ragingmomster

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  1. I made my patient cry (long)

    ragingmomster replied to ragingmomster's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Thank you all for the support. Our admissions paperwork does have a screening for abuse, but we don't directly ask if the pt is not alone. I am amazed I have not been called on the carpet for this...

  2. What doctors do that bugs you...

    ragingmomster replied to 33-weeker's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Doctors who keep my pen. I have found the cure for this one...all my pens have caps (no clickie kinds). When someone borrows a pen, they don't get the cap and I keep the cap in my hand until they...

  3. Morning Sickness

    ragingmomster replied to Jo Dirt's topic in Ob/Gyn

    crystallized ginger worked for me, and not just during the first trimester. i just shake my head at the preggo's at work who are spending money on Zofran before even trying some

  4. I made my patient cry (long)

    ragingmomster replied to ragingmomster's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Thanks for your support, I will be sure to add more info when I get called on the

  5. Drug seeker t-shirt?

    ragingmomster replied to Hellllllo Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Am hooking hubby up with this website as a not so subtle hint for Christmas. I definitely need the B$#@* t-shirt to wear under my

  6. Newborn nurses please help!

    ragingmomster replied to sweetcheekers's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We had been using a TB syringe but have recently gotten new protocols based on CBC rec's. please check with them. We are now using a 7/8 needle on a prefilled HepB syringe. Hope that helps. p.s. we...

  7. What I love about nursing

    ragingmomster replied to clemmm78's topic in General Nursing

    I can be having the worst day at work and if one patient just says thank you, or looks at me like I made a difference - I start to cry. Tearing up now just thinking about it. Makes me feel like I got...

  8. What career would YOU have chosen if you weren't a nurse?

    ragingmomster replied to RN BSN 2009's topic in General Nursing

    I am sure the FBI would love to have you now. As long as you are in shape they are looking for RN's to infiltrate nursing homes in order to uncover medicare fraud. Give 'em a call. Personally I would...

  9. Triage

    ragingmomster replied to mitchsmom's topic in Ob/Gyn

    the restrictions we place on triage are due to the logistics of our triage area. we have a 3 bed triage "unit" that is seperate from our LDRP's and our LDR's and OR's. our newer RN's can and will...

  10. When a pt begs you not to go

    ragingmomster replied to eden's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I never have problems with working overtime, we are always understaffed. What a wonder it would be to have a regular work week. Ah..only in my dreams. My introduction to a pt is always..."Hi, My...

  11. Triage

    ragingmomster replied to mitchsmom's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Our 3 bed triage "unit" can only be staffed by an RN with at least 1 year experience and at least 6 months of OB experience. Team leaders who assign RN's to the triage area know who can and can't...

  12. Those Baby Shows

    ragingmomster replied to LiveZen's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Can't stand "A Baby Story". I still like the "World Birth Day" because you get some insight into other cultures. "Bringing Home Baby" is crap.

  13. NCLEX in California or Washington State?

    ragingmomster replied to nurse1717's topic in General Nursing

    Check out both states BON sites and see what licensure costs in each. Then check to see if the two states in a "compact" and reciprocity is

  14. To paint or not to paint... cords

    ragingmomster replied to 33-weeker's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I am hoping that some of our Aussie friends will chime in on this one. My dear SIL is in Sydney and has had 3 births there. She tells me that full immersion baths are not discouraged before the cord...

  15. Is it true that a BSN will be mandatory soon?

    ragingmomster replied to szccdw's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Never Happen. Logistics alone will keep it from happening. Where will they find slots in schools for the ADN's who do go back to school? We don't have enough nurses because we don't have enough...

  16. What do you have?

    ragingmomster replied to babynrsrn's topic in Ob/Gyn

    we have a 3 stretcher triage room 7 LDRP's 16 high risk beds 4 DR's/OR's 30 beds post-partum 30 bed nursery 20 convalescent nursery beds 50 bed NICU we do our own pacu right in the room the pt came...

  17. Rules that SHOULD exist and be enforced in OB...

    ragingmomster replied to nursejenrnc's topic in Ob/Gyn

    5. If you don't know how to spell your baby's name, you will not be allowed to name him/her that and we will randomly choose a name for you that the child will not have to spell for every person they...

  18. Determining station....

    ragingmomster replied to enfermeraSG's topic in Ob/Gyn

    This is something I was never taught either, and with only 18 months experience (has it been that long?), I still ask whoever else has checked the pt before I declare myself. My best guess for higher...

  19. In what instances would you use your chain of command

    ragingmomster replied to mugwump's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Used it twice recently... Anaesthesiologist was not happy to be called to the bedside and then sent away when the pt decided not to have an epidural at the last moment and told the team leader RN that...

  20. Frustrated Mom needs help!

    ragingmomster replied to nittni's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry to disappoint you but I don't believe you will find help here. We are unable to give direct medical advice and can only encourage you to seek professional advice from your MD, or ask for a...

  21. What doctors do that bugs you...

    ragingmomster replied to 33-weeker's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Only been in L& D 18 months now and have seen as many as 5 pop-offs. Stupid me I later asked the resident for the reasoning for so many applications. Now that I have learned more about the...

  22. Quick question?

    ragingmomster replied to thsnursluvsgeriatric's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Wish I had time to take a bubble bath or go to the gym, but with a FT job and 3 kids with activities at home neither one is an option. I manage with shorter therapy. I park in the furthest lot I can...

  23. anyone seeing this maneuver?

    ragingmomster replied to ragingmomster's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Finally back at work and finding more info. Apparently some of our residents have been inserting 1 or 2 fingers into the rectum in order to apply pressure to the fetal chin or mouth to assist with...

  24. anyone seeing this maneuver?

    ragingmomster replied to ragingmomster's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I will have to talk to my fellow nurses some more, but the discussion we had was regarding pressure on the actual CHIN, not the head. I'm going in tomorrow or Monday and will get back with more info...

  25. montevideo units

    ragingmomster replied to hoping to be an rn's topic in Ob/Gyn

    continuing with this thread... what are adequate MVU's and what amount of MVU's is dangerous? (will withhold my thoughts on the matter and institutional/ACOG guidelines at this