teensmom

I was a labor and delivery nurse. I still feel like an L&D nurse but I have a lifting limit of 25 lbs. so no more L&D. I hurt my back transferring a patient from a broken, unmoving bed to the operating table for an emergency c-section. Anyway...

Yes, I got a settlement and the company tried to find another job for me but not much was available. I did not quit and I guess I wasn't fired so I said I was laid off, that's the wrong term. I have a lifting restriction of 25 lbs. and am only apply...

This happened to me at the end of my preceptorship. I was called into HR and told if I didn't shape up in two weeks I'd be fired. Of course that made me more nervous but what happened is that one of the educators (who was very nice) followed me aroun...

I wish I'd known what nursing was really like before I became a nurse. However, I'm referring to the responsibilty of patient's lives depending on you. Somehow I got thru school without realizing this-was I wearing blinders? Cleaning up a person is n...

I work in labor and delivery, one patient's request that when she had pain she'd like to use hospital-provided marijuana for pain relief. I told her that's not something we stock.

I think to go to CRNA school you have to have a year or two experience as a nurse in an ICU. Can you shadow someone? My friend is a family nurse practitioner & it looks like a great job. Good luck.

It's called Labor and Delivery and it's really hard work. Very physical and also stressful-as are most nursing jobs. You are taking care of 2 patients, one is invisible (the unborn baby). I liked it because there is no greater feeling than being a pa...

I always went into clinicals telling the nurse that I was their servant and anything they needed me to do-just ask. I really tried to take some of the burden of patient care off the nurse if I could. Cleaning up a patient is not something to avoid, i...

Actually, we get overtime for anything over 8 hours daily, not 40 hours weekly so we still get good OT. San Francisco is probably the best paying, benefits and ratios in the US. Our union is pretty strong.

I work the evening shift, my daughter is grown so I love this shift. The traffic is better and I have a lot of time in the morning to myself.

I work at a hospital in San Francisco, most of us work either 32 hours a week or 24 hours a week. The pay is quite good and I get fulltime benefits so 32 hrs a week works great for me. The people who work 24 hrs a week either have a family they want ...

I work in L & D, there's lots of lifting and pulling. Many patients get an epidural and they become dead weight & they have to be turned or changed. We often transfer patients from beds to the OR table or to the bed in postpartum, if they hav...

I work l & d, it's a good possibility the woman in labor was only 3 cm's when she was checked by the nurses, patients can dilate very quickly-it's happened to me. This is the kind of patient we have that we send walking to be checked again if any...

Her abnormality is that her labor stalled. Her pitocin was not effective in getting her contractions regular.

You should be fine without intermediate algebra. Look over a chemistry workbook and see if dimensional analysis is understandable. I was quite an older student and hadn't taken algebra since 8th grade. I was fine, but I did hire a tutor for chemistry...

A little off-topic, but I often think when we have a screaming, groaning natural birth patient in labor that we should bring teenage girls for a tour so they can actually understand that giving birth hurts and is a very significant part of life. Not ...

they really want you to pass, they hired you so they will do everything they can to see that you pass. I wouldn't worry about it too much.

I was not aware when I got my 2nd bachelor's degree that I would not qualify for govt loans or scholarships. If I had to do it over I would go for the MSN. It was soooo stressful dealing with money concerns while doing an accelerated BSN. good luck.

We always tell moms if they poop during pushing that they are pushing right! Moms get so embarassed about it but we are very used to it. A lot of things can come out at the same time as the baby!

It is great to take only the good or easy professors but sometimes it doesn't work out. Luckily, I had a good teacher for chemistry but I still wasn't sure I could get an A so I asked around the school and found a tutor. We met once a week, went over...

I graduated with an accelerated BSN in 2008. I already had a bachelor's degree so I figured one year of schooling would be better than the three years it would take to get an entry level masters. The big problem I ran into was I couldn't get scholars...

I thought of something! It's fascinating watching the newborn hearing test--learn how it is done.

Name: Teensmom Date:10/10/10 Indicate all educational degrees held _____ Associate degree _____ Diploma __x___ Baccalaureate _____ Master's degree _____ Doctoral degree _____ Other Additional educational licenses, certifications and future plans BLS...

How did you get this job? I was recommended by a friend. What kind of training did you have? 1 year at a high-acuity, high birthrate hospital. Where did you go to school? Samuel Merritt. How long were you in school? 1 year. What kind of classes did y...

I would not recommend doing an accelerated nursing degree. I did it and it was incredibly hard, you have to study all the time, really understand things quickly and apply them. If you are struggling in a regular program, there's no way you'd be able ...