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I have to agree with blondy2061h; I think I would like to be my own nurse, because I'm pretty nice and compassionate. As for being my pt... Never in a million year! I'm an awful pt, needy and always questionning everything :loveya:

You can also try to have your pt put both her fists under her bottom. That way, the pelvis is rocked and it is easier to find the cervix, even if it is posterior! And patience! Practice makes perfect!

- Hi! How are you doing? - Hurry, I feel like I need to push! (Big smile on pt's face) - Really? - Yeah, today's my due date, I had contractions.. One at 1h30, one at 1h34, one at 1h49, one at 2h32... Duh!

Hi! I was living in an honeymoon state with my current travel nursing agency until I had to renew my current contract. At first, they wanted me to stay 8 more weeks, but I couldn't, and they offered me a 500$ extension contract. I refused. They then offered me an extra 500$ at the end of my contract. My mind was still set on something else. So they offered to keep the 500$ bonuses, but, to stay 4 weeks instead of 8. That suited me well. They faxed the contract, I signed it, and everything was ok. Now that I have started this extension, they said they made a mistake and that the bonuses were if I stayed 8 weeks (which isn't true, I have a hundred e-mails that mention I keep the bonuses even if I renew for 4 weeks, and it was written in the contract). They want to refax me a new contract with half the bonuses, so 250$ at the beginning and 250$ at the end. I DON'T want to do this. What can I do? I will be legally bond to this if I sign a new one. Can they do this? Thanks much for the feedback A ****** nurse!:angryfire

Back in Quebec, VB Once after birth and then q shift or PRN, of course! C/S q15 minutes ad stable q30 minutes x 2 hours q1 hrs x4 and then q shift Here, in Minnesota VB q15 minutes x 1 hr q30 minutes x 2 hours q1 hrs x2 q4 hrs x 24hrs and then q shift C/S q15 minutes ad stable q30 minutes x 2 hours q1 hrs x4 q4 hrs ad discharge (Oufta!)

I just arrived in Minnesota a couple of days ago, and I come from Montreal, Canada.. I was raised in French, have been working in French... And this is SO true!! I laughed myself out when I read this! I am already starting to get the accent, love it so much!

Hi! I'm currently talking with an TNS recruiter and she seems very nice, but I'm wondering if anyone had good experience with them?? Thanks for the feedback!

Hi! I work in a medium-size hospital in Quebec, Canada. In here, it is routine to put babies skin-2-skin with mommy right after birth. We ALWAYS do APGAR scoring on mommy's tummy, and we put babies on warmer ONLY if they need to have neonatal ressuscitation (Only few babies go on the warmer, if they only need oxygen, we even give it directly on the mother). We delay baby care (Vit. K and Illoticyn) after the first feeding, sometimes up to 3 hours! We never bathe our babies in the first twelve hours, and rarely put IV's. Even our c/s moms get to have skin to skin contact with their babies once they're back in the recovery room! I really like the way we practice L&D in my hospital, and I am surprised not every hospital (except acute care ones) don't do the same!

Hi! I sat for the NCLEX through Minnesota, and everything was pretty quick. A few days/weeks for my ATT, and I got my results 3 days after testing (much quicker than the 3 months wait in Quebec!!). Don't forget you'll need to apply for the Visascreen if you want to get issued a visa! Good luck!

Where I work we never put IVs upon admission, unless the pt is GBS+ and needs antibiotics, or it's a VBAC. I put hep lock to pt who say they will want an epidural, and none to the others. Whenever they ask for it (the epidural), then I put the IV on.. Those 5 minutes are usually not that much of a deal for my pts, and the pain of labor drives them away from the «pain» of catheter insertion...

I'll be working for a nursing agency on a TN Visa. I bet the nurses market is rough right now, but if I don't try, I won't ever know if it would have worked!! Thanks for the advice on the TN visa, I know I need to stick to my employer once I get it. I don't have a particular agency at this point, I've been in contact with American Mobile, Americanahs, MedStaff and Travel Nurse solutions. :nuke::redbeathe

Where I work is a LDRP ward, and we have 30 days of orientation. I'm impressed with all the time you had, girls!! It's a community hospital, but we do 3000 deliveries a year and we often have 4 or 5 pts plus their babies, whether it's one baby or twins, it doesn't change the ratio!

I don't know yet where I'll be working... I know I would get more precise advice if I knew, but I'm currently working with different nursing agencies to find the best assignment for me. I live in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on the East coast, so I would have to bring my car from one side to the other of the USA... This is why I wanted to know if I could live without it!

Thank you all so much for your answers! I am now thinking about leaving my car behind! It is not easy to take such a huge decision when you never ever saw the place where you're going to live, but you gave me great advice! I might meet you somewhere on Oahu! Jennifer :wink2:

Hi! I'll be moving from Canada to Oahu, Hawaii shortly, and I don't know if I need to bring my car with me. Is the bus system ok enough or is it better to go around the island with my own car? Thanks, Jennifer

Craziest pt in labor one of my co-workers had was this pt who asked the nurse to massage her privy parts while she was pushing because it was «a relief» for her... OMG! And they say nursing isn't a vocation... (of course, the nurse did not agree to the demand!)

Hi! I'm a French-educated nurse in Quebec who took the NCLEX on June. I have to say it wasn't more or less difficult than the exam I did back in my province, but it was VERY different! I studied for a few weeks, starting with Kaplan's, which had very though questions, but that got me in the state of mind of what the NLCEX was all about. Then I revised all my knowledge with NLCEX-RN review by Patricia Hoyson, and it helped a lot, even though I had finished my BScN 6 months ago. I finished with Saunders, which had questions almost identical to the ones I answered on the NCLEX (by the way, I did it once, in an hour, with the minimum questions, so this study paid off for me...). I think anyone should be allowed to work wherever they want!!!! Who cares about where you studied or how much taxes you paid??? You only have one life to live, and people than check-in hospitals for no reason and then leave are also abusing the system, so please, let her live what she wants to!!! Go ahead girl! Have fun, and maybe we'll meet somewhere! :wink2:

I graduated from university a year ago and all I could think of was being a L & D nurse. As someone said before, I'd rather be no nurse at all than not being a L& D one. I was told it was better to go on a med/surg department before, but I have'nt, and I don't feel like I've missed something. I think L & D is so different of every other nursing area, you will get your own experience. I got hired as a newly grad, but I've made the extern program in the LDRP department were I'm currently working beforehand. We do everything were I work, L&D, antepartums, evals/triage, nursery and intermediate nursery, so it was something big but I KNEW I COULD HANDLE IT. I love it so much, and I had the best preceptor ever, so I felt very much secure. I would say GO FOR IT! Everyone thinks you need to do boring stuff before, but if you're meant for L&D, you'll manage your way through the first weeks, no matter what! :redpinkhe:redpinkhe

A more experienced nurse once told me: God is everywhere, but ... I try to be!

I'm from Quebec, Canada, and we do our PKU at at least 24 hours of age, if the baby was well fed. The standard is between 24 and 48 hours. In my province, if the test is done before 24 hours of age, they call back the parents for another test, and, instead of filling up 5 circles with the baby's heel blood, they fill 10 circles! That's why we never do it before the baby's at least a day.