LauraLou

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1. "Honey"

   LauraLou replied to lovingtheunloved's topic in General Nursing

   If you don't like being called "honey", "sweetie" don't come to Texas! You'd be in a constant state of irritation! You can be condescending or patronizing just as easily using someone's name as you can saying honey. It's all in how you say it. If ...

2. Online support group for infertility?

   LauraLou replied to fleur-de-lis's topic in General Nursing

   I really like http://www.ivf-infertility.com/phpBB2/viewforum.php?f=1 I have been posting there since April and have made some wonderful cyber-friends.

3. Chaperone or not during exam

   LauraLou replied to masstudent's topic in Ob/Gyn

   At my hospital, it doesn't matter if the doctor is male or female, a female nurse must be present when a pelvic exam is present. That protects both the pts and the doctor. I personally once had a male doctor who performed a pelvic exam without his...

4. Do You Have Male Nurses on your Unit?

   LauraLou replied to Annointed_RNStudent's topic in Ob/Gyn

   We don't have any male nurses in L&D, antepartum, postpartum or nursery. I think male nurse are great, but I don't see how having a male ob nurse would work. At our hospital, a male doctor must have a female nurse present when he does a vaginal...

5. Night Nursing

   LauraLou replied to kenesha212002's topic in New Nurse

   I finished my internship and started on nights this month. I love it so far. After getting home from work I'm tired, so I go to sleep around 8:30 am and get up at 4:00 or 4:30 pm. On my days off, I stay up until 2:00 or 3:00 am and sleep until 11:...

6. Research Survey- Please Help and Answer These Few Questions!

   LauraLou replied to Stardaisy82's topic in New Nurse

   Did it ask questions in a similar fashion as the NCLEX? Do you think it helped you prepare for the NCLEX? I found the HESI and the NCLEX to be very different. The HESI asked specific questions about disease processes, etc. Where the NCLEX question...

7. First Med error and plain old frustration

   LauraLou replied to newrn05's topic in New Nurse

   I'm a new grad in L&D and I almost made a med error a couple of weeks ago. The pt's placenta was out, so I went to bolus her with pitocin. She had numerous bags hanging and I started to bolus her with magnesium sulfate by mistake! Luckily my p...

8. nclex review: to take or not to take

   LauraLou replied to mrhrn06's topic in New Nurse

   I took the Kaplan review, but I did it online instead of the in-person class. It was good, lots of test taking strategies. It consisted of online video instruction and practice questions. I especially liked the instructors' discussions of the corr...

9. Dallas Hospitals!!!!!

   LauraLou replied to TCUFrogs!'s topic in Texas

   Come to Big Baylor!!! (Baylor University Medical Center) I have nothing but great things to say about Baylor. It is a very positive place to work, and there is definitly a "Baylor spirit". There is a strong focus on meeting pts' medical, emotional...

10. Oldest and youngest mothers?

    LauraLou replied to mommy2boys's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We recently had a 46 yr old pt with IVF twins. When documenting her ob history, I realized she had her first baby in 1978!! The youngest I've seen was 13.

11. Success Stories?? Any Positive experiences?

    LauraLou replied to sumdae's topic in New Nurse

    I graduated in December and am working in Labor and Delivery. I have a wonderful orientation/internship. It consists of 14 weeks with a preceptor in addition to weekly classroom instruction. I choose this hospital because it has such great trainin...

12. Finding yourself as a nurse

    LauraLou replied to ladydame's topic in New Nurse

    I went to nursing school thinking I wanted to be a NICU nurse. But I found that what I really love about nursing is building relationships with pts, doing teaching, providing emotional support, etc. I worked as a tech during school on a postpartum ...

13. Directed pushing

    LauraLou posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    I have a question about helping pts push. My preceptor has the pt hold her breath and push for a count of 10 x 3 per contraction, while we hold her legs. This is how I learned in nursing school and is the way I have always seen it done. The interns...

14. Length of orientation for new nurse?

    LauraLou replied to Pocamom's topic in New Nurse

    Wow, I am really suprised that people have such short internships. Mine is 14 weeks long. I am not completely on my own until mid-April. I am working L&D/Antepartum so perhaps that is the difference, but 4-6 weeks doesn't seem very long.

15. Be sure to focus on prioritization questions!

    LauraLou posted a topic in NCLEX

    I took the NCLEX-RN on 1/5/06. I passed with 75 questions. I would say 85% of the test was prioritization questions. Who would you see first, who would you discharge first, etc. Unlike some other posters, I thought the Kaplan review was very goo...