by, Bree Fallon, BSN, RNC-OB, C-EFM
Bree and Lisa Miller!
When I was a baby nurse at the beginning of my career, we ran high dose oxytocin at my institution. On occasion a patient would not reach an adequate contraction pattern despite the high titration of the medication. Nurses would say, the patient’s oxytocin receptors were saturated, turn the medication off, and let them rest.
Since arriving at Convention, the steady stream of information has completely saturated my brain. Continue reading
Bernadette Melnyk, PhD, RN, CPNP/PMHNP, FAANP, FNAP, FAAN
by, Bree Fallon, BSN, RNC-OB, C-EFM,
Perhaps I can attribute it to the time change, but I was awake before 6:00 am this morning once again.
The day is here, get up and get excited!
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Cara and Baby Simon
By, Sarah Copple, BSN, RNC- MNN
Stepping into the “Skin to Skin in the OR- Don’t Let Triplets Stop You” session at the AWHONN Conference last year, I had no idea what a difference it would make in my nursing or in the experience of my patients and their families. Continue reading
Karen Harris and her son Andrew
by, Karen T. Harris, MSN, RN, WHNP-BC
I always knew that I wanted to be a nurse. From telling my mom that at the age of four to becoming the Vice President Patient Care Services and Chief Nursing Officer, Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital after nursing for 27 years, my passion for nursing and patient care has never diminished.
No one in my immediate family of eight children is in nursing, so when I had my own children I had no expectation that they would hold the same passion that I did. However, looking back I can see what might have led my son Andrew into the health care world.
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by, Aleta Embrey
There are 4 million babies delivered in the U.S. each year*, 99% in hospitals with support of their nurse or midwife.
See our slideshow of how nursing has changed over the decades.
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