musicalnursynurse

musicalnursynurse specializes in OBS, OR, ER.

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1. Externships worth it in long run?

   musicalnursynurse replied to akmt's topic in General Nursing

   I was in a program that didn't allow the time to do an externship. I do think it would have helped alot of the girls I graduated with adapt better. If you are eager, a quick study and not not shy to ask a million and one questions you'll do fine eith...

2. Would you recommend nursing to your daughter?

   musicalnursynurse replied to burn out's topic in General Nursing

   Ideally I would encourage her to do what she likes. She obveously will see the toll nursing has had on your life ie shift work, OT, and she would have more support going into it as you know what nursing is like. Nursing isn't the only pression where ...

3. Good Bye to Nursing for me...

   musicalnursynurse replied to healer27's topic in General Nursing

   Hi there. I know teachers and custom is to go to med surg units but that is can be where some nurses eat their young especially days. (depending on the team... it often gets better when you get more experience) keep your license and look around. I di...

4. Time outs for C sections

   musicalnursynurse replied to Suebee6's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I know it is in canada according to the AORN, however educators are saying we tried and it didn't work HA!!! What a shame

5. Walking during labor...please bear with me

   musicalnursynurse replied to 2curlygirls's topic in Ob/Gyn

   hmm, looks like a great read...gotta get it :) been looking for something like this for a while

6. Med Errors

   musicalnursynurse replied to UM Review RN's topic in Medications

   Is it standard to use the quotations around the u "U" ?

7. Moving to Quebec or islands from the states?

   musicalnursynurse replied to dnw826's topic in International

   Official full time posts are hard to find in montreal for some reason many of the posts are .5 but you can easily get full time hours. I work in a small community hospital in LDR and we provide almost all care up untill delivery when our doctors com...

8. Robotic assisted surgery

   musicalnursynurse replied to CIRQL8's topic in Operating Room

   we use isop (not sure if thats how its spelled) for lap prostatectomies and think it is great as you dont lose a hand just for the scope. The room we use it in is renovated and set up in a very technologically friendly way its the room we do most la...

9. Time outs for C sections

   musicalnursynurse replied to Suebee6's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I have heard of time outs and we don't even use them in regular OR but I see the benefit, I am too new there to start anything, but if I checked the patient I give a little rapport to at least one of the surgical team, anesthesia and of course my scr...

10. Walking during labor...please bear with me

    musicalnursynurse replied to 2curlygirls's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I have been in labor and delivery for 1 1/2 now and we often encourage the walking partly to help bring baby's head down with contractions. Another reason is to help moms cope during early labor with pain, it also can help relax and a relaxed mother ...

11. My first NICU death

    musicalnursynurse replied to usameisje's topic in NICU

    I am sorry to hear about your experience, but thankfully have a good team that not only helped through the case, but also your emotions. I remeber my first (and only neonatal death) I went through all the stages of grief. It took me a long time to wo...

12. Duties of OB nurses (and others) Please feel free to add!

    musicalnursynurse replied to SmilingBluEyes's topic in Ob/Gyn

    There are so many duties and responsibilities I feel it is one of the area where there is soo much nursing independance. Anyways aside from all the great responses here I might add RESPECT for the patients beliefs. I don't know how many times a patie...

13. New OB Nurses, Grads and Students, Please Feel Free to post your questions here:

    musicalnursynurse replied to SmilingBluEyes's topic in Ob/Gyn

    it's better to have a float than no nurse isn't it, our floats only work post partum, and we have a lot of availability (like me as I have a full time post in another hospital for the OR) SO I work every other week end. I got in by chance on the flo...

14. Job interview for the OR next week! Nervous..

    musicalnursynurse replied to happylush's topic in Operating Room

    I just went through that and happend to emphasize how important team work was to me, now that I have the job I was told those two words were what made them want me beyond a doubt. Good luck and try else were if it doesn't work out.

15. I've decided to become an OR nurse

    musicalnursynurse replied to cwishes's topic in Operating Room

    Congrats on finding where you want to work. Every hospital is different in what they require to work in the OR. I have been with one hospital for a bit over 3years and they are desperate for staff however they only want nurses with previous OR or PAC...