joeb1 ASN, BSN, RN

joeb1 has 20 years experience as a ASN, BSN, RN and specializes in Emergency Nursing, CPEN, Pediatrics, Obstetric.

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1. men in pediatrics:) thoughts?

   joeb1 replied to hrawlins's topic in Men in Nursing

   You will have no problems as long as you are passionate and sincere. I started out as an Inpatient Peds RN, and loved it. Then I worked Labor and Delivery, and Nursery. I eneded up working a dedicated...

2. Dressed for the OR

   joeb1 replied to amoLucia's topic in General Nursing

   My wife watches General Hospital...if you want a good laugh, watch some of that.(although I don't recommend it because I hate that

3. Negligence when a patient leaves?

   joeb1 replied to Sassy5d's topic in Emergency

   I would guess that as they were not even registered and assuming they were not suicidal and you knew about it, I would say it is there right to make the decision to seek treatment elsewhere. If they...

4. What supplies do you carry on you?

   joeb1 replied to Nire83's topic in Emergency

   I carry my stethescope, hemostats with tape, reference cheat sheet I made with doses etc. and a 16 and 20 gauge angiocath just in case....used to have shears but after losing 4 pair in six months I've...

5. Male Nurses in Crocs?

   joeb1 replied to j_tay1981's topic in Men in Nursing

   Ok, the crocs i used to wear were great, but the style has been replaced by the Specialist model, and they just don't look the greatest to me. They would wear smooth on the bottoms after a year or so,...

6. Peds/infant stethoscope

   joeb1 replied to madampomfrey's topic in Pediatric

   We actually had Neonatologists walk off with the Littmans we kept at cribside in the nursery I worked at....They all had their own and always returned them. The one doc returned 6 of them one time. I...

7. IV starts and drawing blood

   joeb1 replied to srknurse's topic in Emergency

   I work in a Pediatric ER where I start 5-10 babies/toddlers every shift, and our docs always want blood drawn with starts. The way we found to not hemolyze or affect our samples, and keep in mind we...

8. Peds/infant stethoscope

   joeb1 replied to madampomfrey's topic in Pediatric

   I have always used a Littman classic II Pedi stethescope. The Nursery I worked in had inant and pedi sizes, but unless extremely preterm, the pedi scope was always sized ok, In fact, our...

9. Male Peds Nurses

   joeb1 replied to MalePedsRN's topic in Men in Nursing

   I have an associates rn degree. I started out of school on a small hospital's general peds unit-think 1-6 patients at a time. I then went to OB/Nursery, to work as we were supposed to get a level 2...

10. male ob nurses

    joeb1 replied to V SPN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Another male nurse here working OB. I have been in L/D nd nursery for 2 years now and can count on one hand the times problems have come up requiring a need to switch assignments. There will be those...

11. How are OB Mds generally?

    joeb1 replied to JentheRN2007's topic in Ob/Gyn

    In my hospital, which is a small city hospital with private docs and not a teaching hospital, I have found the following to be true of our docs. The OB docs in general seem to be very easy going...

12. L and D Scrubs

    joeb1 replied to zahryia's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We are lucky as the hospital provides and launders our scrubs. For the women, they wear ceil blue or navy pants, and a white top with foot prints in pink and baby blue. As the lone guy, they...

13. PNP vs. NNP

    joeb1 posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Ok, I know this is probably a decision that will need to be more about what I want more than anything. I have as an RN a couple years in Pediatrics and a couple years in Labor/delivery/nursery. NNP's,...

14. Wish us Luck!

    joeb1 replied to joeb1's topic in Ob/Gyn

    :hbsmiley:Thanks to all. Jackson Samuel was born Wednesday June 11th at 13:13. 8#4oz, and everything has gone well. I was nervous, as my coworkers who took care of us that day said I would not quit...

15. Wish us Luck!

    joeb1 posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Well, tommorrow at 1230 my wife will go in to have a primary c/s due to our little guys habit of trying to land feet first. Those who have been here before, you know how this feels. I have been an ob...