Elvish BSN, DNP, RN, NP

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    Are nurses "above" menial pt tasks?

    Elvish replied to trauma_lama's topic in General Nursing

    Most of the times nights on my unit has no tech - so the nurses are it. It's not that big a deal, honestly. Obviously, some things take priority - a patient emergency or a need for pain meds, for...
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    Inpt OB vs Maternal/Low Risk Newborn RNC

    Elvish replied to rntmo95's topic in Ob/Gyn

    What do you primarily do at work, L&D, or mother/baby? Or are you crosstrained for all (in which case you'd likely be as well off with one as the other)? Where I am, the L&D nurses typically...
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    How do you "bond" with your patients?

    Elvish replied to winter_green's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I don't bond with everyone. Everybody is not going to get along with everybody else, and I get that. I do try to be friendly - smile, make eye contact, crack a joke if it's appropriate, and let them...
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    Do I ask people to be references for me?

    Elvish replied to PeachPie's topic in General Nursing

    It is courtesy to ask someone before you put them as a reference. Anytime I've applied for a job, I've gone to the people I wanted to put as references and said, "I'm applying for a job at XYZ...
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    How do you address your patients?

    Elvish replied to kool-aide, RN's topic in General Nursing

    Totally depends. If it's the first time I'm meeting someone, it's almost always 'Ms. Jones'. As the night wears on, it usually progresses to a first-name basis. I work mother-baby/antepartum, though....
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    What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    Elvish replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    It does depend on what kind of insulin she would have been giving. Rapid-onset, rapid-peak insulin (such as regular or humalog) is of course not indicated and you'd be right to be concerned; however,...
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    Vaginal breech birth workshop

    Elvish posted a topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    I ran across this in the blogosphere and wanted to pass it along in case anyone wants to attend. I'm posting it in the Ob/Gyn forum, so some of you who frequent both forums might see it twice. :) The...
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    Medical Advice Please!!!!!

    Elvish replied to Double-Helix's topic in General Nursing

    I don't mind being general about things - such as when my dad was in the hospital for surgery, making sure my mom asked about pain meds and such, and making sure they knew what to expect. ("If he does...
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    Epidural vs. nature births

    Elvish replied to winter_green's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I ROMed at home and was 1cm dilated. Thanks to prolonged early labor, it took 8 hours to get from 1 to 2 with contractions that made me think I was going to die. And then they wanted to start Pit....
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    questions for L&D nurses from a pregnant nurse :)

    Elvish replied to Lola77's topic in Ob/Gyn

    No one I work with has a problem with reasonable birth plans, and what's in a lot of birth plans is SOP at my hospital anyway. What we have a problem with the rigidity of a few. The 'absolutely no...
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    Epidural vs. nature births

    Elvish replied to winter_green's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I must have been really really fortunate, or I had a fantastic CRNA who managed it, or both. My epidural hurt no worse than a mosquito bite going in, and when it came out, I had no residual side...
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    Talemed vs. Freedom Healthcare Staffing...????

    Elvish replied to kc87t's topic in Travel

    Please note that posting recruiter information in the body of a post is not allowed. A few posts have been deleted to comply with this guideline. Thank
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    What's the worse thing you have seen?

    Elvish replied to havehope's topic in General Nursing

    Either watching the 23 weeker be coded, or holding the born-alive 19-weeker knowing there was nothing I could do for her except hold her for two and a half hours until she died, all the while fighting...
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    Response to Pregnant Friends

    Elvish replied to littleneoRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I work in a big teaching hospital that delivers a ton of high-risk pregnancies and has a level III/IV (depends on whom you ask) NICU. So I hear you; I see what goes wrong, because it feels like it's...
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    do you get paid more for certifications?

    Elvish replied to jennifers's topic in Ob/Gyn

    No extra $$ here either, but they do reimburse us for the cert (RNC) exam. Mandatory certs they don't pay us extra for....ETA - but if it's mandatory, they will pay us for the class
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    Calling all Nursery Nurses!

    Elvish replied to Rini456's topic in Ob/Gyn

    This is a popular field to be in right now for whatever reason, and the jobs are few and far between. But sometimes if you hit the market at the right time you'll find a job here. The thing is, most...
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    How much do you get paid for being on call?

    Elvish replied to RN-ing's topic in General Nursing

    $2/hr for on-call, then time and a half if we are called
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    The thing about 12 hour shifts...vent

    Elvish replied to MJB2010's topic in General Nursing

    With a smile on your face, invite her to come to work with you - it should be a breeze, since it's 'only' 3 days a week. Invite her to run interference with patients, family, doctors, social work,...
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    Epidural vs. nature births

    Elvish replied to winter_green's topic in Ob/Gyn

    L&D at my place doesn't really push anything one way or the other. Lots of moms get IV pain meds or go natural if they want. I will say there are some nurses who enjoy the natural-birth process...
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    Future student looking for good NMW reads

    Elvish replied to MaineMan88's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    Baby Catcher is quite good. Also, 'A Midwife's Story' by Peggy Armstrong; she chronicles her experience as a homebirth midwife in Amish country. Very fascinating...read it in one
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    How are pitocin orders written at your facility?

    Elvish replied to newbiepnp's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I fixed the title for you.
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    Abruption pattern

    Elvish replied to KrnLet's topic in Ob/Gyn

    My understanding is that it's low-amplitude/high-frequency contractions that sometimes manifest when there's an evolving abruption. The other stuff - increased resting tone, pain, bleeding, etc., are...
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    Is it advisable to live in the dorms during nursing school?

    Elvish replied to TJ_vladin's topic in General Students

    You know you better than we know you, but I lived in a dorm all 4 years of college, which included nursing school. I LOVED it! It probably helped that my roommate was also a nursing major, but if she...
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    Low Census - Is it Happening to You

    Elvish replied to Miranda50's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Me too! I'd float to NICU if they'd let me have the feeder/growers, but beyond that..... We, however, have not been getting low census recently. If anything it's been the opposite - getting all kinds...
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    sleep breaks?

    Elvish replied to Mulan's topic in General Nursing

    Shoot, it wouldn't have to be 2-3 hours of sleep. 15-20 minutes would be fantastic and just enough to refresh one's mind. Of course, we are talking common sense here. No one is going (or should be...