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  1. New graduate moving to colorado please help!

    Great! Thanks for updating your original post. Congrats :)
  2. Hospital Baby Blankets

    Sometimes we send the blanket home if the patient has a pet, so they can smell the infant. A lot of the service/no insurance patients take as many blankets/diapers/formula/wipes they can get their hands on so they do not have to buy anything later. S...
  3. Postpartum: 1. "I have to touch/squeeze your breasts." 2. "Are your nipples sore for the sucking?" 3. "I have to spread your cheeks." (hemorrhoids) 4. "I have to push on your stomach to see how much blood comes out." (fundus check) 5. "Your baby wi...
  4. postpartum care

    Postpartum care nursing varies depending on the facility. My facility is one of the largest hospitals in the county, so we probably do care differently. If the mom is a regular delivery, the couplets (mom/baby) come to our floor (postpartum) within a...
  5. How do you decompress/debrief?

    I watch terrible TV shows for an hour when I get home :) Or take a long shower/sit in the sauna/hot tub at the gym. I love to run and work out but if I am doing back-to-back shifts, I cannot work out after 13 hours then go back to work the next day. ...
  6. Multi-shift problem discovered during hand-off.

    Nursing is 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Things get missed. Thank goodness the patient is ok.
  7. Working with student nurses

    I vowed to myself I will NEVER treat a student nurse like I have been treated. At the end of their day, 99.9% of them were so grateful someone was treating them like a human being.
  8. oh for petesake!

    Welcome to nursing. Nice we worked so hard in school to be treated like "professions." What a load of crap... The working environments are difficult right now, I think a lot of people are worried about their jobs. There is ALWAYS bad apples in the ba...
  9. Unpaid Internship

    Been there, done that with clinicals.
  10. Loans, loans and more loans

    OP-I feel terrible for you. I am reading some of the other posts. I guess people have not learned if you do not have something nice to say, do not say (write it). I think it is great you are seeking advice. I think you are taking responsibility for y...
  11. Does nursing satisfy your needs?

    OMG-you read my mind. I was going to post the SAME thing. Yesterday I was anything but a nurse. Here is what I was: 1. Secretary-one admission, one discharge, new orders, d/c orders, diet changes, med changes, etc. 2. Housekeeper-empty trash, empty l...
  12. What is in your opinion the best shift for new nurses to work?

    You will learn a ton on any shift. So whatever shift you want!
  13. Should you take a job knowing your moving?

    Take the job if dialysis is where your heart is. Life happens. You will be an asset to them. Plus, a company will drop you like a fly and not be considerate of your needs when "business decisions" need to be made. Good luck :)
  14. Shift work and pets.

    When I was working nights, my puppy would stay up at night with my husband but would have to go in the kennel during the day when I slept; hence he would sleep during the day. This arrangement was awful for my husband...the puppy had sooo much built ...
  15. Modified self-scheduling has to go (IMHO)

    I have a 6 week cycle that repeats every 6 weeks. I hate it. During the 6 weeks, we have to work 3 Fridays and 5 Saturday/Sundays. Sooo basically, I work every weekend. I would love a set schedule, or work all my 3's in a row. We have the ability to ...