JentheOBRN

JentheOBRN specializes in OB.

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

   JentheOBRN replied to SmilingBluEyes's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Please see my post right above yours for my story :) The best way I found was to do my preceptorship in OB in my last quarter. Some are called senior preceptorship. If you are really focused, and bug the heck out of the professor that assigns them...

2. Shaved Mons - Phenomenon

   JentheOBRN replied to recbest's topic in Ob/Gyn

   OMG that is too true!!! I am seeing soooo many tattoos and piercings as well as the "shaved look." I really don't care....but its got to be better than the women who never shave anywhere ever (as is their right of course) and I have to trek in ther...

3. Funny OB things people say

   JentheOBRN replied to at your cervix's topic in Ob/Gyn

   They were talking about "mer-conium" on D-HC the other day I was totally yelling at the TV! LMAO Oh yea and that every baby "could die" allll the dad gum time! Whew I was mad....and laughing... Jen

4. RNC....Which one??

   JentheOBRN posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   Hi there! All of you out there with your RNC or anyone else thinking about doing it, I have a question... Which one should I go for....Inpt OB, Maternal/Nwbn, Low-risk NB, NICN? Thanks! Jen

5. Honest opinion for a soon-to-be New Grad

   JentheOBRN replied to sunshine63's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I am a new grad too! Please see our posts in the new-grad sticky at the beginning of the board. We talk about all this alllll the time :) Good luck! Jen

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

   JentheOBRN replied to SmilingBluEyes's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Hi! As a new grad myself, and even with several years as a doula, I still had to move to a small town to get started in OB. I'm from the Bay Area and had to move away from there to get a job in Mother/Baby. Now after a year I will be moving to L&a...

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

   JentheOBRN replied to SmilingBluEyes's topic in Ob/Gyn

   As far as I know....its basically employee health. Prevention and LOADS of teaching!! You planning to go that route? Jen

8. You Know You're a Nurse When...

   JentheOBRN replied to Brownms46's topic in Humor

   My 12 yo son plays sword fighting and when he pretends to slash at someone's ABD he yells "free C-section!" :chuckle Now we wonder where he could have come up with that??? LMAO Since my husband's passing he also tells people that he's "saturated ...

9. Your Favorite one liner used with patients

   JentheOBRN replied to scaredofshots's topic in Humor

   We tag-team the preps for our scheduled C-Sections....when 2 of us walk in together one of us will almost always say..."This is "Ms. Smith" she's from housekeeping, and she'll be putting in your IV...or foley...etc. The first timers look scared and ...

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

    JentheOBRN replied to SmilingBluEyes's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Yes! I would suggest getting your AWOHNN FHM certs and your NRP. These put you ahead of the rest. Check in with the children's hospitals or the smaller hospitals in more outlying areas. Thats what I did, had to move 50 miles but I have the job of...

11. Midwife question...Help

    JentheOBRN replied to jujuwah's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Also try UCSan Francisco at http://nurseweb.ucsf.edu/www/spec-mwf.htm they have an ADN to CNM program that I will apply for. I graduated 2 years ago and am working in OB before I apply for CNM school. They like it if you have some OB experience. ...

12. What did you NOT expect when you became a nurse.

    JentheOBRN replied to Mr.RN-CDE's topic in Men

    I am a new OB RN and my mentor was a guy that had been in postpartum for more than 10 years. He had to leave recently r/t health problems. SOOOOO many of our return mommy's look for him. He had the most gentle hands and a huge heart for "his" babi...

13. Spanish speaking patients in labor

    JentheOBRN replied to gravida's topic in Ob/Gyn

    same for me in central ca. i love my mexican mama's! i wish i knew more spanish.....

14. Spanish speaking patients in labor

    JentheOBRN replied to gravida's topic in Ob/Gyn

    This is what our hospital uses. That and a PT interpreter that floats to all floors. I work nights so I try to request the interp. right away and get all my teaching etc. done at the start. Then I use the phones for the rest of the shift. We are ...

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

    JentheOBRN replied to SmilingBluEyes's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Don't know where you are but in CA our hospitals are crying for ER/ICU nurses!!!!