sunshinetoo

Greetings, I will be moving to Providence in the next 1-2 years from Minnesota. I work postpartum at a large/high risk hospital. I am not interested in labor and delivery, LDRP or being cross trained. Would you be able to tell me which hospitals around Boston that have postpartum units that don't require nurses to cross train? I have a BSN. Thanks so much.

Greetings, I will be moving to Providence in the next 1-2 years from Minnesota. I work postpartum at a large/high risk hospital. I am not interested in labor and delivery, LDRP or being cross trained. Would you be able to tell me which hospitals have postpartum units that don't require nurses to cross train? I have a BSN. Thanks so much.

I'm new to post partum, have a lot of med/surg experience, I feel a little crazy that the thing I worry about the most is giving the baby a bath. The little slippery thing, dunking into a small basin that is on a table with no sides. Any advice on the best way to "hold" the baby during the basin phase? Thanks.

I have been working as an RN for 1 year on an oncology unit where I started as a new grad. There are several of us who started together who they are trying to get chemo trained. Due to poor management the night shift is severely short on experienced chemo nurses- they tried to get travelers to no avail. This comes at the same time they are wanting us to start giving chemo- we have all taken the course. We get new Leuks and hang very serious chemos. The plan is to spend 1 day with 1 patient and 1 experienced nurse to hang our first chemo. Then next 2 days we have a 3:1 with 1 chemo on our own. The night shift at this point often gives chemo with only 1 chemo nurse on and chemo gets verified with the pharmacist. How does this compare to other training? And, more importantly to me, should a new chemo nurse potentially be hanging chemo without any other chemo nurses working? Our interim manager does not know anything about chemo- so I would not have anyone to contact with questions/concerns. The policy is for 2 chemo nurses to be working while chemo is hanging but this often does not happen- is this a policy in other places or an OSHA rule or............ Thanks