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  1. Workload split between RNs/CNAs

    CNAs and PCTs (the title and particular tasks they can do are determined by the hospital) do things that the RN is able to delegate to them. Being able to delegate it does not mean that you will never have to do it, too. The RN has to do things that...
  2. Just started, and found out Im pregnant?!

    congrats!! I would wait until you are past your probation period, if possible. You should have insurance set up by then and it would be a little harder to get rid of you if they wanted to. Not all bosses want to deal with a pregnant employee! If y...
  3. Expecting RN- Would like suggestions

    What an awesome response- thanks so much!! I'm not delivering at the hospital I work at- I chose one closer to home and one where I won't run in to docs and nurses I work with. Unfortunately, this does leave me without any contacts to get "the ins...
  4. Expecting RN- Would like suggestions

    I tried calling the L+D unit at the hospital I'd be delivering at. I asked for suggestions, saying I wasn't comfortable with the doc I had seen. They told me they don't give recommendations, but that "all our docs are great!" Umm, yeah, you all lo...
  5. Expecting RN- Would like suggestions

    Thanks for the book and other suggestions! I don't have strong feelings about the birth. Which may sound awful, or may just be because my mom had a general for all of hers and I don't see one type of birth as intrinsically better than others. I can...
  6. Expecting RN- Would like suggestions

    Thanks for the ideas! I forgot to mention in my first post that I had been snacking on little things often during the day and drinking gingerale to help. I tried ginger altoids but, well, yuck. I have ordered the PreggyPops- they should arrive tom...
  7. Expecting RN- Would like suggestions

    Glad to hear your'e doing well! You're a few weeks ahead of me but I'll catch up in the end. My doc OK'd Vitamin B6, and gave me Zofran but I've actually felt much better the last couple days and haven't taken any of it. And it turns out that I h...
  8. X-Ray Exposure

    I'm a pregnant ICU nurse, too, and I can tell you what I found out. At 6 feet away from the radiation source, there is no measurable exposure. That's true in cath lab and angio, where we sometimes have to go with our patients. I'd think that those...
  9. Expecting RN- Would like suggestions

    Hi all- long time lurker, first time posting. I'm an RN with absolutely no experience with L+D. None, nada, zip. All I know is that boiling the water is to keep the menfolk out of the way. :) I'm pregnant for the first time and would love some inp...