nekhismom

nekhismom

Member

  • Content

    1,104

  • Visitors

    9,230

  • Followers

    0

  • Likes

    8

All Content by nekhismom

  1. Mad at my manager!

    nekhismom replied to pebbles1977's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Yep, I'm having issues of the same kind in a way, chris. Can't wait to leave this state. I'm not in dallas, though. But it seems to be the norm to try to blackball anyone who is a) not from this...

  2. 50k sign-on bonus

    nekhismom replied to ethelbsnrn's topic in Texas Nursing

    I Wouldn't Toucht That Offer Even If The Existance Of The Entire Human Race Depended On

  3. Any denver hospitals assist with interview expenses?

    nekhismom replied to nekhismom's topic in Colorado Nursing

    Any costs, really. One place paid for airpline tickets for me & dh, put us in a hotel, and gave us a rental car x3 days to "explore" the area a bit and see if we liked it. One place paid my...

  4. Any denver hospitals assist with interview expenses?

    nekhismom replied to nekhismom's topic in Colorado Nursing

    That is pretty amazing!! An AGENCY nurse?? s/he remained agency for one year rather than becoming staff?? That would SOOO Not happen

  5. Mad at my manager!

    nekhismom replied to pebbles1977's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Yep, you just gotta LOVE managers like that. Thankfully, not ALL managers ARE like that. Sorry you're having a rough

  6. CNA performing a newborn screen?

    nekhismom replied to rnmi2004's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I think she meant HEARING

  7. Old Dominion U/Radford U

    nekhismom replied to hittme123's topic in Virginia Nursing

    Except that off campus life around Radford is slow. S-L-O-W. All the students there go to Virginia Tech (VT) to hang out. I know a few people who obtained their master's degree of nursing from...

  8. Moving to Greensboro

    nekhismom replied to steve_80's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    I grew up in Greensboro! I absolutely LOVED it! I can agree with a lot of what barefootlady said above. It is a growing city, and it's changing from factory and mill work to technology. There are 2...

  9. Insurance companies make me nuts!

    nekhismom replied to BittyBabyGrower's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Another reason why I am all for national healthcare. I see a lot of that at my hospital, too. Very

  10. Nurse Compact Question

    nekhismom replied to peruviannurse25's topic in Texas Nursing

    no, so long as you have compact priviledges in N.M. If you permanantly relocate to tx, you will have to get a tx license

  11. birth control and a lump( kinda graphic i guess)

    nekhismom replied to Godswill's topic in Ob/Gyn

    denetra, One thing about b/c that was recently pointed out to me that I had never thought about before was how does the b/c device work?? Does it prevent conception altogether or does it prevent...

  12. Nurse Salary Survey

    nekhismom replied to nightingale's topic in Nursing Career

    New nurses usually start out around $16-18/hr from the places I've looked. It seems to me that agency or travelling is the best way to go. Where else in nursing can you make $40+ an hour as...

  13. Denver Area Relocation - Nice Areas and RN Pay

    nekhismom replied to nycNurse2b's topic in Colorado Nursing

    Thanks!! I'll put this info to good

  14. Postpartum orientation...how long?

    nekhismom replied to breastfeedingRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I crosstrained to PP for 4 weeks. I felt ok at the end of that time caring for patients. I didn't particularly care for PP or the particular hospital, and I think that very negatively affected my...

  15. Record number of deliveries?

    nekhismom replied to rndani's topic in Ob/Gyn

    yes, we too have had record number of deliveries. Admin is attributing it to the facility's growth,

  16. LDRP ~ outgoing or continuing trend?

    nekhismom replied to dwetherelt's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We don't have enough space. We do LDR, and still have the majority our of PP rooms as semi-private. We are doing between 350-475 deliveries a month now, and we have 12 LDR's and 38 PP beds. Over...

  17. Do you sign out breast milk?

    nekhismom replied to dawngloves's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    No, we don't have to sign EBM out here, but we do have to have another nurse double check all meds, even TPN, Polyvisol, NS, etc.

  18. What do ya think? New drop down menu?

    nekhismom replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    YEP, I like

  19. conscious sedation for childbirth?

    nekhismom replied to Betty_SPN_KS's topic in Ob/Gyn

    My understanding of conscious sedation as a NICU nurse is that you are medically paralyzed, but you still feel pain and are aware of your surroundings. When we have babes on conscious sedation, we...

  20. Question on most comfortable shoes

    nekhismom replied to RN123456789's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'd die without my z-coils. I got them specifically for the reasons you stated. You can easily google z-coil for a store near you. And, if they don't have a store near you, they do online orders. I...

  21. Denver Area Relocation - Nice Areas and RN Pay

    nekhismom replied to nycNurse2b's topic in Colorado Nursing

    Husker-nurse, What's the deal with Cherry Creek?? I see many advertisements for apts. there. I am totally unfamiliar with the area too. Do you know anything about the Castle Rock

  22. Feeling Burned!!

    nekhismom replied to neonursey's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    It kills me to switch back and forth. I get very sick myself. I watched an ABC special about sleep, and it said that flipping back and forth is bad for your health, and can actually shorten your...

  23. Does this make sense?

    nekhismom replied to KK7724's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Absolutey. Loads of people do it, in differing degrees. For example, an ICU nurse might do ICU at one place, and step-down at another. NICU nurses can do mom/baby and newborn. L&D nurses can...

  24. Any Neonatoal NP (NNP) at your units?

    nekhismom replied to CapeMaui's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    The NNP's where I was at did have prescriptive authority. Didn't need a doc's co-sign. We did not have medical residents or fellows in our NICU, as our director did not want them "experimenting" on...

  25. Columbia/HCA

    nekhismom replied to RN4NICU's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    RUN, don't walk, away from HCA. Truly a bad corporation to work