I am currently in talks with a travel nurse agency and am hoping to start my first travel assignment in late May/early June. My recruiter keeps pushing the housing stipend over taking the company housing. The company housing appeals to me because I w...
So, recently I cared for a patient just over 31 weeks gestation with a hx of PTL admitted for PPROM. She was given our standard PPROM antibiotic protocol, steroids for baby's lungs, and magnesium sulfate for 24 hours for neuroprotection for the baby....
I've always wanted to try travel nursing, and now that I'm approaching two years of experience in my field, I'm thinking of applying to some travel agencies. It looks like most agencies require at least two letters of recommendation from direct super...
BellsRNBSN replied to ragingmomster's topic in Ob/Gyn
With our standard order set, there is a checklist that must be completed before the pitocin can be started (MD order in; gestation of at least 39 weeks, or documented reason for induction/augmentation if not; OB with surgical privileges on campus; th...
I'm coming up on one year in LDRP now (so, still a new grad) and an issue that I still haven't found a very effective way to deal with is having patients who have overbearing visitors. To give a few examples: - I was recovering a mom from a C/S whose...
BellsRNBSN replied to BellsRNBSN's topic in Ob/Gyn
Thank you for your responses! If I have a situation like this in the future, I will try IV dextrose first. And ideally, I would love for my laboring patients to eat and drink anything they want, but as a hospital employee, I have agreed to follow h...
What is your hospital's policy/what do you do when you have a diabetic mom with an epidural who has low blood sugar? Do you push dextrose? Do you disregard the ice chip diet and give juice? The other week I had a gestational diabetic mother in transi...
To all of you moms (and dads too!): If you had a wonderful, positive birth experience, what was it that your labor nurse did/contributed that made your experience so great? And on the opposite end, if you had a negative birth experience, what was it ...
BellsRNBSN replied to alicia rain's topic in Ob/Gyn
What Ashley said. Most hospitals probably add their own touch to things as well. In our care packages at the hospital I work at, we include a locket in the bereavement package that splits in two - a small one for baby and a larger one for one of the ...
BellsRNBSN replied to lovecorinth's topic in Ob/Gyn
Yes, OB is very different from med/surg. Obviously, each nursing student's clinical rotation experience differs, depending on the student, the clinical instructor, the clinical site, the nurses on the unit, the patients, etc. etc. In my personal OB c...
BellsRNBSN replied to ohcomeon's topic in Job Hunt
In cases such as this, I think the best strategy in answering these questions is just to be honest. If you never made a med error in nursing school, tell the interviewer this, and then tell him/her what you would have done if you HAD made an error (o...
BellsRNBSN replied to CrazyMommy's topic in Ob/Gyn
Also, sometimes the fundus just happens to lie deeper in some women, or there is more fatty tissue in the woman's abdomen, over her uterus, making it harder for the nurse to palpate and massage the fundus. In this case, the nurse will have to push do...
Does it help you to know that you're not the only one with such thoughts? I am a new grad, about to start my first nursing job, and I have definitely had the thoughts that you described, and I KNOW they will be on my mind during my first few weeks ou...
BellsRNBSN replied to Content11's topic in Uniform/Gear
I would love to sell you my Dove apparel scrubs! I'm not sure if you would want the tops, considering I had to sew my university patch onto the sleeve of each top, but I have 2 white tops (1 unisex, 1 fitted female), 1 white lab coat, and 2 forest gr...