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  1. Speciality Pay

    beachmom replied to mom2bnrs's topic in Ob/Gyn

    No specialty pay at my hospital. But if you get special certification to do your specialty, then there may be extra pay for that. Most people are in L&D because they want to be, and there are...

  2. Pseudo-seizures

    beachmom replied to Lucyinthesky's topic in General Nursing

    emedicine says: "Unlike epileptic seizures, PNES (psychogenic nonepileptic seizures or pseudoseizures) do not result from an abnormal electrical discharge from the brain; they are a physical...

  3. Pros & Cons Newborn Hep B Vaccination

    beachmom replied to couchdogs's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I read somewhere that when they first made the vaccine, they tried giving it just to high risk groups, but that didn't affect the rate of the disease. When they gave it to everyone, then the rate came...

  4. opinions about homebirthing

    beachmom replied to momma/babyrn's topic in Ob/Gyn

    So on a home birth, what happens if at birth the mom and the baby both need attention? On a good birth, once you dry off the baby and place on mom's tummy, baby is fine while you tend to mom and the...

  5. what jobs in nursing dont require weekends?

    beachmom replied to soroz's topic in General Nursing

    Most of these jobs are not for new grads. You may take what you can get first, and move into a M-F job. public school nursing teaching in nursing school clinics At my hospital certain nurses are M-F:...

  6. from RN to Pharmacy tech

    beachmom replied to neatnurse30's topic in General Nursing

    I would try a different type of nursing before I'd quit if I were you. Last night at work we were being introduced to the new IV set ups that our hospital is changing to. Two RN's from the...

  7. Dave Barry's Colonoscopy

    beachmom replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    I'm copying the article and giving it to my mom. She is having her first colonoscopy next week at age 76 (just a bit over 50). I told her to read it while she's on the pot during her

  8. Know any good online med office courses?

    beachmom posted a topic in General Nursing

    My daughter just graduated from high school and needs a job. She only has childcare and horse training experience, and she would like an office job in the local medical center. She needs some training...

  9. Malpractice insurance = bad idea?

    beachmom replied to Guitar_Heroine's topic in General Nursing

    IF that's true that people are more likely to sue a nurse individually if they have insurance and thus have "deep pockets," what if I don't have insurance but they find out I own a home? No way am I...

  10. Share your mnemonics and tricks

    beachmom replied to Teachchildren123's topic in Nursing Humor

    For the 3 lead monitors we use in peds - "white on the right, smoke over fire." (red above black on the left) For the five leads, the white lead becomes "clouds over grass," the green lead. Brown goes...

  11. Ever have a blood bag explode?

    beachmom replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    When I was a student, a nurse asked a tech to get a unit of blood from the lab. The tech tossed it on the desk, and it splatted all over the desk, some charts and a few drops on one nurse. They made...

  12. Share Your Funniest Patient Stories...

    beachmom replied to Trvln Nurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    The other night an 86 YO confused pt. very seriously told me, "If you're holding me for ransom, my folks don't have any

  13. "No, I am not pregnant"

    beachmom replied to Tysmommy's topic in Nursing Humor

    I am fairly thin on my top half, but I have a bit of a belly, and I have been asked "Are you pregnant?" a few times. I have two answers. "No, just fat." My other answer is "No, are

  14. TOO soon to be Stressed in Postpartum

    beachmom replied to maesam1's topic in Ob/Gyn

    At our hospital we can have up to four couplets, but usually we have less than that. There's no way I would work where I take

  15. Birth Control Pills and Fertility

    beachmom replied to LaeDeesNP's topic in Ob/Gyn

    My mother-in-law forgot her birth control pills one weekend when they went out of town. Nine months later my husband and his twin brother were

  16. It's 4am, do you know where your patient is?

    beachmom replied to Tait's topic in General Nursing

    We lost a confused man once from his hospital room one night. Had the police out searching, employees searching the parking lot and woods. Someone finally found him in one of the OR rooms, sleeping on...

  17. Picc Line- Tpn

    beachmom replied to epappyRN's topic in General Nursing

    I've never drawn labs on someone getting TPN. Can you ask the lab for the proper protocol? The best plan would be to ask your employer to have you trained in PICC lines. It is important to do...

  18. How nasty!!

    beachmom replied to rnrae's topic in General Nursing

    A study was done once on handwashing. It found that the higher the education level of the subject, the less likely they were to wash their hands. In other words, janitors washed the most, MD's the...

  19. Sepsis....I called it!

    beachmom replied to Virgo_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Good job for recognizing the sepsis! I hope you are my nurse when I'm sick! One of the big things I don't like about my job is not knowing what happens to the pts after they leave

  20. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    beachmom replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    Don't drink six beers while cooking your meth. You might end up burning your house down, and you might have to be shipped to the big hospital with a burn

  21. DNR and Narcan?

    beachmom replied to Lurksalot's topic in General Nursing

    Before you narcan a person whose respirations are low, shake them and tell them to breathe. Often that's enough. (unless they are comatose, of course) We had a chronic pain med user who had a surgery...

  22. Your personal delivery experience- what happened

    beachmom replied to DEB52's topic in Ob/Gyn

    3 days before delivery, dr. said baby was head down. The next day I was helping my mom clean, and she wouldn't let me do any heavy work, only pick up papers off the floor. This is hard for a pregnant...

  23. What's more stressful, L&D or Med-Surg?

    beachmom posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Those of you who have worked both L&D and Med-Surg in the hospital, which did you think was more stressful? I work in a small hospital on the pediatric/overflow adult med-surg floor. (1-2 kids,...

  24. What's more stressful, L&D or Med-Surg?

    beachmom replied to beachmom's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Thanks to all of you for your input! The Ob-GYN forum has a great bunch of nurses. The L&D manager has just become our unit's manager also. I was thinking this would be a good time to ask to...

  25. holistic/ alternative medicine and remedies?

    beachmom replied to diapason05's topic in General Nursing

    Garlic oil works for earaches. My son had allergies so lots of nasal congestion and earaches. I would get the garlic pills with the garlic oil inside, squeeze the oil into the affected ear and toss...