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  1. Aloha! I need your help.....

    htrn replied to jmadera's topic in General Nursing

    My youngest sister died when she was 4 years old (30+ years ago) and her death brought this discussion to the forefront in my family. My father and sister and I have this conversation quite...

  2. SOS d/t Extreme Stupidity

    htrn replied to TennNurse's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Get to the doctor ASAP, if for any other reason, to ease your mind. AND get a different form of BC. I was on the pill for years and was just as proficiet as you in taking them when I was supposed...

  3. My poor co-worker!

    htrn replied to tryingtomakeit's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We have had issues with our staff being floated out to 'dirty' rooms in med/surg recently ourselves. Bottom line, it is a VIOLATION OF STATE CODE for a maternity nurse to take care of an...

  4. Important Message For All Nurses!

    htrn replied to jill48's topic in General Nursing

    Attacbing my license to child support is a sore subject for me. My hubby and I are still together and we have four kids - one of which is in permanent foster care as she gets violent and beats the...

  5. What do CNAs do in L&D

    htrn replied to zahryia's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Our aides are GODSENDS. They do vital signs and can do one of the two fundal checks done each shift, I&O, remove foleys and NS locks, room patients, do albustix and put them on the monitors....

  6. Thrifty Facilities?

    htrn replied to indigo girl's topic in General Nursing

    I see alot of waste in my department. We have delivery packs with oodles of paper drapes that never get used and each instrument pack contains 13 instruments that need to be resterilized and packaged...

  7. Seasoned Nurses, advice needed PLEASE!!!

    htrn replied to LDRNMOMMY's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I would ask for a copy of the letter for your records, then I would write a point by point rebuttal. Explain all of your reasoning and all of the situations that the MD so thoughtfully 'forgot' to...

  8. Am I stepping on senior nurses toes?

    htrn replied to b eyes's topic in Emergency

    Sounds to me like you did a good thing and the old crusty nurse is just not happy with change. The fact that you thought of it after only being there one year and she hadn't thought of it in 15 years...

  9. Nursing repayment plan for student loans ......???????

    htrn replied to paulaking1978's topic in General Nursing

    While I was in school I got a Perkins Loan. Each year since graduation I sent the college a letter from my manager saying that I am still employed fulltime and after five years it's payed off. OK,...

  10. What's it like at your hospital??

    htrn replied to shortstuff31117's topic in Ob/Gyn

    My hospital is the same way. I do have to say that we aren't ALLOWED to put in FECG/IUPC, have to call the doc for that. And one doc will not, under any circumstances, not even if she is a VBAC on...

  11. Thoughts on Maternity nursing.

    htrn replied to Nurse AllBetta's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Just thought I would throw this out there. All of those "REAL" nurses would have puppies if we drug them into a labor room and told them to manage the patient and delivery - esp. if anything went...

  12. Med error could cost my job? Need help!

    htrn replied to dmwRNpa's topic in General Nursing

    First of all {{{{{OP}}}}} I am sorry you are having to deal with this. If not done already, please write an incident report about the day you turned your paperwork into HR. What time to took the...

  13. how to manage multiple patients on L & D

    htrn replied to SpudID's topic in Ob/Gyn

    There have been some excellent suggestions already made, my only addition would be: I'm sorry Dr. so and so. I realize that your patient does need to be delivered, but it is not safe for me to start...

  14. Okay, Dumb question=Diluting meds

    htrn replied to Fairlythere's topic in General Nursing

    Draw up your NS, say in a 10ml syringe you would draw up 9mls NS then 1ml of phenergan 25mg/ml. If you were to give 12.5 mg, then just push 5ml of the diluted med and waste the rest or label it and...

  15. Baby Steps to a goal of becoming a Nurse Midwife?

    htrn replied to DesertRain's topic in Nursing Career

    Selke, you mentioned wanting to go to Central or South America to volunteer as a CNM. Check out http://www.holyfamilybirthcenter.com. It is a nurse run birth center in Weslaco, TX that serves...

  16. Joint Commission?

    htrn replied to KYnightnurse's topic in General Nursing

    This sounds to me like your hospital's answer to the "hand off", JC's push for better communication between health care providers. It sounds like quite a luxury that most of us don't have - to have...

  17. Women's Health Care Nurse Practitioner

    htrn posted a topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    It has been a dream of mine to go to Fronteir to get my CNM, but I noticed on their website a different program for WHCNP. What exactly is the scope of practice for a WHCNP? Specifically, are they...

  18. Floating Policy

    htrn replied to Ami_J's topic in General Nursing

    We have a float list that keeps track of who floated last. A float doesn't count unless we were there for atleast half the shift - so if you go for 3 1/2 hours, you don't get to write your name on...

  19. Anyone work five 8's in a row 11p-7a?

    htrn replied to RN007's topic in General Nursing

    I work straight (8 hr) nocs and much prefer to work several nocs in a row rather than -on three -off one -on two - off two - on four - off three, etc... Because we work every other weekend, you never...

  20. Just where do our services end?

    htrn replied to SCRN1's topic in General Nursing

    We have family members staying with our moms most of the time. Occasionally they request a wake up call so they can get up for work. I simply tell them I will do my best to remember, but I cannot...

  21. Merck suspends lobbying for Gardasil vaccine

    htrn replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I have already started my 15 y/o daughter on the series, will start my other daughter on the series as soon as she is old enough and look forward to the day when my boys can get it as well. Let's just...

  22. How the heck does this happen?

    htrn replied to Jesskanurse's topic in General Nursing

    My daughter was in a residential facility with type of set up. She has PDD, an autism spectrum disorder, and has been on many different medications. The facility had her meds set up in a punch...

  23. Post-traumatic nurse disorder ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

    htrn replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    My weird ones: Missing half a semester of a class , both at my highschool and at a community college I attended many, many years ago. Having an additional car 'lost', either having left it in another...

  24. Colors used to identify IV sets usage?

    htrn replied to jorogume's topic in General Nursing

    the actual iv catheters are color coded at the hub - i.e. 24 guage/yellow, 22 guage/blue, 20 guage/pink, 18 guage/green, and 16 guage/gray. the tubing itself is all clear, but i will label each line...

  25. Name hospital and salary--everywhere

    htrn replied to mistydave's topic in General Nursing

    I definetly need to move!!!! Don't know about the hubby and kids though, can I just leave them here??? I work is small hospital in Northern WI and base is $25 something after 5 years, plus shift diff...