labornurse

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1. IHC hospitals

   labornurse posted a topic in Utah

   I just recently moved to Utah and was thinking about applying to one of the IHC hospitals here, but I haven't really heard to much about them. Can anyone tell me about them? I would like to get in to L/D.

2. Car Seat Stories or information?

   labornurse replied to CMB4321's topic in General Nursing

   There may be some carseat checkpoints scheduled in your area. The seat techs will have some good stories. I am one of several car seat techs in our town. We hold several check points through out the year. There is one story about one of our check po...

3. Unit secretaries...do you have them where you work?

   labornurse replied to SoulShine75's topic in General Nursing

   I work L/D and we haven't had a unit secretary or ward clerk for years. We do everything that they used to do, plus janitor work, plus labor pt. Not unusual for us to be an hour or two after shift charting.

4. What computer charting system do you use?

   labornurse replied to SuzieQ_Scrapper's topic in Ob/Gyn

   We used Meditech in L/D for about 5 years. Finally all the L/D nurses, including our manager, voted to go back to paper charting and the flow sheet. Now we are much happier and charting is much more accurate and faster. Meditech is the worst. Every t...

5. Sponge Count for Vag Deliveries

   labornurse replied to Nurse4Moms's topic in Ob/Gyn

   We had an incident at our hospital involving a sponge left in the vagina after a svd. Pt came in to ER about 3 weeks later c/o fever and abdominal pain. Vaginal exam revealed sponge. Pt sued. Now protocol is for radiographic sponge, sponge count by n...

6. Does census at your hospital determine OC

   labornurse posted a topic in General Nursing

   I work in a rural hospital as an L/D nurse. Sometimes we are booming and sometimes we have 0-1 pts on the floor. We work depending on census. If low census such as 0-1 pts, 1 nurse works and the rest are on call. In a near by large city, nurses worki...

7. Patients refusing Pitocin

   labornurse replied to Minou's topic in Ob/Gyn

   We outpt these gals and monitor, typically for 1-3 hours, for contractions and cervical change. If in pain, our obs will prescribe pain med. If no cervical change, or medical need, they are discharged. If they refuse induction, they are discharged. W...

8. Respect for sleeping time

   labornurse posted a topic in General Nursing

   I have been working graveyard shift for about a year (12 hours shift 1800-0600) and I am constantly amazed how little respect that people have for my sleep time. My family feels that 2 hours sleep should be plenty and if I sleep longer than 4 hours, ...

9. How To Say No

   labornurse replied to EyesForward's topic in General Nursing

   There are repercussions on my unit. Don't come in, and you can count on being on call or floated for your next shift. Does come up in evaluation. A lot of people didn't get their 3% raise because "they weren't team players." They still wonder why the...

10. Anyone receive a sign on bonus?

    labornurse replied to HisTreasure's topic in LPN/LVN

    I agree with mjlrn97. My hospital is offering sign on bonuses for any warm body with a license because of high turnover. They are also offering bounty money to nurses who work there, for any nurse (rn or lpn) they can lure in to this facility(somethi...

11. Have you been injured by a doctor?

    labornurse replied to JustMe's topic in General Nursing

    I have never been assulted by an MD, (there isn't one in the facility I work who would dare), but I have had a CRNA throw things at me when the epidural wasn't going the way he wanted. It the same thing kept happening to other nurses too until we g...

12. What ONE change would you make to increase nurse retention where you work?

    labornurse replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    I would like to see our hospital stop floating people to units that they have little experience in, then insisting that they take a full pt load. We have had a lot of nurses say No Thanks to a job when they find out the hospital floating policy. We...

13. Nurses, Will you work OT for straight pay?

    labornurse replied to klondike's topic in General Nursing

    I am very sure that the last facility that I worked at will be working very hard at trying to implement this law, and then convince the nurses that it will be in their "best interest". They have tried other schemes before. Last one was to give half...

14. Cute things manager's say

    labornurse replied to Tweety's topic in General Nursing

    After working a 12 hour shift that was totally crazy with no breaks and no lunch, I sat down finally 5 minutes before the end of my shift. Manager's comment? "If you need something to do, there are beds that need to be made and stocking that needs...

15. Overtime rules pass House

    labornurse replied to Briern's topic in Activism

    This is unbelieveable. I have e-mailed my senators