mrslightfoot99

I think joint commission is monitoring elective delivery and cesarean section this year (2010). They are part of the Perinatal Care Core Measure Set. You can go to the joint commission website (jointcommission.org) for further info.

Los Angeles Trade Technical College (LVN) 1998 Rio Hondo College (ADN) 2005

I've worked med-surg for about a year before transferring to OB. I found OB (PostPartum) to be less stressful compared to med-surg. Not too much meds (maybe just stool softener, iron supplement tab, pain meds, prenatal vitamins) compared to med-surg meds. Patient acuity not as bad. I would get 1 or 2 fresh c/s that I would help to get out of bed for the first time. The downside of transferring to OB/PP is your med-surg skills get rusty (knowledge of meds and diseases). Try to float to Med-surg once in a while so your med-surg skills won't get rusty.

KAPLAN NCLEX-RN Strategies for the Registered Nursing Licensing Exam. This book tells you strategies on answering NCLEX questions. I used one other NCLEX review book (I forgot already, sorry) and use it just for their practice questions. I passed my NCLEX with just one take. I don't think I would have passed it had I not use the KAPLAN book.

I renewed mine for the first time last year and I did not submit any CE. Check out CA Board of Registered Nursing Website (rn.ca.gov).