PRESLA

PRESLA

L&D, High Risk OB, OR, Med-Surg, PHN

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  1. Nursing hat with ruffles required?

    ]:angryfire Guys never had to were caps (not hats got chewed a new one in school when I called it a hat). I know of only one nsg home that requires the nurses to were caps. One reason why I would...
  2. Feeling like a big fat failure

    ]:welcome: I finished school 13 yrs ago and even back then it was very difficult because I got the feeling from the teachers that were only there because of the money that they didn't care about your...
  3. Your personal delivery experience- what happened

    ] Hemabate expensive, nasty, but great medication. Lisa
  4. Deliveries <20 weeks...Need opinions please!

    ] Your hospital sounds like mine c the care of their pts Keep up the great and caring work hard area to work in. Lisa
  5. mag sulfate

    ] At a facility I worked at kept a Labor cart locked at the bedside of all labor pt and undelivered pts. It had all our meds in it and frequent supplies that we used. No narcs, phenergan or other...
  6. Working holidays and weekends

    ] School nurse, public health, dialysis, anything outside hospital is usually more friendly c schedule.
  7. Transfusion too fast?

    ] I have hosed it in before wide open c fluids going wide open also for a fresh delivery that had a post partum bleed. B/P 80/30-40's. MD at my side and were getting ready to go back for a D&C....
  8. in desperate need of a response......

    ]:uhoh21: Hopefully not as JACHO that's always a great party to be involved c.
  9. Hey Ya'll!!!

    ]:welcome: Hard work but the rewards are fab. Good luck and keep up informed.
  10. 85 Questions

    ] :cheers: :nurse:Party, Party congrates!!!
  11. hi

    ]:balloons: Welcome this site is great something for everyone.
  12. chicago wages

    ]:angryfire Holy crap I am from NC and our base pay is maybe $21/hr here which is not bad but some of the local factories pay there workers better than RN's.
  13. hating my job in the er

    ] That sounds like my old L&D unit not taking a bathroom break for an entire 12 hr shift. I remember one night having 4 lady partsl deliveries and 1 c-section myself I was there 3 hrs p my shift...
  14. "Don't waste your time getting your BSN..."

    ]AMEN RNDAVE Lisa
  15. Again....lazy workers

    ]I hope you aare not having surgery at the facility you work for. Try an experiment don't tell the staff where you are having surgery at that you are a nurse and see what kind of treatment you get...
  16. Attitudes towards RN's and lack of respect

    ] I agree c some of the above posts I find more disrespect form families and visitors then I do c the docs. The younger MD's find our opinion a great benefit to them because we are there eyes when...
  17. Fundraising ideas needed...

    ]A raffle for a well stuffed gift basket stuff given by local stores ie. coffee shops, book stores, bath and body stuff, ect. Maybe do a gift wrapping at a local mall if aval. Silent auction at your...
  18. Challenging the LVN CA State Boards.

    ] This might be a negative response but c my experience c my state board they are unbending about everything all rules are written in stone and they will stick by there guns. Have your friend talk...
  19. Recovering Nurses

    ]:welcome::wink2: dtgaup, Keep up the good work. I KNOW how hard it is. I am in the CDDP c the NCBON and I have recently gotten my license back p 9 months of not having it. Unable to work any in...
  20. Any other new nurses slapping their heads saying DUH!?

    ] Really in trouble when the DUH's stop or you don't notice them anymore. That is when you become a scary nurse because you think that you know everything. Everyday in nursing I learn something new...
  21. Mean nurses

    ] I feel sorry for the nurse that will not share her experiences c the newborns to the field, but she is the one who is suffering because students have a lot of information to give to the one who have...
  22. Again....lazy workers

    ] Keep up you great nursing care. I know how hard it is not to jump in and help make the patient more comfortable but I agree c the others keep a log of the poor care given by this other nurse and...
  23. Recovering Nurses

    ] In my case drugs, but from an disease would be a great blessing from where I came from.
  24. North Carolina Roll Call

    ]Born in NC 40+ years live near Charlotte nursing for 13+ yrs. Love the area and work. Have a big family and will be getting bigger soon.
  25. No nurses on floor during report

    ]Speaking for night and day shifts, in which I have worked both, I have to say day shift farts around longer in the morning before they start work then when they are ready to leave at night. They...