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As a new school nurse myself i would have done exactly the same. I too started to doubt myself after the head lac i got last week.

Thank you everyone for your input, theres just so much to learn. My background is in l&d and the only bleeding i get is lady partsl bleeding ...and i dont put a guaze on that, lol.

Hi everyone, I am a newbie school nurse that is seeking advice. First of I like to say: You guys are amazing! I did not realize how much you guys do until I became a school nurse myself. Anyways, I had a kindergartener who was running outside and hit a pole. When he was brought into the nursing office he was bleeding profusely on his forehead, but after couple of minutes with direct pressure the bleeding stopped. My first wad of gauze was soaked and I threw that out and put fresh gauze to apply pressure. ( I did that so that I can see if his bleeding is stopping or not. ) When I did that the principle gave me a weird look and said "You're NOT suppose to remove the original gauze!" Once the bleeding stopped I applied steri-strip to keep the gape together. I did not wash it first cause I did not want it to bleed again and the parents were taking him straight to urgent care. The principle made a comment about not washing the wound. Did I completely screw up?? what do you guys do for a head laceration? And I did do my neuro check....alert/oriented, pupil PERRLA.

thanks everyone for the esteem boaster, it always makes me feel better letting it out on this chat. And thanks a whole bunch bagladyrn, I think what you describe is what had happened, it all make sense now.

I have been in L&D for a little over a month now and have been feeling pretty good until the other night. I had a patient walk in a half a hour before the end of shift and when I checked her I swore she was complete, I didn't feel any cervix just the head. Anyways, I called her doctor right awhile and she was feeling really uncomfortable stating she wanted to push. I checked her again just to make sure the baby is not coming and it still felt like she is complete. well, right before I was going to go home the doctor showed up but I left and day shift took over. Anyways, when I went back to work the next day, one of the day nurse told me that the patient was only 6 cm and that I didnt know what I was doing. :nono:That doctor had to wait 40 mins before that patient could deliver. I felt really embarassed and I felt like I lost all my self-esteem. I'm now dreading going back to work cuz my mojo is gone. I've been pretty accurate with my VE's so I don't know what happen?

At what station do you call the ob to come in for a patient that is a primip? I had a patient that is fully dilated for three to four hours before my mentor said that it is time to call, I'm so confused with the timing on when to call the ob. When it is a multip we call at 8 cm and for primip we don't call till they are 10cm for hours.

Thank you everyone for your response, all the answers really helped. I work at a small community hospital and usually there is only two or three nurses a shift but on that night the other two nurses called in sick and I was left with one registry nurse....very scary night!!!

The babys EFM strip looks good and is reactive but only mom is contracting every minute, so is it necessary to try to stop the contractions? thanks for the reply.

Hi I'm a new nurse in L&D and have a question for the experienced L&D nurses. What can you do if the patient is contracting too much after cytotec insertion? I had a patient that was contracting every minute but the doctor didn't want to stop the contractions with any tocolytics so what can I do? Will bolusing her with fluids help?

Yes ELMN I meant Entry Level Master's. I am interested in the FNP program and have been a nurse for 2 1/2 years in ICU and Labor/Delivery,I will have more experience by the time I apply and start school. From reading the threads it seems like it is competitive to get into grad school so I was wondering if that is only for people who are not RN's.

Hi I was wondering if anyone know if it is much less competive getting into a MSN program if you already have a BSN vs ELMN.

Gasspasser, thank you for your honest opinion in this matter. I do agree with you...but I just did not want to give up so easily. I guess I am trying to look at it in a pessismistic way....I am going to take some chemistry course and physics and hope that it would help. I am hoping that the schools would look at my last 60 credits of my transcript, since it was my freshmen year that lowered my GPA. Anyways, thanks to everyone that replied.

Hi, I wanted to know if anyone here or if you know anyone that got accepted into CRNA school with a GPA of 3.2 or less?? I went to a counseling session for CRNA school and the counselor was kind of rude to me. He said that I would never get into CRNA school with my GPA. I asked what I could do to better my chances and he pretty much told me to give up.....I was very depressed after that so I am hoping that someone could tell me that my dream of becoming a CRNA are not over.

I've taken the GRE once after many months of studying and did poorly. Even though I graduated college from the US, english is my second language and the verbal part of the GRE was very difficult for me. I need to retake the GRE is get a better score, can anyone recommend a good GRE course, book, or give me some tips on studying, thank you!

You're right about that! Someone recommended Dansko shoes to me and so I bought a pair, they are comfortable but I prefer Born shoes they are a little less pricey and more comfortable.