copperkali

copperkali specializes in Mom/Baby.

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1. Stress Relief after a BAD shift?

   copperkali replied to JStollRN's topic in Stress 101

   Wine....lots of wine....

2. GA, CO, or TX Which state has a higher pay rate for RN?

   copperkali replied to gapeacheykeen's topic in General Nursing

   The pay in Co is much lower than anywhere else.

3. Night Shift!!! How do YOU stay awake?

   copperkali replied to khampl's topic in General Nursing

   Lately we have been so busy I don't even have a chance to sit during the night. However when it is super slow, I will play solitaire or other games on my ipod, search the internet (what we can), or try to chit chat with coworkers.

4. No wonder we are getting nursing students who are only in it for $

   copperkali replied to JDougRN's topic in General Nursing

   I wish I made 65k a year...

5. Nurses Under 30 Years Old

   copperkali replied to PetiteOpRN's topic in General Nursing

   In my experience, it is those that are OVER 30 that are lazy...

6. What would you change about nursing?

   copperkali replied to Tay245's topic in General Nursing

   No charting would be magnificent. I'd get to spend more time on patient CARE!

7. Any overnight nurses?

   copperkali replied to lpn-ny's topic in General Nursing

   I usually sleep from 9am to 1 or 2 in the afternoon. I can't sleep any longer than that I have a hard time sleeping during the night let alone the day...It sucks.

8. Men: Are catty / backstabbing / selfish female nurses typical, or not?

   copperkali replied to Streamline2010's topic in Men

   It's not just nurses, that would describe women in general

9. IMs and aspirating blood

   copperkali replied to soxfan80's topic in General Nursing

   I always aspirate, but have never gotten blood.

10. Anyone going for IBCLC?

    copperkali replied to MamaRose's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I used to think I wanted to, but I spent the day with lactation on Monday and it was BORING! I learned a lot of great stuff, but I would never want to be a full time Lactation consultant.

11. Postpartum Sleeping Pill

    copperkali replied to Jemma's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We have ambien 5-10mg as a standing order. We only give it occasionally.

12. Caring for infants when mom is unable and no newborn nursery exists

    copperkali replied to mthuckleberry's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We do this too. Lots of times we don't have a CNA so the unit secretary (if we have one) will sit with the babe for a few minutes. Sometimes it's nice to have to "babysit" because you can't really leave the baby so you have to chart I often will ...

13. Pumping at Work???

    copperkali replied to Sl1011's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, I'm glad I don't work with people like you...

14. EMLA Cream with Circs

    copperkali replied to rickdon19's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I find this funny, because I just saw my first circ with EMLA two days ago. I've never seen that before and I was like what the heck!! I've only seen it done with lidocaine before then.

15. What did you do before you were a nurse?

    copperkali replied to CAPPYBARA BREAKFAST's topic in General Nursing

    Ugh...Human Resources Generalist for 6 years...