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1. fundal checks

   pirap replied to short1978's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Check your orders also-some doctors specifically state NO FUNDAL CHECKS..JUST

2. GE Centricity EMR charting

   pirap posted a topic in General Nursing

   Is anyone out there using GE Centricity EMR (Electronic Medical Record) Charting? Just wondering how it is working for your specific department and what changes has your department/hospital made to...

3. Tips for surviving adult floors when you want to be in peds?

   pirap replied to cherubhipster's topic in General Nursing

   I have a teaching degree in Elementary/Middle and taught some too and now I am on Mother/Baby and LOVE IT. You just work your way through Med/Surg in nursing school..everyone does. I worked Med/Surg...

4. Prolotherapy and Epidurals

   pirap posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   I teach a childbirth class/work postpartum and one of my students has had prolo therapy in her lower back. I have never heard of it and she was wondering if she could have an epidural. I believe her...

5. Dialysis RNs?

   pirap replied to uscstu4lfe's topic in General Nursing

   My mother has been a dialysis nurse for over 15 years. She is an LPN. Anyway, dialysis is a very hard and demanding job. You are constantly on your feet and stay bent over a lot helping patients....

6. *Sigh* Can't wait to get past this...

   pirap replied to Bumashes's topic in General Nursing

   I put a year in med/surg with often 7 pts a shift. Things get hectic I know. Just hang in there...you are so new. If this is not your type of nursing--learn EVERYTHING you can, do the best you can...

7. does age REALLY matter?

   pirap replied to pinkynbd_99's topic in General Nursing

   i am 36 years old and have not been in nursing that long. when i was in orientation there was an rn that became a nurse in her late 40's that was 74 years old..yes 74 years and she could work circles...

8. New admission

   pirap replied to mom4josh's topic in General Nursing

   We are a busy mother baby unit and sometimes we have 20 plus ADMISSIONS and the same discharges EVERYDAY!!!! Sometimes I get 2 admits and 2-3 discharges...just goes with the job. Our charge nurse...

9. Post Partum Recovery Time

   pirap replied to rn4babies63's topic in General Nursing

   our policy is a minimum of 1 hour in recovery following a lady partsl delivery. some nurses hang onto their patients forever and the faster ones drop off and get a new one-totally not fair. some...

10. Nursing, Smoking, and Kids

    pirap replied to JettaDP's topic in General Nursing

    i wouldn't confront these people but you are right..it is child abuse.. can you imagine what it must be like in a car with the windows rolled up and someone sucking on cigarette after cigarette with...

11. I Dislike Nursing:

    pirap replied to Barlan's topic in General Nursing

    i started a nursing program in 1996 and quit because of some of the same things you describe. i did a clinical rotation at a va hospital in virginia and saw how some of the staff treated our veterans...

12. jealousy/avoidance of top students?

    pirap replied to queenjane's topic in General Nursing

    Our tests were posted by pin numbers we created and so occasionally, early in our program, my best friend would check mine for me if they were posted after I left. I was the top student until the...

13. Should I? - Surgical Tech Program in 1 year before NS?

    pirap replied to in2ICU's topic in General Nursing

    if you have a year and don't want to sit idle i vote for pursuing the surgical tech program. in areas such as labor/deliver the nurse manager in our hospital requires scrub experience due to increase...

14. Nursing School Books

    pirap replied to jst81161's topic in General Nursing

    Almost ALL my books were the older edition. If the class was using edition 8 I had edition 7. IT NEVER MADE A DIFFERENCE. Our Med/Surg books were almost identical except for a few pictures and...

15. Did anyone try L&D and hate it?

    pirap replied to RNStudent123's topic in Ob/Gyn

    i did my internship in l&d and liked it but i've found i love mother/baby way more. my best friend did her internship in l&d and got a job right out of nursing school worked a year and left....