MrsRitchie

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  1. Ranch dressing in a breast milk container

    MrsRitchie replied to adventure_rn's topic in Nurses Rock

    These are great! I love the blue scrub towels. They are my best cleaning rags. I also love the specimen cups that come in the straight cath kits (we do a lot of straight caths in L&D). My 6 year...

  2. PKU test help

    MrsRitchie replied to RNMee's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I hate doing PKU's. I've been bargaining and doing another nurses hearing screen if she'll do my PKU. í

  3. Cook cervical balloon

    MrsRitchie replied to obcrn's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Also, our providers place them by feel,

  4. Cook cervical balloon

    MrsRitchie replied to obcrn's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Our foley bulb protocol and Cook cervical catheter protocols are identical, with the exception of how much NS to insert and there is no need to tug on the

  5. Pregnant L&D RN

    MrsRitchie replied to starry01's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Yes, we often text our own providers before coming in SROM'd, just so they are aware they will have to come in

  6. Pregnant L&D RN

    MrsRitchie replied to starry01's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I think you would get those questions if you worked anywhere- as a nurse or not. I am having a hard time relating to your post bc the two hospitals I work at- my coworkers are truly like

  7. Switching from LDRP to Labor and Delivery

    MrsRitchie replied to Kdavisobrn's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I work in a labor and delivery unit. We also have antepartum. Our hospital is pretty great about sticking to AWOHN standards and usually labors are all 1:1. Maybe 1 labor and 1 ante. Or 1 labor and 1...

  8. So excited!! After 5 years away from the bedside...

    MrsRitchie replied to klone's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Welcome

  9. Cervical Ripening

    MrsRitchie replied to LibraSunCNM's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Really? I work at two different hospitals and both do 39 week inductions on the regular. There has has been talk that Medicaid is going to stop paying for elective inductions but I have no idea if...

  10. How Much Do You Make As a Flight Nurse?

    MrsRitchie posted a topic in Flight, Surface Transport

    It's what I want to do anyway (eventually) but just curious if anyone knows of a good resource where I could find this

  11. Freeman - Joplin, Missouri

    MrsRitchie replied to spejsa's topic in General Nursing

    At Freeman new grads (I don't remember if you said you were a new grad or not) start out at $17.45/hr. The night diff is $3.59. I believe it is pretty much the same for St. John's, but StJ might...

  12. Please jelp with "new mom" class

    MrsRitchie replied to babynursingrn's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Okay, sorry I may have misunderstood. I thought you were talking about the "breastfeeding diaper bags" sent by the formula

  13. Please jelp with "new mom" class

    MrsRitchie replied to babynursingrn's topic in Ob/Gyn

    "One often-overlooked resource are formula companies and the like. Yes, often people are not happy with these, and baby-friendly hospitals do not accept materials from them. But if yours does, I know...

  14. Best/Hardest/Worst nusring class?

    MrsRitchie replied to jewelsg627's topic in General Students

    Uh, oh. Pharm is in the first semester of Nursing School for me...And Adult Health! Both of those are listed above!! Ahhhh!!!

  15. Welcome to the Missouri State Forum!

    MrsRitchie replied to suebird3's topic in General Nursing

    I'm in Joplin- aren't there any others from Joplin? I start Nursing School at MO Southern in August...so ready for it to be here already. I think I might not even enjoy summer (which never happens),...

  16. Freeman - Joplin, Missouri

    MrsRitchie replied to spejsa's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know anything about the oncology floor, but what I know of the hospitals so far (not much...) but I like St. John's much better. I had my son there and hope to work there, not Freeman....

  17. freezing breast milk

    MrsRitchie replied to GingerSue's topic in Ob/Gyn

    i just learned something new about breast milk storage today from a parenting board...you shouldn't shake it, you should swirl it to mix it up in the bottle. Whoops! I guess I'll know better for the...