gdelrosa

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1. During school, did you see anything gruesome

   gdelrosa replied to ThePretender's topic in General Nursing

   Wow... that last patient was a winner. Poor thing.

2. Newbie nurse with a ? about perineal massage.

   gdelrosa replied to Calzonan RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I've never done it on anyone. I'll put my fingers in the vag for the mom to feel where to push but I don't do the sweeping massage. I've heard in a class not to do it. Do a lit search and let us know what the research says.

3. nurses get blame abuse any docs out there

   gdelrosa replied to Martinette's topic in International

   Oh my... Your situation sounds very bad. I have no idea what to say. You are stuck in a rock and a hard place. No human could take what you did. I'm so sorry this happened to you. Gail

4. Online BSN but I have pain when I walk.

   gdelrosa replied to LearningRN's topic in General Nursing

   I think you have to walk when you work as a nurse. I wouldn't want to go to a program that doesn't have clinicals because that's when you're going to learn pretty much everything.

5. Med/Surg to L&D?

   gdelrosa replied to KayceeLeeRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

   i had a year of tele experience before I started L&D. It is completely different than my old job! It's so different that I'm not sure how much my tele experience will help me other than I know how to assess for abnormals, start an IV, and read ...

6. IV's, piggybacks, IV machines.....help!

   gdelrosa replied to brookorrn's topic in General Nursing

   I don't try to remember what meds can be combined in a line. There are reference tools in drug books. In my facility, we have Micromedex where you can plug the meds in and the program will tell you whether you can combine them in a line. If microm...

7. Precepting?

   gdelrosa replied to gdelrosa's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks for the replies. I realize that 4 weeks is not a lot. This nurse has already been extended. She started around 4th of July and ended with me yesterday. She will be orienting on nights after this for 2 weeks. I agree with everyone that nurs...

8. New Grad...On Neuro Unit. need advise.

   gdelrosa replied to jesxoxo11's topic in General Nursing

   i work on a neuro/tele floor. if you want, pm me and i can give you some pointers.

9. Precepting?

   gdelrosa posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi, To those of you who precept, where are your preceptees in their nursing practice before you turn them loose? On my floor, new nurses are oriented for 4 weeks on days and 2 weeks on nights. I'm the day portion and am expected to get the newbies ...

10. Samuel Merritt College

    gdelrosa replied to amzyRN's topic in California

    Nathanielandarianna, I agree with your friend. The BSN will lead you into management jobs while the ADN will serve you well if you want to be a bedside nurse. However, we all start as bedside nurses so right now, I don't make much more than an ADN ...

11. Samuel Merritt College

    gdelrosa replied to amzyRN's topic in California

    MSU is Michigan State University in East Lansing, MI. I moved out of state for the 12 month program and I'm back in CA. I estimate that it might take me 3 years to pay off the debt. I found that it doesn't really matter where you go to school. J...

12. What does an appropriate OB/GYN orientation consist of...

    gdelrosa replied to Kelly_the_Great's topic in Ob/Gyn

    OMG... I don't know anything about OB/Gyn orientation since I'm not an L&D nurse but this sounds like it is totally inadequate. Can you talk to a nurse educator or your manager???

13. Which path is better to become a nurse?

    gdelrosa replied to SparklyGirl's topic in General Nursing

    Hi, I was in the same boat as you, having a BS in engineering and wanting to become a nurse. I did a 12 month accelerated BSN program at MSU and am now working as a tele nurse. I don't know if it matters in terms of getting hired for your first hos...

14. Help with San Diego questions

    gdelrosa replied to dlaura22's topic in California

    You can definitely have a middle class living on the salary you'd be getting in SD. The bay area has to pay you more cause you have to deal w/ the housing prices. I am in the same situation as you. If you want to earn more money you can always wor...

15. Samuel Merritt College

    gdelrosa replied to amzyRN's topic in California

    I got accepted to this school in 2005 and I didn't end up going there because of the cost. I ended up going to MSU and came out with $20K of debt. I'm paying $1000/month to get rid of it and it's going down soooo slow. Just a caution for you in ca...