LINUS

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1. Babies that are choking-- HELP PLEASE!!

   LINUS replied to LINUS's topic in Ob/Gyn

   You're right. I'm talking about the suction catheter, not probably the type of deep suctioning they use in L&D. Sorry!

2. Babies that are choking-- HELP PLEASE!!

   LINUS replied to LINUS's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Thanks for the help. We have to do NRP every two years too, but I think we have to take a refresher course every year. I've already signed up for one, but it still scares me when the babies choke. I've deep suctioned twice (with a more seasoned nu...

3. Babies that are choking-- HELP PLEASE!!

   LINUS replied to LINUS's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I know how to use the bulb syringe and I do teach parents how to use it as soon as they're admitted to my unit. My hesitation is when to use the wall suction to deep suction. I don't want to use it if it's not necessary because I've heard horror st...

4. Babies that are choking-- HELP PLEASE!!

   LINUS posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   I've been working in a mother/baby unit for almost a year now. I love my job, but on occasion a baby in the nursery will start making choking sounds out of the blue (in their sleep sometimes). Usually turning them on their sides and patting their b...

5. Quit or be fired?

   LINUS replied to javanurse2000's topic in General Nursing

   Not to sound harsh, but speaking for the other side, I work midnights and was working the night of a huge snowstorm (17 inches) and when I got off in the morning after working 12 hours, only two day nurses showed up for work, which meant we were requ...

6. Willmington area hospitals

   LINUS replied to BETSRN's topic in North Carolina

   I lived in Wilmington for five years while going to RN school. The big hospital there is New Hanover Regional Medical Center. It's a trauma hospital, so they get trauma cases flown in regularly. New Hanover also owns Cape Fear Hospital, which is o...

7. What is your hospital's policy on supplemental feeding?

   LINUS replied to cabbage patch rn's topic in Ob/Gyn

   We aren't allowed to push supplementing with formula, but if a mother requests it, whether she's BF well or not, we will give her one. It's the mother's decision, not ours. If the baby is not BF well, and is jaundiced and under bili lights, the doc...

8. New Hanover Wilmington

   LINUS replied to busyrninva's topic in North Carolina

   I worked med/surg for a while in Charlotte and now work Mother/Baby in the midwest. I really like Mother/Baby and would love to do travel nursing but it doesn't seem like there's much need. I loved Wilmington, and even though one bitter charge nurs...

9. New Hanover Wilmington

   LINUS replied to busyrninva's topic in North Carolina

   Starting pay for new grad nurses is $17.56 plus there is a 3p-11p shift differentials (15%), as well as a 7p-7a (20%) and weekend differential (I think it's 10%). The shift diff's make up for the low starting pay. Good luck! Hope that helps!

10. wilmington

    LINUS replied to lanz's topic in North Carolina

    I went to nursing school in Wilmington and worked at New Hanover and Cape Fear (they're under the same umbrella-- New Hanover Health Network). It's a great hospital and I have a lot of friends that work there still. Wilmington is a booming town an...

11. Gifts for departing travelers...

    LINUS replied to mother/babyRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I work in mother/baby now and am interested in travelling, but the websites I've looked at don't seem to have much need for this type of travelling nurse. Is there not much of a need for Mother/Baby travelling nurses? If so, what firms should I loo...

12. feeling overwhelmed: Cardiac RN to now Postpartum

    LINUS replied to rndiva1908's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I can totally feel for you! I worked med/surg for six months, then moved to a new hospital to work in PP. I feel likeI did when I started med/surg. I've been here a month and I still feel pretty overwhelmed. Assessments just drive me crazy. I fi...

13. I'm finally leaving med/surg...

    LINUS replied to LINUS's topic in General Nursing

    Oh great, if this doesn't work out, will I be totally unqualified for another job? I really think Mother/Baby is my calling. I hope I'm making the right decision!!

14. I'm finally leaving med/surg...

    LINUS posted a topic in General Nursing

    Well, after five months of feeling totally overwhelmed and uninterested in med/surg, I'm finally moving to a new hospital and to a new department-- mother/baby. I've always wanted to do this since nursing school, but thought I needed the med/surg ex...

15. What field of nursing would you NEVER consider working?

    LINUS replied to PMHNP10's topic in General Nursing

    Med/Surg... I absolutely hate it! I'm a new grad, and I've only been doing it for five months, but that's five months of pure hell. I can't stand it. I've taken up smoking just for the mere fact that nothing else would calm my nerves before I go t...