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  1. Magnesium sulfate

    brume replied to Djknurse's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Is it an emergency backup in case you need to bolus very

  2. Hey preceptors, how did a student impress you?

    brume posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Hello! I'm about to start my preceptorship on L&D, and I really want to snag a job on this unit. I think I am generally friendly, helpful, and ask a lot of questions. I realize I don't have...

  3. Help ! Tips to switch from a Med-surg nurse to an L&D nurse

    brume replied to Honey J's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Here are some ideas (worked for me!) Look up “Applicant Tracking System nursing tips” on Google to find info on how to best make it past the resume robots. Join linkedin, try to find direct...

  4. Applying to Labor & Delivery???

    brume replied to emmajanelle's topic in Ob/Gyn

    AWHONN.org There you can also network with L&D

  5. Cone Health 2017 New Grad RN Residency 2017

    brume replied to RNLCBM2016's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    Cone is $28 now and Duke is $27. Not sure what UNC is, but I think slightly higher than

  6. Congenital hypothyroidism. Vaccine required. What to do?

    brume replied to SadMan777's topic in General Students

    A good friend has hypothyroidism and received the vaccine with no problem. She has thyroid glands but takes levo daily to manage. I understand your hesitance, and luckily it is probably going to be...

  7. Duke ABSN Fall 2021

    brume replied to peanutNC's topic in School, College Programs

    *Your tests probably won't be open-note/open-book because you'll be in person... but that also means you'll probably have a better time

  8. Duke ABSN Fall 2021

    brume replied to peanutNC's topic in School, College Programs

    @gnv26 Before this semester, most of our exams were open-note/open-book, which obviously made things much easier than they would have been otherwise. This semester requires more studying, but the...

  9. Duke ABSN Fall 2021

    brume replied to peanutNC's topic in School, College Programs

    Hi @Meowmeowmama, I'm a current 3rd semester Duke ABSN student. Clinicals are not 12 hours until 4th semester. They usually go from 6:30AM - 5:00PM at the very latest, and often/usually get out...

  10. Cone Health 2017 New Grad RN Residency 2017

    brume replied to RNLCBM2016's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    Duke upped their pay to $27 recently, so I expect other hospitals (UNC, Cone, etc) will follow suit, if they haven't

  11. HRSA Nurse Corps Scholarship 2020-2021

    brume replied to chelsea21's topic in General Students

    @MrsLittleRN You need an official academic recommendation but HOT TIP ALERT you can add additional recommendations as “additional documents.” Anything else that supports your application...

  12. Shut down at 103 but last answer wrong

    brume replied to rocky's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Did you

  13. New L&D Nurse, Did I make a mistake?

    brume replied to MsNurse1997's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'm sorry you're going through this. I recently listened to a podcast episode about negative unit culture that might be really helpful to you (it's also on spotify and probably apple podcasts)...

  14. Postpartum/mother infant unit

    brume replied to Aspiring33's topic in Ob/Gyn

    This is great advice! Create opportunities for patient

  15. I used to work in a Nightclub. Does it look bad to play this up to hiring managers?

    brume replied to MikoPDX's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I am a nursing student so I don't have advice to give, but I just wanted to say that I completely understand why you would have been playing up your bartending work. The advice to leave out your...

  16. Cone Health 2017 New Grad RN Residency 2017

    brume replied to RNLCBM2016's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    Nearby Duke starts at just under $25 before differentials so I'd imagine it is something like

  17. Stressed/anxiety

    brume replied to Toaster2k18's topic in General Students

    I'm sorry you're going through this! I definitely relate. I do think it would be helpful to reach out to your advisor. Also, I know it is hard to connect with other students when the program is...

  18. Public Health as a first job-- will it limit me?

    brume replied to A girl has no name's topic in General Nursing

    Hello! I may find myself in your boat in about a year. Curious what you decided to

  19. Emergency Nursing Areas

    brume replied to Mary3010's topic in Emergency

    You might also be interested in being a wound/ostomy/continence nurse if you're into wound

  20. New Grad Needs Advice - Hostile Work Environment

    brume replied to aap2020's topic in General Nursing

    See also: Racism is a Public Health Crisis panel

  21. New Grad Needs Advice - Hostile Work Environment

    brume replied to aap2020's topic in General Nursing

    Racism and white privilege DO exist. And, at the same time, white people DO ALSO suffer from poverty, health disparities (compared to wealthier people of all races), the opioid epidemic, lack of...

  22. New Grad Needs Advice - Hostile Work Environment

    brume replied to aap2020's topic in General Nursing

    Is it normal for a new grad to be a charge nurse? I can understand why your black co-workers might be resentful having a brand new white nurse as their supervisor. This doesn't, however, justify...

  23. HRSA Nurse Corps Scholarship 2020

    brume posted a topic in General Students

    Hello! I wanted to start this thread so that applicants can update each other on application status, etc. Likely we'll have no news for several months. Good luck to

  24. Patient-Police Statements

    brume replied to cliniquenurse's topic in Emergency

    @amoLucia It really is law that all have the right to a lawyer present during questioning. (I’m not sure of the rules for undocumented people—they definitely don’t have the right to free legal...

  25. Patient-Police Statements

    brume replied to cliniquenurse's topic in Emergency

    Everyone has the right to have a lawyer present during questioning. Unfortunately not everyone is aware of that. I think it would be appropriate to inform patients about this and tell them that they...