mommyX2

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1. Why???

   mommyX2 replied to CJEgglestonLPN's topic in Ohio

   Try hillcrest. They hire new grads (I was one of six they hired in 2008) and I consider that a job I would go back to in a heartbeat if we still lived in the area.

2. Low blood sugar, juice or D50?

   mommyX2 replied to mappers's topic in Endocrine

   At the hospitals I have worked at the general rule was that if the patient was alert, you give food or maybe a glucose tab. D50 was for non-responsive pts or pts too far out to eat.

3. help me not dread telemetry

   mommyX2 replied to file03's topic in General Nursing

   One way to look at telemetry, in order to like it more is to think "at least I know at the beginning of my shift that those pts are alive". That is what makes me love tele. Pts without tele scare me cause I never know what I will find when I go in th...

4. Is Nursing Bad (Too Stressful) for Pregnancy?

   mommyX2 replied to LeLeeFNP's topic in General Nursing

   I am about to hit 35 weeks pregnant and have not had any trouble. I work 2 12 hour shifts per week (just went down from 3) and still take contact pts. I just follow the same precautions as anyone else and get help when moving pts.

5. Questions about Hillcrest hospital, OH

   mommyX2 replied to w158jld's topic in Ohio

   I don't know much about the addition since they were just putting up the frame when I left but I know that all rooms will be private which is much better than having to deal with the small rooms and roomate issues. I am also not sure about when they ...

6. Questions about Hillcrest hospital, OH

   mommyX2 replied to w158jld's topic in Ohio

   I worked for Hillcrest last year and only left because my hubby decided to stay active duty military. I loved it! I worked with some of the best people. I highly recommend it (3 main is the best)! Good luck!

7. Moms who have made it through nursing school!

   mommyX2 replied to hopefulabby's topic in General Nursing

   I started working on my BSN when my son was 2 and I did it while I was a single momma. During my time in college I got married, transferred schools (my husband is army so I moved to be with him), and had a baby my senior year. You can do it! I firmly...

8. Telemetry versus Med/Surg floor for beginners?

   mommyX2 replied to ijuanabhappy's topic in New Nurse

   I am on a tele floor and 99% of our patients are medical cases. Loads of time management skills obtained and valuable tele knowledge gained.

9. Which blood pressure reading is correct?

   mommyX2 replied to BriWisco's topic in General Nursing

   What about a dynamap and a manual bp?

10. How to prioritize new admissions to floor? Highest Priority?

    mommyX2 replied to question seeker's topic in General Nursing

    I disagree. I think the new admit should at least be looked at first. Just last night the nurses were given a pt from the er. They looked at the patient and recognized that they were in respiratory failure. Pt was down in the ICU within an hour of co...

11. mid-shift floating

    mommyX2 replied to StudentNurseSteph's topic in General Nursing

    I agree that if patients are already assigned and under the care of the 12 hour nurse that the assignment should not change but unfortunately so many nurses hate floating and can't look beyond what is best for the patient that I doubt hospitals will ...

12. Does any Rns who work in a hospital have LPNs assigned to them?

    mommyX2 replied to lovehospital's topic in General Nursing

    I am not assigned an LPN but I work as a team with an LPN and we have a CNA assigned to patients but not to our team.

13. mid-shift floating

    mommyX2 replied to StudentNurseSteph's topic in General Nursing

    I think that anytime there is not continuity of care there is the chance that negative outcomes will occur. With that said I can also understand the challenges when staffing floors. Do you keep the nurse who has been with the patient for the last fou...

14. rn

    mommyX2 replied to kuljazzulu3's topic in General Nursing

    I think you have to have a bachelors degree and then you go in as an officer. That was the impression I got from the recruiters who came to my school. You may be able to make a deal where you go in and obtain your bachelors by a certain date, I do kn...

15. Confused about the "nursing shortage"

    mommyX2 replied to MHaffer's topic in New Nurse

    I work at one of the CCF regional hospitals. You will only make $50,000+ your first year if you are working lots of overtime. I can also tell you that while there is no hiring "freeze" for nursing I do know that management has to justify every positi...