obgoddess

You also have to take into consideration cost of living as well. TN seems pretty similar to the Florida rates...

We keep them for four hours after any narcotics if they dont have a ride. They dont get their discharge papers if we dont see their ride on the unit. We also have cab vouchers we use.

I think if you went with FNP there would be more hiring options. My friend graduated with a FNP degree but works with in an OB/GYn office in a NP capacity.

What are the advantages of being CEN certified. Do hospitals tend to pay you more?

I was wondering if any one knew if IUPC insertions was within the scope of practice of RNs or where I could find the answer?

we also do not give anything past 6-7 cm unless it is an epidural

I would explain exactly that to the pt and pretty much let the pt decide what they want

I went into OB as a graduate nurse without any experience what so ever. It was a very small hospital close to where I was living and they were always having probs staffing. So i guess it depends on the hospital and how badly they need help. Orientation was at least six months.

I like cervidil and feel safer when i use it compared to cytotec because it can be removed, BUT I def have more precip deliveries in the middle of the night with cervidil. I find it hyperstims less than cytotec and makes stronger but more spaced out ctx that actually do something.

I do not personally think its a prob. What I hate are when the husbands are in the room when I am checking their wives and some make crude sexual comments about it.

I think a lot of it depends on the pt as well. I CAN be done in one hour IF the pt gets gowned, and pees quickly and gets in bed and answers my questions quickly. We admit many inductions around 5AM and I find that they can move VERY slowly and half the time they will be talking with their family (or on the cell phone even) while I am trying to get the adm assess done and they wont pay attention.

I may be superstitious, but I find that a lot of the people who have strict birthing plans end up having happen exactly what they did not want to do.

From what I have gathered from my friends that work in Knoxville the starting pay is around 17.50-19.00 depending on specialty areas and differentials( nights, Weekends). That is what it seems to be in a lot of the bigger cities in TN like nashville and chattanooga as well. But of course PRN gets paid like 30-40 dollars an hr depending on where you go.

Our CNAs are able to feed and change the babies in the nursery or do VS on stable pts in postpartum. We do not use them very much unless we are VERY busy. Some community colleges do have 2 year nursing schools where you can be a RN but not a RN, BSN.(as long as you pass the nclex at the end). Most of our nursery nurses are LPNS.

We require all our babies to go to the nursery if everyone in the room is sleeping. We do not allow our mother's to sleep in the bed with the baby. I guess for safety and risk issues. Our hospital is a small hospital. We usually have one nursery nurse and one OB nurse (who does labor and postpartum and outpts).