kdkout

kdkout BSN, RN

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  1. Phone Interview for NICU!

    kdkout replied to tinybbynurse's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Why is the interview by phone? I assume it's far away??.....pls offer more

  2. Night shift for new grads.

    kdkout replied to Nurse_Brezo's topic in General Nursing

    I replied earlier on 12/8 and wanted to update: I've found that I cannot sleep unless I go to bed at 730-830am EVERYDAY and get up by 3-4pm EVERYDAY. In other words, the same exact schedule no...

  3. Seven Hells: Vent

    kdkout replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in First Year After Licensure

    To OP- I think you are expecting too much too soon. If you got your current job as a new grad, 7 months is nothing. IMO, you dont really have "7 months of experience." You cant count orientation as...

  4. L&D Nursing Advice PLEASE HELP!

    kdkout replied to Theworldisourspot's topic in Ob/Gyn

    To "Cayenne06" above; I understand what you are saying also, and your viewpoints matched most of my coworkers at the time. I found I couldnt do L&D nursing anymore because of the termination...

  5. Never wanna take students again.

    kdkout replied to remotefuse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This - yes, I agree too. Once when the Charge RN was making assignments and told a seasoned nurse "you have a student" this nurse went on and on about how much she "didnt want a student" & why...

  6. Never wanna take students again.

    kdkout replied to remotefuse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Totally agree with this....as a student we know we can be a burden. But it feels like crap to have the eye rolls, snarky comments and sighs when we walk on the unit in the morning. Like we are deaf,...

  7. Never wanna take students again.

    kdkout replied to remotefuse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    It's not that some nurses dont want to take students, but that "taking a student" adds one more thing to the LONGGGGGG list of things you already have to do that day....and you truly dont have the...

  8. Healthcare System Fail: Is This Why Nurses Are Overwhelmed?

    kdkout replied to arthurbaird0's topic in General Nursing

    This. Totally agree. I'm seeing this too, as a RN with 20 yrs experience, who precepted for much of it. Some new grads, often the young ones with little life experience, do not seem to think they...

  9. New grad first job

    kdkout replied to Junondfnp's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Good. I'm glad you didnt - I didnt have a good feeling about it. Neither did you - "I'm afraid this is way too much for me as a new grad"......I'm not an NP but in general you cant go wrong when you...

  10. I want to follow my dream and make a difference! How do I get a job in L&D?

    kdkout replied to Ally33007's topic in Ob/Gyn

    To "SoldierNurse22:' I read the link you posted "Cervix with a Smile." It's phenomenal. Cant recommend it enough! I've never seen a more realistic, honest depiction of what L & D is really...

  11. L&D Nursing Advice PLEASE HELP!

    kdkout replied to Theworldisourspot's topic in Ob/Gyn

    L&D at night is much more fun & 'normal' than L&D during the day. During the day, the MDs want that mom on pitocin and baby blasted outta there within "normal" hours so they can run from...

  12. I want to follow my dream and make a difference! How do I get a job in L&D?

    kdkout replied to Ally33007's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Since you've never done L&D before, you dont really know if you'll like it or not. Maybe you'll love it, maybe you wont. Maybe it'll turn out to be nothing like you thought it would be.....either...

  13. Night shift for new grads.

    kdkout replied to Nurse_Brezo's topic in General Nursing

    You've gotten a lot of really helpful advice already. This is a very serious topic to me now that I'm back on nightshift, in my mid 40s & hoping to stay on nights. Dont have the energy to deal...

  14. TMI for Nurses

    kdkout replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    Yep. "Viscious." Just like you think. There's many, many more equally depressing names I could

  15. TMI for Nurses

    kdkout replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    We get TMI all the time. Sometimes it's annoying, sometimes it's entertaining enough to wake you up in the middle of your 3am nightshift slump. Nobody ever told me in nursing school how much acting...

  16. How much trouble am I in?

    kdkout replied to Tropicalsun's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    We are all guessing. None of us really knows for sure what the hospital will do....but if you have malpractice insurance I would've called them by now. I would expect to be fired and hope that I...

  17. Depressed seasoned nurse of 20 yrs - Can't get hospital job

    kdkout replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    HI; You are expensive, and most hospitals want new grads who they can "mold," who dont have opinions yet, and who are cheap. That seems to be how it is now. I just went through this. It took me @ 3...

  18. The Dark Side of Nursing...

    kdkout replied to maeli's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    To the OP - I wish I could figure out how to quote pieces of your email to put in here to explain better, but cant figure out how. FYI I've been a nurse for 20 years in many areas, mostly...

  19. No babies for this NICU nurse

    kdkout replied to angrykitten's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    AnnaTeal- Isnt it awful when somebody does that?? Someone I know, an antepartum nurse no less, asked me if I was pregnant a while ago. I said "no" and then she asked again like I didnt hear her!...

  20. Stool Refeed Supplies

    kdkout replied to mgturtle's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I agree with the above by "BittybabyGrower" I'm not at the same job, but was just at a job where we did this. We used the exact same indwelling feeding tubes/NGs to do this. The same exact NG we can...

  21. Attention NICU Nurses! What advice do you have for a new Grad RN?

    kdkout replied to journey2success's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    More things I just thought of: NICUniversity.org (but this site tends to be better for somebody more experienced - but keep it in mind for later) pted.org (for cardiac stuff - check out the awesome...

  22. Attention NICU Nurses! What advice do you have for a new Grad RN?

    kdkout replied to journey2success's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Congratulations! That's probably a coveted position & you are going to get amazing experience! I totally agree with above post by "NICUNurseEliz." 13 wks is a typical length, and given that it's...

  23. L&D or Mother/baby before getting into NICU?

    kdkout replied to thejetsetnurse's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I've done both M/B & L& D at various level hospitals, and they both help in different ways. I'm doing NICU now in a level III hospital where we see the sickest moms. L&D experience...

  24. Screaming match with my preceptor

    kdkout replied to jherd's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Boy, I feel for you, but you just committed "social suicide" at your new job and I dont see it working out. I'd get a year in, IF you think they wont keep you from getting a fair reference, and then...

  25. Placed on Performance Improvement Plan - What should I do?

    kdkout replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    I would try to get out before you are fired. If you've had a good work history and no issues at your previous job - which was in a related field, I have a feeling this may not have anything to do...