meri29

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1. The Things Patients Say & Think....Oh My!

   meri29 replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

   I had my OB pt tell me recently that she was allergic to glucose. She said that she had thrown up the drink the gave her for her GTT, and that I was to be very careful if I gave her any glucose. I gently corrected her about her "allergy' and had a g...

2. Did anyone read the People story about Christina Aguilera?

   meri29 replied to rph3664's topic in Ob/Gyn

   My hospital does not allow elective c/s for gestational ages

3. Cervidil placement

   meri29 replied to nurse79's topic in Ob/Gyn

   We place them at my hospital. We also all place FSE's. Most of us also do IUPCs, but you have to be checked off on that first (I haven't yet). Anyway, with Cervidil, it's supposed to be placed behind the posterior fornix, but anywhere next to the cer...

4. Are All New Nurse Grads Required To Go Into Med Surg First?

   meri29 replied to nurse2b2010's topic in General Nursing

   I am about 9 months into my first job as a New Grad OB Nurse. Just know that your first year in nursing will be tough - no matter what area you go into. OB is a difficult area to start out in because there are so many general nursing skills to become...

5. Permanent nights..now anxiety/panic when I try to sleep...

   meri29 replied to heartlover07's topic in General Nursing

   I have the exact same problem. I've been doing night-shift since June, and cannot sleep on my nights off. It has nothing to do with work stress and everything to do with my internal clock being off. I sleep like a rock during the day. Finally, I res...

6. Do you get extra work cause your bilingual?

   meri29 replied to CyndieRN2007's topic in General Nursing

   I think the hospitals should provide more QUALIFIED interpreters (human ones - not language line) whose only job is to interpret. My learning a little medical spanish does not qualify me to admit a pt or explain POC or side effects of medications. My...

7. Opinions about night shift and personal health

   meri29 replied to Soneshine's topic in General Nursing

   My bio-clock is not responding to nites. I'm currently working three 12's a week, and my sleep patterns are all over the place. I need Ambien to help me sleep on my nites off. Then, I find that I'm still amotivated and tired during my time off. In a ...

8. Question about your rooms..

   meri29 replied to BittyBabyGrower's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I work for one the largest L&D facilities in the country. We stabilize babies in the room and use re-sus team for our more difficult babies. The family is more calm knowing than not knowing. Also, for our borderline viability babies that parents ...

9. New grad hospitals in ATL(surrounding area)

   meri29 replied to srg4784's topic in Georgia

   They all hire new grads. The new grad programs are listed under residencies, internships, etc. If you want a specialty, I suggest you apply early.

10. OB rotation

    meri29 replied to ShockerGirl07's topic in Ob/Gyn

    It depends on where you live. I'm a new grad nurse at one the the busiest L&D units in the country. We are expected to manage two active labor patients once we're off orientation. However, we have a team leader who covers one patient while you d...

11. Accepted to Georgia Baptist Fall2007

    meri29 replied to sue421's topic in Georgia

    Mercer is a GREAT program. It's half the price of Emory, do-able in 2.5 years, VERY well respected (vast majority of new grads are hired straight into specialties), and financial aid is available - even to 2nd degree students. I would go there all ov...

12. What's the weirdest baby name?

    meri29 replied to teresab_2000's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Let's see...I've seen several girls named Precious, one December (poor thing was born in August), several Princesses, one Trixie, but my favorite was a little boy named Knowledge. He has a brother named Sincere.

13. ob interview-but here's my problem

    meri29 replied to hippiemama's topic in Ob/Gyn

    It depends on the OB floor. If you are interviewing for an L&D unit that is separate from postpartum, then there should be no issue as consents and treatments are managed in pp. If, however, it is a combined LDRP unit, then you should be up front...

14. Anyone take Kaplan?

    meri29 replied to Wen83's topic in NCLEX

    I wouldn't worry too much khirbz. Prior to NCLEX, I probably did about 3000 questions between Saunders, the NSNA Review CD, and some Kaplan books. I did not take Kaplan's actual course. Even at the end of my studying, I was only getting between 68%-7...

15. NCLEX pass rates for georgia colleges

    meri29 replied to introspectiveRN's topic in Georgia

    You can go to the Secretary of State's website to see the 2005 pass rates. I doubt the 2006 ones are up yet.