serenity1

serenity1 has 7 years experience and specializes in labor & delivery.

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1. Anyone know of any hospitals that do tuition reimbursement in Arizona?

   serenity1 replied to krefeld12's topic in General Students

   Banner used to have a program that you had to apply to and be accepted into before you started classes. You were under contract to work for them for 3 years upon graduation. They did away with that...

2. Scheduled to Work A Holiday Not Assigned

   serenity1 replied to purplegal's topic in General Nursing

   On my unit we have assigned holidays in order to make sure there are enough staff on those days--usually we are overstaffed due to the holiday obligations. So, unless they are understaffed all the...

3. Responding to annoying co-worker who asks you to work for them every week?

   serenity1 replied to NurseUnforgetable's topic in General Nursing

   Had this problem. The same RN always asked me to take her holidays because she had to go to church. She had already run through the other staff when I came to the unit. I did it a few times, but...

4. Direct entry NP, switch to bedside RN?

   serenity1 replied to LSNP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   I'm a former labor & delivery RN, and I am almost finished with my FNP. I can tell you from my family clinical experiences, I am not interested in taking a family position because of all the...

5. C Section Post-Op Rx

   serenity1 replied to Kooky Korky's topic in General Nursing

   Our C-sections get the 1 gram of Ofirmev and 30 mg of Toradol in the pacu. They usually get Toradol every 6 hours and Percocet every 4 hours for the first 24 hours and then switch over to Norco and...

6. Seriously?!?! You gotta be kidding me!

   serenity1 replied to ~Mi Vida Loca~RN's topic in General Nursing

   A patient came in through triage for her scheduled 7am c-section and could not believe we bumped her surgery because her hubby stopped at McDonalds on the way in so she could eat breakfast....her...

7. Difficult Patient/Family

   serenity1 replied to JayneC84's topic in Pediatric

   You did everything you could have to make this patient/family happy and provided excellent care. At the end of the day, that is all we can do. We cannot control other people. Thankfully, your...

8. Postpartum Magnesium Sulfate

   serenity1 replied to Lindeern's topic in Ob/Gyn

   We get mag pp patients all the time.....like we are running a special on hypertension. We get them from L&D on it, and we also start mag on our unit. We do q4 vitals, reflexes, clonus, loc,...

9. lying about clinical hours

   serenity1 replied to astrn's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   This is crazy. I am beginning my final rotation in my FNP program. I get nervous if my preceptor leaves earlier than scheduled because I have to figure out how to make up that time. Yet this person...

10. Too soon to ask about going part time or to day shift?

    serenity1 replied to newnurse085's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I work mother-baby and we just had this exact thing happen. We were terribly short on night shift and hired a few nurses. One of the new nurses that was hired for full-time nights asked/demanded to...

11. What is your nursing "joy?"

    serenity1 replied to jamisaurus's topic in Nurses Rock

    Ditto on payday. And 3 shifts per week. Only joys I get from

12. Exhausted Med-Surg Nurse

    serenity1 replied to Soliloquy's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Labor and delivery is fast-paced and stressful, too. The 3 different units I worked in have all been crazy busy and, at times, unsafe. I left L&D for that reason. Felt my license was always on...

13. Esme Needs Your Prayers

    serenity1 replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Sending prayers your way, Esme, for a speedy

14. I was dreaming when I wrote this, forgive me if it goes astray

    serenity1 replied to trinitymaster's topic in General Nursing

    When I was labor & delivery, I always had "push it" in my head.....go figure

15. 7 months and I can't do this anymore.

    serenity1 replied to nursetobe2013's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I agree with previous posters....if you do not love labor and delivery, get out. If you do love it but not the high risk, try to find another job in a lower risk unit. L&D is rough. I did it...