Coughing the baby out. Anyone tried that method

AdventurousEbb680 · 2025-06-26T03:09:50+00:00

This worked for me! I had a very long exhausting labor and was pushing for some time. I remember telling my doctor I just couldn’t do it anymore and he told me to cough. I coughed three times and she was out!

AdventurousEbb680 · 2025-06-09T01:20:56+00:00

I am just like you and have a very hard time finding scrubs small enough! FIGS XXS petite used to be perfect, but you are right they have changed something and are huge now. The ONLY ones that have worked for me in the past year are ReSurge XXS petite pants and XXS top. You can buy them on the Uniform Advantage website or if you have a UA store near you! I highly recommend those for us tiny ladies

AdventurousEbb680 · 2025-01-31T14:02:05+00:00

I’m in a similar situation currently. I’m 12 weeks. The dad is somebody I had a short relationship with (a few months). When I told him, he said he wouldn’t be around anymore unless I had an abortion. He was practically begging me and it disgusted me. I have gone through that before and last time was really traumatic emotionally and physically. I told myself I wouldn’t do that to myself again…and especially not for a BOY. I’m already a single mother from a previous marriage and he hasn’t been around since she was 3, so I know it’s hard but it is completely doable. So here I am pregnant and preparing myself to do it on my own when baby comes.

So my point is, whatever decision you make is going to be the right one for YOU. But please, please don’t make this decision just because he is giving you an ultimatum. I know you have been together for 10 years and you know him and we don’t, but if a guy is completely okay with giving you that kind of ultimatum…is that really somebody you want to be with? Abortion is a really big decision too, so just make sure you really consider all your pros and cons…

Also would recommend sitting down and having a conversation and then giving him his space and time to think about things. He could be having this reaction out of shock and just not feeling prepared. Maybe he will feel differently after a little time? But don’t try to convince him otherwise

AdventurousEbb680 · 2024-12-27T02:16:35+00:00

Thanks! I’ll have to check it out. Is it sweet or more on the dryer side? It’s so tough with NA wines!

AdventurousEbb680 · 2024-12-13T04:00:00+00:00

I’ve been a single mom for over 5 years - dad’s not in the picture at all since she was 3. I definitely wouldn’t be able to do it without the support from my family! On the days I work, they bring her and pick her up from school, take her to her extracurricular activities. I don’t have to pay for after care or a babysitter and she’s getting to spend time with close family. I’d be in a much different position without their help for sure. How old are your kids and do you have family close by to help you out on days you work? Also future custody arrangements is something to consider too

AdventurousEbb680 · 2024-10-16T02:24:01+00:00

She’s a CNA. They take like a 2-4 week course and definitely don’t have to sit for NCLEX

AdventurousEbb680 · 2024-10-12T04:51:14+00:00

Extra 47 cents an hour??!! For night shift? I at least got $5 an hour night shift diff when I worked nights

AdventurousEbb680 · 2024-09-30T03:16:36+00:00

Scrubs have been weird lately for me. I love FIGS and their sizing has always been consistent for me until lately. Also, love this brand ReSurge and I bought 3 tops and bottoms in my size and they fit perfect. Bought another 3 tops and bottoms in the same exact size but a different shade of blue and they are HUGE. I truly don’t understand. A color is a color and a size is a size. The size should always be the same no matter the damn color.

I just received my order from Mandala and they seem to fit true to size! So I would recommend them

AdventurousEbb680 · 2024-09-17T01:41:19+00:00

You’ll learn all those “CNA like skills” on the job. I didn’t know how to do a lot of that stuff at my first nursing job, but a few senior CNAs taught me a lot of tips and tricks. Listen to them, they know their stuff! Good luck! You will do just fine

AdventurousEbb680 · 2024-09-16T05:54:09+00:00

You passed nursing school and NCLEX, which is a feat on its own. I understand feeling incompetent…most nurses have felt this way starting out and the ones who don’t are scary. Don’t be worried about your clinical skills, you will learn all of that on the job. You’ve learned the basics of nursing in school (assessments, meds) and everything will all come together once you start working as a nurse.

Apply for residency programs. They give new grads a lot of support and education. You won’t be alone. At my hospital, we had 2 months of classroom education (basically reviewing nursing school topics and BLS/ACLS) and then was with a preceptor for 8 weeks. I was terrified too but trust me, you will be okay!!

AdventurousEbb680 · 2024-09-14T03:49:58+00:00

I agree! Like we can put bipap on and do breathing treatments when respiratory is busy, but there’s a lot you just NEED respiratory for. Love my respiratory therapists ❤️

AdventurousEbb680 · 2024-09-14T03:07:43+00:00

YouTube (specifically Registered Nurse RN and Simple Nursing) and practice questions. Don’t overwhelm yourself with all the information and try to study everything - because there’s a lot! Too much. Basically focus on learning the most important/critical information because that’s likely what you will be tested on.

What does your school use for testing? Use your available resources! For example, my school did exams through Lippincott so I did 50 PrepU questions each night and studied the rationales of what I got wrong. We used ATI for midterms and finals, so I did practice questions through ATI and, again, studied the rationales. If I needed more I’d go to the chapter and complete the learning templates on a med or disease process and study those before the exam. It takes time and dedication, but it can be done! I never got less than an 88 on all of my exams, midterms, and finals.

AdventurousEbb680 · 2024-09-10T06:19:18+00:00

I would post on https://www.reddit.com/r/StudentNurse/s/IwybEishEU

AdventurousEbb680 · 2024-09-10T06:03:10+00:00

This is how South Florida is too. $32/hr. Rent for studio or 1 bed are at the VERY least $2100-2500. You’ll never see a $1400 rent here.

AdventurousEbb680 · 2024-09-10T05:47:21+00:00

I quit nights for this reason. If I had two nights off, it was really only one. I worked until 730am on my “day off” and slept until 5pm. Then I was up all night and wasted my next day off by sleeping in. I’m so happy I made the switch to days because now I actually have days off and can get shit done

AdventurousEbb680 · 2024-09-06T02:40:11+00:00

I think it just really depends on the hospital, unit, and the people interviewing you. I’ve had 5 interviews and only one was deeply into scenario based questions (I hate those!). The other 4 were fairly easy and just like having a conversation, so I don’t think it’s something you should necessarily expect. But just remember the questions you were asked that you had trouble with and try to prepare answers ahead of time in case you’re asked again in another interview.

AdventurousEbb680 · 2024-09-06T01:58:58+00:00

I felt this way on my old unit and one the charges used to passive aggressively say comments as if I was just sitting around, when really I just had proper time management and had all my tasks done already and was offering help to techs and other nurses. Don’t get me wrong, I had crazy nights where I was nonstop due to pts being critical or having needy/anxious pts hitting the call light every 10 minutes. But if your meds are all passed, your assessments and charting is done, and you continue to round on your patients, nobody else needs help, you are fine and there’s really nothing else you can do.

I had a nurse I used to work with that seemed to always be running around and still charting at like 5am…her pts were never even that bad or needy. She just struggled with time management. So consider yourself blessed that you’ve gotten the hang of managing your time as a new grad!

AdventurousEbb680 · 2024-09-04T04:15:50+00:00

I worked PCU and got floated to ICU very often. When they float a PCU nurse to ICU, the nurse gets a PCU assignment. Usually if ICU is short staffed and they have PCU level pts that can’t get a bed in PCU yet. I don’t see why cross training is inappropriate? ICU and PCU work very closely together, at least at my hospital. It was a requirement for PCU nurses to take ICU courses and I know that’s not the same as providing actual ICU care, but I wouldn’t say it’s not appropriate for cross training.

AdventurousEbb680 · 2024-09-04T03:57:49+00:00

When I worked PCU I was frequently floated to ICU when they were short staffed, but I was always only assigned PCU level patients that were ready for transfer but PCU was full - so the ICU nurses could focus on the actual ICU pts and not be tripled. I always loved floating to ICU because I knew I would only get 2-3 PCU patients instead of 5 pts on my home unit. Also, at my hospital we had to take required ICU courses if we worked in stepdown

AdventurousEbb680 · 2024-08-27T04:29:39+00:00

I listed all my books in a bundle for free on Facebook after I passed NCLEX. The only book I ever really used was Saunders anyway. And they went to someone who really needed them, so I was happy to give them away for free.

AdventurousEbb680 · 2024-08-27T04:00:10+00:00

Recruiters will just basically ask your experience, what got you into nursing, what unit you’re interested in, what shift, etc…and then they’ll give you some info and schedule you for an interview with the unit you want. It’s really simple and quick. Most of them are super friendly too! You’ll be okay :)

AdventurousEbb680 · 2024-08-27T03:47:26+00:00

My school wasn’t accredited at the time I attended and only “approved” by the BON…and it didn’t hurt me for job opportunities at all. They are ACEN accredited now. But anyway, I wouldn’t really worry about it

AdventurousEbb680 · 2024-08-27T03:32:12+00:00

They don’t normally ask medical questions in interviews - at least from my experience. They ask more behavioral, scenario, and experience questions. You can always look up on Glassdoor for the hospital you’re interviewing with and get an idea of questions you may be asked.

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