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lannisz

primary care, pediatrics, OB/GYN, NICU

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  1. what your hospital policy on sick days?

    lannisz replied to lannisz's topic in General Nursing

    Our hospital is union, but we do have a rule about "6 occurances in one year." I'm not sure tho' if they start the clock every January or from when you start working for them. There are those who...

  2. Why do other floors think OB isn't real work?

    lannisz posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Got report from some guy in PACU on a post GYN surgery patient they were sending to us. He made some comment about how I must have become an OB nurse so I could "take it easy and not have to do any...

  3. have you ever had a surrogate mom as a patient?

    lannisz posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Had a patient the other day who was a surrogate (or in legaleez a "gestational carrier"). It was an interesting situation and she was a very nice patient. She was not genetically related to the baby....

  4. Night Shift might be killing me

    lannisz replied to NICU_3_RN's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I can't wait to go back to nights. I have been oreinting on days and it's killing me! Getting up at 5am is just wrong. And there is so much noise and chaos on dayshift. I work OB and during the days...

  5. Are there any dancing nurses out there?

    lannisz replied to burn out's topic in General Nursing

    I use to ballroom dance and I loved it...then I became a nurse and my feet hurt all the time. Now I feel I have to "save" my feet for work. I would love to get back into dancing

  6. Why do other floors think OB isn't real work?

    lannisz replied to lannisz's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Yes!

  7. have you ever had a surrogate mom as a patient?

    lannisz replied to lannisz's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I was told we had a bad situation last year with a surrogate...evidently she made a living at it according to other nurses who had had her as a patient before. Are there any regulations on surrogacy...

  8. Wiping Butt...

    lannisz replied to Chicagoan's topic in General Nursing

    The most butt wiping I ever had to do was in critical care with the most seriously ill, unconscious and intubated patients. Isn't that interesting? Other areas of nursing - like labor and delivery,...

  9. Health Profession & Wacko's

    lannisz replied to Zizka's topic in General Nursing

    I was wondering if perhaps this profession is so stressful that you enter it pretty much intact but then after so many years it makes you that

  10. anyone else struggle with Anxiety?

    lannisz posted a topic in General Nursing

    I always thought once I'd been a nurse for a few years that the anxiety would go away. I'm talking SEVERE, heart pounding, "can't sleep, want to throw up and head is killing me because I have to go to...

  11. Adoption option?

    lannisz replied to lannisz's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I agree. It's so sad. My youngest daughter knows of 3 girls in her school who are expecting any day now. One told her that she really didn't want to have a baby....but felt pressured to raise her...

  12. Enraged (venting)

    lannisz replied to andhow5's topic in Emergency

    It sounds to me like you were defending yourself and fighting him off. End of

  13. Totally floored - put on Probation in FNP program? I can't take this anymore!!!!

    lannisz posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I'm completely devastated. Yesterday my (new) advisor pulled me out of lab and into her office to tell me I am on "academic probation" because I got a 'C' in a course last Spring. (She's just telling...

  14. Completely online graduate programs for FNP's - Opinions?

    lannisz posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Hi all, In looking over some of the FNP/MS programs available, I've seen some that claim to be online/distance programs, with limited visit's to the campus and clinicals done in your own community....

  15. Feeling sick and stupid

    lannisz posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Hi, I'm new to my job in OB. I've been orienting for 8 weeks now, been 6 weeks on the floor. I've always wanted to do OB and I thought my 2 years of med/surg would make things easier. But I feel like...

  16. Feeling sick and stupid

    lannisz replied to lannisz's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Wow. This is very good advice. I think I don't do very well at asking for help. Sometimes the others seem just as busy, but other times they are definitely "coasting" as you say! Also, there are those...

  17. Feeling sick and stupid

    lannisz replied to lannisz's topic in Ob/Gyn

    It does get better with time. and it makes a difference who you have as preceptor too. Consistancy and step by step really help too. For me, also new to L&D, this last week went SO much better. I...

  18. Back-handed compliments

    lannisz replied to EmerNurse's topic in General Nursing

    YES. And it's so irritating! How come the nurses that are incompetent, lazy, hard on patients or get rattled too easily - whatever the reason - they still get paid and are allowed to "work"....then...

  19. What Is the Problem With These Nurses?

    lannisz replied to Sheri257's topic in General Nursing

    YES!!! This is SO true! The same thing happened when I was a student and my clinical group worked the swing shift at a certain hospital. The staff was SO horrible and the charge nurse would lie about...

  20. Feeling sick and stupid

    lannisz replied to lannisz's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Thank you Mama Madge (love your name!). I've had a couple of the nurses tell me that too.... that it takes about two years to really feel comfortable. Actually, I was hoping and thinking it might be...

  21. What's your holiday bonus?

    lannisz replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    We got a $25 dollar gift card to Costco. I don't know why they bother really....it is actually kind of offensive when you consider that our bonus was the same $25 for Costco back in 1996! Same store,...

  22. Feeling sick and stupid

    lannisz replied to lannisz's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I've always wanted to do OB nursing and I was so happy when I finally got this job. But I can't believe the level of anxiety I have about this. I couldn't sleep last night because I was going over and...

  23. Feeling sick and stupid

    lannisz replied to lannisz's topic in Ob/Gyn

    "Although I am wondering why not, to be honest with you, if you have already been there for 6 weeks. I personally think it takes a full year to be fully competent in one's job but it does seem that...

  24. Feeling sick and stupid

    lannisz replied to lannisz's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Ahhh, a kindred spirit! I too went from med/surg into OB. I started back in September and while I feel totally in my element for postpartum, I am now starting L&D and it feels like I am a student...

  25. Where's my thank-you card?

    lannisz replied to SierraN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I could have written your post - I know just how you feel! I have wondered the same thing. On the OB unit where I work now, one of the nurses (KNOWN by the staff to get the MOST complaints from...