unikuelady RN

I would sit on the porch of my country house, listen to the wind blow through the trees, birds singing and build birdhouses

my co-workers think i'm a bit crazy...well ok so I am...but thats not the point. I have always introduced myself to every pt I care for. I always tell the baby what I am going to do to them before I do it. I think I started doing this because ther...

:yeahthat: I would encourage you to do some deep soul searching and figure out why you want to become a nurse. I have worked with many a bedside nurse who had vast amount of knowledge about the disease process, treatments etc and could carry out th...

An increasing problem has been not enough supplies are being stocked on my unit so that by night shift we run out and are not able to obtain them until day shift. I'm not talking about enough tissues or alcohol wipes. I'm talking about critical sup...

Thank you everyone for your replies. I think bombarding the house supervisor with a list just might do the trick. I will try that tonight by going in a few minutes early and checking out the supplies and get the list started, otherwise Its just too...

I started out in mother/baby couplet care. After working for 5 years there I earned my RNC in Maternal/newborn. I always wanted to work in NICU and had to wait for an opening at my facility. I have been working NICU for the past 4 years and love it...

Whoa there...You are going to get the infants of the intoxicated, drug addicted, non-compliant diabetic, psychiatric parents and have to deal with not only the consequesces of mothers actions to the baby in utero-but also to the mothers and fathers t...

My hospital has what is called the clinical ladder program. This is where the bedside nurse is rewarded(5% pay raise) for going above and beyond her basic duties. We have 3 levels. There are a prescribed number of things (ie attending staff meetin...

Hi everyone. I live with a transgender male to female who is very willing to answer any questions that anyone has about this subject. She is 57yrs old and is very interested in educating the public-especially the medical community about being a tra...

This happened to me! It occured during the nvd of my 9lb 8oz baby girl. It was not confirmed until almost a year after her delivery by x-ray. I had alot of continious dull pain at the site for that entire year. I could place 2 of my fingers inside...

how about seeing who can catch the most cockroaches after they jump/scuury out of your homeless patients clothing and then dig out the eggs laid in the wounds.:sofahider now where are those pesky roaches hiding? :sofahider

Hmmmmm could this be another example of "Keeping the patient happy-even if its not in their best interest" just to ENSURE good patient satisfaction scores?

The only units in my facility allowed to mix their own medications is the ER ICU and the NICU. This is only allowed during the 8 hours at night when their is no pharmacist in house. When we do mix our own medications, we have to show our calcul...

The minimum basics are: normal vital sign ranges, normal blood sugar ranges and the less you handle a micro-preemie / sick kid the better. keep your voice low, keep your eyes and ears open. Ask questions and find out the diagnosis of your patient the...

The LAST thing that a long term nurse wants to hear from a new employee is: At my last hospital WE DID IT THIS WAY, your place is out of date, not good enough equipment.....etc. it gets old really really quick. Start out quietly and get to know the ...

Wow this hits home for me. We have several of these "I'm too busy reading the paper, chatting with my friends to do my work" employees. It did absolutely no good what-so-ever to talk with management. Every piece of paper ended up in the circular f...

I'm noticing co-workers having increasing problems with hypertension and diabetes. Any stress related disorders would be high on the list.

2.9 hgb before delivery. 2.8 post delivery on a chronic anemic mom who had a previous spleenectomy. Totally asymptomatic. Dr. recommended blood transfusion, pt refused due to being Jehovahs witness. Baby had normal hgb levels. pt discharged home on...

I work in a 5 bed level II nicu and was wondering if anyone else out there works in a small unit. Most of the time there are only 2 or 3 RNs working the shift. These nurses go to all C/S and high risk delivieries along with a patient care load. It...

Another reason can be family pressure. My 16 yr old daughter gave her child up for adoption 5 years ago. There were many complicated reasons for the decision she made. I told her that I was willing to support her in any way I could-regarding keepi...

I have given Narcan several times to infant who's mothers were given Stadol before delivery. Most of the time was when the infant was between 1-4 hours post delivery. The Narcan was administered IM with almost immediate results observed every time....

I came up with a song to remember the steps of manual expression of breasts. it is sung to the tune of the "Hokey-Pokey" Massage the breast here massage the breast there massage the breast here-massage it all around. Then you do the strokie - stro...

Hi all, I am the bereavement nurse specializing in fetal demise/neonatal death. Our hospital policy has changed to be more accommodating to our families that have fetal/neonatal loss. To facilitate the grieving process we allow the mother/family t...

:smackingf just re-read your post. You have lived in So CA before. WELL you are in for a shocker. I have family that live in the north county SD area and it has EXPLODED in growth-you will not recognize it at all after 12 years. If you recall t...

I'm going to be the wet blanket. Why in the world do you want to move to CA? Especially to a major city as LA? Have you ever been here to visit? I was born and raised in LA and am currently living in the Inland Empire. It is plain overcrowded. ...