ras188

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1. Current Lvn Student Contemplating Travel Nursing

   ras188 replied to candicemarie1984's topic in Travel

   I am an RN looking to travel starting later this summer.My daughter is an LPN looking into either travelling also or just wanting to relocate. With everything that I have looked into as far as travel nursing is concerned, it is rare that a company wi...

2. Are more babies born at night?

   ras188 replied to findingmywayRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Babies seem to be born just about any time they want to. It just seems that they come more at night than during the day. It also seems that they really decide to come about the time the nurse wants to go to lunch, supper, or go home after being there...

3. if only for one day......

   ras188 replied to babyktchr's topic in Ob/Gyn

   To all the women in the world who think that babies can survive @ any age gestation: Pregnancy is suppose to last for 40 wks, not the 28,32,34,36 wks that you think, so dont ask or think up reasons why your baby needs to be delivered when you get tir...

4. 16G or 18G for IV access?

   ras188 replied to k_cole21's topic in Ob/Gyn

   jeepgirl=By the way---congrats on your BSN! Hope to get there someday myself unless I get to old to in the meantime!!! :rotfl:

5. Serving the doctors?

   ras188 replied to amber1142's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Helping out just comes naturally to me. We have come a long way - it used to be policy to get up out of the chair we were sitting in if the dr comes into the teamcenter. We would have to stand or get out of the way when they came around. Now we sit a...

6. Serving the doctors?

   ras188 replied to amber1142's topic in Ob/Gyn

   We used to have a doc who wrote an order for an incident report to be made out because there wasn't enough room on the order notes for more orders! He also wanted a report made because there weren't any more progress notes on the chart - talk about a...

7. Needed... Public Relations Ideas for failing LDRP

   ras188 replied to kc2004's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Just because your administrator says you are going to be getting a NICU, doesn't mean it is going to happen any time soon There are so many legalities involved. Is your hospital licensed as a level II or a level III? Can your area handle neonatal int...

8. 16G or 18G for IV access?

   ras188 replied to k_cole21's topic in Ob/Gyn

   18g are big enough as it is. We have one ansthesia dr who wants a 16g once in a while but he is the only one who requests them. Who wants a garden hose in their arm anyway?

9. Lpn in L&D?

   ras188 replied to new_mom2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I started out in our unit as an LPN. I worked on the postpartum/mother-baby/ nursery area for 25 yrs. I was trained in doing OBT work when our unit became LDRP and stayed in that capacity until I decided to become an RN. We now have only 1 LPN in our...

10. Who mixes pitocin and mag?

    ras188 replied to bbnurse's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Up until recently we had to mix our own pit-10mg/500cc LR until just this last month when our pharmacy started using premix pit. We have always (at least since I've been an RN-6 yrs) had premixed mag from pharmacy. I really wouldn't want to mix that....