Traumatic pregnancy and wanting to breastfeed. How do you help?
RP got pregnant the first time she and her husband tried. She was thrilled to be pregnant, until the 5th month of pregnancy when her baby was found to have a heart defect. At 28 weeks, she started weekly ultrasounds. Deep down inside, she always felt that her baby was fine, despite the continual worry.. read more →
50 years later and still all in.
I started my career as a licensed practical nurse in 1971. I loved working in the ICU; the more acute the illness, the more drama in the clinical situation, the more engaged and excited I became. I worked in different ICUs in New York City and in Baltimore. After marrying, I shifted my work from.. read more →
Have things changed since 1970?
I was a junior nursing student in college when I wrote this paper after a clinical rotation in labor and delivery at Bellevue Hospital. I am newly 20; young and so upset by what I had to see. Not one single nursing instructor ever talked to the nursing students about the brutality they had to.. read more →
