deann52

deann52

L&D, OR, postpartum, pedi, OBGYN clinic

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About deann52

deann52 has 4 years experience and specializes in L&D, OR, postpartum, pedi, OBGYN clinic.


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  1. RN/MA role in ob/gyn clinic

    This is an older thread but at Kaiser, I (RN) do advise calls, telephone triage, NST's, all teaching, and then fill in anywhere else. LVN's do injections and procedures. MA's do all the rooming, routine appointment booking, small in room procedure a...
  2. New Mother/Baby Nurse ... any advice?

    Relax! This unit is fun, most L&D nurses dread going to MB but I like it too :) Enjoy your patients, have fun teaching the men how to change diapers, pain meds should never be considered PRN, offer them round the clock, try to avoid waking a sle...
  3. How do you feel about male nurses in OB/GYN/NICU?

    We have 2 male techs on our L&D and the patient's have no issues. They work in the labor room, OR and we have never had any issues. Go for it :) NICU is totally open as well!
  4. HIPAA, yet again

    You are right to worry about gmail or any other public email. Everything you do is "owned" by them essentially, nothing is considered truly private there. I would look into getting your own email service :)
  5. Why is it okay for Doctors to yell at Nurses?

    Usually we get condescension more than "yelling". I had one of my OBs tell me to go find her a real nurse since I was obviously not able to do her silly request. But she is just a b(*^^ and I feel sorry for her. But most docs are fine. Just stand...
  6. Pediatric Oncology: I will ease a parent's fear.

    Go get em!! I love your confidence and your honesty with yourself. That is a field I cannot do, I placed my own children in their place too often. Best wishes :)
  7. Charge Nurse Ignores Me

    Haha of course she SHOULDN'T have to but when has that ever been the way of bedside nursing politics? :) OP: I used to have a nurse do that to me, ignore report, not look, annoying? Yes. So I just gave my report when I knew she could hear and I ma...
  8. Do Nurses Earn Big Money? You Decide.

    Original post: She did not have "dispoable income" as a CNA. She was getting handouts from the govenment. Now she has a job that gives her enough to pay her own bills so I don't have too. Sorry, but that whole paragraph with the income breakdown is a...
  9. Do Nurses Earn Big Money? You Decide.

    No I was implying that her thinking that we make all this awesome money and we can flaunt it and roll in the dough is a child's ways of thinking. She got the grow up part when she realized that "wow, as a nurse I really DON'T make all that great mon...
  10. Do Nurses Earn Big Money? You Decide.

    She did not have "dispoable income" as a CNA. She was getting handouts from the govenment. Now she has a job that gives her enough to pay her own bills so I don't have too. Sorry, but that whole paragraph with the income breakdown is a big fat wel...
  11. Is it possible to do maternity nursing in a clinic?

    There are no couplet care clinic jobs. In clinic as an OB RN I do NST's, injections and advice. This is almost always in relation to the mother while pregnant or mom problems (such as bleeding) after pregnancy. All baby questions go to the RN in t...
  12. Fired for a medication error

    In L&D we used IV phenergan all the time, good patent vein, highest port over 2 min. In Kaiser it would take a whole lot more than a documented, reported, followed up medication error. We can't even be written up for med errors unless it is ob...
  13. What is it you would like to do? You mentioned your current job is as far away as you can get. What is the other side?
  14. Average pay for office RN

    If you work for a company like Kaiser under a union the clinic nurses are paid the same as everybody else. I am at $60/hr.
  15. A Life for a Life

    What is the problem with the last paragraph? Religion bothers you so? That is a bit sad that people are so judgemental that a nice and interesting article is suddely disregarded because she believes in God. If you don't believe, then take it with a...