MKPRN

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1. RN License plate

   MKPRN replied to esrun00's topic in General Nursing

   I am a L&D nurse and have had STORK RN as my plates for a long time. No one has ever bothered me because of this. I am super proud of what I do. So I don't think there is anything wrong with it. And to tell you the truth I have got out of a few ...

2. Who out there is doing standardized pitocin orders?

   MKPRN replied to ragingmomster's topic in Ob/Gyn

   My hospital has standardized Pit orders. We also have slow pit orders for cervical ripening. Pretty much the Pit is to turn in up 2mu q 30. If you aren't turning the pit up q 30 you need to document why. Turn the pit down 2mu once active labor is est...

3. Need opinions on my plan..am I making the right choice?

   MKPRN replied to K_girl's topic in Job Hunt

   Oh and BTW, I just took a new job at another hospital in L&D and had to sign a contract that I would get my BSN within 5 years of hire. I don't want to start an argument here. I am just telling you what I am observing in the healthcare market tha...

4. Need opinions on my plan..am I making the right choice?

   MKPRN replied to K_girl's topic in Job Hunt

   What I meant was, that in specialized areas of the hospital such as OB, surgery, peds, ER, they are now expecting you to have a BSN. The Children's hospital in my area won't even give you an interview without a BSN. It is a fact that hospitals are go...

5. Need opinions on my plan..am I making the right choice?

   MKPRN replied to K_girl's topic in Job Hunt

   I think the most important thing to do is to get your BSN done. All the hospitals in my area are all going to eventually require a BSN of all their nurses. I think they are saying by 2020. IMO, eventually ADN nurses will end up in more LPN type role...

6. What to wear to a job interview when it's 100 degrees outside?

   MKPRN posted a topic in Job Hunt

   I recently found out my unit is closing and I am now on the hunt for a new job. I have not been on a job interview in over 12 years. I am applying for hospital jobs. PreOp nurse, Mother-Baby floor position etc. It is now summer and beastly hot. Any...

7. Can you be a pp or mother baby nurse without doing l&d?

   MKPRN replied to studentnurse9806's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Yes, at a bigger hospital you can. A lot of nurses that do L&D start out on post partum.

8. NRP course?

   MKPRN replied to itsnowornever's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Read the book and do the practice problems at the end of the chapters. If you can answer the chapter questions you will do fine on the test. Make sure you know the flow charts for rescesitation.

9. Online Tutorials: Electronic Fetal Monitoring

   MKPRN replied to VickyRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Here are a couple sites I used when studying for my C-EFM: Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University QCOM - Fetal Heart Monitoring - Home Page ACOG tutorial with test questions ACOG - Tutorial

10. Umbilical Cord Blood Gases

    MKPRN replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I recently took the NCC EFM exam and passed. AWHONN Fetal Monitoring Principles and Practices was enough to help me understand what I needed.

11. HELP!!! I'm a med-surg/tele nurse who wants to get into maternity nursing.

    MKPRN replied to leila83's topic in Ob/Gyn

    This is an exact situation that isn't always about what you know but WHO you know. Definately talk to the managers! They are the ones that are going to scoot your application past HR. Also talk to the staff in those departments, make friends. Whe...

12. What..work with NO residents??

    MKPRN replied to jodyangel's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I work at a hospital exactly like the one you describe except no OB in house. I work nights and the only doctor in house is the one in the ER. However, when things are going down we don't call the ER MD. All of our OBs are 5-10 minutes from the hos...

13. VE prior to epidural

    MKPRN replied to guamba's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I typically VE my patients before and after epidural placement. I probably wouldn't check if my last exam was less than 1-2 hours prior. If my patient is hurting I want to know where they are and how fast they are moving. I check right after just to ...

14. What would you do?

    MKPRN replied to violet_violet's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Is the patient pushing at this point? That is what I am thinking but not a lot of info to go on. If she is pushing, first stop pushing, see how the kid recovers and notify the MD. If the MD was in the room and close to delivery would definately cons...

15. FHT question, where is the variable on this strip?

    MKPRN replied to violet_violet's topic in Ob/Gyn

    After looking again, the 10:20 spot may technically be a variable by definition. The baseline looks to be 145 and at 10:20 the FHR drops to 125-130. I would not even treat this, it is a category 1 tracing, continue regular monitoring.