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  1. Use of IUD- opinions wanted

    palesarah replied to wannabee's topic in General Nursing

    I just had an IUD inserted a couple weeks ago- so far, so good. Insertion hurt quite a lot for a very short period of time- my uterus is retroverted so it wasn't a straight shot getting in it. I...

  2. Self Scheduling!!

    palesarah replied to shellasee's topic in Pediatric

    we're a smaller staff (6 on nights, RNs only) but here's what we do- one nurse is in charge of self-scheduling, she hands out blank calenders for the next scheduling period (usually do 6 weeks at a...

  3. New Member

    palesarah replied to Nurse_Educator's topic in Ob/Gyn

    welcome to

  4. Covering your Earned Time Off

    palesarah replied to ED RN in BAMA's topic in General Nursing

    we can get 1 weekend a year covered for us- the rest we have to arrange

  5. What school are we all going to?

    palesarah replied to KibbsRNstudent's topic in General Nursing

    I'm an NHTI alum ('03)- the program was great and prepared me really well for "real-world" nursing. Good luck to you Kibbs! (And good luck to the rest of you going to other

  6. No central monitor?

    palesarah replied to cabbage patch rn's topic in Ob/Gyn

    smaller community hospital here too, 60-80 deliveries/month- we don't have central monitoring either, and I don't feel that our patient care is suffering for lack of it. We feel that if a mom needs...

  7. How long to keep baby in nursery??????

    palesarah replied to cokegal19's topic in Pediatric

    I can't venture a guess as to the specifics of the op's friend's situation, but where I work, babies only go to the nursery after birth (lady partsl or c/s) if there's a problem. A nurse recieves the...

  8. Security Photos

    palesarah replied to JenTheRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    we do, but we use a digital camera that records to a disc (Sony

  9. Do your OBs do circs everyday?

    palesarah replied to dawngloves's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I wish our peds would do them in the

  10. Getting a CNA before becoming an RN

    palesarah replied to val&corey's topic in General Nursing

    no, we didn't. Completion of the semester with a passing grade essentially allowed us to opt out of

  11. Getting a CNA before becoming an RN

    palesarah replied to val&corey's topic in General Nursing

    Check with your school's director of nursing- in my state, completion of the first semester of nursing lecture/lab/clinicals allowed you to apply for CNA licensure by "like education" (that may not be...

  12. dansko nursing shoes

    palesarah replied to moonbunnie's topic in General Nursing

    I LOVE my Dansko sports! I found a pair on clearance and picked them up to try out and they are so comfy! The soles are very bouncy. Love them so much I just picked up a pair in another color ? I...

  13. Writing on Fetal Heart Monitor Strips

    palesarah replied to rdhdnrs's topic in Ob/Gyn

    currently, we document on both the strips and chart (Deb summed it up pretty well). We are going to electronic charting very soon, and the paper strips will no longer be kept as part of the medical...

  14. Does NO use of Stirrups=Shoulder Dystocia

    palesarah replied to LizzyL&DRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I just got a chuckle, remembering the last time I had to break down a bed- one of the OBs was pregnant and liked having the beds broken down because it gave her a place to fit her belly

  15. Does NO use of Stirrups=Shoulder Dystocia

    palesarah replied to LizzyL&DRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    also only been working a year in L&D- but I've neither seen stirrups used nor I have seen a shoulder dystocia (thank

  16. In term of better living environment, Phoenix better or Kansas City better?

    palesarah replied to niceone's topic in Arizona Nursing

    lol... sorry to crash the thread, but I had to comment- DH had an opportunity to transfer to KC 2 years ago. I was in school at the time, working part-time for the same company under a separate...

  17. Tell me about lactation at your facility

    palesarah replied to RNmommy's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We had 1 IBCLC and another RN,IBCLC who split lactation duties for our unit, plus 3 other nurses (2 on the floor, 1 is our clinical coordinator) who are IBCLCs available to fill in as needed. The...

  18. A curious question about naming babies! :)

    palesarah replied to flashpoint's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I always ask parents to spell the name for me, before I write in on the crib card or anywhere else, because you just never know what parents are going to come up with. Even when it's a traditional...

  19. New interesting abortion poll

    palesarah replied to danu3's topic in General Nursing

    good poll... I'll be interested in reading the results. There's quite a difference between the abortion of a pre-viable 9 week fetus and a potentially viable 24+ weeker; being for the legalization of...

  20. Color deficient nurses

    palesarah replied to deja614's topic in General Nursing

    my dad is a nurse, and is red/green color blind. It's never been a problem for

  21. Record number of deliveries?

    palesarah replied to rndani's topic in Ob/Gyn

    we were busier then usual last month, but slower than usual this month. It all evens out I

  22. LDRP ~ outgoing or continuing trend?

    palesarah replied to dwetherelt's topic in Ob/Gyn

    if you find any statistics (one way or the other), could you post the sources? I'd love to read about it. I work on a LDRP, and love it for all the reasons Deb has already mentioned :) My unit is...

  23. Newborn Ident-a-bands

    palesarah replied to Pat Edu Specialist's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We use regular ball-point pens. Never had a problem with the ink

  24. About skipping the last clinical

    palesarah replied to HyperRNRachel's topic in General Students

    Has you clinical group considered asking your clinical instructor if you could use your last clinical day as a group study session? We did that several times in school. Our clinical instuctors would...

  25. Likes/Dislikes

    palesarah replied to danak's topic in General Nursing

    So much I like about my job (L&D, mom/baby, Level II nursery): - working for a pro-nursing hospital - my fabulous coworkers, I work with a GREAT bunch! - being present at a birth; every baby is...