joeb1

joeb1 ASN, BSN, RN

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    Ok, the crocs i used to wear were great, but the style has been replaced by the Specialist model, and they just don't look the greatest to me.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 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...

  15. 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...

  16. Nursing Students and Report

    joeb1 replied to miko014's topic in General Nursing

    I work in ob and we seem to have students every day. I love it, and their instructors for the most part make them very helpful to us as they bathe new babies, get things for our laboring moms, and...

  17. Versions and C Sections

    joeb1 posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    :DMy wife is now 37wks with our first baby:yeah:. I have now worked 1.5 years labor and delivery and have some questions. Our baby is breech and we had the option to attempt external version or...

  18. Versions and C Sections

    joeb1 replied to joeb1's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Grumpy, I'll only put her through what she will let me. I promise. It scared the crap out of her as soon as the risk(however great or small) of an emergency situation was explained to her. Heres to my...

  19. Versions and C Sections

    joeb1 replied to joeb1's topic in Ob/Gyn

    No guys, sorry to sound as if advice was needed. I was just really curious what you have seen and what you may have opted for. The decision is made, and we are happy and comfortable with it. I see how...

  20. Patient reactions to L&D nurses who have never had children

    joeb1 replied to BarkowRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Well, another male ob here. I guess it really comes down to each patient percieves us as nurses differently. Just because a small number of women will not accept that someone without kids can be an...

  21. Ob to ER

    joeb1 posted a topic in Emergency

    I just have some soul searching to do, as for the past 2 years i have worked in ob/L+d/nursery. I have recently been thinking about taking an ER position at a smaller hospital, and half an hour less...

  22. Saddest I've ever been at work

    joeb1 posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Had to share with others who have been here too. I had a 21 week primip 36 year old. Cerclage pt last week. Came in, turns out membranes ruptured. The doppler had excellent heart rate, but she had...

  23. Saddest I've ever been at work

    joeb1 replied to joeb1's topic in Ob/Gyn

    :)An update on the original post patient that caused me to have my most sad day. Last week I was called out of another labor to our front nursing sation. There stood the patient who had delivered the...

  24. Saddest I've ever been at work

    joeb1 replied to joeb1's topic in Ob/Gyn

    OP here, and just wanted to say thanks for looking at my posts. This was the saddest, but there were several others over my short OB career so far, and all seem to get to me, but we all know we have...

  25. Fluid Warmer

    joeb1 posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    I was wondering a couple things, folks. First, do you all have warmers that you keep fluids in, particularly IV fluids for OR use? Secondly, have you ever had a baby suffer 2nd and 3rd degree burns...