camay1221_RN

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1. What did you do before you were a nurse?

   camay1221_RN replied to CAPPYBARA BREAKFAST's topic in General Nursing

   I was a personal banker for 10 years full-time and a bartender part-time.

2. My Story - What's happening to my hospital?

   camay1221_RN replied to Tygerlile's topic in Safety

   How frightening that so many of us feel the OP could have been talking about the facilities we all work for. It's occurring in the hospital I work for also and it is appalling!

3. An Open Letter to (Micro)Managers

   camay1221_RN replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

   Kudos to the OP and to all who have posted after!!!! I felt like I was reading about the current 'fearless leader' in the unit I work!!!! I swear I never thought I'd actually know someone who is so contented with making everyone else's life a living ...

4. Full term grunting baby with good O2 sats

   camay1221_RN replied to platon20's topic in NICU

   This baby would have been monitored in our special care nursery for a short time, hopefully only the time it takes for mom to get out of the OR and PACU. The baby would have his/her head-to-toe assessment, Ballard, and bath. If he continued to grun...

5. Wage Freeze

   camay1221_RN replied to dabowhunter's topic in General Nursing

   I think we work for the same facility! I'm kind of curious to see what happens at the end of the 18 months.

6. Does nursing have to be your "calling" for you to be a great nurse?

   camay1221_RN replied to WantAccel.BSN's topic in General Nursing

   I'm a second career RN also and I didn't have the 'calling' to become a nurse. But I can't imagine doing anything else either! I just love working with people, plain and simple.

7. What's the weirdest baby name?

   camay1221_RN replied to teresab_2000's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Had a baby just a couple of weeks ago named Yurhinus...pronounced Your highness.

8. Florence Nightengale's Notes on Nursing...

   camay1221_RN replied to stephlucasrn2008's topic in General Nursing

   I bought mine new from Amazon, but I'm sure if you checked Half.com or eBay you could fine one in good condition.

9. Thank you's - memorable ones you've received?

   camay1221_RN replied to Liddle Noodnik's topic in Relations

   I was discharging a mom/baby couplet one evening and as I was packing the goodies from the crib for the parents to take home, mom said to me, "Is this normal?" When I turned around to look at what she was referring to, it took everything I had to ke...

10. Most "Clueless" Thing YOUR Manager has Done

    camay1221_RN replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    I wish I could say this is a one time occurrence but... One week last October our birthing center was popping at the seams , L&D was full, postpartum was full and our special care nursery, which is only supposed to accommodate six infants, had 13...

11. What would you do in this situation?

    camay1221_RN replied to camay1221_RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

12. Is this true of nursing?

    camay1221_RN replied to 2bNurseguru's topic in General Nursing

    We use our minds for so many different things in nursing! We are dealing with far more than the nutritional status of the patient. We as nurses are required to have and use critical thinking and many times at a moments notice. No offense to the RD...

13. Wait to conceive after a miscarriage

    camay1221_RN replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I lost a baby at 18 weeks and my OB told me on the day of discharge from hospital to wait three months. However when I went in for my six week postpartum appt he asked me if I wanted to wait or get pregnant. I wanted to try again, right away! I go...

14. "Escorted" out of work

    camay1221_RN replied to spaniel's topic in Geriatric

    One of the RN's on our unit was escorted out just a couple of weeks ago. The really crappy part about it was, they let her work her full shift and walked her out after. Huh?

15. The Patients Who Break Your Heart

    camay1221_RN replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in Relations

    I had my first experience with a baby who died of hypoplastic left heart just last week. Mom and dad chose palliative care before the baby was born. Once the baby was born he came to the postpartum unit with mom and fought hard for five days. He s...