lawilk99

lawilk99 has 13 years experience and specializes in L&D, OB/GYN, Peds, Home Health.

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1. Quitting 74K RN job for a 30K vet tech job? Advice please!

   lawilk99 replied to RNCDN's topic in Career Support

   Try getting some help with your anxiety and see if it is really work that is getting you stressed out or something else. Talking things over with a therapist can help shed light on underlying causes. Don't quit your job just yet....

2. Q re: Home Care Orientation

   lawilk99 replied to New2HomeHealthRN's topic in Home Health

   I started at a HH agency recently and was given the "holy crap" orientation. I've been working with this agency for 4 weeks and I'm already burned out. Please take the advice of the others on this forum and request an appropriate orientation!

3. Doing My Peds Rotation On Oncology Hemotology....

   lawilk99 replied to MrsMommaRN's topic in Pediatric

   I agree with janfrn and I would also add that giving the parents "permission " to take care of themselves by taking a break to go outside and get some fresh air, etc., can help the child indirectly as well. I know your question was specifically about...

4. Med/surg overflow onto GYN...

   lawilk99 replied to timonrn's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I worked in Mississippi a few years ago and the overflow from the Med-Surg unit to our OB-GYN/PP and Peds unit was constant. We would be caring for Pediatric pts with RSV, 90 year olds with peg tubes, fresh GYN surg, and PP pts all on the same floor!...

5. AWHONN GUIDELINES

   lawilk99 posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   Can anyone quote the AWHONN guidelines for staffing in the Perinatal Unit?

6. Starting OB in one week

   lawilk99 replied to reginariches's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Congrats on the new career! OB can be very rewarding and also stressful. "All Alone" gave some excellent advice regarding Michelle Murray's books, etc. I have taken a course that used her book as a reference and I must say she is one of the best. ...

7. Getting ready to take the certification...Any suggestions?

   lawilk99 replied to Neonatal Nurse's topic in Ob/Gyn

   What is the title of the book?