Smackdown

I have two friends in radiology and both are out of jobs right now so I would say the demand is much less.

OP, get over it.

Can a postpartum nurse decide to change an infant from regular formula to soy formula without the doctor's knowledge/order? I honestly didn't know if this was in the nurse's scope of practice. Any helpful links/articles would be great.

The job market is much better here in the South compared to the Northern states. I'm in Texas and jobs are not hard to come by in most areas here. So, if you would be willing to relocate......

The cost of living is low here in West Texas. I used to work in Lubbock and nurses earn less in bigger cities like Lubbock and Abilene than they do in outlying small towns because I earn much more now living in a small town.

Don't do it.

I am in a similar position, small rural hospital that only has 10-15 deliviers a month and only 2 nurses per shift, mostly LVNS. They send us to a big city hospital to train for a week and it helped A TON!

In our rural hospital we have LVNs in labor and delivery. If you live in a rural area some states allow it.

If a nurse is prescribed a medication like Xanax, Klonipin, Ativan, etc for anxiety.....can they legally work as a nurse under the influence of this medication? I searched my state's boards of nursing website and could not find anything.

Let's hear the real reason you want to move. The reasons you listed sound pretty selfish and not very strong reasons for uprooting a family.

I'm from Texas in a rural town and LVNs make up the majority of the hospital. They Initiate IV, monitor, change fluids, discontinue IV.

You ranted on an internet post about this an expected everyone to give you a shoulder to cry on? How about put your big girl panties on and stop ranting on the internet and DEAL WITH IT.

Texas Tech. I got my RN BSN there and it is an excellent school.

I am an RN working in L&D/Postpartum. I have taken the required 45 hours of educational classess to sit to become an IBCLC and now just need to 1000 hours of breastfeeding education in the workplace documented. Becoming a board certified lactation consultant is a long road. Look into doing something easier - like taking a one week course and become a Lactation Counselor (which I took). Or become a doula - like another poster suggested.

It is not like this in all parts of the country. I am from Texas and when I graduated nursing school in 2007, the local hospitals were all hiring new grads into L&D, NICU, Antepartum. Many of my fellow graduates scored jobs in these departments. I wouldn't say it is EASY to get jobs in these departments, the nurses who worked as nurse techs during nursing school in these departments were more likely to get chosen for the jobs upon graduation.

I am trying to encourage my hospital to hire a lactation consultant (or better yet, pay for me to take the courses to become one.) I am trying to figure out if in Texas Medicaid reimburses hospitals for lactation consultation. I have looked everywhere and I found that only 15 states in the U.S. do, but how can I find out if specifically Texas Medicaid does?

Please tell me what your hospital does to promote teamwork between nurses and how well it works? The hospital I work at has a "This is my patient, that is your patient" type attitude instead of helping each other out. I am interested in hearing about anything and everything, big or small that we can do to help promote nurses to have each others backs. Whether it be a rewards program, guest speakers with food, anything!

This person is obviously just a troll who is seeking attention.

This is a joke, right? Please, don't become a nurse. If a doctor or your manager/charge nurse has to tell you more than once to do something on many different occasions, I don't see you lasting long. This is the type of nurse who would...Not wipe with alcohol wipes IV ports and cause patients infections because they are to "hard headed" and impatient...

You should ask at the job you are leaving.

When I left my previous job they offered me COBRA. My husband and I were both 23 at the time and it was $1500/month!!! So basically half of my salary. I said FORGET IT!

Was browsing for RN work at home jobs in my own state (Texas) and came upon this. Just thought I'd share http://www.careerbuilder.com/JobSeeker/Jobs/JobDetails.aspx?IPath=ILKTV&lr=cbpar_anstat&ff=21&APath=2.21.21.0.0&job_did=J7X1X872HCGVFJPL0VJ

I agree with Dallas and Austin.

I remember feeling the same way when I was a student nurse. "Why are all the nurses so mean to us students?" "I'm never going to act that way when I become a nurse.", etc Then, once I graduated and had students following me.....and once I became a charge nurse and had 10 students crawling all over the place, I realized how those nurses felt. When you are already busy/stressed and you have a student who is a less than helpful/cooperative, the sharp teeth can come out :) Here are my tips to get on the nurse's good side: 1. Be assertive. Can I empty that foley bag for you? Don't wait till the end of the shift and the nurse asks you about the patient's urine and you have no idea what color it is or how many cc's were put out on your shift. Offer to help with menial tasks the nurse has to do, like bringing a patient a box of kleenex, even if they are not a great learning opportunity. 2. Don't sit in the nurse's station looking bored. (Or act bored in anyway). Chances are the nurses that are running around busy will be very annoyed by this. 3. Act interested in what your nurse is saying, even if you are not. If you are acting distracted when she is trying to show you something, it will come off as you being rude.

I get $2 extra per hour for being charge, which ends up being about 260 dollars or so extra a month after taxes. Doesn't sounds like much but it's nice. :)