CMCRN

CMCRN

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  1. San Francisco State Nursing Program

    CMCRN replied to SanFranGirl's topic in California Nursing

    We have SFSU students at CPMC. Something that I might suggest re the last semester, if you know what area you want to do it in, keep your eyes open for a nurse you would like to work with and ask...

  2. what causes...

    CMCRN replied to Fairy5's topic in Ob/Gyn

    If the shakes/shivers occur post epidural I have had success if I can get the patient to yawn. Shivers/shakes and yawns are both carried on the sympathetic or parasympathetic I can't remember which,...

  3. Orientations?

    CMCRN replied to CEG's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I serve as a preceptor and with maybe one back up preceptor and my preceptee works my schedule. I want to know what she does on a day by day basis so we can move forward. If you are being passed...

  4. What do you think? CPD?

    CMCRN replied to paintedbison's topic in Ob/Gyn

    :yeahthat:

  5. L and D Job Concerns

    CMCRN replied to zahryia's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Bravo to NurseNoras' post! Loved it. Kudos also to RN mama 05. I too am beginning to wonder how much longer my body can take it. Had a discussion the other night in the break room with another...

  6. L&D Staffing Ratios

    CMCRN replied to SewHeather's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Where are you working? I am in California and I have 1 active labor patient. We have central monitoring but not in the rooms, so if I have 2 patients when I am in with one I have no idea what is...

  7. mandated Nurse to patient ratios

    CMCRN replied to kburns0016's topic in General Nursing

    CNA web site is www.calnurses.org Very informative web

  8. University of California RN win historic CNA contract

    CMCRN replied to Ludlow's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    I am so jealous! I am a Sutter RN, been out 3 times now, and these UC RNs got this GREAT contract without even taking a strike

  9. New OB Nurses, Grads and Students, Please Feel Free to post your questions here:

    CMCRN replied to SmilingBluEyes's topic in Ob/Gyn

    This has always been a controversy in my unit, You are actually adding 80 ml with the MGSO4, do you remove 80 ml before adding? Or do you figure it in your calculation making it 1080ml? Never...

  10. New OB Nurses, Grads and Students, Please Feel Free to post your questions here:

    CMCRN replied to SmilingBluEyes's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We do them separately. Bolus is 4 grams in 100 ccs given over 20 minutes which equals 300 ccs per hour. Maintinence is 50 grams in 500 ccs then at 2 grams per hour for 20 ccs per

  11. Is this birth plan reasonable

    CMCRN replied to wulfbourne's topic in Ob/Gyn

    The AAP recomends erythromycin and Vitamin K be given within the first 6 hours after birth. There is no advantage to giving them in the first few minutes except convience for the hospital personell in...

  12. Safe Staffing Saves Lives - ANA has started a campaign for us

    CMCRN replied to BrokenRNheart's topic in General Nursing

    CNA allready started this in California, it's called

  13. L&D New Grad Program

    CMCRN replied to jmCARing4u's topic in California Nursing

    We have a new grad program at CPMC in SF. We do it once or twice a year. Classroom and preceptor. 500-600 births a year and third level nursery. I think it is really

  14. How many are PP nurses? LD nurses?

    CMCRN replied to cherokeesummer's topic in Ob/Gyn

    L&D, antepartum and OB

  15. Urine Dip question

    CMCRN replied to fancee free's topic in General Nursing

    In OB we look at everything, but specifically glucose,protein and ketones. I also like the Specific gravity, dehydrated pregnant people have lots of ineffective contractions. Leucocytes also, as a UTI...

  16. Your personal delivery experience- what happened

    CMCRN replied to DEB52's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I was 16 when I had my first, very small rural hosp. At 10 days overdue I started having contractions at 9 AM, one every hour. By 8 PM they were every 30 minutes and I was still playing cards with my...

  17. How Did You Decide On L&d?? Please Help!!

    CMCRN replied to ashtabella's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I think we are all a little bit adrenilin junkies, the shift can go really bad really fast, you have to be able to which gears quickly and like it. I love a good crash with people who know what they...

  18. My 2 cents on natural birth/birth plans

    CMCRN replied to feebebe23's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I don't mind a well thought out birth plan and use it to start a discussion and help pts feel comfortable. What bothers me is long birth plans downloaded from the internet and when I bring up a point...

  19. Any Certified Lactation Consultants Out There?

    CMCRN replied to pirap's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I am an RN and an IBCLC. By the time I decided to go for my IBCLC I had allready been working L&D for 15 years so I took how many days a week I worked average time each day spent on breastfeeding...

  20. BSN does not mean better... Sometimes education is overrated!

    CMCRN replied to lovegoddess1977's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    :yeahthat:

  21. Controversial Michael Moore Flick 'Sicko' Will Compare U.S. Health Care with Cuba's

    CMCRN replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    If any one is interested in actually seeing the movie, and are in California, June 12 in Sacramento, at the convention center, CNA,(California Nurses Association) is sponsering a showing, coupeled...

  22. San Francisco Nursing Program or Cal State East Bay Program??!?!!?

    CMCRN replied to meg2e's topic in California Nursing

    WOW Congratulations! I went to SFSU, albeit 100 years ago. The program is smaller and even more selective now than when I went. But it is a long established program. I think East Bay is relatively...

  23. Husband relocating to SF Area

    CMCRN replied to ManyRN2B's topic in California Nursing

    If you don't have kids yet you might consider actually living in San Francisco. Best way to experience it. Hubby could take train to work. SF General is trauma center, great for experience. I live in...

  24. Average hours an RN works a week

    CMCRN replied to james2007's topic in General Nursing

    I work 32. 4, 8 hour days, actually

  25. Physicians and Labor Support

    CMCRN replied to May_baby's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Jolie, absolutely right on!! As L&D nurse for 27 years I have worked with some wonderful doulas. Then in the last 5 years we have started having major problems to the point where my favorite group...