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queenjean

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  1. What did you learn at work today?

    queenjean replied to Elvish's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I learned to follow my instincts. I recently started on a post partum floor. I have experience as a doula and in out of hospital birth settings; now I work in a very conservative environment. I had...

  2. Do you allow patients to take home their placentas if desired? more

    queenjean replied to mitchsmom's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Sure we do. We just put it in the tupperware type tub and send it home with them. Not everyone wants to do it; only about 1 out of every 50 seem to ask for it. But I've found that if you...

  3. Feelings about graduation

    queenjean replied to jennygirl's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I was beating down the door to get out. Prior to the ceremony, I shared quite a bit of wine in the parking lot with some of my classmates--frankly that was all the celebrating I needed. Thank god...

  4. How do u go to nursing if you have to work full time?

    queenjean replied to kgard7777's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe you need a different job, then, while you go to nursing school. If you can't find a job and a school that have opposite hours, that is. Perhaps you can get a job as an aide in a facility that...

  5. anyone doing Pratt on line lvn to adn?

    queenjean replied to calliesue's topic in General Nursing

    I emailed you. Anyone else who is interested in info can pm me. I just graduated from that program, so I can give you the scoop and answer any questions.

  6. Corporations offering discounts for nurses

    queenjean replied to tater.jake's topic in General Nursing

    There used to be a car dealer in the area who offered free lifetime oilchanges for any nurse (only nurses, not any other health care workers) who bought a new car from him. He would advertise that...

  7. ATI predictor

    queenjean replied to ava'smomRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    My ATI said I had a 99% chance of passing; I passed NCLEX with 75 questions. I liked the ATI tests. I had to take a Kaplan NCLEX review (it was part of our curriculum), and I did a lot of the...

  8. Epidural Catheter Removal by L&D nurses

    queenjean replied to RAIZIE's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Usually the L&D nurse who is recovering the mother pulls the epidural catheter. I've done it once (under observation) when the nurse got busy and wasn't able to do it before handing the pt off to...

  9. Average Hours

    queenjean replied to CehNehDeh's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Yes sir, Captn sir. That's why we dont' have a TV...no news is good news. OP- Most people on my floor have a set schedule, and some (by choice) work 4-5 in a row; it enables them to have a large...

  10. Newborn blood glucose sticks

    queenjean replied to queenjean's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I appreciate all the replies. Yes, I feel our policy is too much; there is simply no reason to get 8-9 blood sugar checks on an infant who is healthy, nursing/taking a bottle well, and whose...

  11. Philosophy & Statistics

    queenjean replied to 2bmalenurse007's topic in General Nursing

    My statistics class was great, I really learned a lot. I'm a lowly floor nurse, but I read nursing journals and medication inserts and the information drug companies push when they are pimping their...

  12. Endometriosis in the breast?

    queenjean replied to DTCC PreRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I would get a second opinion, but I don't think that it is impossible for endometriosis to pop up there. We used to have a young gal who had it in her lungs. I'd only thought it affected to lower...

  13. Infection control guidelines in LD/NSY/PP

    queenjean replied to CoppertopRNC's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I still believe that those first couple of mec diapers are sterile; the gut is getting colonized as those first feedings move through it, right? Meaning that the mec that is coming out prior to the...

  14. Infection control guidelines in LD/NSY/PP

    queenjean replied to CoppertopRNC's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'm going to expose my ignorance here....but isn't mec sterile, too? At least the first several? For some reason (and I can't even place a source) I was under the impression that it is. Any

  15. Infection control guidelines in LD/NSY/PP

    queenjean replied to CoppertopRNC's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We are to do a two minute scrub at the beginning of every shift. Each infant has it's own stethoscope that is attached to its bassinette. We use a thermometer with disposable tips. I do not use...

  16. Four years for an associates?

    queenjean replied to Annieee's topic in General Nursing

    It took me probably probably almost four years to do my ADN--maybe closer to three and a half. But every semester was part time. Even the "full time" ADN nursing program was three days a...

  17. Four years for an associates?

    queenjean replied to Annieee's topic in General Nursing

    That is not quite true in our area. In our state, anyhow. There are four tiers. First tier are people who live in that county. Second tier are people who live in adjacent counties. Third, people...

  18. mother dies after refusing blood transfusion

    queenjean replied to FireStarterRN's topic in United Kingdom

    I'd like to weigh in here, as an athiest and a nurse. I 100% support a pt's right to make decisions regarding their health care, whether it is to refuse a certain immunization, medication, or a...

  19. Out of curiosity...

    queenjean replied to CrunchyLaborRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    That's how our department is. You start in Postpartum (mother/baby) and pediatrics, work those two for about six months, and then train to either L&D or nursery. You are assigned to a position...

  20. Scrubs

    queenjean replied to nurseontheway's topic in General Nursing

    My opinion, because it's the internet and therefore you can't stop me from giving it.... Do not buy your scrubs based on price. You will put in A LOT of time in these puppies. And some of that time...

  21. Delegating

    queenjean replied to bluebreeze's topic in General Nursing

    Just fyi, in most states, if an LPN is IV certified, she can not only start and maintain IVs, but she can also hang piggybacks and give IV push

  22. Doula turned RN....L&d or Mother/infant the right place for me?

    queenjean replied to heartlover07's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I was a doula, then a medical floor nurse, then a nurse with a midwife attending out of hospital births, then back to the medical floor, and now that I've finished my RN degree (I was an LPN), I'm...

  23. Can I get anyones take on being a DULA?

    queenjean replied to JadeOpel's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We love the couple of doulas in our area. It is so nice to have another set of calm, supportive hands. They take a lot of work off of the nurses--the doula is typically the one who runs and gets...

  24. mother dies after refusing blood transfusion

    queenjean replied to FireStarterRN's topic in United Kingdom

    I'm glad they respected her right to refuse medical treatment. I'm sorry she died, don't get me wrong. But patients do have the right to refuse treatment, and not just when they are at the end of...

  25. Pushing drugs for the Man bother anyone?

    queenjean replied to somebody's topic in General Nursing

    I get where the OP is coming from. I have similar feelings. Somebody, I think you will find that for people who are interested in and willing to use lifestyle changes and diet for therapy will do so...