SmilingBluEyes

Specializes in L/D, newborn, GYN, LTC, Dialysis

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    OB/Gyn Nurses-Got a question for ya!

    SmilingBluEyes replied to zahryia's topic in Ob/Gyn

    OR: You could wind up in an LDRP setting----- (where women labor, deliver and recover in one room, with one nurse taking care of her and her baby throughout a 12 hour shift)-----like I have always...
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    Dysfunctional Uterine Bleeding, help!!

    SmilingBluEyes replied to IMustBeCrazy's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Sure sounds like Prmenrs is onto something. Perimenopause/fibroids? Endocrine problems? I agree also, time to see the GYN for a consult stat---and perhaps referral to an endoncrinologist if it's not...
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    Rich nurses?

    SmilingBluEyes replied to tiij's topic in General Nursing

    "rich" is such a very subjective term. By 3/4 of the world standards, I am very rich, you might
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    How do YOU feel about nurses striking?

    SmilingBluEyes replied to LydiaGreen's topic in General Nursing

    That is basically what informational picketing is, the very essence of what you describe. As I said, striking is not taken lightly by anyone and is a last
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    How do YOU feel about nurses striking?

    SmilingBluEyes replied to LydiaGreen's topic in General Nursing

    Some years ago, hospital was bought out , by what I felt was an unethical and dangerously cheap corporation, (and I see it more clearly all the time). So, I feel more strongly than ever, that in...
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    How do YOU feel about nurses striking?

    SmilingBluEyes replied to LydiaGreen's topic in General Nursing

    Oh Tom so glad to see some things never ever change; after nearly 5 years
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    I turned in my 2 week notice today!!

    SmilingBluEyes replied to TexasPediRN's topic in General Nursing

    Takes courage to realize it's time to go when it's for the best. I wish you all the
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    Are LPN's really nurses in the eyes of RN's

    SmilingBluEyes replied to LUVyourCNA's topic in General Nursing

    Heck, there RN-BSN's who think RN-ADNs are not professional nurses. We can get down and dirty, but this is not the thread for that, clearly. I guess it's pretty clear that LPNs are nurses, esp seeing...
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    Jehovah Witness RNs

    SmilingBluEyes replied to aimeeinorbit's topic in General Nursing

    http://www.religioustolerance.org for insightful information you may
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    Jehovah Witness RNs

    SmilingBluEyes replied to aimeeinorbit's topic in General Nursing

    I second Dragon's post. Please keep it respectful here. This thread was not started to beat up on JW or any other religion. It was begun on a premise of gaining understanding. Keep that in mind before...
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    Are LPN's really nurses in the eyes of RN's

    SmilingBluEyes replied to LUVyourCNA's topic in General Nursing

    Withoug a doubt, LPNs are indeed NURSES and have earned
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    This Sucks!

    SmilingBluEyes replied to tigress_8207's topic in General Nursing

    Good sound advice, Bakpakr.
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    Question for all the L&D nurses....

    SmilingBluEyes replied to Lamissa21's topic in Ob/Gyn

    In 9 years of working nightshift, I cannot say it was "slow and boring" most of the time. Babies are born round the clock and nightshift is usually shorter by staff than days, so we may care for more...
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    A Day in the Life on L&D - Please Respond!

    SmilingBluEyes replied to rnWinn's topic in Ob/Gyn

    the sticky might help.... And the post that said it differs by unit is right-on. It is, for example, VERY different to work in a large city teaching hospital versus a very small community one. You may...
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    so far, love the job, hate the culture

    SmilingBluEyes replied to firstyearstudent's topic in General Nursing

    I was in the military 10 years, in a shop that was 98% male. Believe you me, there was PLENTY of backbiting, gossipy and petty behavior there too. I agree that one person CAN make a difference and I...
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    This Sucks!

    SmilingBluEyes replied to tigress_8207's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know about the other threads spoken about here, but if there is only one thing I would leave the OP with it is this: Bone up on what you need to do to become a professional nurse. If you are...
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    This Sucks!

    SmilingBluEyes replied to tigress_8207's topic in General Nursing

    I do not believe you know the whole story. Consider, you really don't. You do not have the perspective the ones responsible for admitting nursing candidates do, after all. Understand: The entry...
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    Like Water Off a Duck's Back.........

    SmilingBluEyes replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    Your level-headed patience is a thing to behold and inspire me Marla..... What else can I say? You are
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    Rejection Club:Come On In!

    SmilingBluEyes replied to tigress_8207's topic in General Nursing

    The first year I applied I was rejected too. I spent the next year finishing off my pre-req's and getting the highest grades I could. Was accepted the following year and have been an RN 10 years now....
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    so far, love the job, hate the culture

    SmilingBluEyes replied to firstyearstudent's topic in General Nursing

    amen!!!! great
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    Do nurses do it all?

    SmilingBluEyes replied to babyjen's topic in Ob/Gyn

    OH NO way JOSE, not if I can help it. I do not make enough to carry that kind of liability. That is what dr's and midwives are for. You sound to me as if you need to become a midwife, like already...
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    Help, please... new to L&D

    SmilingBluEyes replied to nightingale7o7's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Lots of good reading suggestions in the sticky thread above. Get NRP training and Fetal Heart Monitoring Classes by AWHONN ASAP. Also recommend you join AWHONN if you have not already....
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    You don't have to be a nurse to start your own nurse agency?

    SmilingBluEyes replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

    Indeed.
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    Questions for Chicago L&D nurses!!!!

    SmilingBluEyes replied to CaliRN29's topic in Ob/Gyn

    You COULD try posting this question on the General Nursing Forum or the Illinois Nursing Forum, if you don't get many answers here. I do know, my sisters all had their babies at Northwest Community...
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    Who consents for the underage where you work?? long

    SmilingBluEyes replied to crysobrn's topic in Ob/Gyn

    As said above, everyplace I worked, the teen mother-to-be was considered emancipated and therefore, unless completely deemed incompetent, made ALL her own healthcare decisions. NO moms "making" them...