rebajcn
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Hi all - I have a concern. I recently transferred to a sister hospital in our system. I LOVE LOVE LOVE it there and have worked in L and D for about a year. A new policy is supposedly pending in our system to prevent inductions before 38 weeks. (YAY!) unless medically indicated. Well where I work now the chief of OB is BIG into cutting and BIG into "she has PIH so we have to induce her" even though it is CLEAR that the patient does NOT have symptoms of PIH. All PIH labs normal, no s/s and maybe ONE elevated pressure. He may try a trial of labor and then say "well she isn't progressing.." even though she IS, and then end up cutting her. I am so disgusted by this doctor that I am now refusing to take his patients. I would love to write him up however no one has the guts to do it because he brings so much money into this hospital and he is the chief.. so not sure quite what to do. I am considering going to my director... Everyone knows he does this but how do you do anything about it? What would you do - honestly and truly.. what would you actually do.. not what you think you SHOULD do :) Thanks!
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It happens. I have learned from all my mistakes and when you do that, you typically don't repeat them. :) Hang in there. We have all been there :)
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Hi - I graduated from Nursing school in August 2009 - This is my thrid college degree and I decided to change careers after working in my former field for 15 years - long story - anyway - I am a L and D nurse and feel completely overwhelmed and not supported by staff generally - though I have now been trying to schedule myself to work only on days that I work with those that DO support me (there are about 4 nurses I can really depend on) I went through a perinatal internship program and had a preceptor - this preceptor turned on me as soon as my orientation was over - she ridicules me and my efforts in front of my co workers as well as in front of patients - she does not teach - she criticizes - I have since changed my schedule to avoid working on any days that she does - end of story - she will overwhelm me on purpose - for instance - 30 minutes before I am to go back for c-section and prepping a pt for that, she sends me to triage to admit a patient who is a G7P6 and 6 cm dilated who is about to blow - I had not dealt with any pts this far in labor and who were nearing transition and getting those crazy eyes - and again she criticizes me in front of the pt and staff - my perceptor had often left me on my own quite frequently while I was on orientation so everything I have learned I pretty much learned from observing others or asking questions -I do not feel I got what I was supposed to out of that. I went to the CNO about this issue - not being supported, not feeling safe and my preceptor not being in the rooms with me on certain times - and simply not feeling safe - (yeah I know - now the preceptor is acting out against me for that.... but patient safety comes first always for me) and they held a big meeting about how the staff needs to support new nurses etc.blah blah blah. then my friend who was also new requested a transfer for retalitory behaviors by those on her night shift and she was granted it - It appears that if you open your mouth on this unit and speak about patient ratio concerns, or broken promises (promised transition nurses for our babies and that didn't happen) or not feeling as though you are in a safe environment, you are retaliated against. (I have been placed on call three times in 7 days) I want to request a transfer to another of our hospitals in the area as my friend did. The ones that I do work with that see this and that support me say to stick it out and to not let them get the best of me and part of me wants to do that - the other says get the hell out now! I scheduled a meeting with my interim director to get an update on my status and she wants to go over my charting to see how I have been doing. But I can tell you because I was not trained properly, I don't think it will be as good as it should be. I try to be as astute as possible - and show that in my charting - but it can be so hard when you have people breathing down your neck to get a now postpartum mom off the floor in an hour after they deliver - and then get all your charting done and complete and then not work late - it's hard for a new person - and I just feel overwhelmed, out of control and simply not the nurse I want to be and who I was when I was in school - the bigger picture and everything coming together just doesn't seem to be...
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In San Antonio, TX I make $21 an hour as a new nurse - with differentials on weekends and the evenings - which bring it up to about $24 to $25 an hour - but the cost of living is much lower here than many places ...I suppose
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Originally Posted by dream1987 hiii guys... "took mine today.....(nclex RN).....stopped at 75%....tried pearson trick it says"The candidate currently has an open registration for this exam. A new registration cannot be created at this time.".......any guess....what does that mean??......feeling soo down!!...is anyone out there who got this and still passed...?? I got the same message - I guess that means I passed? I sure would like to sleep tonight... sigh .. not sure how I passed IF I did.. that was damn hard!
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Kirsten - It's MEEEEE! Jennifer! - We met at our CPR class and then we met up again on June 15 - you gave me the sheet for the workout program you were doing...by the way it is a good one - did you get a schedule yet?
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- Hi - I am taking pharm math prep in September - can't take anything else this summer...I check in on the 15th too... My name is Jennifer - nice to meet you. :)
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Hi - I start classes in October. :) Congrats :)
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Hi - Yep - I got my letter today - the only thing it suggested for me was to complete the courses I am taking or are enrolled in next semester - I only have chem and ethics left and am in AP II now - I have a 3.7 GPA but apparently people who have completed all the course work are ahead of me so... I heard there were only 100 slots and I am sure people have been trying for a while. No worries.. but the letters are coming...
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Yep - what is funny is my friend got in without all the classes completed... so who knows.. not sure if she had the second ap or not... ah well...