spider woman

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1. New Grad Seeking OB Nursing Advice

   spider woman replied to Dosborne's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Congratulations on your position. If you are in a critical access location, it is imperative that you identify what your resources are (what is your core staff, who is on call, how to get the House Sup immediately, how long it takes for providers to...

2. Triage Assessment

   spider woman replied to fearthefork's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I always start with the pertinent questions, but we're required to ask about every single thing you could imagine every time. Doesn't matter why they are there.

3. Run-in with a doctor

   spider woman replied to Nurse_Gaby's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I've seen docs do that, and some who are very unkind to new nurses. In the future, you can have another RN check after you with that docs patients until things blow over. It will honor their ride request, but more importantly, cover you by verify...

4. One week 'til off residency!

   spider woman replied to SeattleRS24's topic in Ob/Gyn

   What you are thinking and feeling is very normal. It would be a bad sign if you felt fully competent and knew what to do in any situation! You will be extra careful, ask for help, keep notes, consult your lists, consult your books, beat yourself u...

5. Worrying about getting into a nursing program in NY area. Need advice please!!

   spider woman replied to Lynn05's topic in New York

   Check around with some of the nursing schools. They will be able to tell you what their min required GPA is, and you can ask what is the min GPA of students that typically get in. I'd really work hard on getting that GPA up, and possibly consider re...

6. Will Traffic ticket warrant prevent me from being hired?

   spider woman replied to spider woman's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks for all of the helpful information, this has really been such a stressful situation. I was not aware that there might be payment arrangement options, so I'm going to look into that first thing Monday. I have been in management in another indus...

7. Will Traffic ticket warrant prevent me from being hired?

   spider woman replied to spider woman's topic in General Nursing

   My license/car aren't in jeopardy and I don't need legal advice. I'm specifically looking for information for those in hiring departments, or anybody who may have been in this situation before. I would love to take care of it. However, when you spen...

8. Will Traffic ticket warrant prevent me from being hired?

   spider woman posted a topic in General Nursing

   Ok, this is really embarrassing, but I graduate in 3 months and now is the time to get a job, however I have a problem. Going through nursing school as a single mom with three kids left us in extreme poverty. I have two warrants currently one is d/t...