kauainursing

kauainursing has 9 years experience and specializes in Clinical, Geriatric, Med/Surg,.

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1. New RN hating night shift

   kauainursing replied to lindseyjaneRN's topic in General Nursing

   At least you are fortunate enough to know that you will specifically be on nights. I have been working in my dept (mind you I am not the lowest person on the totem pole) for several years now and just recently my work schedule looked like this 7p-7a...

2. Constantly rejected from OB...

   kauainursing replied to RNpandoraRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

   There are 2 labor rooms and 3 PP rooms. There have been times where we have about 30 or more deliveries in a month, and sometimes its very low. When the unit gets "busy" they will sometimes use the nursery as a delivery room or even overflow into t...

3. Constantly rejected from OB...

   kauainursing replied to RNpandoraRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

   We have that same situation at my hospital. Our hospital is a small community hospital and we only require 2 RNs in the OB Dept at all times. They take care of L&D, Nursery, and PP. Our main problem in hiring is that they are always looking fo...

4. is it possible- L&D to med/surg?

   kauainursing replied to lalalalexi's topic in General Nursing

   I say go for it. This is your opportunity to learn in a specialty field. You won't lose your skills in M/S. Think of it this way, you will have skills that some M/S nurses will never be able use. They may say they learned it in school but never be ab...

5. What is the maximum number of patients per nurse?

   kauainursing replied to Info(RN)matics's topic in Med-Surg

   In my facility, at most, it is a 1 RN to 7 acute patients. On a 12 hour shift, we have the luxury of having sometimes a CNA and an LPN who will pass medications and do treatments. For the night shift (11p-7a), there are 2 LPNs scheduled, and its ve...

6. PPD test question

   kauainursing replied to pretty70's topic in Geriatric

   In most of the SNF/nursing homes that I have worked in, we require a 2 step PPD. Yes, it does delay the admission process, however, it beats exposing the other residents to the disease. As far as acquiring past records, sometimes we are not fortuna...