RUNBNursing

RUNBNursing BSN

BSN, RN

Member
  • Content

    37
  • Visitors

    2,155
  • Followers

    0

About RUNBNursing

RUNBNursing has 7 years experience as a BSN and specializes in BSN, RN.


Latest Activity

  1. NFP questions

    Hi! I worked for NFP between 2017 and 2020. I really enjoyed it but towards the end I got a bit bored especially with the virtual visits during the pandemic. However, it's super niche and the nurses I worked with had been there for years and yea...
  2. 6 Couplets on Postpartum

    Supposedly we were checking sitz bath to avoid burning the patients (??). The worst was if I started off with 3 couplets because then I would get 2 or even 3 admissions. This hospital is a catholic hospital in Central Jersey where the pay...
  3. 6 Couplets on Postpartum

    That sounds a lot more reasonable. The half hour vitals was insanity and I felt bad for the moms that just wanted to rest. Our duramorph patients would get q1h respiratory checks for 24 hours, it was so dumb. Measuring 2 voids of 500 was dumb too be...
  4. 6 Couplets on Postpartum

    I'm in NJ. When I was hired I was told that the ratio at this particular hospital is 5 couplets and if I would be able to handle that. I wasn't sure what was "normal" so I said it was fine. No I know it was a red flag.
  5. 6 Couplets on Postpartum

    Lately, we have been getting 6 couplets on my postpartum floor. Over the past year, administration has also added a lot of new policies which means more work for us. This includes measuring 2 voids after admission (used to be 1 of at least 500), more...
  6. NFP questions

    Hello! I know this post is a bit old but I worked for NFP for 3 years. Feel free to ask me questions.
  7. Trouble getting hospital job with no acute care experience

    My son was 3 years old when I started with NFP so he was in preschool (free where I live). I could drop him off before work and for a time he stayed in an afternoon program and I picked him up at 5:30 but eventually I could schedule my visits so that...
  8. Trouble getting hospital job with no acute care experience

    Hi! Yes, I was able to get a job in mother/baby in a large hospital, I think my NFP experience helped me! I left NFP in October. Ask me anything!
  9. How does your hospital do this? Newborn Assessment Nurse

    Like the previous poster said, it depends on average deliveries per month. The hospital I work for has on average 400 to 450 deliveries per month. On day shift there are generally 3 nurses in the nursery that do everything you described. On night shi...
  10. Thank you so much for your your advice, I think you touched on a lot of important points. I know its not comparable, but I went through my BSN program with a newborn and working as a PCT at a big hospital in the evenings and sometimes nights, I found...
  11. 5 couplets on mother/baby unit

    The reduced paid training is definitely BS. This is a non profit catholic hospital so I guess maybe that has something to do with it? Their new grad internships are very competitive since they are the main perinatal center in the area and I guess no ...
  12. 5 couplets on mother/baby unit

    Thank you for your encouraging reply. I was offered the job and will be taking my med exam on Monday! 7 couplets sounds like insanity to me! I hope they treat me nice as a new grad. I agree that coworkers can make or break your shift so I'm hoping mi...
  13. Hello all! I need some advice about an offer I got today. I'm in 4 year, part time, doctoral program (women's health nurse practitioner) which I just started this month. I currently work a non clinical 9 to 5 job doing home visits with fir...
  14. 5 couplets on mother/baby unit

    Hello all, I need some advice! I just interviewed for a position in the mother baby unit (nights). This hospital has the most deliveries in my region (5000+) a year and they are known for their maternity units. They are rarely any open spots in ...
  15. Trouble getting hospital job with no acute care experience

    I have definitely considered branching out to other specialties that are "easier" to get into. I definitely need benefits for myself and my son. I've looked into outpatient surgery but those positions seem to be even harder to get into than hospitals...