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There has been a recent change at our hospital on how we handle verbal orders. If the Physican is on the unit giving you verbal orders ,you are to hand them an order sheet and ask them to write them. If the doctor calls you on the phone , you take th...

I prefer days. I have worked nights (8 and 12 shifts), I have worked rotating shifts(4 weeks days/2 weeks nights), I have worked 3-11 shift,11-7 shift and 7-3 shift. This body of mine says we can't do nights anymore and we have earned the right to do...

I'm in the RN to BSN program at my hospital. They pay for the tuition. I pay for the books. After it is over I will be paying $100 a paycheck to pay the taxes. The instructors come to the hospital. So I feel like it's a pretty good deal.

Yes you can run them both at the same time. We have been doing that for a long time. We always put our Pitocin at the port closes to the arm. :typing

Yes we use gel.

I was wondering how every ones delivery experience was. It seems like its a story that women like to share. And there can be so many different stories. When I went into labor on 10/12/1976, I was single and a RN. (OOH) The first thing they gave me ...

i was wondering what other nurses in management roles do to reduce stress. it's evaluation time and my first time doing them. this year they started on the computer. we do everyone's in jan. my fellow clinical team manager is leaving the end of next ...

In our OB department, the on-call requirement is 2 12 hr shifts. One is on the weekend and one is during the week. This is in a 6 week time period. The call pay is $3.00 an hour and they have 45 minutes to arrive to work. Because of high patient volu...

We have been living with a traveling manager in our L/D, Triage, Ante partum unit for over a year.It's a large unit.So the decision was made to split L/D and Triage apart from anti partum. There will be some training for them both and it's going to b...

everyday i walk around the unit i find things where they don't belong, things not label or charts in public view. examples are: 1) a stated in another thread, drinks at the nurses station. 2) sharps not locked up. angios on the nurses station or on t...

We researched this in my Nursing Therory class in Oct. The shortage is suppose to last until 2020 then nurses my age will be retiring. That will make the shortage worst. The average age of nurses is about 47. I hope that their will be nurses availabl...

My wish in a perfect world would be that there be good staffing on every unit, everywhere and that nurses would always get a lunch break.

People who always complain from the time they walk in the door until they leave. This brings the morale down and makes everyones day miserable.

Never say it's quiet around here or you seem to have a low census. That will cause all of h**l to break open.

everyone have a great christmas with family, friends and co-workers if you are working those days. i'll be working 12 hr on christmas eve. i 'll be thinking of you all as you spend time with you patients during the hoildays.ho! ho! ho! ...

Teenager!

I was wondering if there are any suggestions on helping with the morale on the unit? I am a Clinical Team Manager of an antepartum unit. There has been an increase of patient load due to more in-patients, triage overflows and cervidil/cytotec inducti...

I was wondering how many nurses are comfortable with using the chain of command. We had a situation over the weekend with a Fetal Heart Tracing and the residents stating that it would be fine. The mother had polyhydraminos and uncontroled diabetes. T...

i'm writing this in blue because that's how i'm feeling. we have had a traveler manager for a year. we have not been able to find a manager for our l/d, triage, antepartum and fetal care unit. so now we are going to separate the antepartum unit and w...

I was wondering how every ones delivery experience was. It seems like its a story that women like to share. And there can be so many different stories. When I went into labor on 10/12/1976, I was single and a RN. (OOH) The first thing they gave me wa...

We use it half the time and cervidil the other half. Reguardless of which drug they get, they are on the monitor the entire time. They normally can eat after an hour. These patients are also started on our high risk antepartum unit and then transfere...

Well let's see how the rules are for us. In triage it is 12 wks. On my antepartum unit there is no age limit. We have had 9 weekers with hyperemesis or uncontroled diabetes. Vaginal bleeding is also a common one. Sometimes if the issue is not pregnan...

:barf01: There's nothing like standing in front of a room full of expecting parents and talking about : MUCUS PLUGS

I have been reading about the 13 hospitals in California that will be striking next week. But I had no ideal that 9 hospitals in West Virginia and Kentucky went on strike yesterday. They are a part of the Appalachian Regional Hospitals. Did anyone se...

I love the idea of sending a card to their home. Thanks! It's funny I just responded to a thread on nurses weight gain. I also believe food helps alot. But stepping in and helping on the unit when you can seens to help alot.