k_cole21

k_cole21 has 5 years experience and specializes in L&D/MB/LDRP.

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1. L&D IV starts: Staff or IV team?

   k_cole21 replied to k_cole21's topic in Ob/Gyn

   northwestern in chicago only uses 16's. that's torture! i had the hardest time getting those in & it took almost 3 weeks befor i was comfortable using a 16. anyone know of a any other place that doesn't start their own ivs in l&d? i thought i...

2. L&D IV starts: Staff or IV team?

   k_cole21 posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   Hello All, I'd just like to know if any of you L&D nurses have a hopsital wide IV team start your IVs? I'm used to starting my own IVs in L&D but do know of a place that the L&D nurses start no IVs. If you do start your own IVs do you dra...

3. Management on Decline?

   k_cole21 replied to MikeyJ's topic in Management

   In a recent interview it was brought up that many nurses have a hard time leaving the bedside. Many don't want the headace of dealing with administration either. I think that has a lot to do with it as well. Also, the higher education that has been m...

4. How will our new grad Male RN work in L &D?

   k_cole21 replied to ragingmomster's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I've traveled to 10 different hospitals and it's never been required to have a chaperone for the physicians. If you are on a unit with 2 laboring pts, yes it could be a burden for co-workers. What's going to happen when it comes time for the pt to pu...

5. "onassignment" housing stipend!!!!

   k_cole21 replied to AfghaniPrinzess's topic in Travel

   Yeah, It's $2700 per month & I'm in a very small place in Missouri. I do L&D & they have sufficient assignments. I have never really checked any of the other specialities but I'm sure they have assignments. I'm also not real sure what my ...

6. CA or WA hospitals that do immigration sponsorships?

   k_cole21 replied to Hathaway's topic in International

   There were several Filipino nurses that said they were being sponsored. Maybe the hospital wasn't the ones sponsoring them.

7. "onassignment" housing stipend!!!!

   k_cole21 replied to AfghaniPrinzess's topic in Travel

   Yep totally true! I've been with them for a few assignments and absolutely love them. I'm in a very small place at a hospital that does 300 del a year and my stipend in $2700. It just depends on the area. I have a friend that just asked about them to...

8. CA or WA hospitals that do immigration sponsorships?

   k_cole21 replied to Hathaway's topic in International

   Swedish in Seattle does.

9. Avoid Swedish Med Center in Seattle

   k_cole21 replied to s_corder99's topic in Travel

   I had a great time @ Swedish. I had a week long orientation that was well organized and very informative. I felt like they did actually care. The nurses on the floor, on the other hand, weren't so friendly. Most of them were real princesses but I did...

10. Travel Companies (On Assignment)

    k_cole21 replied to midimples's topic in Travel

    Love OA. Trust my recruiter (which is rare in this industry). Agree w/ above poster about limited assignment options.

11. Ever Heard of Fresno $38.50/hr???

    k_cole21 replied to m_chatelaine's topic in Travel

    I know a nurse who went to Fresno Community in L&D also. She made close to $50 plus the normal travel stuff & also said she would never go back. Said she felt like her license was on the line everyday she walked into that hospital. Also they ...

12. Las Vegas Strike?

    k_cole21 posted a topic in Nevada

    I keep hearing about a stike in Las Vegas. Anyone know what the issue behind the strike is?

13. Share The Weirdest Reasons Patients Push The Call Light

    k_cole21 replied to RN06-NP09's topic in Humor

    Let me set the scene: 5 nurses, 9 labor pts, 3 antepartums, 6 deliveries in 4 hours, 1 nurse becomes a pt in ER for severe h/a & n/v, and you answer the call light for one of the lovely antepartums (the nurse answers the light, not the unit clerk...

14. Cytotec in the News!!

    k_cole21 replied to rtoi123's topic in CNM

    100 mcg? That's overkill unless it's a FD! I'd question that policy/procedure. That's an aweful lot and sounds very unsafe. It's one thing to have them sign a consent saying it's not FDA approved, but the dosage should be "safe" and I think 100 mcg i...

15. Cytotec in the News!!

    k_cole21 replied to rtoi123's topic in CNM

    Being a traveler I've worked at 8 facilities, all but one have used cytotec for induction of labor. The other hospital only used it for fetal demises. Over the last year I've seen it given more & more PO. I like the uterine pattern better with PO...