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  1. Mom thinking about going back to nursing school... NEEDS ENCOURAGEMENT!!!

    rbytsdy replied to JenInSchool's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Yes, yes, yes, yes, And yes. :) I'm going to school with one woman who has 5 kids! It's intense. It's a lot of work. You really need to want it. But you CAN do it. :) I have a 6 year old and a...

  2. arrrgh! OB is killing me.....

    rbytsdy replied to OhioCCRN's topic in General Students

    Well, we aren't that far removed from other animals who typically birth at night in safe places when the fear of predators is lower. I labored with my first baby all night. They forced her out by...

  3. What do some L&D nurses have against doulas?

    rbytsdy replied to anon456's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I think it also depends on the hospital and the particular staff. I acted as labor support for a friend of mine and the staff was so nice to me. They showed me where I could store my friends food in...

  4. Research topic (presented internally)

    rbytsdy posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm the new kid on the block on my med surg floor. I have a research background but I am very new to nursing. Every year, each unit takes a topic to research and present at a hospital research fair....

  5. Research topic (presented internally)

    rbytsdy replied to rbytsdy's topic in General Nursing

    We are going to do the research on our floor. One of the last projects looked at patient perceptions when the nurse came in and sat down to talk to the patient rather than standing (result was that...

  6. big babies...

    rbytsdy replied to futurenurseheather's topic in Ob/Gyn

    A friend of mine had a 9 lb 12 oz baby and a 10lb 2oz baby. Both were lady partsl with a small tear the first time and just skid marks the 2nd time. I have an uncle that was in the 11-12 lb

  7. c-sec

    rbytsdy replied to SNELM's topic in General Students

    Emergency c-sections can be very scary for a mom! I'm not in L&D so I can't give you specifics but explanations of what's going on would be really helpful. Usually things turn into a blur so...

  8. hep b shots

    rbytsdy replied to misty720's topic in General Students

    Huh??? That makes no sense! Of course you can get a titer. I was vaxed at 17 and my titers were still good when I was tested at

  9. pressure ulcer???

    rbytsdy replied to laina chow's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I just took care of a 65 year old man with a stage 4 pressure ulcer above one of his buttocks. He had COPD and refused to get out of bed. Instead, he barked orders at us for pain and anxiety meds....

  10. How Many C-Sections are Safe?

    rbytsdy replied to Nicky30's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    I think that as nurses, we need to get over this idea that VBAC is selfish. It is selfish to leave your other children without their mother??? Is it selfish to want what's best for your baby? Unless...

  11. Just curious...Do nurses hate Birth Plans?

    rbytsdy replied to chnc1024's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'm in Med-Surg but I had a birth plan for my 2nd baby. I didn't have one the first time and ended up with every intervention in the book including a c-section. I wasn't trying to be a PITA. I...

  12. Could I like OB even if I'm an "all natural" kind of girl?

    rbytsdy replied to lalalalexi's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Do you know anything about the OB unit at this hospital? That might be your answer. If they have a 40% c-section rate, a 60% episiotomy rate and a 95% epidural rate, you'd probably be miserable....

  13. How long in bed for post C/S mothers?

    rbytsdy replied to MeditationPeace's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Well, this explains a lot. My first baby was a c-section. The nurses didn't get me out of bed until 7am the following morning (17 hours!!!). My recovery was uncomplicated but I was in crazy amounts...

  14. How many of your schools require a pharmacology class?

    rbytsdy replied to Coruscatedgirl's topic in General Students

    I'm in an associates program and it's required. However, they do offer the option of testing out of it. You take a 20 question test and your must answer ALL 20 questions correctly to test out of it....

  15. Need advice about med surg experience

    rbytsdy replied to BobbieJo's topic in General Students

    I don't think you can ever go wrong with med-surg experience. That will give you the opportunity to really build up your assessment skills in a variety of conditions, even if it's just for 6 months...

  16. NCLEX review book(s)

    rbytsdy replied to CrunchyMama's topic in General Students

    I study for my exams using Saunders (I've never tried Hogan's so I'm going to check that out!!!). It's broken out by "system" so that it makes it very easy for studying. I can't even begin to tell you...

  17. Daughter looking to be a RN

    rbytsdy replied to boatnam1's topic in General Students

    33K to become an LVN? That's sounds steep. At my cc, it's a little under 100 per credit. Each semester runs me about $1600 (about half is tuition and half is fees) plus I invested about $1500...

  18. Inappropriate interview. Should I speak up?

    rbytsdy posted a topic in Nursing Career

    I just had my first interview for a job last week. It's in maternal child health which is the area that I really love and have always done well in. I had a great interview with the nurse recruiter....

  19. How hard is it to get into NJ nursing schools (waiting lists??)

    rbytsdy posted a topic in New Jersey Nursing

    I am interesting in starting nursing school next year (Fall 2007). I already have a BS degree in science so I have all prereqs except A&P which I will be taking over the next 2 semesters. I'm...

  20. Inappropriate interview. Should I speak up?

    rbytsdy replied to rbytsdy's topic in Nursing Career

    Just wanted to say thank you! I did as suggested and was brought back for another interview with the director. That interview went much better.

  21. Nurses role if Dr is not giving all options (VBAC specifically)

    rbytsdy replied to maiday's topic in Ob/Gyn

    They can put whatever policies in place they want. But when it comes down to it, policies against VBAC are doing nothing more than forcing (or trying to force) women into surgery. What I'm always...

  22. Nurses role if Dr is not giving all options (VBAC specifically)

    rbytsdy replied to maiday's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Okay, well if they have "every right not to perform VBACs" then where does that leave a woman other than forcing her into surgery? A VBAC is not a procedure. It is a normal physiological process...

  23. Nurses role if Dr is not giving all options (VBAC specifically)

    rbytsdy replied to maiday's topic in Ob/Gyn

    No they don't. Hospitals have no right to force surgery on a woman (or anyone). They can have any policies they want but when it comes down to it, they cannot force surgery or any procedure on a...

  24. silly ?--anyone else hate calling L&D "the baby factory"

    rbytsdy replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I reserve that phrase for the few hospitals where they do thousands and thousands of deliveries a year and pretty much roll women through an assembly line-style of

  25. VBAC for a Lady Who Has Had 2 Previous C-sections

    rbytsdy replied to BabyRN2Be's topic in Ob/Gyn

    There are only a couple doctors in my area that will consider vba2c. I heard that one of them recently stopped doing them though. The risks are really pretty low and not significantly different...