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  1. venting: fetal demise

    redhedgoddess posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Warning: I'm venting about a fetal demise, my first, of a full-term, beautiful baby girl. Here goes the story... Had a pt admitted to the hospital at 35+ weeks gestation for diabetic teaching and...

  2. Travelers: picky scheduling

    redhedgoddess posted a topic in General Nursing

    Greetings, All I'm currently working with a traveler who stipulated in contract that she will not work Fridays. This makes our Fridays awful as she is a specialized nurse and there is no replacement...

  3. Travelers: picky scheduling

    redhedgoddess replied to redhedgoddess's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the replies so far. To give a bit more background, we are a 13 bed LDRP unit with 4 teams of 4 full-time staff working 12 hour shifts, 36 hours one week, 48 the next. All of our other...

  4. Orientation time in Labor and Delivery

    redhedgoddess replied to ShannonB25's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I got 6 months on a 13 bed LDRP unit. I had already been doing mother/baby because of floating over from med/surg for about 3 months before formally transferring so my entire 6 months of orientation...

  5. Shortcuts

    redhedgoddess replied to ohbet's topic in General Nursing

    Planning ahead is, of course, great. Prioritizing is a must... however, what makes floor nursing (med-surg in particular) so challenging is that for which you can never plan. Stay loose and...