stodeee

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1. Antepartum Nurses..

   stodeee replied to JMB612's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Our antepartum unit gets ALL patients who are pregnant and admitted to the hospital for any reason. So it can be like a med/surg unit where all the patients are also pregnant. We get a lot of non-compliant diabetic patients who stay until their blo...

2. Brand name of cute headbands?

   stodeee replied to 757RN's topic in Uniform/Gear

   Look up BIC bands! These are the best! Plus, the owner donates $1 from each band to a different charity each month. Her bands are SO cute and don't budge for my entire BUSY 12 hour nursing shifts in the hospital. I LOVE them! Non-Slip Headbands...

3. Calling all new ER grads starting Feb 2013

   stodeee replied to sharon2012rn's topic in Emergency

   I'm 6 months into my ED nursing career (RN), after a 16-week residency. I'm at a super busy level 1 trauma center. I like it a lot. It's stressful for sure though. We have a peds ED and adult ED, and we work both. I learn so much every shift and am a...

4. Adult ER or Pediatric ER?

   stodeee replied to GonnaAmazeYou's topic in Emergency

   I work in a level 1 trauma center that has both an adult side and peds side. As RN's we work both sides equally. I also started there as a new grad. Peds ED is super busy and SAD cases. I like both sides equally though. :)

5. What's your patient load?

   stodeee replied to germsjackson's topic in Emergency

   Wow I'm an RN at a very busy level 1 trauma center in CA and we max out at 4 pts each. T

6. Advice please...moving to California, a mistake?

   stodeee replied to sarahneeyah's topic in California

   I can see where this would be so frustrating for you and your husband. I don't think anyone knows when the condition of California's community college will improve. In the meantime, more and more students are flooding through the doors with fewer a...

7. Waiting list in CA

   stodeee replied to LVN needs help's topic in California

   Unfortunatly, a lot of those schools are doing the lottery system as well. No matter if you have a C-average or an A-average...your chance of getting in is the same as everyone else. Also, many schools are giving priority to their own students (for...

8. New RN starting 1st job

   stodeee replied to MissHaleyDawn's topic in New Nurse

   I'm in the same boat. Graduated May of this year and just passed boards at the end of June. I just got hired into a new grad program at a major university medical center in the emergency department (level 1 trauma) and am nervous as heck. It's a 16-w...