moon25

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1. on call hours for L&D

   moon25 replied to moon25's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Renee75: what state do you work in? I thought with the nursing shortage, it would be pretty easy for nurses to find work. I have only really been at one hospital since graduating nursing school, and have never really had to go job hunting, so let me...

2. on call hours for L&D

   moon25 replied to moon25's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Geez, i thought i had it bad!!

3. How many got only 75 questions?

   moon25 replied to cindib's topic in NCLEX

   good for you, i remember that feeling 3 years ago, because like you i had no idea how i did. congratulations!!!! :smiley_aa

4. Unlucky Ob Nurse

   moon25 replied to moon25's topic in Ob/Gyn

   an IUPC stands for intrauterine pressure catheter, it is placed inside uterus and gives accurate measurements of uterine resting tone after contractions and also tells us accurately what a contractions intensity is. Most times we use external monitor...

5. on call hours for L&D

   moon25 posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   At my hospital on L&D we are required to do 20 hours of on call if you are full time and 12 hours if you are part time for every scheduling period. our scheduling period is divided into 4 wks which may be from say june 9 to july 7. It seems as...

6. Unlucky Ob Nurse

   moon25 replied to moon25's topic in Ob/Gyn

   thanks for your input, i will certainly look for that book.

7. Help a New Grad decide shift pleeeeese

   moon25 replied to LisaJanae's topic in General Nursing

   Well, I guess it depends on the facility and how busy it gets on nights. I think for a new grad it might be better to start out on day shift, not that you can't learn on nights but the training is usually better on days due to the simple fact that i...

8. Unlucky Ob Nurse

   moon25 posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   I don't know if I have rotten luck or if i'm just in the wrong field. I've been an OB nurse for about 2 yrs now. I started right out of nursing school. It seems as if everytime I start to feel like i'm beginning to function like a real nurse, some...