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October 15, 2002

Welcome, Christi!

Sounds like yi=ou have some things well in hand. To become a NICU nurse, you *must* go to nursing school first. Very few hire LPNs (are there *any* any more? I don't think so) Nursing school is pretty general, then you can begin to work towards your goal of NICU.

As for your priorities--keep them at school and your future for now--you have lots of years for the babies after you've met the goals you set for yourself.

[OBnurses] new here

Hello everyone. My name is Christy. i am 15 and from illinois. sorry i havent introduced myself before now but ive been pretty busy. i have been reading the posts though from everyone and they are very interresting to read. I joined this group because im wanting to become an NICU nurse.... my niece was in the NICU for almost a week when she was born and i have also done two job shadowing sessions in the NICU and i absolutely loved it and knew thats what i wanted to do when i first arrived there... i am homeschooled and in the tenth grade. i want a baby and am ready for the responsibility but right now my priorites are school , and my future

October 15, 2002

Christy~

I applaud you for being so "goal oriented!!! Check and see if you're community has an ROP (Regional Occupational Program) program. Here in California they offer this program in many different occupations. It allows a student to participate in their chosen field getting a taste of the career etc. The students who observe in the hospitals are allowed (depending on various institutions) to have some "hands-on" participation all over the hospital. Not only gives you an idea of the different departments but also a trial before actually applying and paying for nursing school. I was fortunate enough to do this (almost 30 years ago) and changed my mind many times as to what kind of nurse I wanted to be. Also gives you an appreciation for all employees of the hospital, i.e. we couldn't do our job efficiently if it weren't for the housekeeping, purchasing departments, etc.

Good luck with your schooling and let the group know.

October 15, 2002

Re: LVNs...

Yes there are still LVN's. My daughter just graduated from LVN school. She plans on continuing on and getting her RN but with her particular situation it was the best road. Each state, of course, has their own scope of practice and they are somewhat limited but my daughter just hired on in the local hospital's emergency room. So it is another option.

October 16, 2002

This is indeed an option. In this area they are called LPN's and there are LPN-to-RN bridge programs out there too. Sometimes this gives the opportunity to work in nursing for a greater pay scale while working towards an RN too. LPN's in this area are significantly limited, even with the nursing shortage--most are hired for nursing homes.

----------Jeanine

Re: [OBnurses] new here

Re: LVNs...Yes there are still LVN's. My daughter just graduated from LVN school. She plans on continuing on and getting her RN but with her particular situation it was the best road. Each state, of course, has their own scope of practice and they are somewhat limited but my daughter just hired on in the local hospital's emergency room. So it is another option. Welcome to the OBnurses list!You have the freedom to change your membership settings at any time you choose. Go to the Yahoogroups Home Page at www.yahoogroups.com and sign in with your e mail address and the password you used to subscribe to this list. You will then see a list of all Onelist lists you are subscribed to. You can then easily choose the settings you would like--unsubscribe, digest, or Web-only.

February 15, 2004

Welcome, Carla! Glad you jumped in!

---------Jeanine

[OBnurses] New here

I guess I should introduce myself since I just jumped in. =o) I am Carla, married with three kiddos, and working as an L & D nurse in Ohio.CarlaAttached Mommy to Tanner 6, 3, & my waterbaby Tatum 1Welcome to the OBnurses list!You have the freedom to change your membership settings at any time you choose. Go to the Yahoogroups Home Page at www.yahoogroups.com and sign in with your e mail address and the password you used to subscribe to this list. You will then see a list of all Onelist lists you are subscribed to. You can then easily choose the settings you would like--unsubscribe, digest, or Web-only.

February 16, 2004

I work L & D and have very little post partum experience. We transfer our patients to the postpartum unit by 2hours. Unless of course they are on MgSO4 or unstable.

We were doing this. But, we have tried going back to an LDRP. It's not a true LDRP though since usually we transfer care to a PP nurse, and baby still transitions in the NSY, but it's a slow process. Here lately, though, the L & D nurses have been keeping many PP pts, just due to high census. I'm not really sure how other places do it, but I'm finding it a little difficult to juggle PP pts with labors. Last night, I had a POD 2 CS, an unstable antepartum, and a 34 wk active labor pt. Luckily, the first 2 were pretty much down for the night, by the time my 34 wker showed up, and the baby from my couplet was in SCN. If I had a new BF Mom I needed to assist and an active labor, eek.

Carla

Attached Mommy to Tanner 6, 3, & my waterbaby Tatum 1

February 16, 2004

Hi there!

Welcome.

I am married with 2 kids (9 and almost 5) in Canada. I work L & D and have very little post partum experience. We transfer our patients to the postpartum unit by 2hours. Unless of course they are on MgSO4 or unstable.

redheadmama27@... wrote:

I guess I should introduce myself since I just jumped in. =o) I am Carla, married with three kiddos, and working as an L & D nurse in Ohio.CarlaAttached Mommy to Tanner 6, 3, & my waterbaby Tatum 1Welcome to the OBnurses list!You have the freedom to change your membership settings at any time you choose. Go to the Yahoogroups Home Page at www.yahoogroups.com and sign in with your e mail address and the password you used to subscribe to this list. You will then see a list of all Onelist lists you are subscribed to. You can then easily choose the settings you would like--unsubscribe, digest, or

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February 18, 2004

My goodness..... How many beds/nurses are there on that unit? we have 5 nurses + 1 charge for 7 beds, 2 caserooms, 1 OR and 3 RR. Rare that all would be full but the potential is there. We just don't have the room on our unit to recover anyone for much longer than 1-2 hrs. Our unit is rarely empty.

We have 12 LDRP's, 2 bed triage, 2 bed RR, OR, and a high risk room which can handle CS also. Luckily, we have only rarely had 2 CS's at once.

There are 14 PP rooms. We keep the antepartums that need monitoring back in L & D. Since we are transitioning to LDRP's (so PP can take GYN pts), we are only supposed to keep 3 rooms open in L & D. Although the last couple weeks we have had to move out PP pts to make room for the L & D pts. And the other day, we had to move GYN pts downstairs, to make room for the PP pts, to make room for L & D. It's a messy cycle. We staff 4 nurses in L & D for 12 LDRP's and OR.

Carla

Attached Mommy to Tanner 7, 3, & my waterbaby Tatum 1

February 18, 2004

My goodness..... How many beds/nurses are there on that unit? we have 5 nurses + 1 charge for 7 beds, 2 caserooms, 1 OR and 3 RR. Rare that all would be full but the potential is there. We just don't have the room on our unit to recover anyone for much longer than 1-2 hrs. Our unit is rarely empty.

redheadmama27@... wrote:

I work L & D and have very little post partum experience. We transfer our patients to the postpartum unit by 2hours. Unless of course they are on MgSO4 or unstable.We were doing this. But, we have tried going back to an LDRP. It's not a true LDRP though since usually we transfer care to a PP nurse, and baby still transitions in the NSY, but it's a slow process. Here lately, though, the L & D nurses have been keeping many PP pts, just due to high census. I'm not really sure how other places do it, but I'm finding it a little difficult to juggle PP pts with labors. Last night, I had a POD 2 CS, an unstable antepartum, and a 34 wk active labor pt. Luckily, the first 2 were pretty much down for the night, by the time my 34 wker showed up, and the baby from my couplet was in SCN. If I had a new BF Mom I needed to assist and an active

labor, eek.CarlaAttached Mommy to Tanner 6, 3, & my waterbaby Tatum 1Welcome to the OBnurses list!You have the freedom to change your membership settings at any time you choose. Go to the Yahoogroups Home Page at www.yahoogroups.com and sign in with your e mail address and the password you used to subscribe to this list. You will then see a list of all Onelist lists you are subscribed to. You can then easily choose the settings you would like--unsubscribe, digest, or Web-only. Post your free ad now! Yahoo! Canada Personals

May 18, 2004

LOL thought for a minute you were explaining the tempers in my family...

About a year before Wesley was diagnosed with autism he was diagnosed with developmental delays. His teacher actually brought of the autism to us but it wasn't the first time we had heard it. After hearing it so many times I looked into it and that is how I pretty much knew he had it so when the doctors said it, it didn't come as to much of a shock, even though I still had hope that all my research was wrong and what everyone else said was wrong.

derek heard wrote:

Hi ! Sounds very similar. My son was diagnosed in March as well and will be 4 in Nov. We knew something was going on with him but never thought it was autism. I knew something was going on, but everyone told me he was just speech delayed. My son has a temper too, but so does my other son Cameron, who does not have autism. Then I think.....I have a temper too and so does dad. So the fruit doesn't fall too far from the tree. I guess my family is just a bad tempered bunch . Welcome. From personal experience, I have gotten positive feedback from so many people. Need anything just ask.

Shari Nettles wrote:

Hey ! You're on my other list, too...children with autism. : )

Shari

-- Re: New Here

Welcome to the group. What county are you in?

New Here

Hi..

My name is , I am23 years old and mommy to Wesley who is 4 years old. We were told in March that he is autistic. We had already guessed that so it wasn't too much of a shock for us. He is high functioning. I am married to Dwayne who is in the Army. We just moved here to Ga.( been here for a little over a month. Fort is his first duty station. In September we will have been married for 3 years.Before moving here we both had always lived in Va. In September we will have been married for 3 years. Wesley is the light of our life and is such a wonderful joy, well most of the time . He does have a temper which I can't blame all on autism since I have one too . Umm We do want more kids and hopefully that dream we have had for 2 years now will come true soon. Well I can't think of anything else to say. LOL I am terrible at this. If you have any questions feel free to ask.

__________________________________________________

May 19, 2004

I know what ST and OT are but what is BT? LOL about the BLT..

derek heard wrote:

Today I took my sons to visit their grandmother at work and they both had a "temper" episode in her classroom. We had a good laugh when we thought how we all have bad tempers. Even his grandmother said she is a " little hot natured." That was how she jokingly described it.

We knew something was going on, but the topic of autism was never brought up to us until we were transitioning from Babies Can't Wait to the school system and then BANG! I was very hurt initially by the diagnosis and we desperatly sought out a second opinion from his pediatrician, who was also shocked. He referred us to Dr. Rubin and Dr. Rubin confirmed the diagnosis. So here we are. My son has been having speech therapy since he was 1 1/2 for his diagnosis at the time of "speech delay." Now he gets OT, ST. and BT privately and gets OT and ST in the school system. ( All these abbrv., I once added to the list BLT as a therapy to a friend of mine.)

And if you ever want to e-mail me privately for anything, it is ok.

wrote:

LOL thought for a minute you were explaining the tempers in my family...

About a year before Wesley was diagnosed with autism he was diagnosed with developmental delays. His teacher actually brought of the autism to us but it wasn't the first time we had heard it. After hearing it so many times I looked into it and that is how I pretty much knew he had it so when the doctors said it, it didn't come as to much of a shock, even though I still had hope that all my research was wrong and what everyone else said was wrong.

derek heard wrote:

Hi ! Sounds very similar. My son was diagnosed in March as well and will be 4 in Nov. We knew something was going on with him but never thought it was autism. I knew something was going on, but everyone told me he was just speech delayed. My son has a temper too, but so does my other son Cameron, who does not have autism. Then I think.....I have a temper too and so does dad. So the fruit doesn't fall too far from the tree. I guess my family is just a bad tempered bunch . Welcome. From personal experience, I have gotten positive feedback from so many people. Need anything just ask.

Shari Nettles wrote:

Hey ! You're on my other list, too...children with autism. : )

Shari

-- Re: New Here

Welcome to the group. What county are you in?

New Here

Hi..

My name is , I am23 years old and mommy to Wesley who is 4 years old. We were told in March that he is autistic. We had already guessed that so it wasn't too much of a shock for us. He is high functioning. I am married to Dwayne who is in the Army. We just moved here to Ga.( been here for a little over a month. Fort is his first duty station. In September we will have been married for 3 years.Before moving here we both had always lived in Va. In September we will have been married for 3 years. Wesley is the light of our life and is such a wonderful joy, well most of the time . He does have a temper which I can't blame all on autism since I have one too . Umm We do want more kids and hopefully that dream we have had for 2 years now will come true soon. Well I can't think of anything else to say. LOL I am terrible at this. If you have any questions feel free to ask.

__________________________________________________

May 19, 2004

I know what ST and OT are but what is BT? LOL about the BLT..

derek heard wrote:

Today I took my sons to visit their grandmother at work and they both had a "temper" episode in her classroom. We had a good laugh when we thought how we all have bad tempers. Even his grandmother said she is a " little hot natured." That was how she jokingly described it.

We knew something was going on, but the topic of autism was never brought up to us until we were transitioning from Babies Can't Wait to the school system and then BANG! I was very hurt initially by the diagnosis and we desperatly sought out a second opinion from his pediatrician, who was also shocked. He referred us to Dr. Rubin and Dr. Rubin confirmed the diagnosis. So here we are. My son has been having speech therapy since he was 1 1/2 for his diagnosis at the time of "speech delay." Now he gets OT, ST. and BT privately and gets OT and ST in the school system. ( All these abbrv., I once added to the list BLT as a therapy to a friend of mine.)

And if you ever want to e-mail me privately for anything, it is ok.

wrote:

LOL thought for a minute you were explaining the tempers in my family...

About a year before Wesley was diagnosed with autism he was diagnosed with developmental delays. His teacher actually brought of the autism to us but it wasn't the first time we had heard it. After hearing it so many times I looked into it and that is how I pretty much knew he had it so when the doctors said it, it didn't come as to much of a shock, even though I still had hope that all my research was wrong and what everyone else said was wrong.

derek heard wrote:

Hi ! Sounds very similar. My son was diagnosed in March as well and will be 4 in Nov. We knew something was going on with him but never thought it was autism. I knew something was going on, but everyone told me he was just speech delayed. My son has a temper too, but so does my other son Cameron, who does not have autism. Then I think.....I have a temper too and so does dad. So the fruit doesn't fall too far from the tree. I guess my family is just a bad tempered bunch . Welcome. From personal experience, I have gotten positive feedback from so many people. Need anything just ask.

Shari Nettles wrote:

Hey ! You're on my other list, too...children with autism. : )

Shari

-- Re: New Here

Welcome to the group. What county are you in?

New Here

Hi..

My name is , I am23 years old and mommy to Wesley who is 4 years old. We were told in March that he is autistic. We had already guessed that so it wasn't too much of a shock for us. He is high functioning. I am married to Dwayne who is in the Army. We just moved here to Ga.( been here for a little over a month. Fort is his first duty station. In September we will have been married for 3 years.Before moving here we both had always lived in Va. In September we will have been married for 3 years. Wesley is the light of our life and is such a wonderful joy, well most of the time . He does have a temper which I can't blame all on autism since I have one too . Umm We do want more kids and hopefully that dream we have had for 2 years now will come true soon. Well I can't think of anything else to say. LOL I am terrible at this. If you have any questions feel free to ask.

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May 19, 2004

I am a firm advocate of laughter. I can't tell you how much I would be crying if I didn't find a situation funny.

Oh, BT is Behavior Therapist.

Missy Feldhaus wrote:

LOLOLOLOL

Behavior therapy

MISSYSAHM to some special kids!!!

Excuse Me While I Go Raise Tomorrow's Future.

New Here

Hi..

My name is , I am23 years old and mommy to Wesley who is 4 years old. We were told in March that he is autistic. We had already guessed that so it wasn't too much of a shock for us. He is high functioning. I am married to Dwayne who is in the Army. We just moved here to Ga.( been here for a little over a month. Fort is his first duty station. In September we will have been married for 3 years.Before moving here we both had always lived in Va. In September we will have been married for 3 years. Wesley is the light of our life and is such a wonderful joy, well most of the time . He does have a temper which I can't blame all on autism since I have one too . Umm We do want more kids and hopefully that dream we have had for 2 years now will come true soon. Well I can't think of anything else to say. LOL I am terrible at this. If you have any questions feel free to ask.

__________________________________________________

May 19, 2004

I second that!!!

MISSYSAHM to some special kids!!!

Excuse Me While I Go Raise Tomorrow's Future.

New Here

Hi..

My name is , I am23 years old and mommy to Wesley who is 4 years old. We were told in March that he is autistic. We had already guessed that so it wasn't too much of a shock for us. He is high functioning. I am married to Dwayne who is in the Army. We just moved here to Ga.( been here for a little over a month. Fort is his first duty station. In September we will have been married for 3 years.Before moving here we both had always lived in Va. In September we will have been married for 3 years. Wesley is the light of our life and is such a wonderful joy, well most of the time . He does have a temper which I can't blame all on autism since I have one too . Umm We do want more kids and hopefully that dream we have had for 2 years now will come true soon. Well I can't think of anything else to say. LOL I am terrible at this. If you have any questions feel free to ask.

__________________________________________________

May 19, 2004

I joke with my husband all that time that I am having a relationship with my computer because I am always e-mailing someone at Autism-Ga or Ga-Parent.

Missy Feldhaus wrote:

I second that!!!

MISSYSAHM to some special kids!!!

Excuse Me While I Go Raise Tomorrow's Future.

New Here

Hi..

My name is , I am23 years old and mommy to Wesley who is 4 years old. We were told in March that he is autistic. We had already guessed that so it wasn't too much of a shock for us. He is high functioning. I am married to Dwayne who is in the Army. We just moved here to Ga.( been here for a little over a month. Fort is his first duty station. In September we will have been married for 3 years.Before moving here we both had always lived in Va. In September we will have been married for 3 years. Wesley is the light of our life and is such a wonderful joy, well most of the time . He does have a temper which I can't blame all on autism since I have one too . Umm We do want more kids and hopefully that dream we have had for 2 years now will come true soon. Well I can't think of anything else to say. LOL I am terrible at this. If you have any questions feel free to ask.

__________________________________________________

May 19, 2004

I joke with my husband all that time that I am having a relationship with my computer because I am always e-mailing someone at Autism-Ga or Ga-Parent.

Missy Feldhaus wrote:

I second that!!!

MISSYSAHM to some special kids!!!

Excuse Me While I Go Raise Tomorrow's Future.

New Here

Hi..

My name is , I am23 years old and mommy to Wesley who is 4 years old. We were told in March that he is autistic. We had already guessed that so it wasn't too much of a shock for us. He is high functioning. I am married to Dwayne who is in the Army. We just moved here to Ga.( been here for a little over a month. Fort is his first duty station. In September we will have been married for 3 years.Before moving here we both had always lived in Va. In September we will have been married for 3 years. Wesley is the light of our life and is such a wonderful joy, well most of the time . He does have a temper which I can't blame all on autism since I have one too . Umm We do want more kids and hopefully that dream we have had for 2 years now will come true soon. Well I can't think of anything else to say. LOL I am terrible at this. If you have any questions feel free to ask.

__________________________________________________

May 19, 2004

I joke with my husband all that time that I am having a relationship with my computer because I am always e-mailing someone at Autism-Ga or Ga-Parent.

Missy Feldhaus wrote:

I second that!!!

MISSYSAHM to some special kids!!!

Excuse Me While I Go Raise Tomorrow's Future.

New Here

Hi..

My name is , I am23 years old and mommy to Wesley who is 4 years old. We were told in March that he is autistic. We had already guessed that so it wasn't too much of a shock for us. He is high functioning. I am married to Dwayne who is in the Army. We just moved here to Ga.( been here for a little over a month. Fort is his first duty station. In September we will have been married for 3 years.Before moving here we both had always lived in Va. In September we will have been married for 3 years. Wesley is the light of our life and is such a wonderful joy, well most of the time . He does have a temper which I can't blame all on autism since I have one too . Umm We do want more kids and hopefully that dream we have had for 2 years now will come true soon. Well I can't think of anything else to say. LOL I am terrible at this. If you have any questions feel free to ask.

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June 11, 2004

Hello, Ivy. Welcome.

De

Faith is the ability to not panic.

-----Original Message-----From: Ivy Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004 12:21 AMTo: HepatitisCSupportGroupForDummies Subject: New HereI just wanted to say hello. I'm Ivy from San , CA. I don't know how long I've had hcv, probably 20 to 30 years, but I was just dx'd March 1999. It's still kind of hard coming to terms with or even gettng in the frame of mind where I want to acknowledge it. I know it's real and I do have to address it though. So, I'm kind of wandering around aimlessly now finding out where I fit in. At least I finally admitted the truth to myself. That's step one. Thanks for listening. Ivy

June 11, 2004

Hi Ivy,

I was born and raised in San and now live in the Sierra Foothills

near Sonora. I have been here going on 17 years. Can't say that I

really miss the congestion of Silicon Valley, but do get down there once

in awhile.

I was dx'd about the same time as you. I am a Vietnam Vet and am very

active in that community.

Welcome to the group and, I am sure, you will meet up with Liz fairly

soon. I am sure you will fit in with all of us here very well.

Join in with the rest of us Dragon slayers!!!!

Dick

At 09:20 PM 6/10/04, you wrote:

I just wanted to say

hello. I'm Ivy from San , CA. I don't

know how long I've had hcv, probably 20 to 30 years, but I was just

dx'd March 1999. It's still kind of hard coming to terms with or

even gettng in the frame of mind where I want to acknowledge it. I

know it's real and I do have to address it though. So, I'm kind of

wandering around aimlessly now finding out where I fit in. At least

I finally admitted the truth to myself. That's step one.

Thanks

for listening. Ivy

December 21, 2004

Angi,

I've been where you are. My son started around that age with his symptoms, and

we didn't medicate until this year-he's 10. OCD is known for its history for

waxing and waning. It often gets worse during life transitions or stress.

People on this forum taught me about the ERP therapy, and we initiated that on

our own until we could go see a psychiatrist. This year, there was no getting

by without medication, as my son's OCD symptoms were severely limiting his

functioning, and he was hysterical and even had thoughts of suicide. My son has

the confessing-type of OCD-everything he does wrong, he confesses, and it first

started with fears of harming people, specifically me (his mother). I wish I

could explain ERP to you, but I'm not the best person for the job. I'm sure

others on here could offer better explanation about it and probably will. I

will tell you that now with medicine, my son's OCD is not in the forefront

anymore-it's the least on our minds, which is a miracle to us. I understand

your hesitancy to medicate, and it may not be necessary for now. Just rest

assured, though, that if it is eventually necessary, there have been many

studies regarding the safety and efficacy of some of the meds used for OCD, and

I'm sure a doctor would be able to lead you in the right direction. There are

also many natural supplements that some use for their children, too, that might

be an option for you. The point is-there are options and treatments. Good

luck.

in Southern Illinois

New here

Hi. I'm new here and thought I'd toss a question out there to see

if anyone has any advice. I have a 5-year-old daughter who has

exhibited symptoms of OCD since 2 years of age. She goes periods

where it seems better and times when it is very obviously

interferring in her daily activities. It's very hard watching such

a little girl struggle with such anxiety. My husband and I, to this

point, are together on not medicating her. She's just too little

and we feel the medications have too many risks.

Anyway, one of her more recent issues has involved telling us that

things have gotten in her mouth. Repeatedly, many times a day, she

tells us " the pillow got in my mouth " , " the door knob got in my

mouth " , " Kali (the dog) touched my mouth " and so on.

We've been through periods like this before and they've always

seemed to fade in intensity, but this time I'm worried. Seems that

the we're really not making any headway and her father and I are

trying to keep our patience while ensuring her that everything is ok.

Thanks.

Angi

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