nurseladyk

nurseladyk has 4 years experience and specializes in Emergency and Employee Health.

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1. Interested in Mother/Baby...thoughts?

   nurseladyk replied to nurseladyk's topic in Ob/Gyn

   So I have a little update...I had my interview today for the Mother Baby position. The Interim Director was present, as well as a night shift L&D Charge Nurse (she is on modifid duty and is helping the Interim). It went so well!! I don't know ...

2. Interested in Mother/Baby...thoughts?

   nurseladyk replied to nurseladyk's topic in Ob/Gyn

   This is an area that I feel very passionate about. I just don't have any experience with it, other than my own personal experience. I did do some shadowing in labor and delivery when I was a nursing student and really loved it there. That's why I wa...

3. Interested in Mother/Baby...thoughts?

   nurseladyk replied to nurseladyk's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Sorry, I should have been more specific...I meant three couplets.

4. Interested in Mother/Baby...thoughts?

   nurseladyk replied to nurseladyk's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Thank you so much for your response! I am definitely looking for a more slow paced environment than the emergency department. There were so many things I loved about emergency nursing, but the pace and frenzy of it at times got tiring. I would like t...

5. Interested in Mother/Baby...thoughts?

   nurseladyk posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   I am interested in moving into a position in my hospital in the Mother Baby department. A little background for you... I have been an RN since 2007. I got into nursing because I wanted to work in Labor and Delivery. Women's health is of strong int...

6. To apply or not to apply...

   nurseladyk replied to jsterling01's topic in Occupational

   I would love to see a response to this! I have an interview tomorrow for an Employee Health Manager position...I am currently and ED nurse, so this would be a change!

7. Whats your biggest pet peeve working in the ED?

   nurseladyk replied to Whts_Ur_Emergency?'s topic in Emergency

   I literally want yell at people when I ask them to rate their pain 0-10 and the tell me 12, 20, 50, whatever....I said 0-10, 10 is the worst people!!!! Not that big of a deal, but it drives me nuts!

8. Hearing Loss and ER nurse

   nurseladyk replied to fhgrl123's topic in Emergency

   You absolutely can be a successful RN with hearing difficulty! We have a ED physician with severe, but not total hearing loss. He uses a special stethescope with amplified sound, to headphones. Even if you had to take out your hearing aids and put...

9. What do you hate seeing the MOST in the ER!?

   nurseladyk replied to CrashED's topic in Emergency

   I don't care how long I do this, the vomiting of gross amounts of blood still makes me cringe.

10. Charting during traumas

    nurseladyk replied to nurseladyk's topic in Emergency

    Thanks for all the input. My department has gotten rid of techs/EMT's and our charge nurse is also our triage nurse, so they help during traumas/STEMI's (we are the STEMI receiving facility for the county)/or other critical situations, but they get ...

11. Charting during traumas

    nurseladyk posted a topic in Emergency

    I am wondering how you go about charting thoroughly during a trauma or with a critical patient when you are the primary nurse for the patient. I work in a smallish ED (14 bed, often filled to capacity) and at most we are staffed with 4 RN's with a c...

12. Rude Nurses

    nurseladyk replied to (**!!needaname!!**)'s topic in Relations

    I also experienced a lot of this in nursing school. I personally enjoy having a student work with me for the day. It is fun for me to help them have a good experience. I also think that the rudeness I have observed is not just directed at nursing ...

13. How often do EMS crews show up to your dept unannounced?

    nurseladyk replied to Larry77's topic in Emergency

    This only happens occasionally in my department. Of course it only seems to happen when we are slammed, and have no place to put a patient. Even a 1-2 minute warning is so helpful and really gives us the opportunity to shuffle if necessary. We giv...

14. Best ER Nurse quotes

    nurseladyk replied to JennyAS's topic in Emergency

    Whan I was triaging a patient for some minor complaint and was filling out the medication list, he listed off about 15 meds and I asked if there was anything else. To which he replied, "Oh yeah, I take something for my memory, but I can't remember t...