Lady_Leijing

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  1. Rooming in on another unit?

    Lady_Leijing replied to Lady_Leijing's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'm not sure if this is just my hospital's policy or if it's a local thing, etc. I've only been a Postpartum/newborn nursery nurse for about 6 months. Most of my previous experience is Med-Surg. I...

  2. Nightshift -days off

    Lady_Leijing replied to LittleRedOwl's topic in General Nursing

    I've worked nights for 4 years, and I've never been a "morning person". I usually run on a modified evening schedule on my days off. I get up around 1 or 2 in the afternoon if I don't have something...

  3. Rooming in on another unit?

    Lady_Leijing replied to Lady_Leijing's topic in Ob/Gyn

    My mistake. I didn't read the description for the forum, just the headings. Most of the stuff in the OB/Gyn forum is geared towards the mommas, so I figured Newborns fell under "Neonatal". I suppose...

  4. Gross Things Patients Do

    Lady_Leijing replied to bluegeegoo2's topic in General Nursing

    Can't beat the trach one. I saw a nasty clump of phlegm come out of someone's bipap mask, but that wasn't his fault... When I worked on a surgical unit, we once had what I called a "poo-nami" because...

  5. Rooming in on another unit?

    Lady_Leijing replied to Lady_Leijing's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I agree, but a lot of the nurses here act like this is "just part of the job". That's why I was wondering if it's just this hospital or if it's a more widespread thing. I check in on my patients that...

  6. Mandatory flu shots????

    Lady_Leijing replied to 45whenimdone's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Personally, I'm not a fan of the flu shot. I'm not convinced it's effective the way the smallpox, polio, mmr, and tdap are. It's a crap-shoot, but dang it, around here it's a mandated crap-shoot. Like...

  7. Sent home from clinical :(

    Lady_Leijing replied to marin8campy's topic in General Students

    I know how you feel. I was never sent home from clinicals, per se, but I failed my clinicals in my 2nd to last semester of nursing school. I had to repeat a whole class despite the fact I had an A in...

  8. Student nurse dismayed by bedside nursing attitude

    Lady_Leijing replied to new gal's topic in General Students

    I personally found my 2 years of med-surg to be very informative. You build excellent time management and teamwork skills. You see a lot of variety--well, at my 1st hospital you did. They didn't have...

  9. Contacted multiple times for same empty shift

    Lady_Leijing replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    If they persist, let them know once again that you are unavailable. I worked on a chronically understaffed Med-Surg unit that was bad about this. They called me to see if I would come in during a...

  10. Let's vent about the good

    Lady_Leijing replied to Emm_RN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Bought something off an online classifieds site the other day, and when I met with the woman I was buying it from, she looked very familiar. She looked at me for a moment and declared, "Do you...

  11. Is L&D or NICU experience better for CNM/WHNP?

    Lady_Leijing replied to JennaSnow's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    I would think L&D would be your best bet for CNM, but see if you can take STABLE as well as NRP. Both are good if you have a baby that isn't doing well. While I love NICU, you wouldn't get the...

  12. Ettiquette for Quitting Nursing Job

    Lady_Leijing replied to beccayaker's topic in Nursing Career

    one hospital I worked for had a policy of 4 weeks notice. I gave them 6 and the manager tried to talk me into staying longer because "we're short-staffed". (They had been chronically short-staffed...

  13. Bumped from NICU?

    Lady_Leijing replied to Lady_Leijing's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I thought I was doing well, especially since I did not get the official orientation classes until I had been there for 3 months. I had been taking 3 level-2 patients a shift and had just been...

  14. Bumped from NICU?

    Lady_Leijing replied to Lady_Leijing's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    To clarify, I had been on my own for about 8 months when they gave me a critical admit that the charge nurse claimed was "one of the easy ones". I had only admitted one micro-preemie before and that...

  15. Tylenol for 10/10 pain?

    Lady_Leijing replied to notanumber's topic in Patient Medications

    I've never worked LTC, but I worked on a Med-Surg unit. I would have done the same

  16. Patients Say the Darnedest Things

    Lady_Leijing replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    I had a patient once that swore to me that he had a bullet still lodged in his head and that if he focused hard enough, it would shoot out of his forehead. Then he goes "Wanna see?" Schizophrenia...

  17. Transitioning to NICU

    Lady_Leijing replied to ERGypsyRN21's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I switched from a Med-Surg floor to NICU about a year ago. It's a hard transition, but doable. It may depend on your hospital and how much experience they are looking for in their incoming NICU...

  18. What's the funniest most unusual baby name?

    Lady_Leijing replied to nirvana1's topic in Nursing Humor

    We had a pair of twins named Khyree and Demicus. Not funny names, necessarily, but unique enough that several people stumbled over them in

  19. What's the funniest most unusual baby name?

    Lady_Leijing replied to nirvana1's topic in Nursing Humor

    Leaf (his middle name is Ridge) and

  20. Forced transfer

    Lady_Leijing replied to imintrouble's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Anyone else out there feel like they've been forced to transfer as punishment? Until recently I was a NICU nurse. Long story short, I had an encounter with a demeaning charge nurse that reflected...