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    PP nurse being sent to med-surg floors to take pt assignment?

    LibraSunCNM replied to livealoha's topic in Ob/Gyn

    This. Med/surg is becoming more and more acute every day. They simply can't float you to units where you haven't been fully
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    Hydration Stations in the Nursing Station

    LibraSunCNM replied to 1Crazynurse's topic in General Nursing

    God forbid! It sounds like you're working really hard to get things changed, and I wish you the best of luck. As someone who's always been a big water drinker, ridiculous rules about drinks at work...
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    Make It STOP!

    LibraSunCNM replied to meanmaryjean's topic in General Nursing

    Ah yes, the super geographically-specific posts with acronyms that only people living in that county would know, that are in the General forum are also
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    Make It STOP!

    LibraSunCNM replied to meanmaryjean's topic in General Nursing

    I saw the title of this thread and thought, "Maybe someone else besides me is going to talk about how they never want to hear the word ECLIPSE ever again!" One more question on my Facebook feed about...
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    Leaving Bedside Nursing

    LibraSunCNM replied to addiewaad's topic in General Nursing

    Finish your contract, and start looking around for other jobs. NICU or PACU might be good fits, as others have suggested. Just because you don't like your first job doesn't mean bedside nursing is...
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    Drug testing

    LibraSunCNM replied to blexxer's topic in General Nursing

    Nope, klone is right. I worked at an internationally-known medical center that certainly accepted Medicare, and they don't drug test. I actually had a whole conversation about it with the...
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    How long did you deliver babies?

    LibraSunCNM replied to blessed2617's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    I don't think there are a lot of really seasoned CNMs on this board, so I don't know that you'll get a whole lot of replies. I think many midwives do do that, it's hard to be up all night for so many...
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    Job prospects for CNMs

    LibraSunCNM replied to Guest1033582's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    Not to derail the OP's thread, but cayenne I'm curious---I've seen comments of yours several times about your transition from a CPM to realizing that a lot of what you formerly believed was...
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    Job prospects for CNMs

    LibraSunCNM replied to Guest1033582's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    You're welcome. I also decided to become a midwife in high school, although it was the book "The Red Tent" that peaked my own initial
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    Job prospects for CNMs

    LibraSunCNM replied to Guest1033582's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    Well, there are thousands of CNMs/CMs making an actual living off this career in the U.S., so yes, you can :-) Job prospects vary geographically but are overall very good, IMO. I'd encourage you to...
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    Midwife Clinicals

    LibraSunCNM replied to hoekan01's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    Oh I see, it didn't occur to me that the OP meant she might have to complete her program in more than one location. My clinical portion only took me 4 semesters, but I understand you are technically...
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    Doula Training before becoming a nurse?

    LibraSunCNM replied to jjoy's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I think the DONA workshops (as klone stated, typically 1-2 days) would be a great asset to you, even if you can't fulfill the number of births it takes to be actually certified as a doula, for a basic...
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    Gross Things Patients Do

    LibraSunCNM replied to bluegeegoo2's topic in General Nursing

    OMG I'm crying! Myself, probably the grossest I've encountered (which really pales in comparison to most of the above stories, dang guys!), was a woman so frustrated with her constipation that she...
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    Is LVN licensure possible (or probable) for an unmedicated schizoaffective? (California)

    LibraSunCNM replied to Seagull01's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Am I the only one who thinks it's weird and inappropriate that the OP's doctor is trying to convince her to not just pursue being an LVN, but specifically to do so to work in his own office? Because...
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    Questions for a CNM

    LibraSunCNM replied to harris1's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    I have a bachelor's degree in nursing and a master's of science in midwifery. My first and only job so far was in the hospital setting. I recently moved to another state and am about to start a...
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    Questions for a CNM

    LibraSunCNM replied to harris1's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    Ask
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    Midwife Clinicals

    LibraSunCNM replied to hoekan01's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    Choose a midwifery program that doesn't require you to find your own clinical
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    L&D RN w/ Herpes - Embarrassed

    LibraSunCNM replied to Kr_nurse09's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I know nurses who delivered at different hospitals from where they worked for that exact reason, and I'm so sorry it's stressing you out, but as the others have said, it's really no big deal. Anyone...
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    Glutton for Punishment?

    LibraSunCNM replied to OrganizedChaos's topic in General Nursing

    Uh, have you noticed who's in the freaking White House??? Facts officially don't
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    Pitocin WARS

    LibraSunCNM replied to kdot2003's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Doesn't AWHONN have an Oxytocin Safety Bundle? I let my membership lapse so I also don't have access to JOGNN, but I'm pretty sure they've created this in recent years, and the references to the...
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    Pitocin WARS

    LibraSunCNM replied to kdot2003's topic in Ob/Gyn

    She sounds like a delight. Even though I know "life isn't fair," as my mom would say, as a CNM, it will never cease to chap my butt that MDs routinely practice in an unsafe manner such as this,...
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    Scheduling harassment

    LibraSunCNM replied to NurseDisneyPrincess's topic in General Nursing

    Where the heck do you work that you're allowed to just bow out of working weekends, while others can't??? I've never in my life encountered this in an acute care setting. My surprise with that...
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    What time do you do vitals at night on mother baby

    LibraSunCNM replied to BSNbeauty's topic in Ob/Gyn

    When I did mother/baby, we did mom's vitals/assessment twice in a 12 hour shift, but no hard and fast times. We did baby's vitals q4h for the first 24 hours of life, then q8h thereafter. If the baby...
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    Is L&D or NICU experience better for CNM/WHNP?

    LibraSunCNM replied to JennaSnow's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    L&D, hands down. Some midwives do newborn care, but not that many, and those that do only really care for well newborns. NICU experience will only expose you to sick
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    Have you or anyone you know ever sued for not having a lunch break?

    LibraSunCNM replied to YoutubeTheNP's topic in General Nursing

    Also, a lawsuit *could* be more likely to scare an institution into changing the work environment and staffing appropriately so that nurses can actually take breaks, as opposed to just paying everyone...