Surfandnurse

Surfandnurse

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About Surfandnurse

Surfandnurse has 4 years experience and specializes in L&D.


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  1. Aspiring midwife, frustrated with L&D

    Hope things are going better @withwomen ?? Hard work pays off.... work culture of a birth factory is probably pretty difficult, especially when your new and your dreams are to be a kind, gentle midwife. It takes time, to gain the trust of your peeps ...
  2. L&D at a small hospital- is it worth it?

    I’ve worked in a lot of small hopsitals, always LDRP, and didn’t get called off because of minimum staffing and floating. I’ve always worked nights too, which usually means less staff so less chance of getting called off. You’ll have to ask during yo...
  3. NICU to PP transition

    You already know how to handle babies which is a huge advantage for working PP, you will be already so good at educating moms, another positive for working PP..... the most challenging part of PP couplet care is breastfeeding.... so try to get educat...
  4. 39 IOL

    Can we talk about elective Induction of Labor (IOL) at 39 weeks gestation? Is this still the norm at your facility? I know ACOG guidelines state that there shouldn't be any elective inductions prior to 39 weeks, but at my current facility there seem...
  5. Where do you park your van?

    Great thread!!!! í ½í±í ¼í¿¼ I think everything is covered here. I enjoyed reading as my family and I have camped/#vanlife all over the south west and it's been wonderful. But because we live in a camper most of the year I love love love to stretch ...
  6. How to find an agency? Answered!

    Great post Ned! Thank you, I always enjoy reading the great information you share in regards to travel nursing. Kudos and mahalos for sharing!
  7. What's the real deal with Travel Nursing?

    Travel nursing is wonderful with it without children. I work as a travel RN and it makes plenty enough of the dollars which enables my husband to stay home with our children when I'm working. And we are currently traveling in Asia for 2 months just m...
  8. New L&D Nurse--Stressing!

    Always chart in the room if possible while your doing 15-30 min checks, patients understand that u have to chart & doing so at bedside in real time makes you be done with said task when u walk out of the room! And then if u have multiple patients...
  9. Made the dumbest mistake last night!

    Indonesia!! You can easily live on 30$/day including a decent accommodation! After you've saved up about $30-$40,000 and sold your house....... Spin the globe í ¼í¼Ž & start trotting! It doesn't mean your a bad nurse! It just means you don't ...
  10. Older nurses

    My experience, I am young and have been LDRP for 4 years and worked with some older gems on night shift. I always did the busy admissions etc and we had an agreement that if a baby/mom went south the older RN (who had so much dang experience and know...
  11. new NRP guidelines

    Anybody else taken NRP lately?!?!?!?! just took my re-cert class and was stoked to see that delayed cord clamping should be standard practice on all babies not needing immediate PPV/in depth resuscitation. Also no more intubating & suctioning th...
  12. Poor L&D Orientation

    L&D is so specialized and especially depending on what experiences you got during orientation, you should definitely ask for more orientation if you are feeling nervous as all get out to show up to work. Of course everyone feels over whelmed when...
  13. ACLS & circulating

    Thank you for the insight everyone.
  14. Need advice--possibly failing orientation

    Algo is a type of hearing screen, and Finnegan baby is a neonatal abstinence scoring assessment. Semper Gumby, thank you for sharing as I think it's a good reminder that we are all humans and make mistakes. There are things that I have been through ...
  15. ACLS & circulating

    Are LDRP nurses out there required to have their ACLS certification? I've worked in two smaller facilities and didn't need it! But I am required to get it for a job now, just wondering about other LDRP nurses, does management let you get by with just...