce

myself as I joined this list on January 21. My sister passed away

suddenly on Feb. 4th from a pulmonary embolism...she had just turned

30 so it pretty much set our family in a tail spin. :-( We are all

doing better now.

>>

Dear ,

Welcome to the list.

I lost my brother 4 years ago last month. It too was sudden and unexpected.

If you need someone to talk to, feel free to E-mail me.

, RNC

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,

Welcome to the group.

Sorry to hear about your misfortunes. If you need to vent you can always e-

mail me. I have a good ear for listenining.

AJB

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In a message dated 3/9/99 8:47:18 PM Eastern Standard Time,

inspired2@... writes:

<< The girls have had to resort to

beepers because in an emergency...no one can hear you. >>

We each carry a pager. Each AM we receive a sheet showing each persons

assignment and pager number, We have no overhead pages in our facility, all

must wear pagers. It is great, nice and quiet. The only time you hear na

overhead is a code.

We love the pagers. I feel like I can disappear into my families birthing

environment and never be disturbed. No one comes in and bugs me, or the

family or disrupts the environment. I used to hate the door opening, someone

barging in during pushing and saying, " Will you cover me for break? " So we

now page each other, vibrate only! Yeeha, there were good jokes about that for

a while!

We also have a call system int he rooms that allows for 4 different call

designations, a regular patient call, a bathroom call, a bathroom emergency

and a staff emergency. Our pagers are programmed for our own call bells and

pumps and monitors. If our room needs our attention then our pager goes off

with a code telling us what it is. If there is a staff emergency all pagers

go off with a 911 and the room number. I love it!

The best part about this system is that we can talk with our patients wherever

we are from any phone. We can answer them from the bathroom even! It goes

through their pillow speaker and I really like that if I am doing couplets

care and am tied up with something but didn't want to miss a call or have

another nurse cover. (Of course most of the time someone else answers it for

us, we have a pretty good team)

It took awhile to get used to the pagers but now we can't imagine living

without them. I love the quiet and lack of disruption.

Jan

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In a message dated 3/9/99 8:47:18 PM Eastern Standard Time,

inspired2@... writes:

<< What is the ratio at your hospital? How many laboring and

postpartum mom/babies to one nurse?

>>

We are 1:1 for labor, 3-4 couplets, High risk always 1:1 sometimes 2:1 a

critical care OB nurse and an ICU nurse both with the patient depending on

whats going on.

We're having a run on precipitous births at our facility! Fast and furious,

I love it!

jan

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Hi Everyone,

After reading Jan's description of what the new modern LDR rooms have, it

makes me envious. We never had anything like that and there were a lot of

interruptions.

Cherub

[Guest guest]

Wow, I like your numbers. We are 1:1 for labor if she's pushing, and for the

first 2 hours after delivery (includes doing the baby for the first 2 hours

too), but 1:2 if on pit and not active or complicated. And postpartum we do

1:4. They are talking about upping that to 1:5 with the addition of CNA.

Hate it. Betsy

[Guest guest]

Boy, you girls are making me even more happy that I retired when I did. We

always had a one to one when a patient was on pit. (We might check someone,

if a girl walked in off the street, but if she stayed, we called in another

nurse.)

Sounds unsafe to me, but then I guess I'm old fashioned. I was around when

we had patient's, not clients. And we gave good, safe care. (Of course, we

only had one L & D nurse at a time, unless we called someone else in, so that

may have made a difference. If there are two or three of you in L & D, you

can have someone else watch a patient, if she isn't in the middle of

something.

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In a message dated 10/11/99 12:00:24 AM Eastern Daylight Time,

CarleneJ@... writes:

<< Would like to hear about your

nurse-pt ratio & if you get lunch breaks. 12 hours is too long for no break!

I agree, we get 15 minutes in AM, 1/2 hour for lunch and 15 minutes in

afternnon (although most of us take 1/2 hr and eat dinner)

We are one on one except for suppressions & we usually have 2 patients, or 2

recovery pts.

We are also 1 to 1 for any labor! Yeeha we worked hard for that one!

Inductions we may have two at first until they get going.

All high risk is one to one in labor sometimes 2nurses :1 patient with an ICU

nurse and OB nurse comanaging difficult cases.

Antepartum annex, can be as high as 6:1 with an aide if they are VERY stable

and don't need much but more commonly are 4:1.

Couplets - well babies and well Mom's 3 or 4 to 1.

Couplets with intermediate care babies (those returning to room from NICU or

those requiring extra feeding help, chems etc we try to do 2 or 3 to 1.

Are many of you doing computer charting?

Yes, have been for four years now. Recently switched from HP's CareVu to

QMI. Don't like either software programs as they are cumbersome and time

consuming. Work well for technobirth but not at all for low risk natural

births when you must spend a tremendous amt of time and energy birthing with

your pt and it becomes " rude " and a distraction to computer chart during it

all.

Looking forward to your discussions. >>

We do have some lively ones!

Jan

[Guest guest]

Hi Carlene, Nice to meet you.

I'm new in L & D, started September 4. The nurse/pt ratio in our unit is

1-2 pts each, depending on acuity.

One of my biggest gripes in my unit is the fact that we don't get a lunch

break. You're right, 12 hrs is too long to go without a break. We can leave

the floor long enough to PICK UP lunch, but not to eat it. Strip checks must

be done Q15min and while I suppose we could get coverage for that, we have

many high risk pts and I guess it would just be too hard to leave the floor

long enough to eat. When I worked med/surg many nurses would eat their lunch

on the floor. Not me. I'm a firm believer in getting off of the floor for

at least a 1/2 hr every day. I think the nature of our work demands some

time to 'decompress'. I'd be interested in knowing if anyone has some

suggestions in how they've worked break time into their days.

Debbie

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In a message dated 10/11/1999 9:15:01 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

DEBBIE6650@... writes:

> When I worked med/surg many nurses would eat their lunch

> on the floor. Not me. I'm a firm believer in getting off of the floor

for

> at least a 1/2 hr every day. I think the nature of our work demands some

> time to 'decompress'. I'd be interested in knowing if anyone has some

> suggestions in how they've worked break time into their days.

> Debbie

Debbie, at our facility, we are not allowed to eat at the desk due to JCAH.

We are in the process of being re-accredited and are not allowed to have any

food at the desk. Which makes it very hard when you don't have the staff to

allow you to get off the floor for a break. We are supposed to get the 30

minute dinner break, but we've NEVER had the other 15 minute breaks!

Amy

[Guest guest]

Dear Clare

My name is Sharon. I have an 11 year old autistic son called . We knew there was something different with him when he was about 15 months old. But he wasn't diagonosed until he was 7 1/2. I also have a "normal" son, who is 14.

It does take time to adjust to the news that your son is autistic. I went through various stages of blame, grief etc. It wasn't till I realised that it wasn't a case of " with autism", but that the "autism made who he is", that I began to accept things. He is to us normal. After all what is "normal" in this world? Who is to say that we are not the ones with a problem...

You must also remember that our special children were given to us as God knew that we would be able to love and nuture them as they are. It really does take a special person to take care of our special babies.

Your son has been diagnosed early - which believe me should be a big help to you. went through stages of serious self harm when he was 6/7 due to his not coping at mainstream school. He has really come on a long way.

Anyway enough for now, I just wanted to say hello and that I would love to hear from you again.

Take care.

Sharon

P.S. I may be a bit slow but can I take it that you are expecting twins? If so when? That must be really exciting for your.

Introduction

Hello everyone, I am a mother of a 27 month old autistic boy. is the third of soon to be five children. He is social and loving but non-verbal. We have in home OT-SPT-and ET. I am trying to find a group to help me deal with the everyday raising of a special boy. I believe I am still having a hard time accepting the fact that he wont be "normal". This is very hard with the other children around. I would appreciate any input you would have. Thank You,Clare

[Guest guest]

Hi Clare. I'm Debbie, my son who is 30 months old has autism also. He was dx in September, he has been getting ST, PT, OT, MT and also has an educator come out 3 ays a week..My son had his speaking skills at first but lost it completely. Doesn't speak but is starting to sign basic words.

It is hard raising a special child, believe me I still feel the guilt of did I do something wrong, but I know that I didn't do anything. I'm starting to realize and it's starting to sink into my thick head that god gave me this special child because he knew that I could take care of him and nurture and teach him.. As he did with you. He didn't do this to punish you in any way, so don't think it.. I know you didn't say that you are feeling this way, but if you feel like I did, I was thinking that..

I also have 2 older girls, one is 9 1/2 will be 10 in March and an 8 year old.. They understand it somewhat, my 8 year old is the one who asks all the questions. My oldest doesn't ask much.. Anyways, feel free to right I'm sure there are alot of people here that can try and help you out..

Take care

Debbie

Mom to na 3/92

9/93

Shane 7/99

dczipjeff@... wrote: Hello everyone, I am a mother of a 27 month old autistic boy. is the third of soon to be five children. He is social and loving but non-verbal. We have in home OT-SPT-and ET. I am trying to find a group to help me deal with the everyday raising of a special boy. I believe I am still having a hard time accepting the fact that he wont be "normal". This is very hard with the other children around. I would appreciate any input you would have. Thank You,Clare

[Guest guest]

Hi Clare,

I'm but every one calls me H i have three children two

autistic boys who is 6 yrs and Nicky-jay who is 4 yrs old

i also have a daughter Charlotte who is 6 months old and i hate the

word but seems " normal " my eldest son was diagnosed feb 1998 and the

younger feb 1999 and i must admit it was a very hard thing to face,

but they are smashing kids i dont know if any one else on this list

has experianced this but my eldest child moved out on me and went to

live with his grand parents not sure why but aye it suits all

concerened as it means they get lots of one to one work done with

them they are both verbal to some extent and are developing nicely

and are the most wonderful little charactors i have ever met, I must

admit to having a lot of guilt when i first found out and the old

question of what ifs but if you spend your life thinking what if you

will miss all the good stuff and there is plenty of good stuff to

luck forward to so chin up and remember that you are never alone

Regards,

H

> Hello everyone,

> I am a mother of a 27 month old autistic boy.

> is the third of soon to be five children.

> He is social and loving but non-verbal.

> We have in home OT-SPT-and ET.

> I am trying to find a group to help me deal with

> the everyday raising of a special boy. I believe I

> am still having a hard time accepting the fact that he wont

> be " normal " . This is very hard with the other children around.

> I would appreciate any input you would have.

> Thank You,Clare

[Guest guest]

Hi, Clare, and welcome. I am Annie (who loves ya), mom to Louie who is

21 now and HFA/AS. He, too, was diagnosed very young, at about the

age your guy is in fact. He is the youngest of two, our eldest being

Kris, 32, neurotypical and living in Arizona. When Louie was your guys

age, we went through the same thing you're going through now....with the

exception of it being the '80s and so no internet support lists like

this one. The guilt will passs, believe me. Louie was

non-verbal when he was little, having lost the speech he had already

gained. He didn't speak another word till he was around 5.5, and those

first words were to his dog and not to us. But now we sometimes

have to tell him to give it a rest, fer pete's sake!

And, to let you know, autism is not the end of the world, although it

seems to be just now to you (doubtless). It isn't going to keep your

child from growing and progressing, either. We thought these things

once too. But our Louie is now living in a supported living home and

has set himself the goal of living on his own in the next few years. So

our guys do progress, and sometimes against amazing odds (both personal

and societal). Hang in there!

Annie, who loves ya annie@...

--

There is no conceivable human action which custom has not at one time

justified and at another condemned. -- ph Wood Krutch

[Guest guest]

> Hi ,

> Sorry has taken me a while to answer to your posting due

to a

> few problems I am 3 days behind with my e-mail any way pleased to

meet

> you I'm the mother of three two boys and a girl my boys are high

> functioning middle band autistics, how long have you had your

> diagnoses??? If I can be any help please let me know. :-)

>

> Regards

>

> H (heather :-) )

>

> Introduction

>

> Hello my name is and I am from Georgia. We are making plans

to

> move to Minnesota in the next few months. I have 2 boys ages 2 1/2

> and 1. My 2 1/2 year old was just diagnosed as being mildly

> autistic. He is currently receiving speech therapy and special

> instruction. I thought he had asperger's syndrome because I was

able

> to identify this in my husband. But due to the speech difficulties

> asperger's was ruled out. I look forward to gaining information

and

> insight and having someone to share with.

>

> Thanks

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Sorry about the previous blank message. I have known through my own

research for approx 2 months. was officially dx a few days

ago. I was in denial to a certain extent, so I did not search out

support services and message boards. Once I got the official word I

snapped out of it and started looking for information to get better

informed about what I might be dealing with. I realize that is

pretty young for this type of dx and with early intervention alot can

be done. So I will take it one day at a time.

> Hi ,

> Sorry has taken me a while to answer to your posting due

to a

> few problems I am 3 days behind with my e-mail any way pleased to

meet

> you I'm the mother of three two boys and a girl my boys are high

> functioning middle band autistics, how long have you had your

> diagnoses??? If I can be any help please let me know. :-)

>

> Regards

>

> H (heather :-) )

>

> Introduction

>

> Hello my name is and I am from Georgia. We are making plans

to

> move to Minnesota in the next few months. I have 2 boys ages 2 1/2

> and 1. My 2 1/2 year old was just diagnosed as being mildly

> autistic. He is currently receiving speech therapy and special

> instruction. I thought he had asperger's syndrome because I was

able

> to identify this in my husband. But due to the speech difficulties

> asperger's was ruled out. I look forward to gaining information

and

> insight and having someone to share with.

>

> Thanks

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

PS- Oh, and I'm trying to figure out how to date.

-Jordana

> Hi. I just joined the group. Here's a little bit about me.

>

> I'm 28. From a young age I knew I was a carrier for hep B. At

about

> age 13 my doctor told me it was gone from my system. A couple of

> years ago I asked my new gp to test my blood again, just because.

> Turns out I am still a carrer for hep B and also have hep C. I

> think I got it from a blood transfusion when I was born. The guy

I

> was dating when I found all this out broke up with me after 6

months

> because he was afraid of getting it from me.

>

> I made the decision to start treatment with Pegasys in February

> although I have no symptoms of being sick. I had depression

> (although I was already on medication for that) and bad

headaches.

> I stopped treatment after 24 weeks because, although my viral

counts

> went down, they had not gone down far enough. That was a few

months

> ago.

>

> -Jordana

[Guest guest]

Dear :

Glad to hear that you are doing your doctoral

research in the area of NFP.

I wish I could get one or two doctoral

students at my institution interested in NFP research!

I will think about priority areas.

In the meantime you might want to look at

the USCCB web site:  http://www.usccb.org/prolife/issues/nfp/newsletter.htm

This web site has current and past issues

of Current Medical Research in NFP – that I write and edit.  You might

get some ideas in reviewing some of the past issues.  In particular the review

issue that was published in SummerFall 2003:

http://www.usccb.org/prolife/issues/nfp/cmrsf03.htm

There are many potential areas of NFP

research including:

accuracy of biological markers

of NFP

effectiveness of NFP methods

probability of pregnancy during

the fertile window

special circumstances --- e.g.,

tracking fertility during breastfeeding

psycho-social problems --- e.g.,

satisfaction with NFP,  the effects of NFP on relationships (especially

prospective and longitudinal)

the data from the National

Survey of Family Growth --- on NFP and some of the many variables that

they measure with that cohort --- NFP is not over researched from that

data set.

comparison of NFP users with

contraceptive users --- on many different dependent variables

evaluation of NFP couple

training programs – or the educational process

menstrual cycle characteristics

– for different age groups, for post hormonal, for post

breastfeeding

why couples discontinue NFP

NFP decision making on the

various biological markers or systems of NFP

 

Could you help us to narrow you interest

in this area --- and your scope of expertise.

Wish you well with your dissertation

process.

J. Fehring, DNSc, RN

Professor of Nursing

Marquette University

  

  

Introduction

Hello,

I was recently approved to the NFP professionals list

serve, and invited to introduce myself:

I am a doctoral student in epidemiology at the

University of Washington, and I hope to conduct my dissertation research in the

area of NFP. I am open to suggestions, and would appreciate hearing from

more experienced researchers and practitioners what you believe are the most

urgent areas of research.

- Sinclair

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[Guest guest]

You might consider contacting Dr. Hilger’s

at the Pope Institute for ideas, as his nurses have told me he has “more

things he’d like to research than time left in his life.”

Most of his ideas are using NFP to potentially diagnose infertility, cancer,

and other illness.

Considering the negative press the

antidepressant industry has received lately, some studies linking depression to

hormonal imbalances (easily and cheaply tracked using NFP!) might be beneficial

to the NFP community. Many have been successfully treated for both short luteal

phase infertility and clinical depression at the same time with progesterone supplementation

alone.

Introduction

Hello,

I was recently approved to the NFP professionals list

serve, and invited to introduce myself:

I am a doctoral student in epidemiology at the

University of Washington, and I hope to conduct my dissertation research in the

area of NFP. I am open to suggestions, and would appreciate hearing from

more experienced researchers and practitioners what you believe are the most

urgent areas of research.

- Sinclair

__________________________________________________

[Guest guest]

Welcome ,

You will learn a lot in here.

Gerry Sotomayor, MD2155 Dunwoody Heritage Dr.Atlanta, GA 30350770 633-9160 cell770 394-8119 home770 939-5102 office

[Guest guest]

Welcome, ! It's a neat group.

Where are you studying, and what is the area of your PhD focus?

, MD

Residency Director

VCU/Shenandoah Valley Family Practice Residency

Front Royal, VA

Introduction

Hello -- I'm a MD/PhD student, and am currently doing the NFP course

through Marquette University and will be doing some research with Prof.

Fehring next year. I look foward to learning more about NFP through

this email list!

Sincerely,

[Guest guest]

Dear Dr. ,

Please check out the family practice residency program here in Wichita,

Kansas, at Via Christi Regional Medical Center. Try www.vcfp.net.

Judith Leonard, Director

Natural Family Planning

Catholic Diocese of Wichita

msjudy@...

Introduction

>

> Greetings! I few words of introduction, as I gladly join this group: I am

> in formation (in the US) to become a catholic priest in a religious order

> (Society of Jesus). I graduated from medical school and practiced in

> Costa Rica (my homeland), where I served in an advisory capacity to the

> National Bishops' Sub-Commission on Natural Fertility Regulation,

> concretly in the promotion of the Billings Method. I am applying to enter

> a residency Family Medicine program in the US, as part of my jesuit

> formation for Mission. Ideas about NFP-friendly programs are welcome!

> Keep the good work!

>

> Peace in Our Lord,

>

>

>

> __________________

> Francisco , SJ, MD

> 6235 N. Kenmore Ave

> Chicago, IL 60660-2101

>

> _______________________________________

> Yo me registré en www.costarricense.cr

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Dear ,

Our program is NFP-friendly. I am an NFP only FP and the director of the FP

Residency Program. I teach the residents the basics of the Creighton model.

Welcome to the listserve!

, MD

Residency Director

VCU/Shenandoah Valley Family Practice Residency

Front Royal, VA

Website: www.valleyhealthlink.com/residencyprogram

Introduction

Greetings! I few words of introduction, as I gladly join this group: I am in

formation (in the US) to become a catholic priest in a religious order (Society

of Jesus). I graduated from medical school and practiced in Costa Rica (my

homeland), where I served in an advisory capacity to the National Bishops'

Sub-Commission on Natural Fertility Regulation, concretly in the promotion of

the Billings Method. I am applying to enter a residency Family Medicine program

in the US, as part of my jesuit formation for Mission. Ideas about NFP-friendly

programs are welcome! Keep the good work!

Peace in Our Lord,

__________________

Francisco , SJ, MD

6235 N. Kenmore Ave

Chicago, IL 60660-2101

_______________________________________

Yo me registré en www.costarricense.cr

[Guest guest]

Welcome Maureen!

Where are you in Minnesota?

Theresa McGuire RN, CFCPCatholic Charities FertilityCare Services117 East Center St.Rochester, MN 55904 ext. 33

[Guest guest]

Hi Theresa, I live in Princeton, and practice in the Mpls Metro area, and have a client base within a two hour radius of my home and Metro locations. Maureen Dahl CPM, LM Heritage Midwifery LLCMessage: 2 Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2006 10:58:00 EDTFrom: datmcg@...Subject: Re: IntroductionWelcome Maureen! Where are you in Minnesota?Theresa McGuire RN, CFCPCatholic Charities FertilityCare Services117 East Center St.Rochester, MN 55904 ext. 33[This message contained attachments]________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________