JaneRNBSN

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1. Doula turned RN....L&d or Mother/infant the right place for me?

   JaneRNBSN replied to heartlover07's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I'm an RN with surgical experience, wannabe nursery nurse. Since I could not get hired without experience, I took a birth doula workshop and ended up working as a staff doula. I get all the fun and none of the responsibility! I also became a certi...

2. New here, anyone had a pt with a Doula?

   JaneRNBSN replied to northwoods6pack's topic in Ob/Gyn

   i'm a staff doula and i work under the nurse's supervision; ie getting pt out of bed, to the br, i always ask before i do that. our common goal is the safety of mom and baby. everything else is just "fluff":typing

3. Can I get anyones take on being a DULA?

   JaneRNBSN replied to JadeOpel's topic in Ob/Gyn

   may i ask what turned you off about doulas, lisa?

4. other non-RN positions??

   JaneRNBSN replied to kitten_'s topic in Ob/Gyn

   I went to a Doula workshop and found a hospital that uses doulas as staff! I love it! Check us out at http://www.dona.org

5. 30 days sober!

   JaneRNBSN posted a topic in General Nursing

   I'm a newcomer to AA and a former surgical nurse. With the help of My Higher Power and AA, I will reach 30 days on March 12th. My childhood memories are dominated by fear, uncertainty, insecurity and bitterness toward my father. He too was an alc...

6. Verbal Abuse from surgeons in the OR

   JaneRNBSN replied to spineCNOR's topic in Operating Room

   Sounds to me like you are mad at yourself for getting his clipboard for him. I know I would be kicking myself all the way home!

7. OR Nurses Giving Conscious Sedation--WHY SHOULD WE?

   JaneRNBSN replied to stevierae's topic in Operating Room

   You won't BELIEVE this story! As a relatively new circulator, I was asked to give CS to my patient during a hernia repair under LOCAL anesthesia! I told my supervisor that I was not comfortable with the situation, so she and the doc agreed that HE ...

8. OR nurse who is MSN student looking for orthopedic OR research ideas

   JaneRNBSN replied to mmmmm's topic in Operating Room

   How about this one? WHAT MAKES ORTHOPODS SUCH ASSHOLES?????

9. Sacred cows that need to be laid to rest

   JaneRNBSN replied to stevierae's topic in Operating Room

   As a PACU nurse in a small rural hospital, this sacred cow really does need to be euthenized. Hypotensive patients are routinely put into Trendelenberg; research has suggested that this can "trick" the sensors in the Aortic arch which can result in ...

10. How to treat nurses correctly

    JaneRNBSN replied to aw6b6's topic in Operating Room

    I disagree with the nurse who instructed the resident to help with TEDS, etc. As a circulator, I am already rushing to get things done and any help from a doc is regarded as rushing me further. I've worked with some real pills who scream, throw tan...

11. I've left the OR

    JaneRNBSN replied to Nellie Nurse's topic in Operating Room

    Your question about advancing your career in the OR, how about RNFA? The first assistant has lots of responsibilities, including closing the skin after surgery!

12. Has A Surgeon Ever Thrown An Instrument At You?

    JaneRNBSN replied to TravelerAdvisor's topic in Operating Room

    Boy, who wouldn't love to shoot their mouth off? I have fantasized many many times about putting those "gods" in their place.

13. preceptor stories

    JaneRNBSN replied to Simone Hill's topic in Operating Room

    I too went straight to OR nursing after graduation. I had NO IDEA what I was doing, but my preceptor and I are very good friends to this day. She showed me the ropes and took time to answer all of my questions. That was over 10 years ago. A few n...

14. I don't want to eat the young!!! Advice, please!!!

    JaneRNBSN replied to abbi77's topic in Operating Room

    How about sending her to a perioperative nursing course? I attended one for 6 weeks when I was a newly hired grad. There's so very much to learn and trying to learn it in a stressful, hurried setting is not the optimal learning environment.

15. Bizarre! Bizarre! Bizarre!

    JaneRNBSN replied to TravelerAdvisor's topic in Operating Room

    This is bizarre, but very sad. A young paraplegic tried to commit suicide by sawing through both upper thighs with a butter knife! Someone caught him before he made it to the arteries. He lived.