jzprple

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1. Amnioinfusion...pump or no pump???

   jzprple replied to USA987's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Siri or Smiling-- Just curious if anything new has been released in terms of research on this issue? I just changed hospitals and at my old hospital we did 250-300 births a month and therefore Amnio's quiet frequently. Our policy was a 300 cc bolus...

2. How does your facility utilize pitocin for post-3rd stage?

   jzprple replied to klone's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I just started at a new hospital and some of their protocols are a bit different than what I'm used to. I'm wondering if any of you can give me a little clarification. Where I was working, we did all IV's to gravity and only ran pit, mag, insulin e...

3. When do you know it's time to travel?

   jzprple posted a topic in Travel

   Hello all...I want some honest, straight forward responses here. I've been an OB nurse since November 2005--I started in postpartum and then began L&D training in January 2006. So I'm getting close to a year of L&D experience and am dying to...

4. L&D nurses and ACLS training

   jzprple posted a topic in Travel

   How many of you L&D nurses who have been traveling for a while are ACLS certified? At my current hospital, this is not a requirement so I haven't done it but I am contemplating starting traveling soon and am worried that there will be hospitals ...

5. Travel nursing in Wichita

   jzprple posted a topic in Travel

   I'm thinking about taking my first assignment in Wichita with Access Nurses. Has anyone out there done a travel assignment with them there? Or with another company? I'm trying to find out if the rate they are offering is right. Since I'm new at a...

6. RN Pay Wichita / Hutch

   jzprple replied to Happeetxn's topic in Kansas

   So how much experience do you need to do agency work? And does anyone know pay rates for travel RN's?

7. What's the weirdest baby name?

   jzprple replied to teresab_2000's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I was supposed to be "Crystal Bell"....thank goodness I ended up w/ a better twist! I had parents the other day w/ the names Douglas and Diana spelled: Duglas and Dayana Different but noones ever sure exactly what the name is I suppose.

8. Just graduated with BSN - Moving to SF

   jzprple replied to SFsteph2's topic in California

   Congrats on graduating! I just moved out here in oct. from Omaha (but I'm originally from KS and got my first degree from K-State) and didn't have much of a problem finding a place. I think it was relatively easy to find something on Craigslist. y...

9. CPMC, UCSF, Kaiser

   jzprple replied to gobears's topic in California

   I tried sending you a pm but your inbox is full...I'd love to ask you some questions. email me? thx! j

10. LDRP new grad

    jzprple replied to NeoRNtobe's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I just always laugh and say..."nope. not yet! Have to find a boyfriend first!" Then I tell them that I'm content right now to just deliver babies, play with them and then be able to give them back to their parents. Usually people just laugh at me....

11. CPMC, UCSF, Kaiser

    jzprple replied to gobears's topic in California

    Hello-- I am just finishing the L&D training program at Mills-Peninsula in Burlingame and am thinking about finding some per diem work in the next few months and would love CPMC b/c I know it gets some higher risk stuff (since we transport to you...

12. Whats going on at CSULB - Long Beach?

    jzprple replied to flyingfish2u's topic in California

    seriously, I was having this same issue 2 1/2 years ago. I did prereqs at El Camino College in Torrance and then hated Mt. st. mary's program and couldn't bear to do CSULB's in the first year. So I went to Creighton University in Omaha, NE. They'...

13. UCLA Masters Entry Clinical Nurse (MECN) Program

    jzprple replied to flyingfish2u's topic in California

    I think it's great! I'm not surprised to see UCLA come up with this since Cal State Long Beach started an accelerated BSN program a year ago and the only school in this market in LA was Mt. St. Mary's. What all of you naysayers have to realize is t...

14. What's the weirdest baby name?

    jzprple replied to teresab_2000's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I saw some show on MTV the other day and the 18 y/o girl's name was Diamond Champagne.

15. Why do I hate this

    jzprple replied to Goldenhare's topic in New Nurse

    It's so nice to know I'm not alone out there on the--"hey...leave me alone for 5 seconds so I can organize my thoughts instead of focusing on you nagging me!!" Supposedly this too shall pass and we'll all be better for it in the end. Thanks for sha...