James75

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1. The road to CNM

   James75 replied to Specialscar's topic in CNM

   I got hired straight into L&D our of nursing school, as did the majority of labor nurses I know.

2. Worth It? CA to OR

   James75 replied to anm's topic in Oregon

   When I was applying as a new grad in Southern Oregon, there were a lot of applicants from California.

3. Help- will not finish Hep B immunization before clinicals

   James75 replied to bfg1997's topic in General Students

   At my school you only had to have the first shot, but if you were even a day behind on any of the boosters you were barred from clinical until you had them. So sometimes people needed to make sure they got their shot on a very specific day.

4. Soon to be RN looking for LDRP Job with no luck, what should I start with instead?

   James75 replied to Mrsvirgomama's topic in Ob/Gyn

   My facility will not hire former med surg nurses on L&D because they usually quit during or immediately after orientation. They’ve found the transition from so many patients with tasks to one (sometimes two) patients with a lot of autonomy, and l...

5. WIll I hate Ob-gyn nursing?

   James75 replied to Sangrita RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I thought I would love OB... and I did. Of my 16 other classmates who thought they’d love OB... 1 did, 1 was meh, and the rest hated it. I love birth in general, and in L&D I love working with fewer patients at a time, that everything can change ...

6. Is it possible to stay in med surg too long before going OB?

   James75 replied to AxelNewRN86's topic in Ob/Gyn

   This isn’t the case everywhere, but our L&D unit will not hire former med surg nurses. Management says they have too hard of a time switching from the mindset of “what the doctors ordered” to more independent decision making, and that many are un...

7. CNM Job Prospects?

   James75 posted a topic in CNM

   Hello, I’m currently an L&D nurse planning to attend midwifery school in the next few years. Luckily I will have plenty of L&D experience by the time I graduate (Hopefully also some postpartum and ideally an IBCLC). I should be able to work f...

8. when should i tell my manager i'm pregnant?

   James75 replied to smiley28's topic in General Nursing

   I work on labor and delivery and a) we have a lot of young female nurses so at any given time at least three-four are pregnant (often six or more) and b) we all tend to get VERY excited about the whole thing. I haven’t witnessed or heard about one io...

9. New Grad Leaving at 1 Year

   James75 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Nurse Beth

   How does the OP handle references without advertising to managers and coworkers the upcoming move?

10. Any facilities actually using an AccuVein? Any thoughts?

    James75 replied to BiscuitStripes's topic in General Nursing

    We have one and only once have I seen anyone try to use it. Like others have said, it can give you an idea where to palpate, otherwise not very helpful.

11. OR vs WA

    James75 replied to MamaBear15's topic in Oregon

    Oregon has income tax, Washington has sales tax. Some people live in Vancouver Wa and shop in Portland OR to circumvent this.

12. Portland Job Market

    James75 replied to RNADN's topic in Oregon

    I’ve heard great things about Legacy. People seem to like Kaiser as well. Providence is doing interesting things in Women’s Health (hospital supplied doulas, and they seem to have a huge focus on lactation). There’re so many options that you might as...

13. OHSU Non-Resident New Grad

    James75 replied to channo92's topic in Oregon

    A lot of my nursing classmates were hired there for their first jobs. They got good orientations. The one hired onto Ortho is still there and loving it. There was one particular floor desperate for nurses that hired 5 of my classmates. 2 ended up qui...

14. Salem vs. Eugene

    James75 replied to cheergirl33's topic in Oregon

    I agree with boywithacoin. I work at Salem Hospital and am very impressed with it as an organization. It’s a lot better run and safer than places I was a student in Portland. A lot of the nurses I work with did student rotations or worked in the Euge...

15. L&D/CNM: tell me everything!!

    James75 replied to hillary1992's topic in CNM

    I finished my ABSN in December, and started as an L&D nurse in February, came off orientation in the last few weeks. Like you, I was planning on specializing in women's Health. I had been a doula and a childbirth educator and had almost gone to g...