RNBelle

RNBelle

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  1. Any hospital hiring new grads? anywhere in the country?

    RNBelle replied to zefutebolera's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    All small towns in Texas are hurting for RNs. Come one, come

  2. LVN first?

    RNBelle replied to peeseful1's topic in General Nursing

    If your goal in the end is to be an RN, then just go all the way the first time. I promise school will be over before you know

  3. Recovery for vaginal delivery

    RNBelle replied to IrishIzCPNP's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We are a small unit so it just depends on how my night is going on how fast Pts get moved to PP. If we are slammed I try to get the moms moved as soon as they can walk and hopefully pee. If all the...

  4. LPNs in OB - do they have them where you work?

    RNBelle replied to CandyGyrl1985's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We are one big (small) unit. We have a LVN school in the city I work so most of our nurses in the hospital are LVNs and will probably never be phased out until the nursing school starts to graduate...

  5. Cardiac to OB??

    RNBelle replied to kmj1228's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I went straight into PP after graduation and now I have been doing L&D. Experience in med/surg, cardiac, ER is great experience. But I like what I like and don't want to work anywhere else, even...

  6. Vag exams with sterile gloves or regular gloves?

    RNBelle posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    What are the ACOG or AWHONN guidelines on vag exams and sterile gloves? Is there ever a time when it is appropriate to do an exam with the regular non sterile exam

  7. Lone RN in L&D

    RNBelle replied to RNBelle's topic in Ob/Gyn

    It's just one big unit. One side of the unit is L&D and the other half is PP and nursery. We do couplet care also unless there is a special care baby and then staffing really sucks because that...

  8. Lone RN in L&D

    RNBelle posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Just curious as to what policies are at other places. Supposedly we are to always have 2 RNs staffed always in L&D but when there is a staffing crisis it seems the 2 RN rule goes out the window....

  9. Lone RN in L&D

    RNBelle replied to RNBelle's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Like I say, it doesn't happen too often that I am alone, but it is a nail bitter when I am. Shoot some nights it's a nail bitter when it's just 2 RNs in

  10. Pushing Instructions

    RNBelle replied to aunttae's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I love it when women don't have epidurals. If they do not have an epidural tell them they don't have to hold their breath, just follow what their body tells them to do. Sometimes they get a little...

  11. Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic & Neonatal Nursing...and other magazines

    RNBelle replied to oguesswhat's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I subscribe to the Journal of Perinatal and Neonatal nursing. I would join AWHONN but I seem to always be on the cusp of trying to figure out how long I will stick with my current job. So the journal...

  12. Med-Surg experience before OB/GYN

    RNBelle replied to Harlem05's topic in Ob/Gyn

    While I was in school I spent my last semester precepting in the Trauma ICU. After stress at home and work I decided I needed a happy place. So right after graduation I went to post partum. Now I am...

  13. Lone RN in L&D

    RNBelle replied to RNBelle's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Ok, so I am not crazy for being scared to death some nights when I walk into work and I am alone. They will leave me a LVN but that is about it. Its all about $$$$ where I work. Why staff 2 RNs when...

  14. NICU To L&D?

    RNBelle replied to ittybittybabynurse's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Well you would be an awesome asset with your NICU experience when a bad baby pops out, so that part will be easy for you. L&D is very challenging. I use to work PP so I thought I had a good idea...

  15. locked unit problems

    RNBelle replied to deonj_21's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Not a single lock in site on our unit. We would love it though. I did work in a place that had a locked L&D. There was a doorbell, it rang to security - where they had a video screen watching the...

  16. "pit to distress"

    RNBelle replied to geekgolightly's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I work in a small rural hospital where we love to induce EVERYONE, but we never pit to distress. If the baby is not tolerating it, we stop. Now that is a stress test for the baby. So if the baby is...

  17. Vag exams with sterile gloves or regular gloves?

    RNBelle replied to RNBelle's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Thanks! Just curious because we have had some people start using the blue non sterile gloves for vag exams and the rest of us at work were suprised and questioning

  18. Call Time and Labor Laws

    RNBelle replied to Barkow's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Ahhh...call time! We work 7 12's in a pay period and take one night of call. So basically 24hrs/month of call. But thankfully TX just passed a law saying no more mandatory overtime for nurses....

  19. Nipple confusion/syringe/cup feeding policy

    RNBelle replied to stormsurge's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We don't really have any policies at all on anything. We don't encourage cup feeding but if someone could provide me with some evidence based research on the benefits of that it would be helpful....

  20. What is your schedule like?

    RNBelle replied to Brandy0331's topic in Ob/Gyn

    My first job out of nursing school was PRN. Since we have moved, I have been full time for the last year and have had my fill. We are so short though they will still need me

  21. What is your schedule like?

    RNBelle replied to Brandy0331's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I hate my schedule also. 7 shifts in 2 wks and one night of call. Lately it has been 8 shifts a week because we have also had some nurses leave. I am exhausted and getting burnt out quickly! I am...

  22. Info on cross-trained staff

    RNBelle replied to ebby79's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We are a small hospital so we do it all on our women's center. We are short on RNs and have quite a few LVNs. So the RNs will always be hanging out in L&D and our LVNs doing PP. What I don't get...

  23. Electric fetal monitoring...and how to master the art

    RNBelle replied to theamberdawns's topic in Ob/Gyn

    If I am stuck in the room too long usually one of my co-workers is sweet enough to come find the baby for me. It's just a pain sometimes. How does the wash cloth trick

  24. How often do you chart while a women is in labor?

    RNBelle replied to RNTX2002's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We don't really have any policies at all where I work for charting on labor PTs. I just stick to AWOHNN

  25. Critical Care Nurse wants to try L&D or MBU.

    RNBelle replied to caitiecait's topic in Ob/Gyn

    If/when you transfer to L&D do not get discouraged your first couple of months. It is amazing how much there is to learn in OB. I worked post partum and now L&D. I thought I was somewhat...