BobcatRN

BobcatRN has 7 years experience and specializes in Med/surg, L&D, ICU briefly, Informatics.

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1. Anyone taken a job through current employer for EPIC implementation?

   BobcatRN replied to kelll's topic in Informatics

   I just took a position as an applications coordinator for epic implementation at a different hospital system than the one I currently work for. This new job is sending me for epic certification as part of my training, and from what I understand, once...

2. "I'm a Nurse Practitioner!"

   BobcatRN replied to Anna Flaxis's topic in Emergency

   I had a family member/nurse practitioner ask me if we were going to tap her niece's 25 week gravid uterus and replace fluid because she had pneumonia and was at risk for being dehydrated. I wanted to ask her where she went to school and where she pra...

3. Desperate to be a Labor Nurse

   BobcatRN replied to StudentNurse1116's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I would not suggest being a doula. Many labor nurses frown upon them because most (not all, there are some good ones) of them like to dictate the patient's care and forget that we, the nurses, are ultimately responsible for the patient. It's all abo...

4. Documenting contraction patterns.....

   BobcatRN replied to babies_r_us's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I don't count it as one long contraction, but q 1 min bi/triphasic pattern contraction. I don't document anything as tachysystole unless there is absolutely no rest during a 3-4 min (or longer) contraction. Who knows if that's right or not, but that'...

5. I screwed up!

   BobcatRN replied to nankie's topic in Ob/Gyn

   My sentiments exactly, lol!

6. Documenting contraction patterns.....

   BobcatRN replied to babies_r_us's topic in Ob/Gyn

   We have a biphasic or triphasic option as part of our computer charting.

7. To those who wear white scrubs?

   BobcatRN replied to Aly529's topic in Uniform/Gear

   Our hospital requires white scrubs for all nurses, except those in surgery, labor/del, and peds. It is the worst color for nurses, which is why I'm glad I'm in one of the exempt groups. They get so dingy after a while and it just looks bad. And you c...

8. Better Option: Pregnant in nursing school/after

   BobcatRN replied to Pa0428's topic in General Nursing

   I had a baby my final semester of nursing school. I almost had to sit out that last semester on bedrest, but luckily my baby decided to cooperate. He was due march 12, which was the first day of my spring break. Well, I took my advanced med/surg fina...

9. Low Census - Is it Happening to You

   BobcatRN replied to Miranda50's topic in Ob/Gyn

   It is a little eerie...my facility does about 4000 deliveries a year. This weekend we were dead. Cancellations of staff left and right. I left 3 hours early tonight. But it is feast or famine. During the week, we certainly made up where the weekend l...

10. Do you use your pda/smartphone at work?

    BobcatRN replied to Aly529's topic in General Nursing

    We aren't allowed to have our phones near us. We could be reprimanded, even fired. Yet, docs are on theirs at the nurse's station (non business related) ALL THE TIME... It's a total crock because I do use mine for more than the actual phone.

11. 7 wks pregnant, offered 36 hr night position

    BobcatRN replied to Nursey Face's topic in General Nursing

    I worked nights in l & d while pregnant with my last child. It was not bad at all. She was, by far, my best sleeper, lol. If it is your dream job, do it! You may not get the opportunity again and then you'll kick yourself.

12. What part of your job do you enjoy most/least?

    BobcatRN replied to GirlDotson's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Love: delivering babies, job security Hate: charting, overbearing families that don't think they apply to the visiting rules, charting, being constantly understaffed, getting no more money but more and more responsibility, charting.

13. Did any of you NOT take a NCLEX prep course??

    BobcatRN replied to Zookeeper44's topic in General Nursing

    I did not take any prep course, mostly because it was (in 2004) $275 and I was dirt poor by the end of nursing school. I got an NCLEX practice book and did a lot of the questions. But I have to say the key for me was the Kaplan review book. It was al...

14. Top of pay scale Cleveland Clinic

    BobcatRN replied to jaylynn67's topic in Ohio

    I currently work at one of CCF's regional hospitals. I have been there since I was a new ADN grad in 2004. I started at 21.25/hour with $1 shift diff and a night shift bonus (7.5% of gross wages every 3 months). My friend, who has her BSN, made exact...

15. rn to bsn program

    BobcatRN replied to luckycharms's topic in General Students

    I'm currently in the Ohio University rn to bsn program. It is definitely cost effective and MOSTLY online. The 12 classes they talk about are the core nursing classes required for graduation. You are also required to take a statistics course that req...