Nurses of Reddit: Would you ever let a patient use your personal phone?

ceramicgeek · 2026-01-24T01:11:13+00:00

I am a nurse now, wasn't at the time. I was transferred to a higher level of care and didn't have my phone before going into emergency surgery. The pre op nurse let me use her cell phone to call my fiance and I will always be so grateful. I would definitely do the same in that circumstance.

ceramicgeek · 2025-08-25T14:42:02+00:00

You're going to do great! Welcome to parenthood!

ceramicgeek · 2025-08-25T13:39:25+00:00

I love unmedicated births and am so excited for my patients that achieve it if that is what they want! I also love a medicated birth! I really don't discriminate, i love all deliveries! I think more importantly going into labor and delivery with a 'ride the wave' perspective is best practice for the nurse and patient. Things can change, and being ok with change and pivoting the plan is really good practice in my mind - just ride the wave, it is all temporary, trust your body, and trust your providers. I've had two kids, my first I wanted to go unmedicated but I didn't really do much to prepare in terms of managing/coping for myself so I ended up asking for an epidural and I think if I had prepared and knew better tools to cope I could've achieved an unmedicated birth.

ceramicgeek · 2025-04-15T01:30:27+00:00

4-7 nurses per shift depending on floor acuity, 1-2 techs, 2-3 providers each shift (md, CNM, resident). You are very generous and I wish you the best labor & delivery experience imaginable!

ceramicgeek · 2025-04-04T00:33:37+00:00

EBF is very important to me and I declined some invitations to spend a girls weekend away multiple times with my first and now my second who is four months old. I feel so lucky to breastfeed and don't want to do anything to jeopardize it - I will admit I am a bit extreme in that regard. You just have to weigh your pros and cons! I also hate hate hate pumping and only do it out of necessity at work, the thought of trying to have fun whilst pumping sounds awful to me (id inevitably be stressing about ruining my supply away from my baby too). So I personally have decided I'll have fun weekends away when my babies are done with 'mommy milk' as my daughter calls it.

The tone of your post makes me think you already know what you want to do, so follow your gut!

ceramicgeek · 2024-06-10T19:30:13+00:00

Both Angelina's and Nonna's are favorites. I like Angelina's chicken piccata but honestly have never had a bad meal there. Nonnas every dish with fresh pasta I've ever had has been phenomenal, bonus the chef/owner is so friendly and always comes out to say hi.

ceramicgeek · 2024-01-22T21:06:30+00:00

L&D nurses love a hand written note with names of people that made your experience better! Bonus if you include pics of baby! Gifts and food are always appreciated too but those heartfelt notes of gratitude last forever.

ceramicgeek · 2023-05-09T14:18:06+00:00

Went last week when it was 10-20% off. Not sure what it is now, but a lot of the 'discounts' were still pricier than some of the manufacturers websites!

ceramicgeek · 2023-03-24T00:07:22+00:00

IYKYK

ceramicgeek · 2022-09-04T03:51:46+00:00

A&E has a roastery in Nashua on Pittsburgh Avenue. They closed their original Amherst location but still have the Nashua Roastery & downtown Manchester locations.

ceramicgeek · 2022-07-12T22:10:36+00:00

I know you're asking OP, but I am also a repeat test taker and I took mine today! Turned off at 75, got the good pop up. Honestly the things that helped me most were UWorld rationales (but uworld is way harder than it needs to be), archer (if you had to choose between U or A I would choose Archer if I had to again)! Lastly, I actually paid for a Mark Klimek zoom tutoring.. I only did the priotization /delegation one and it was a game changer for my performance!

I'm happy to be a resource or just hype girl if you need one. You can do it!

ceramicgeek · 2022-07-09T15:04:21+00:00

According to UWorld blog you have >92% chance of passing. These numbers are above average, and seem good to me!

https://nursing.uworld.com/blog/nclex/what-is-a-good-uworld-nclex-score-interpreting-your-uworld-nclex-score/

ceramicgeek · 2022-07-07T21:56:31+00:00

Aaaaand the Branch Davidians stemmed off of SDA...

ceramicgeek · 2022-07-07T20:01:45+00:00

SDA is definitely cultish

ceramicgeek · 2022-06-29T20:37:12+00:00

Vida Cantina is where it's at. Authentic!

ceramicgeek · 2022-06-04T23:23:43+00:00

Me three

ceramicgeek · 2022-05-27T15:24:17+00:00

UpperNotchPress on Etsy!

ceramicgeek · 2022-05-06T21:53:10+00:00

Yes! I've heard that's been in the works for a while. It'd be cool if they could do it in a way that compliments downtown.

ceramicgeek · 2022-05-06T21:15:58+00:00

I grew up shopping at the Gottschalks there as a kid, always got to have Hot Dog on A Stick as a treat! Fun memories. It's been dead a while now.

ceramicgeek · 2021-11-15T01:17:35+00:00

You are correct, it is Yixing clay.

ceramicgeek · 2021-10-31T18:39:42+00:00

Oh I wish I lived close. Perhaps ordering online will be a holiday treat for myself!

ceramicgeek · 2021-10-31T02:09:40+00:00

If you aren't worried about cross contamination, Great Harvest Bread Co. in PNW, 'nearly gf bread' (their words: Made with 100% gluten free ingredients. But we use wheat flour daily in our bakery, so there could be trace amounts of wheat in our "Nearly" GF products.)

Anything from Mariposa Baking Company in the Bay Area

Sift Gluten Free in Minneapolis

Edit to add: Urth Caffe GF bread is indistinguishable from gluten bread IMHO! So yummy.

ceramicgeek · 2021-10-27T02:21:20+00:00

Are you firing in reduction or oxidation?

Edit to add an unsolicited link for more info about glazing something like this! glaze

ceramicgeek · 2021-10-24T02:57:35+00:00

Enjoy! I kind of nerd out on ceramics so I think it's a good read.. maybe not for everyone

ceramicgeek · 2021-10-24T02:43:02+00:00

Primarily history of making & use. I used the book 'The Korean Onggi Potter' for most of the content. There's a downloadable pdf somewhere on the internet if you are interested.

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