RN520

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1. Supplementing ?

   RN520 posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   I'm a PP nurse, and at our hospital, we weigh our babies during the night shift. If they're at 9% weight loss, we have our breastfeeding moms supplement. One of my breastfed babies this week had a 7% loss as of last night. Ordinarily, I'd just pass t...

2. What's the weirdest baby name?

   RN520 replied to teresab_2000's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I'm a postpartum nurse. During the night, we check in the triages and escort them to L&D. While taking a young lady and her SO down to their room, I commented on her name, "Porsche," and said what a nice, unusual name it was. (Anyone remember Jul...

3. How is the mother-baby/postpartum experience and typical day like?

   RN520 replied to roni1990's topic in Ob/Gyn

   One week for me!! Yippeee!!

4. Do not like L&D!!

   RN520 replied to knufflebunny's topic in Ob/Gyn

   OP, I thought I would be an L&D nurse too, and love it. I spent 1 day in the L&D dept at a hospital that does 400+ deliveries a month and realized the pace was too frenetic for me. Then I did my preceptorship on a PP unit and realized THIS is...

5. O how I long to be a L&D nurse :(

   RN520 replied to LH...RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I agree with cheska - seems like hospitals want you to get certified through them. It's the company/method of their choice and it's FREE to you! Keep applying for L&D jobs, and get to know someone in that specialty. It's how I got my job on a pos...

6. Oh my goodness....!

   RN520 replied to RN520's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Oh, yay!! I am officially IN THE CLUB!! I know we're not really a club per se, but I interviewed for a FT postpartum position last week and today I was offered the job!! I am so thrilled!! Not really laughing but this was the closest emoticon I cou...

7. How do you cheer yourself after a bad day at work?

   RN520 replied to Brian's topic in Rock

   I'll email my friend from nursing school who moved out-of-state, vent here (!!), get into my jammies immediately and fall asleep watching whatever's on PBS with hubby, sometimes read to my 11-year-old (who still likes mom to read out loud to him! ) a...

8. I just need to vent :-(

   RN520 replied to RN520's topic in New Nurse

   Thanks, guys. I made it through the rest of my week and now I'm enjoying a few days off before I go back for 4 nights in a row. After working 4 day shifts in a row, I swore I'd never do it again. Oops. I agreed to the Sunday night first, and then ag...

9. Oh my goodness....!

   RN520 replied to RN520's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Lanesmama, that is an awesome story and you have great ideas!! I don't have any pictures or thank you notes to share, but I like the 5 year plan idea. The unit mgr at the facility where I'm hoping to work soon already has my resume (along with a reco...

10. MARs, TARs and charts

    RN520 posted a topic in LTAC

    At my facility, they are all paper. No pyxis, no computerized charting except to add progress notes and weekly pix of wounds. Since I worked the night shift last night and the night before, I was responsible for helping to get the Sept MARs and treat...

11. I just need to vent :-(

    RN520 posted a topic in New Nurse

    Sigh. I used to like going in to work. I'm 4 months into my 1st job and the honeymoon is over. I get along well with older adults and thought LTC and med-surg would be good places to start (I'm a per diem float RN). Now I feel like there aren't enou...

12. New to L&D and I have completely forgotten how to be a nurse!

    RN520 replied to Little_Babycatcher's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I totally get your feelings, OP. Especially the Foley. The last time I placed one was during my maternity rotation in school and I didn't get it right, either (but I did great in skills pass-off! Go figure!) I feel like I need to find a you tube vide...

13. Oh my goodness....!

    RN520 replied to RN520's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Thanks, guys. Elvish, I LOVE the teaching component of this specialty :) One of my long term goals is to become a certified lactation consultant too....my maternity professor encouraged me to go back and teach maternity nursing, but that involves ME ...

14. Oh my goodness....!

    RN520 posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Long story short: new-ish grad (Dec '12) and I've been working in med-surg & LTC since April '13. Potential opportunity to work in postpartum is on the horizon (things look VERY good for me to be hired). I remember BUBBLE-HE (pp assessment acrony...

15. A great 'problem', maybe

    RN520 posted a topic in Job Hunt

    Short version: I'm two weeks into orientation at my first job (RN float pool, per diem, 2 units). Last night, I heard from the charge nurse where I precepted this past fall that there might be a full time nights position opening up on her unit and if...