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    Csso:central staffing nurse for ob/women's

    ashleyisawesome replied to Mrsmc04's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Are there other hospitals nearby with decent L&D units? Or a proper OB float pool (L&D, PP, Nursery, Antepartum, etc--no med/surg patients) With 12 years experience you might get a better...
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    Orientation time to L &D

    ashleyisawesome replied to MamaMadge's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I was hired to work L&D, PP, nursery, and triage--rotating depending on needs. I started in June and I am nearing the end now, 6 months later. I have been on my own in PP for months (orientation...
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    L&D vs Postpartum ... literally

    ashleyisawesome replied to DWelly14's topic in Ob/Gyn

    This happens to an extent on my unit, but it's not so pronounced because most of us are crossed trained and bounce back and forth between the units (it is actually all on one floor, just different...
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    Regions that take male new grads into L/D

    ashleyisawesome replied to guest769224's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We have several male nurses on our unit (not sure if they were new grads when hired, but we definitely have a few new grads as well). I am in Eastern
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    PCA/tech OB

    ashleyisawesome replied to BeachsideRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Ours float between L&D, PP and the nursery. In L&D they stock stuff, set up our birthing tables for the docs, scrub for C-Sections, run bloodwork to the tube to send it to the lab,...
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    Northeast PA

    ashleyisawesome replied to AspiringNurseMW's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    Not sure how north you are, but the Lehigh Valley area has a lot of hospitals and in my experience are pretty new grad friendly. Lots of nurses commute from the Poconos to come work at Lehigh Valley...
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    What is your course plan?

    ashleyisawesome replied to RonnieDita's topic in Western Governors University

    I started August first. So far I have completed 16 credits in this order: Care of the Older Adult Professional Roles and Values Language and Communication (speech) Themes in US&World History Apps...
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    Experience with switching from med/surg to a different specialty?

    ashleyisawesome posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

    I am approaching the 2 year mark at my current job (first RN job) in med surg. I like my job most days. I am comfortable. I still learn new things almost every day but I kind of feel bored, and...
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    Questions for all Med surg nurses

    ashleyisawesome replied to JulieLaneShaw's topic in Medical-Surgical

    What is your nurse to patient ratio? ideally 5:1. More often than not it is 6:1. Sometimes we are 4:1, but expect tons of admissions. I personally have gone up to 7:1 on very busy nights and some...
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    Preceptorship on Orthopedics

    ashleyisawesome replied to _meow's topic in Orthopedic

    Can't think of any particular books I've used, but read up on things like total joint protocols (Hips, knees, shoulders, ankles, etc), PAIN MEDS, antibiotics (mostly ancef, zosyn, vanco, flagyl),...
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    How often are you called off?

    ashleyisawesome replied to sistrmoon's topic in General Nursing

    It all depends! We have a "request for cancel" book where you can write your name in on days you would like to be cancelled, and if census is low they will call you before they call anyone else. I put...
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    Peer review evaluations

    ashleyisawesome replied to Emergent's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    We do them and there hasnt been a problem as far as I'm aware. I've been there 3 years, so I have gone through it 3 times and never had anything bad said about me! We have to choose two people, so...
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    Experience with switching from med/surg to a different specialty?

    ashleyisawesome replied to ashleyisawesome's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I know, I am all over the place! In school I really enjoyed critical care areas, with NICU being my favorite. I love critical thinking and seeing very sick people get well again. I don't know how I...
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    I Have A Name

    ashleyisawesome replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Medical-Surgical

    We have white boards in patient rooms where we write our names, the attending's name, the aides name, and patients preferred name. When I get a new admission I always ask "what would you like us to...
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    Making Heparin shots less painful for pts?

    ashleyisawesome replied to Rachd99's topic in Medical-Surgical

    We use 1 ml TB syringes (our heparin comes in vials we have to draw up ourselves). Not many patients have complained about them that arent
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    Part time Nursing shifts

    ashleyisawesome replied to Amber307's topic in Nursing Career

    I am a 24/hr week eve/night RN. so I can be put on the schedule for two 12 hour nights, three 8 hour nights, three 8 hour evenings, a mixture of three hour nights and evenings or the dreaded one 12...
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    Question for night-shift and/or weekend nurses

    ashleyisawesome replied to bloodorange's topic in General Nursing

    Do you feel like you're at a disadvantage due to not having frequent, in-person contact with your NM? Not really. I like not having a bunch of suits around while I work. My manager makes it a point...
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    Can anyone give me a quick rundown of what RNs do in LTC?

    ashleyisawesome posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I work part time (24 hrs a week) on a med surg floor at the hospital. I like my job and like having a lot of time off, allowing my schedule to be pretty open. I have had an itch to try something...
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    Can anyone give me a quick rundown of what RNs do in LTC?

    ashleyisawesome replied to ashleyisawesome's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Would I have to have an actual certification, like a piece of paper saying i took some kind of class? I give IV meds and start IVs all the time at the hospital and I am chemotherapy certified as well....
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    POLL: nurse-to-patient ratio

    ashleyisawesome replied to j0yegan's topic in General Nursing

    mostly 6:1 on night shift, good nights are 4-5:1, bad nights are 7:1. i work a surgical med/surg
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    Weekend Incentive Program/Night shift

    ashleyisawesome replied to snapjacks's topic in General Nursing

    we have weekend nurses on my unit, they get paid around $10 more an hour than non weekend people, and the night shift has a $1 differential on top of
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    Generic name for vitals machine?

    ashleyisawesome replied to WalterWho's topic in General Nursing

    we call them dynamaps, but i think that is the brand name of the ones we
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    Night shifters-when do you eat?

    ashleyisawesome replied to cassie77775's topic in General Nursing

    my schedule is so messed up, still working on it! but, on my days off I usually wake up around 1430/1500 and have a cup of coffee, sometimes a bagel or yogurt. around 5 or 6 i sometimes have a lunch...
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    How is the night shift for a new nurse?

    ashleyisawesome replied to snowyeyes2's topic in General Nursing

    It's the best shift to start on IMO. I started out on 12 hour nights, reluctantly. But now I love it! I do a couple evening and day shifts here and there but I love my nocs! I have had several...
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    RN Salary Survey 2013: Post here!

    ashleyisawesome replied to ItsColduphere's topic in General Nursing

    1. PA 2. 1 year and 2 months! :) 3. med/surg- surgical unit, mostly ortho and some general, GYN, Onc, urology surgery 4. Base pay - $24.33/hr 5. .75 shift diff for evenings, .85 for 8h nights, $1...