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  1. Clinical instructors- low census, what can I do?

    babydoll99_99 replied to enzati's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    As a student, I had a wonderful instructor whose mantra was, "if you are sitting on your butt doing nothing, there is no opportunity to learn," so if the census was low on the floor we were on, which...

  2. Is your unit just L&D/MB/Nursery or do you do women's health too?

    babydoll99_99 replied to jenrninmi's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I work on a M/B unit that also takes women's health. If you are in any way invovled in the decision just make sure you lay out exactly which patients that will be taken on your floor. We joke on our...

  3. "The Turn"

    babydoll99_99 replied to leesespieces's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not sure why, but I know that when we have an otherwise healthy pt (postpartum) who has a slightly elevated bp we tell them to lay on their left side and take it again 5 min later. Sure enough...

  4. Things nursing school FAILED to tell us

    babydoll99_99 replied to Debbie_LPN's topic in Nursing Humor

    That the first time you forget to tell a male infant not to pee on you before you take off the diaper, he will, in the face, and you will be holding him naked on the way to the scale and will not be...

  5. 10 things you say at work lay people could get arrested for

    babydoll99_99 replied to sharann's topic in Nursing Humor

    "Could you take out your other breast so I can compare your nipples." Said while desperately trying to help a breast feeding mom get her baby latched on to her very flat nipple. She looked at me with...

  6. Your Favorite one liner used with patients

    babydoll99_99 replied to scaredofshots's topic in Nursing Humor

    I work on a mother/baby unit where we do couplet care. I go into the rooms and explain myself then assess mom, then baby. For boy babies, just before I open the diaper to check the testes, I say, "Ok...

  7. Protocol/policy for adoptive parents

    babydoll99_99 replied to onyx77's topic in Ob/Gyn

    This is a very good question. I'm not at work at the moment, but Monday I will be sure to look it up as I don't know what our policy is (never had this situation). I am curious about other hospitals...

  8. Question for you.

    babydoll99_99 posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    I work in a mother-baby unit that all moms (unless baby is a NICU baby) room in. Most of our pedis come early in the morning, right around the time I am doing morning assessments on mom and baby. My...

  9. Question for you.

    babydoll99_99 replied to babydoll99_99's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Thanks for all your feedback. I feel better knowing that I am not doing something that is unnecessary. I work 12s so we end up doing 2 VS and assessments on each shift. Thanks for the tip on...

  10. Nurses not doing assessments

    babydoll99_99 replied to gucci rush's topic in General Nursing

    Let's not be too quick to jump on the OP about her bringing up that these nurses were Filipino. She stated that she was ignorant of what they did in school and asked a question. Did either of you...

  11. Newborn Transition Policy

    babydoll99_99 replied to JaneyW's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I work in Mother Baby Care. We do VS Q shift, but baby doesn't come right to us. I think that when in Nursery it is q 30 min x2 and then q 1h x 2 at our hospital. Breastfeeding moms get to feed...

  12. Nursing diagnosis

    babydoll99_99 replied to Liebchen's topic in General Nursing

    Alcohol intake is not a Dr diagnosis. You can use it. I wouldn't call that the most important problem though. I would call the impaired walking or risk for falls most important followed by visual...

  13. urgent!! please help

    babydoll99_99 replied to mimmy123's topic in General Nursing

    Whenever I had to write a paper like that I would pick an area I was interested in (OB for example) and then pick something that seemed strange or odd to me. This made the paper a learning experience...

  14. Nursing diagnosis

    babydoll99_99 replied to Liebchen's topic in General Nursing

    Great suggestions you have had. I just wanted to add that this is the way I was taught to a nursing diagnosis. Pick a diagnosis that applies to patient from NANDA approved list (found here...

  15. How do you handle Physicians Bad Attitudes?

    babydoll99_99 replied to scrubsnhugsRN's topic in General Nursing

    If it were me, the first time he did it I would take him aside and professionally tell him that my father doesn't speak to me like that and neither will he. If he has a problem with something I do I...

  16. How to say Thank You?

    babydoll99_99 replied to Lylesmom's topic in General Nursing

    The basket sounds like a great idea for the nurses that are staying. Maybe for the nurse that is leaving you can do a small basket just for her with stuff like stationary and pens and envelopes,...

  17. LPN's in OB

    babydoll99_99 replied to obnurse13's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I am an LVN and I work in the mother/baby care in my hospital. I function independently with my own patients, but under the supervision of an RN (ie if blood is given, or anything out of the scope of...

  18. help with discharge-newborn

    babydoll99_99 replied to nurselala33's topic in General Nursing

    Check out this site. It goes over all the teaching for mom in a concise but good, organized manner. http://www.pwhealth.com/postpartum.html You might want to touch on this too....

  19. Via what contact method for a job?

    babydoll99_99 replied to big apple's topic in General Nursing

    I was contacted via phone and salary was gone over on the phone, but not benefits. I'm sure I could have asked about them though. I just didn't need them. I would never accept a job where salary...

  20. How were you recruited?

    babydoll99_99 replied to fabdana's topic in General Nursing

    I don 't know how much this will help, but I went to a job fair at the hospital I work in and was really impressed that they let me talk to the floor manager and interviewed me on the spot. All my...

  21. 12 hr shift survival tips

    babydoll99_99 replied to aerorunner80's topic in General Nursing

    12 hour shifts aren't so bad. Just get good shoes and try to keep busy and not look at the clock a whole lot. It will be over before you know it. I can't stress the good shoes enough though, the...

  22. NCLEX was not easy

    babydoll99_99 replied to flwannaB's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I'm sure you did great! Remember you can get 40% of the questions wrong and still pass. That is the way the test is set up. I'll keep my fingers crossed for you

  23. NCLEX was not easy

    babydoll99_99 replied to flwannaB's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    You will do GREAT! Good Luck! Keep us posted on how you

  24. San Antonio New Grad LVN

    babydoll99_99 posted a topic in Texas Nursing

    Hi I was just wondering if any of you knew which hospital is most new grad friendly. I don't want to go the LTC route, but most of the positions I have looked up in the hospitals say that experience...

  25. NCLEX was not easy

    babydoll99_99 replied to flwannaB's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Remember, almost everyone walks out of the test thinking that they failed. If the questions are super hard that means you are at a more difficult level of the test and it is actually a good thing for...