VTBabyNurse

VTBabyNurse specializes in Mother/Baby.

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1. FNP wanting to specialize

   VTBabyNurse replied to Newgradnurse14's topic in NP

   I'm a WHNP who had no interest in FNP because I knew I loved OB/GYN. However, being specialized does limit your opportunities. If you like other things besides Women's Health, I recommend staying in FNP! That way if an OB/GYN job is hard to find, you...

2. Hourly pay in Virginia

   VTBabyNurse replied to steffyh's topic in NP

   I am an NP in Women's Health near Northern Virginia (depends on your definition of Northern Virginia). I can tell you according to ADVANCE for NPs, the average hourly pay is $50 (for part-time). They say the average salary from 2014 in Virginia was $...

3. Non-competes

   VTBabyNurse posted a topic in NP

   What are our general thoughts about non-compete agreements for those of us NPs who cannot practice independently? Is it reasonable for an employer to not allow you to work for a year and within 30 miles of their practice if you left? I signed one tha...

4. PO Vitamin K?

   VTBabyNurse posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   Has anyone heard of/practiced giving newborns Vit K PO? We have a patient who is requesting it so the baby won't get a painful injection. (Ironically, also wants to circumcise the baby). Anyway, since we have all seen many a birth plan...I thought ...

5. Employment problems?

   VTBabyNurse replied to HumptyDumpty's topic in NP

   I just graduated from an online program in December. It took me 5 months to find a job but I did WHNP

6. NP starting salary in Northern VA area?

   VTBabyNurse posted a topic in NP

   Does anyone have any information on the typical NP starting salary in the Northern VA area..specifically Fredericksburg/Stafford? Or know where I can find a good resource? Most of the websites I have found are the "average" NP salaries which don't ta...

7. Med Error Question

   VTBabyNurse replied to VTBabyNurse's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks for all of your feedback. I can't discuss the details of the situation in too much depth in case someone is familiar with the situation...but the nurse never had a history of med errors. I wasn't implying that she wasn't equally responsible. B...

8. Med Error Question

   VTBabyNurse posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi everyone, If you are the nurse who verified a wrong med dose because you werent being careful and the pt. was given too much of a drug by another nurse, but the pt. didnt have any harm and you checked the pt, called the doc and monitored the pt......

9. LUCKY! to have a job

   VTBabyNurse replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

   I have also heard that if we mention the word "union" we are canned. But could someone tell me how we are supposed to unite together and stick up for ourselves? We all know that our hospitals can not run without nurses. And yet our voices are being s...

10. LUCKY! to have a job

    VTBabyNurse replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    I have been a nurse a mere 3 years, but I am learning how true it is that we don't have control over our own professions or environments...for example...I work in the nursery at my hospital where an RN is required to be present at all times. We are n...

11. More Strange Baby Names

    VTBabyNurse replied to RNLaborNurse4U's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Here's our weird name of the week: Chevy...as in the car company...for a girl.

12. Something fun: What would you REALLY like to say to new PARENTS?

    VTBabyNurse replied to BabyLady's topic in Ob/Gyn

    1) Last week at the office a soon to be mom at 39 weeks said "If I don't have my baby this week I will be devastated! My mom is only here for a week!". Um sorry, the baby doesn't go on your mother's timetable, or yours. He will get here when he's rea...

13. How is school going so far?

    VTBabyNurse replied to VTBabyNurse's topic in Post Graduate

    So it's the middle of my second semseter and I decided to look on the boards and found lots of replies to a thread I posted last semester that I wasn't aware of! How are things this semseter? I am more convinced that this is right for me even though...

14. How is school going so far?

    VTBabyNurse replied to VTBabyNurse's topic in Post Graduate

    As far as studying....whenever I am not working my 24 hours a week, I am at home doing some type of work, whether it is reading, studying, projects, papers, etc. But, I am also taking 6 classes, so I feel like if I don't spend all that time doing thi...

15. Anyone starting a Grad-Entry Program this Fall?

    VTBabyNurse replied to WannabeaNNP's topic in Post Graduate

    There has been a lot of talk about PDAs. My program doesn't require one...and I know nothing about them. Does anyone suggest them? And what programs do you have on them? Do they make your life any easier?