haunani BSN, RN

haunani has 13 years experience as a BSN, RN and specializes in Ortho/Neuro (2yrs); Mom/Baby (6yrs); LDRPN (4+yr).

Latest Activity

1. New to L&D and feeling low

   haunani replied to purpdiam's topic in Ob/Gyn

   You're exactly where you need to be after only 5 weeks. It takes at least a full year to not feel completely incompetent. It takes 5 years to feel confident. Notice that those say 'years'. Not weeks or months. Your level of anxiety is ...

2. UC Davis Med Center

   haunani posted a topic in Job Hunt

   Has anyone applied here in the past? How long did it take before they contacted you for an interview? My application has said "Routed for further consideration" for about 6 weeks now. (not for a residency, but for a full-time position)

3. Total Brain Fart - What is this called?

   haunani replied to haunani's topic in General Nursing

   I remembered!! Kardex!!

4. Total Brain Fart - What is this called?

   haunani posted a topic in General Nursing

   I'm having a total and complete brain fart here. At some hospitals, they can print out a patient history/reason for admission type of sheet for each patient to give to the oncoming nurse. For the life of me, I can NOT remember what this...

5. Frenectomy

   haunani replied to Kldrn9963's topic in Ob/Gyn

   My previous 2 hospitals, both with about 2400-2800 deliveries/year did NOT do them in-patient. They referred out to pediatric dentists for all cases, if they even agreed that it existed. My current hospital, a community hospital with about 300 deliv...

6. What's the funniest most unusual baby name?

   haunani replied to nirvana1's topic in Humor

   Better then the pronunciation of "uh-bee-sity" ?

7. Thoughts on transferring from couplet care to L&D?

   haunani replied to lola_b123's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Through a job change, I moved from M/B (couplet care) to an LDRP. I'm just finishing up my orientation to the L&D aspect of it in the next couple weeks. Having the familiarity with some of the aspects has helped a lot, in my opinion. Yes, it is...

8. L&D “extremes”

   haunani replied to SDtraumamama18's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Postpartum for 6 years/L&D for 2 months: Largest set of multiples: Twins Longest overdue: 42 Youngest mother: 12 years Oldest mother: 52 years Grand multipara: G17 P17 (also a G19 P2) Biggest baby: 12lb 8oz Smallest baby: 1lb 2oz Biggest EBL: ...

9. Wasting meds AFTER admin?

   haunani replied to haunani's topic in Medications

   The reason I ask is that we just got some education/training at work, and it included the following: ■ NEVER waste at the time of removal from the Pyxis machine ■ Wasting should always occur after the medication has been given (partially) to the pati...

10. Wasting meds AFTER admin?

    haunani posted a topic in Medications

    What is the reasoning for wasting meds AFTER administration and not before? Like, if I pull out 1mg Dilaudid, but I'm only going to give 0.5mg. It's probably something simple that's escaping me.

11. Nursing and Tattoos

    haunani replied to emmatori's topic in Professionalism

    Really... it depends. Some facilities are super strict about NO visible tattoos, some are more lenient as long as they aren't offensive. Sometimes it's left up to the individual unit managers to decide if they'll allow it. I've heard of some psyc...

12. RNC-MNN

    haunani replied to Britrn04's topic in Ob/Gyn

    This is the combo I used to study and easily pass my exam: Maternal Newborn and Low Risk Neonatal Nursing with Core Text (CCPR Study Workbook for Certification Review): The Center for Certification Preparation & Review: Amazon.com: Books

13. New Process Admitting Couplets... HELP!!!

    haunani replied to puddles11's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I can share how we do it here. When I first transferred in, we did it that same way you used to. Baby to nursery, admit done there, then returned to mom. Then we started down the baby-friendly path, and all care is done in-room. We had a rough sta...

14. Ridiculous medical mistakes on TV

    haunani replied to adventure_rn's topic in Humor

    I know this one's probably been mentioned, but I'm just now starting Sons of Anarchy with my husband, and noticed how the premature baby went from a tiny, scrawny little thing to a nice, pink, plump newborn in just a few days, lol.

15. Providence St. Peter Hospital Residency Nov. 2016

    haunani replied to WinterSoldier's topic in Washington

    I'd be interested to hear how you two are liking St Peter. I'm looking into moving to the area in a couple years (gotta finish that BSN first!) and would like to know how other RNs like the hospital.