azzurra29

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1. Question re: antepartum visits

   azzurra29 posted a topic in Public/Community

   Hi there, I'm seriously considering PH nursing and I had a question for those of you already in it. If and when you check on antepartum patients do you usually see them in their homes or in clinics? If you see them in their homes do you use one of ...

2. Being a new grad in postpartum and needing assistance

   azzurra29 posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   Hi there, Thank goodness for these specialty forums. I've had almost 3 weeks of orientation for a postpartum floor I am working on. Granted, I've learned a lot but since I'm a new grad I'm still learning how to deal with the fusion of obstetric and ...

3. Postpartum Spanish Terms (Need Assistance please)

   azzurra29 replied to azzurra29's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I can't remember if I said thank you already but all the spanish phrases thrown in by everyone have been very helpful. Muchas gracias!

4. Postpartum Spanish Terms (Need Assistance please)

   azzurra29 replied to azzurra29's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Wow, I really appreciate all the helpful posts (including the humorous ones). Thanks everyone. I've got my work cut out for me .

5. Postpartum Spanish Terms (Need Assistance please)

   azzurra29 posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   Hi there, Any PP nurses who know medical spanish or who are spanish-speaking, would you be able to help me out here? Or direct me to somewhere on the web... Just started out in a PP unit and I'd like to be able to get some better Spanish skills on b...

6. Is PP Hemorrhage usually pretty obvious???

   azzurra29 replied to azzurra29's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Thanks shortstuff. The descriptions really helped me to visualize things a bit more. Question: when you say the pt trickled blood for awhile, what exactly do you mean? That is, what exactly are you seeing when you examine the pt? This is one thi...

7. How many new nurses are seriously thinking about quiting?

   azzurra29 replied to PACNWNURSING's topic in New Nurse

   I have to say I very much concur with this. Had I known how difficult the real world of nursing is I know I might have rethought my choice for this career. I'm totally a new grad as well and dealing with one of the most difficult things I've had to...

8. Is PP Hemorrhage usually pretty obvious???

   azzurra29 replied to azzurra29's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Wow, thank you both for the helpful information/answers. Actually, I know from theory that PP hemorrhage can be insidious but I wanted to hear from more seasoned nurses. Wow, I'm still processing all that--especially what this means for new nurses ...

9. Is PP Hemorrhage usually pretty obvious???

   azzurra29 posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   HI there, I'm sorta new to OB nursing but I've been reading up again in my school textbook. I'd just like to ask all of you whe practice in this clinical setting about PP hemorrhage during the hospital stay (I guess that's considered EARLY pp hemor...

10. ICU RN thinking of switching

    azzurra29 replied to VegasNurse05's topic in Ob/Gyn

    SmilingBluEyes--thanks for telling it like it is although it makes me more frightened now since I'm a new grad possibly entering a PP floor. Our nurse recruiter suggested this for me since I couldn't handle the stepdown floor of our large teaching h...

11. [help] Confusion about fundal massage

    azzurra29 replied to azzurra29's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Thanks for the comment, Mirasol. What you said makes sense and yes, I'll have to investigate further the issue of expressing clots.

12. [help] Confusion about fundal massage

    azzurra29 posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Hi there, I wish I could say I retained more from my OB classes/rotation in nursing school (just a year ago) but I'm a bit rusty. I might be getting a PP job soon so I've been trying to polish up some of my theory. I was rereading my OB textbook and...

13. What is UTILIZATION REVIEW?

    azzurra29 replied to azzurra29's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for the great explanation. What kind of nursing does one have to do to get into such a position? Do they require other types of experience as well?

14. What is UTILIZATION REVIEW?

    azzurra29 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi there, I needed some help understanding what utilization review RNs actually do, what the job is like, what's it like on the pay scale continuum, etc. Thanks so much!

15. [help] Nursing just too scary for me? Your advice/wisdom please

    azzurra29 replied to azzurra29's topic in Career Support

    I really appreciate all the comments/advice so far. rose61, I think you described a lot of what I'm feeling so far. I am indeed frightened and I think my biggest fear is not catching something when a patient starts deteriorating on me, especially wi...