teensmom

teensmom specializes in labor and delivery.

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1. laid off d/t injury, what do I tell prospective employers?

   teensmom replied to teensmom's topic in Career Support

   Yes, I got a settlement and the company tried to find another job for me but not much was available. I did not quit and I guess I wasn't fired so I said I was laid off, that's the wrong term. I have a lifting restriction of 25 lbs. and am only apply...

2. laid off d/t injury, what do I tell prospective employers?

   teensmom posted a topic in Career Support

   I was a labor and delivery nurse. I still feel like an L&D nurse but I have a lifting limit of 25 lbs. so no more L&D. I hurt my back transferring a patient from a broken, unmoving bed to the operating table for an emergency c-section. Anyway...

3. new grad job at stake

   teensmom replied to SimplisticRnx's topic in New Nurse

   This happened to me at the end of my preceptorship. I was called into HR and told if I didn't shape up in two weeks I'd be fired. Of course that made me more nervous but what happened is that one of the educators (who was very nice) followed me aroun...

4. Down to the nitty gritty...

   teensmom replied to mrspolly's topic in General Nursing

   I wish I'd known what nursing was really like before I became a nurse. However, I'm referring to the responsibilty of patient's lives depending on you. Somehow I got thru school without realizing this-was I wearing blinders? Cleaning up a person is n...

5. Patient requests

   teensmom replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in Relations

   I work in labor and delivery, one patient's request that when she had pain she'd like to use hospital-provided marijuana for pain relief. I told her that's not something we stock.

6. Best Direction for Grad School?

   teensmom replied to EarnedItTheHardWay's topic in Career Support

   I think to go to CRNA school you have to have a year or two experience as a nurse in an ICU. Can you shadow someone? My friend is a family nurse practitioner & it looks like a great job. Good luck.

7. Any delivery room nurses out there??

   teensmom replied to marcygrace's topic in General Students

   It's called Labor and Delivery and it's really hard work. Very physical and also stressful-as are most nursing jobs. You are taking care of 2 patients, one is invisible (the unborn baby). I liked it because there is no greater feeling than being a pa...

8. Top 10 tips for nursing school

   teensmom replied to ames86's topic in General Students

   I always went into clinicals telling the nurse that I was their servant and anything they needed me to do-just ask. I really tried to take some of the burden of patient care off the nurse if I could. Cleaning up a patient is not something to avoid, i...

9. What's up with the 8 hour shifts and 32 hours/wk?

   teensmom replied to SunDazed's topic in California

   Actually, we get overtime for anything over 8 hours daily, not 40 hours weekly so we still get good OT. San Francisco is probably the best paying, benefits and ratios in the US. Our union is pretty strong.

10. What's up with the 8 hour shifts and 32 hours/wk?

    teensmom replied to SunDazed's topic in California

    I work the evening shift, my daughter is grown so I love this shift. The traffic is better and I have a lot of time in the morning to myself.

11. What's up with the 8 hour shifts and 32 hours/wk?

    teensmom replied to SunDazed's topic in California

    I work at a hospital in San Francisco, most of us work either 32 hours a week or 24 hours a week. The pay is quite good and I get fulltime benefits so 32 hrs a week works great for me. The people who work 24 hrs a week either have a family they want ...

12. Do you have to be physically strong to be a nurse? Lifting...

    teensmom replied to nursingstudent3109's topic in General Nursing

    I work in L & D, there's lots of lifting and pulling. Many patients get an epidural and they become dead weight & they have to be turned or changed. We often transfer patients from beds to the OR table or to the bed in postpartum, if they hav...

13. Why is it always "Fire the nurse"

    teensmom replied to Simply Complicated's topic in Relations

    I work l & d, it's a good possibility the woman in labor was only 3 cm's when she was checked by the nurses, patients can dilate very quickly-it's happened to me. This is the kind of patient we have that we send walking to be checked again if any...

14. Early stages of labor care plan.

    teensmom replied to kynewbie's topic in General Students

    Her abnormality is that her labor stalled. Her pitocin was not effective in getting her contractions regular.

15. Need advice re: Algebra req's for Chem (older student)

    teensmom replied to bonniesmom's topic in Pre-Nursing

    You should be fine without intermediate algebra. Look over a chemistry workbook and see if dimensional analysis is understandable. I was quite an older student and hadn't taken algebra since 8th grade. I was fine, but I did hire a tutor for chemistry...