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  1. Kansas City area anyone?

    I don't live in the KC area. I live in a rural town in Kansas but my son lives in Overland Park and I love visiting him. There is so much to do in that area. And if you stay off of I- 435 at rush hour...
  2. GBS treatment??

    At my hospital we treat with ampicillin. The ped doctors like us to get 2 doses in the mom before she delivers. GBS is more of a problem for the infant than mom. We keep the babies for 48 hours after...
  3. Do nurses get paid hourly or salary.

    I get paid hourly. I work 12 hour shifts and get overtime after 80 hours in the 2 week
  4. 26g abbocath shortage...

    I have never used anything smaller than a
  5. er vs. ob the battle goes on sort of

    That patient would have been admitted to our Med/Surg floor also. The last place a woman who has just delivered a stillborn wants to be is on a floor where she will be hearing new healthy babies...
  6. er vs. ob the battle goes on sort of

    wow! Any woman that walks thru our ER's door who is more than 20 weeks pregnant they don't even triage. Go straight to L&D, do not stop
  7. Blocking beds when understaffed

    Boy I wish my hospital would block beds when staffing is low. No they just tell us to suck it up and drive
  8. Faking It

    We had one who was fine when the doctor was examining him. Had a "seizure" in the hall outside the exam room which stopped when we put 2 large bore IV's in him and a cather. He responded real well to...
  9. IV Starts

    I will try 2 times and then call anesthesia. I have never seen one of our docs attempt much less put in an IV but anesthesia will give it a try. I love scalp
  10. Call light systems...

    Kristy that is the same that we use. SOme people refuse to wear the badge. They hate they can be
  11. Call light systems...

    We use a system by HillRom. YOu can talk to the patient over the handset.Saves lots of trips to the room when it was pushed
  12. Radiant warmers

    We put nothing but a diaper on the babies we have under the
  13. Nurses & Retirement $$$

    That is not true. I can retire with full benefits when I am 56 and I plan on
  14. phototherapy

    Our babies getting phototherapy are always
  15. Nurses & Retirement $$$

    I must be an minority. I have worked for the same hospital for 20 years now. I plan on retiring in 10 years. Being that my hospital is a government hospital I have a good retirement plan but have...
  16. Rectal Exam

    NEVER!!! I don't know of any guy that would go along with that
  17. Pharmaceutical Sales

    The doctors I work with will only talk to the pharm rep if she is pretty and has food otherwise they don't get the time of
  18. No holiday pay!!??

    We get double pay for working
  19. Taking Call

    WOW Kansas I thought you were talking about the hospital I work at,also in kansas until you said you get $1 an hour to be on call.We get paid NOTHING but have to sit by a phone for 12 hours.ANd yes we...
  20. t-shirts for IVs

    We have over the head long sleeve shirts which don't work well with IV's.You didn't hear this from me but I cut the sleeve off at the elbow to help fit over the armboard and
  21. IV meds for Labor, what do you use?

    I encourage an alternating dose of tylenol and motrin when they start to feel pain also.The docs usually have the foleys out in less then 12 hours with these ladies.I am so impressed with the...
  22. IV meds for Labor, what do you use?

    we use stadol mostly.Our docs have started using epidural duramorph for their c-sections.Do any others use this and what are your thoughts on it? I like the outcome so far.The mothers are up and...
  23. No charge nurse

    A unit clerk making assignments??? Now that is something I would not go for at
  24. Lunch breaks

    I work 12 hour shifts.We are supposed to have a 30 min UNENCUMBERED break.We rarely get that.The other night I was working on the floor alone due to staff calling in sick.I asked the supervisor who...
  25. Is getting married in nursing school a bad idea?

    Ok another party pooper.I got married in my 2nd year of nursing school. I WOULD NEVER DO IT AGAIN!! I would wait until after greaduation and getting a job. It was the roughest years.My grades...