NJNursing ASN, RN

Orthopedics/Med-Surg, LDRP

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About NJNursing

NJNursing has 6 years experience as a ASN, RN and specializes in Orthopedics/Med-Surg, LDRP.


34 year old, mom of an 11 year old and 3 year old working in L&D after spending 5 years in ortho/neuro. I enjoy living the NJ life and traveling between the cities, beaches and mountains. Recreationally I enjoy Nascar (24/48) and football (Carolina Panthers), camping, visiting museums and trying new things.

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    New Grad RN, BSN in South Jersey/Philadelphia region

    The whole tri-state area is a hot mess for new grads despite their degrees. I have heard a lot of people who settled for nursing home jobs and doctors offices. I know with Virtua, the squeaky wheel gets the grease and their HR peeps are notoriousl...
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    Maybe you guys can answer this.... (Kind of long, sorry!)

    That is a pretty complicated case. I have seen the stringy discharge with some pts with std's. She may have a small bit of retained placenta but she would normally just have a steady, continual bleed, not the heavy/light cycle. If the cervix is ...
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    Recurrent variables...

    I had a pt like this recently. Iupc put in, pit turned off O2 applied, pt turned in L lateral position with a knee up to try to help the baby descend. Mom was very slow to go from 2-4 cm dil. This went on for hours, at least 5-6. Iv fluid bolus. ...
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    Order for Port-a-Cath lab draws?

    Lab gas never been able to access any central line for draws thus needing a Dr order to be able to get labs out. At the beginning of the year we stopped this practice at all from evidence based practice on infections. All labs must be drawn periphe...
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    Hospital Infant Security Systems

    We currently use Hugs tags on the ankle right now. Where I used to work had the clamps on the cord. They stayed on until right at discharge. No problems.
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    Timing of newborn bath

    We keep babies in L&D for 1-2 hours before going to the newborn nursery. They are bathed within an hour of getting there and gets the full head to toe assessment.
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    Inner City Vs. Community Hospital Patients

    I work in a community hoapital. We only 6 labor rooms, 2 antenatal / mag recovery rooms, but in a squeeze, we can deliver in them. 2 or's/pacu beds, 5 triage beds. We can have 1 patient all night, we can have 13. There is usually at least one...
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    NJ Board of Nursing - What the Heck?

    When I graduated in '06 we had to have our fingerprints done prior to the ATT. Good luck!
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    What is your nurse-patient ratio?

    We are ortho-neuro and it can be 1:4-6 on days, 1:5-7 on nights. Aides depends on staffing and 1:1s throughout the house. We always have 1-3 aides for a 35 bed unit. We nearly always have a secretary and have mobile phones. However the acuity is...
  10. I agree, avoid all isolation patients. We just do it as a courtesy to the preggos on our floor anyway.
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    What's it like working an Ortho unit?

    Sx = surgery
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    When your patient is complete...

    It all depends. If they are a multip, I may have them push at 10 cm. It also depends on the station. I like to wait until they are +2 to push. If they have no epidural or not a well functioning one, I will push at 10/100/+1. If they are a prim...
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    Can a male RN work on obstetrics?

    We are an all female unit with the female to male doctor ratio being 3:1. There are cultures that insist on being female only and I know when I was in nursing school there were 2 male students and during ob rotation, patients would refuse them. I ...
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    argument after delivery

    I agree, there can be genes on either side that can show up at delivery. I had 2 brunettes have a baby with shocking red hair, but apparently there was a great aunt with red hair and she was the only one in the family who had it. Both lineages we...
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    Perform Leopold's Maneuvers

    We don't routinely do Leopold's other than to try to figure out if the baby is vertex and where we think FHT's will be. We have several rolling ultrasounds for the doctors to get a quick eye on the baby when they first get to the unit.