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Thanks so much... I actually just got in touch with UofL and asked some questions too. I appreciate your feedback!

I'm interested in going for my NP at UofL. I think I may want to do Women's Health NP or Pediatric NP... BUT: UofL doesn't offer either of these tracks. Does anyone know if you get your Family NP-...

Thanks a bunch- I'll keep my eyes peeled ;)

do any of you who own cecil b drain's reference book: "post anesthesia care unit: a critical care approach to post anesthesia nursing" - from 1994 find that the information is not current? i just...

Hi CaliRN~ I actually started in adult ICU... After 2 years I got enough gut to admit that it wasn't for me... but it took me 2 more years to get enough gut to leave!!! :o Yikes! First of all- it...

EEE GATS! :eek: I am new to couplet care (both moms and babies- came from 4 years adult ICU).... and I say eee gats!! because I'm reading all of your replies on how to handle a GBS unk/pos mom! ...

Thanks! I also found a study that suggested having it done before the 2nd hour after birth... I just had a night shift nurse kinda give me crap about not getting it done... and I was just curious...

Can someone please tell me when you should administer vitamin k to newborns? I understand to give it soon after birth- but my concern is that I admitted a baby at the change of shift... I did the...

Please hang in there! You are going through what I feel every new nurse goes through... I did myself! I've been an RN for 4 years now. I started in ICU (and still there...). Wow was it stressful! ...

Hang in there! I would NOT leave your job without something (anything!) lined up... just from what you mentioned about "deeply in debt". Considering your personal medical concerns (esp back...

Ok, so I either have really bad luck or really bad karma... or SOMETHING! I was originally promised a FT L&D position... then it was quickly taken back only to give to a current L&D PRN employee......

Love to read this stuff! Now I know I'm NOT alone!!! My SIL, about 2 hours away calls yesterday histerical to tell me that her daughter (a year and a half old) has fallen, hit her head on the end...

I'd say go for it! You've had a taste of floor nursing... you've got the idea of how a day will flow... you should be fine going to CVIMC. (It wasn't clear if this unit is post op cath patients, or...

The only time I've used saline to flush NGs is for post op belly patients... Sometimes the MD will ask us to use sterile water instead of saline too. Otherwise- just tap water!

:uhoh21: Samantha- Please know that I am in NO way trying to sway you one way or the other... I just thought it might be of some support to know that others have gone through similar trying...

Samantha2000 -I can relate to your feelings... In my very last semester of nursing school, I was striving for good grades, trying to make the most of every clinical experience, busting my tail on...

Thanks SmilingBluEyes... I appreciate your reply. I guess all I can do now is sit and wait... I'll just keep my eyes peeled for other OB/Gyn positions just in case. :mad:

Ugh!!! I am devastated! I FINALLY heard back from human resources about the L&D position I was "promised" by the manager... and come to find out- the manager has given this position to a PRN L&D...

Hello all! I will be starting in L&D soon (hopefully... just waiting for HR to make the call to me!). When I shadowed, I noticed ALL of the LD nurses had pediatric stethoscopes. I have a Littman...

Oh, and congratulations too!!!! :D :balloons:

Great question elizabells! I've been on 12 hour days for 4 years... now I'm going to be starting L&D on 12 hour nights soon.... What to do!?!?! I also hate to get up before the crack of dawn- when...

I'm PRN where I work... the requirement is 36 hours in a 6 week period (24 of those hours need to be weekend). I have to work 3 critical staffing days a year (= holidays OR days where everyone seems...

I work in an ICU and we give verbal reports, but I always write out the following (before I get report) and fill in the blanks with what the other nurse is giving me... That way when they're done and...

BSN hands down... you'll be able to have more pull later. Once you get your BSN, you could look into a BSN to PhD program- University of Louisville (in Kentucky) has one... my Dean keeps reminding...

I'm not familiar with them... [FONT=Century Gothic]I'm not sure where you want to travel, but I've used two different travel agencies- both were great: Bryan Healthcare...