joeb1

joeb1 ASN, BSN, RN

Emergency Nursing, CPEN, Pediatrics, Obstetric

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  1. Does every new nurse need to start on med surg?

    joeb1 replied to jc449's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Some thoughts- Whatever opinion you have is fine. There is no right or wrong way. If you come out of school able to learn quick to become that vascular intensive care nurse, more power to you. And...

  2. Fluid Warmer

    joeb1 replied to joeb1's topic in Ob/Gyn

    ebear, Thanks for your input. I did not mean to imply anesthesia has no right, in fact, I find it rediculous that they (OR staff) should have to bring their own fluids from the Main OR. Please don't...

  3. Polling our male nurses: What area of nursing are you currently in right now?

    joeb1 replied to Thunderwolf's topic in Men in Nursing

    :nuke: Honestly, I am suprised at 14 being in L/D and Maternity. Thought it might be the lowest, but more than transport?flight? I shouldn't be suprised. If I like it as much as I do, I guess its only...

  4. Male Nurses/female Patients

    joeb1 replied to ern91's topic in Men in Nursing

    At the risk of dragging this on for another year;), i have some interesting observations as a guy RN who works in L/D. I have not read all posts, so excuse any repeats, but to read all 27 pages might...

  5. L&D ladies who work nights...

    joeb1 replied to allthingsbright's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I guess i can forgive the assumption not many of us guys are here in ob- its quite true most of ya are ladies. well, at my hospital, I work 12 hour 3p-3a. I love it. I get off when its(usually) least...

  6. Lots of questions!

    joeb1 replied to babywearingdoula's topic in Ob/Gyn

    :welcome:My 2 cents here is that if a place is willing to take a new grad, go for it. I myself started in peds working for a year and a half(with several nursery pulls) before, as one anesthesiologist...

  7. IUPC and Fetal Spiral Electrode Placement

    joeb1 replied to nurse79's topic in Ob/Gyn

    don't worry, i think iupc's are harder than spiral electrodes to place. we do both here, and i feel fairly comfortable placing both, but the thought of placental injury with an iupc does stay in my...

  8. The Circumcision Discussion

    joeb1 replied to jmspeach's topic in Ob/Gyn

    just a thought, how do the opposers feel about toddlers etc. getting their ears pierced. they obviously have the choice made for them/or at least did not know that it hurts. not to copare circs with...

  9. How will our new grad Male RN work in L &D?

    joeb1 replied to ragingmomster's topic in Ob/Gyn

    steph- i don't know why you think my post is good. for the good lords sake i can't even capitalize....(i don't think it is possible on this handheld, at least not possible for someone tech challenged...

  10. How will our new grad Male RN work in L &D?

    joeb1 replied to ragingmomster's topic in Ob/Gyn

    my advice is that the new guy will work out just fine. treat him no differently around the nurses station than antone else. as a male ob nurse, i am 100 percent towards patients choice and i really...

  11. Are you Man Enough to be an OB nurse?

    joeb1 replied to Annointed_RNStudent's topic in Men in Nursing

    i am a guy working i ob. i started with the babies and decided to also learn labor and delivery. at our unit we do it all, nursery/pp/l&d. the one problem i had was with a husband, and all i...

  12. Strange S.O.

    joeb1 posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Let me start by saying I know there are a myriad of opinions on a man working in ob. I am one who does. My issue was 2 days ago, I went in to help with an induction admission. The husband requested no...

  13. Strange S.O.

    joeb1 replied to joeb1's topic in Ob/Gyn

    dayray, i agree with your approach. in this instance no one could round with the pediatrician, so i went. but e did discharge the baby, and knowing the issue the husband took with me, guess who could...

  14. HELP! I DON"T WANT TO GO THROUGH CNA first...

    joeb1 replied to lookingforward's topic in General Nursing

    anyone can become good nurse with or without cna experience, as long as their heart is there. now, that said, i think rquiring cna before nursing school is a good thing. i myself worked 4 years...

  15. Strange S.O.

    joeb1 replied to joeb1's topic in Ob/Gyn

    thanks fo the tips. i think i will make a journal, cover my butt type of thing. never a bad idea. of course s.s. consult was made, they wanted to talk to the pt. when dear ol' hubby wasn't around....

  16. Agency Nurse doesn't know how to start IVs?

    joeb1 replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    It gets pretty bad some nights at our hospital. I used to work peds, and it wasn't very busy, so the house resourcenurse/supervisor would have us running around starting other floors "difficult...