jdkaos

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1. What choices did you make for L&D?

   jdkaos replied to ER1010's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Congrats to you. I love to do deliveries with informed pts. If they want no interventions, I listen to them. The key here is educated!! When something does go wrong, I have to intervene. If the pt. wants NO interventions, then they should delive...

2. Tattoos and nursing

   jdkaos replied to PrincessJessica's topic in General Nursing

   I am with you on that!!!! Just watch the policies, I had to take out my cartilage and put in a retainer at work. Funny how they don't notice my daith, the worst part about that one is that I sometimes hook it on steph. I plan on getting more, somed...

3. Tattoos and nursing

   jdkaos replied to PrincessJessica's topic in General Nursing

   My current tat is a work in progress, I am 5 hours into it and it's about 1/3 done. It is my birth sign along with my children's on my lower back. I love it As far as your tounge, I say keep it. I love mine. I put in a clear ball for work. I ...

4. What choices did you make for L&D?

   jdkaos replied to ER1010's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Glad to hear it went well. I am all for birthing plans, as long as they are within reason. Some people just don't get it. The baby will not breast feed if it is not breathing. Theses are the parents I Fear!!

5. What Is/ Was your grading scale in nursing school?

   jdkaos replied to brina's topic in General Nursing

   No, I have never looked. By the sounds of it I do not want to I am working on getting a NP in perinatal. There are only three programs that I have found thus far. They did not request a trnsfer of my ADN grades, only a copy of my current liscense...

6. Fetal Demise less than 20 weeks

   jdkaos replied to SC RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I am so sorry to here of your story. This only reinforces to me how we do things. I think that women who have lost or are losing a baby need extra special attention. And at times that can only come from those who are trained to give it. I would n...

7. Wedding planning while in nursing school

   jdkaos replied to Aneroo's topic in General Students

   I also planned my wedding duting school. We were married on spring break. It was difficult to say the least, but I had family help-lots of it. My best friend was my maid of honor, she did most of the calls for me, I had given her a copy of my scho...

8. What choices did you make for L&D?

   jdkaos replied to ER1010's topic in Ob/Gyn

   With my first delivery I was not an OB nurse, and I am glad. It was an awful experience, 32 hours of labor, pit, epidural, almost a section, the a fourth degree tear. If I had the knowledge I have now back then, things would have been different. I...

9. Fetal Demise less than 20 weeks

   jdkaos replied to SC RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

   After reading all the responses it amazes me how hospitals vary in caring for pts. I hqve done L&D for 5 years now, and at our hospital we get everything that is over 16 weeks gestation on our unit. We have specially trained RTS nurses to care ...

10. Another staffing dilema

    jdkaos replied to fourbirds4me's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I am glad I am not in your shoes. Just hang in there and hope that your management sees the light soon. Have you brought to attention the latest ACOG standards. Mabye it could help.

11. Not training new L&D RN's for High Risk

    jdkaos replied to k_cole21's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I can't agree with you more. The hospital I worked at had our new nurses not od high risk for a year off orentation. They could not even take triage pt.s' without havingan "experienced" nurse with them. The problem being all of us experienced nurs...

12. Tattoos and nursing

    jdkaos replied to PrincessJessica's topic in General Nursing

    Let's see, last count I have four tattoos, and 10 piercings. But when I am at work, I remove the piercings and my tattoos are covered by my scrubs. There is a new trend in the tattooing business. They call them professional tattoos. Ones that can...

13. Legal help needed

    jdkaos replied to jdkaos's topic in Michigan

    Unfortunatly I can not provide to many details. I can say, it was not my pt. I was charge nurse that night. That is their whole premis for the termination. This was a nurse with one years of experience, they say that I should have been more invol...

14. Nurse's Week Celebration????

    jdkaos replied to stidget99's topic in General Nursing

    :yelclap: I am in agreeance with most of you. I would much rather have a thank you, or an occasional good job, thanks for the hard work and dedication. I really do not need another pen from them. I think that the idea of this week is so that the g...

15. Hysterectomy question

    jdkaos replied to nurse34's topic in General Nursing

    I also had a hyst. last summer, at the age of 33. It is the best thing I have ever done. I did leave my ovaries, but now am having problems with reoccuring cysts. My Dr. and I are now debating about wether to take out the ovaries, or go on birth c...