OBNurseShelley

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  1. What does the midwife market look like where you live?

    OBNurseShelley replied to LuvsOB's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    Absoutely follow your dreams.....and if attending school is a challenge, check out this distance learning program, it is accredited and awards a masters degree. http://www.midwives.org all the info...

  2. travel RN, for me?

    OBNurseShelley replied to ellie123's topic in Travel

    The best advice I can give is: research, research, research. Be very clear of what you want and don't want to do regarding your position, ie: will you float, will you take 10 patients, will you work...

  3. must allow nursery observation?

    OBNurseShelley replied to threesacharm's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I agree with pretty much everyone, you have every right to refuse baby to go the nursery. Refuse the bath, refuse the meds until later, it doesn't hurt to give them later. They can't force you to do...

  4. timing of newborn bath

    OBNurseShelley replied to kyobnurse's topic in Ob/Gyn

    By far my favorite place did it this way: (although, not completely baby friendly, it worked well) L&D nurse, receives baby, assigns apgars, as long as all is good, NO FURTHER INTERVETNIONS ARE...

  5. Give me some ideas!

    OBNurseShelley replied to jessjoy's topic in General Nursing

    I agree, 3 12's might not seem like full-time work, but believe me, it is! I thought the same thing too, "what am I going to do with all my free-time?" But, working nights ESPECIALLY, you spend all...

  6. OP babies=more pain?

    OBNurseShelley replied to ChristyE's topic in Ob/Gyn

    EXACTLY My response was to the fact that canoehead, said "the docs really know their stuff this is why they get paid the big bucks" This is exactly the kind of ignorance that gets passed on to the...

  7. Lexington, Kentucky

    OBNurseShelley replied to Town & Country's topic in General Nursing

    easy there, no need to be

  8. confined to bed after 4cm?

    OBNurseShelley replied to littlemrs's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Labor standing on your head and see how it makes their heads spin!! :roll They need to get out of the dark ages, it's absurd, you should wait until you have the urge to push, then go to the hospital...

  9. cancelled/low census..long and alot of questions

    OBNurseShelley replied to seanymph's topic in Travel

    I have worked as a travler for several contracts and I always get my hours guaranteed, HOWEVER, if I am cancelled im usually required to make up the shift to teh unit's convenience, PIA i know but...

  10. Overtime

    OBNurseShelley replied to MsBruiser's topic in General Nursing

    HOW THE HECK DOES THAT WORK? I know JCAHO is a pain in the tush sometimes, but I wouldn't want to work in a hospital that wasn't JCAHO

  11. patient lingo...

    OBNurseShelley replied to athomas91's topic in Emergency

    we get, I want an epidermal, or "I need one of them epidermis" things. i.e. EPIDURAL or this is kind of off the subject but along the same lines of patient ignorance, I had a patient question me how...

  12. Welcome to the ER. Please observe the following rules. (mild rant)

    OBNurseShelley replied to V. Nightingale's topic in Emergency

    I too agree about the way ER is with pregnant patients, they AVOID them like the plague! But if a pt comes in with 17 stab wounds, they're all over it! I personally would rather deliver 10 babies...

  13. OP babies=more pain?

    OBNurseShelley replied to ChristyE's topic in Ob/Gyn

    THis reply is to Canoehead, referring to the statement she made below in quotes. YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME?? "I've never heard about not pushing and letting the baby move down with OP...

  14. I have been impersonated to obtain narcotics

    OBNurseShelley replied to darla80's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    I wouldnt' take it personally, you just happen to be the "right" person. This person has a problem, and it has nothing to do with you. And, you're probably not the first person she's tried to...

  15. Fired.......Why?????

    OBNurseShelley replied to sammy004's topic in International Nursing

    If you think how well someone does on the NCLEX exam determines their ability to be a good nurse, (pardon me) but, YOU'RE WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!! If she made a mistake and isn't taking the responsibility...

  16. Acoustic Stimulator

    OBNurseShelley replied to babynurse32's topic in Ob/Gyn

    D5 is ok, but personally I think LR works just as good, either way a fluid bolus can do

  17. Tired of "ER's" Portrayal of Nurses???

    OBNurseShelley replied to CarVsTree's topic in General Nursing

    I've had just about enough of this whining about how bad ER is in portraying this and that. As others said: IT'S A FREAKING TV SHOW, it's NOT reality, and if you don't like it, STOP WATCHING IT??...

  18. Acoustic Stimulator

    OBNurseShelley replied to babynurse32's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I agree about not using scalp stim with dcels, heard the same thing at an AWHONN conference. BUT, how many times have I seen the doctor doing scalp

  19. Acoustic Stimulator

    OBNurseShelley replied to babynurse32's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I've rarely used them, I don't believe in them, I think it's cruel and unusual punishment and I've seen occasionally the baby decel after doing it. If she was in active labor then scalp stim might...

  20. IUPC's

    OBNurseShelley posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    I have a question for ya'all :) I'm working at a facility that has a protocol for their IUPC's that states prior to doing an amnioinfusion, the catheter must be primed with fluid prior to insertion....

  21. IUPC's

    OBNurseShelley replied to OBNurseShelley's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I forgot to mention I'm mainly referring to transducer tipped IUPC's NOT balloon filled. When I worked in California we did place them, but most of the places I've been at, we did not. THanks for...

  22. What anesthesia complications??

    OBNurseShelley replied to CRNA, DNSc's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We had a pt go into Atrial fibrilation after an epidural, NO PREVIOUS HISTORY OF ANYTHING, perfectly healthy normal pregnancy. SHe complained of "feeling funny" then went unconscious, i thought it...

  23. Best way to get into travel nursing

    OBNurseShelley replied to skybirdrising's topic in Travel

    All you need is experience to be a travel nurse, the more the better, and you should have other skills as well, ie; flexibility, adaptable, quick learner, self-motivated, etc etc, anybody with...

  24. "Stupid Nurse Tricks"

    OBNurseShelley replied to mistersleepy's topic in Nursing Humor

    this is a classic on any L&D floor with really rotten nurses! Picture it: Triage room, screaming patient, lots of ketchup and other goo, plastic baby, unsuspecting charge nurse! it was...

  25. Do you have to pay for parking?

    OBNurseShelley replied to JJFROG's topic in General Nursing

    i worked in a hospital in downtown LA and didn't have to pay and it was well lit, not very far and always space available. I've never had to pay and have always had safe, close parking, guess i...