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  1. Pitocin induction

    feebebe23 replied to californianclextaker's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I hate to be the negative voice in the group.....but after you turned it off the first time. I would have NEVER turned it back on until I had a "reactive" strip. 2 15X15s. I know that how things...

  2. RNs with Bad Credit

    feebebe23 replied to HappyMeNow's topic in General Nursing

    I was told by my current employer that they only do credit checks on positions involving money......since every employee i.e. nurses, management, and the cashier at the cafeteria fill out the same...

  3. Overheard today. . . . .

    feebebe23 replied to kcalohagirl's topic in General Nursing

    I wish I had a penny for every time I had this conversation... patient shows up 8cm with 4th baby..... pt: I want my EPIDURAL.... RN: I know it hurts...we have to get an IV in and draw labs first......

  4. OB/Gyn Nurses-Got a question for ya!

    feebebe23 replied to zahryia's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I personally belive that to be an antepartum nurse you need a strong L&D background.....however.....different hospitals will hire there own antepartum staff. Where I have worked ante was staffed...

  5. question about paralyzed child??

    feebebe23 posted a topic in Pediatric

    In a previous post I talked about a friend of mine that has been in a terrible car accident. The 4 yo son has been diagnosed quadripalygic.(forgive my spelling) The most recent news was that during...

  6. How Did You Decide On L&d?? Please Help!!

    feebebe23 replied to ashtabella's topic in Ob/Gyn

    All I have ever done is OB.....and I can't see myself doing anything else. I have seen nurses come in and think..."wow, I am going to help deliver babies all day" and when they realize what it's...

  7. Jehovah Witness RNs

    feebebe23 replied to aimeeinorbit's topic in General Nursing

    danamobile...... what are the odds that an entire unit would be staffed by nurses not willing to hang blood? In OB it is much more likely to have your entire staff for the shift unwilling to care for...

  8. "At will employment" have you heard of this?

    feebebe23 replied to holdensjane's topic in General Nursing

    In Texas.....which is an "at will" state. When someone calls to check your reference they can confirm dates of employment and state weather you are "eligiable for rehire" or "not eligable for rehire"...

  9. Highest nursing salary

    feebebe23 replied to Nursebarebari's topic in General Nursing

    I had to throw in my opinion on this one.... When I graduated 5 years ago I started at 45K year...this was much more than many of my friends with bacholors degrees in other areas. Now I make 62K. I...

  10. strange request in the ER

    feebebe23 posted a topic in Emergency

    I would like to start off by saying that I LOVE reading all the funny ER stories.....at sometime in the future I would like to do ER.(but I still love OB right now) So here is my questions.....when...

  11. Jehovah Witness RNs

    feebebe23 replied to aimeeinorbit's topic in General Nursing

    I sorta agree with your post....I would never IMPOSE my religion on a patient....as in "hi patient so and so...I am your nurse today and I would like to hold your hand and pray with you and ask the...

  12. Someone gave me a knuckle SW and I'm NPO!!!

    feebebe23 replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    Can a nurse leaglly file assault charges on a patient??? Luckly I have never been in this situation.....but I an

  13. Documentation and legal concerns

    feebebe23 replied to timpanzee's topic in General Nursing

    I was told this.....a long time ago.... #1 you never reference a incident report in a chart. However.....when something goes down you take out a piece of paper and date it put a patient sticker on it...

  14. cosmetic surgery

    feebebe23 replied to pinaypower's topic in General Nursing

    A friend of mine went to work for a plastic surgeon 1 day a week doing pre op....she thought it would be fun and intersting. PLUS after 6 months of employment you got 1 free procedure. She wanted...

  15. Who consents for the underage where you work?? long

    feebebe23 replied to crysobrn's topic in Ob/Gyn

    In Texas, a pregnant patient is an emacipated (spelling?) adult. As much as I hate it....they get to make all the decisions....for example. Teen mom comes in in labor....the patient is requesting an...

  16. curious about Group B strep and giving antibiotics

    feebebe23 replied to NurseCard's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I have been doing L&D for several years....if you were GBS pos with your first....you will usually be treated in all subsequent pregnancies..... Although some MDs will test again....I think it is...

  17. Question for all the L&D nurses....

    feebebe23 replied to Lamissa21's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I would be more concerned about making the transition to L&D than I would about weather it was slow or not.....and BTW it is not always slow on nights:) My question is what type of...

  18. Leaving AMA and insurance threat

    feebebe23 replied to gtmoore's topic in General Nursing

    Here's the positive side of AMA. pt out in public and her water broke....someone got exicited and called 911 and they brought her to us.....her hospital was 15 min away from my hospital.... she was...

  19. very first day in L&D...

    feebebe23 replied to mirime's topic in Ob/Gyn

    One of my friends..... 1st day on the floor with a preceptor....pt called out stating she felt some pressure....when they went in the room...baby out to its abd.... preceptor said: Rule #1....babies...

  20. Hypnobirthing?

    feebebe23 replied to Christi321's topic in Ob/Gyn

    To be perfectly honest....I have seen more people "try" to do hypnobirthing as oppossed to the few who have been sucessful....I am not saying it is not a good method or effective. I have just not...

  21. The Opposite if AMA

    feebebe23 posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    OK here's one to make ya think pt comes in 36+ weeks co ctx.....she is having ctx 8-15 min apart....talkes through them....rates as 8/10 (you all know this patient) she is 1/50/high 2 hours later she...

  22. cervical checks, again

    feebebe23 replied to crissrn27's topic in Ob/Gyn

    to gw489... at some teaching hospitals where there are residents 24/7 the nurses do not do SVEs at private facilities where the MD is at home asleep.....or in the office seeing patients the nurse does...

  23. Leaving AMA and insurance threat

    feebebe23 replied to gtmoore's topic in General Nursing

    I have also heard a "rumer" that if a patient leaves the ER AMA with an IV in that they will try and send the police after them to bring them back to the ER to have the IV removed......just wondering...

  24. Leaving AMA and insurance threat

    feebebe23 replied to gtmoore's topic in General Nursing

    Excellent question as I have always wondered this..... I have always been told that insurance "might not pay" But I also think that a patients financial arrangement with the hospital and their...

  25. My 2 cents on natural birth/birth plans

    feebebe23 replied to feebebe23's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I don't know how I feel about this term "scare tactics" your appendix if infected....if we don't take it out surgically it will explode and you can get septic and die....scare tactic? there is a high...