nkochrn

nkochrn RN

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  1. Purchasing scrubs online

    nkochrn replied to NTB08's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I found scrubs the other day at Burlington Coat Factory. I got a SET (top and pants) for 12.99 and another set for

  2. Need Night Shift Tips

    nkochrn replied to amb123456's topic in Emergency

    Definitely easy to snack all night. I usually have a meal late at night. I get off at 4am so I head straight to bed then up by

  3. What a terrible way to start off the new year

    nkochrn replied to Ms. Nurse Assistant's topic in General Students

    Just curious... How old are you??? You can go to LPN school and graduate in a year. I don't think that's a very long time when you're talking about pursuing a

  4. Happy and Prosperous New Year to ALL

    nkochrn replied to Babs0512's topic in General Nursing

    Happy New Year!!! I'll be ringing it in here at

  5. Purchasing scrubs online

    nkochrn replied to NTB08's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I usually purchase online, but I have seen them at the Dollar General very

  6. Flattering scrubs for plus sizes?

    nkochrn replied to lms6241's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I agree that the Cherokee Workwear pants are the BEST. I get the low rise in a Large

  7. What electronic charting program to purchase

    nkochrn replied to Schatzi RN CEN's topic in Rural

    Our hospital purchased the HMS system. They haven't gotten the charting part yet. I'm not real fond of it but don't have many problems with it other than it can be a little confusing ecspecially to...

  8. Transferring patients to larger hospitals...

    nkochrn replied to deespoohbear's topic in Rural

    YES. We had an 18 year old kid come in with his throat so swollen he could barely open his mouth and was SOB. A new doctor on call. It took forever to get him anywhere and the other hospitals we're...

  9. Rural Nursing as a SPECIALTY!!

    nkochrn replied to ranchwife's topic in Rural

    This is so true!!! I think being a rural nurse you have to stay so much more on top of EVERYTHING rather than just one specialty

  10. L&D,Nursery Nurse and Post-Partum

    nkochrn replied to Act238RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I work in a rural hospital so we do the L&D, PP, and Nursery. I've been there for 5 years and have only had one 'bad' baby. I know there's been a few I've been thankful to not be there for...

  11. How long did you work while pregnant?

    nkochrn replied to eden's topic in Ob/Gyn

    With my DD I worked up until 39 weeks, she was due Nov. 5th, so I just took off starting from Nov. 1st. With only working 3 days a week I was able to have the last few days of Oct. off too. I think...

  12. Since we were talking about birth plans....

    nkochrn replied to WVUturtle514's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Your requests sounds plenty reasonable to me. I'm also expecting and plan to request most of these things to. I'll deliver at the hospital I work at, so I can make my nursing colleagues plenty aware...

  13. Absolutely the most entertaining birth plan I have ever read....

    nkochrn replied to Mermaid4's topic in Ob/Gyn

    That is the BEST birthplan I have ever seen. I don't think I've ever seen any of our patients come in with a birth

  14. Baby won't attempt to latch on

    nkochrn posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    I've been working with a newborn tonight trying to get him to latch on and breastfeed. He roots around, opens his mouth wide and then doesn't even attempt to latch on when he gets to the breast. He...

  15. Baby won't attempt to latch on

    nkochrn replied to nkochrn's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I forgot to look at the baby's palms. Unfortunately the girls regular Dr. was on vacation and I think the Dr. that was covering was just waiting for her to be back in a couple days to deal with it....

  16. Baby won't attempt to latch on

    nkochrn replied to nkochrn's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Yep, got your message, I've been doing skin to skin with her and she plans to pump when she gets home. The Day shift nurse had given a bottle to see how he would do with it b/c of the tongue. (I...

  17. Baby won't attempt to latch on

    nkochrn replied to nkochrn's topic in Ob/Gyn

    The glucose water seemed to help! Yeah, now if he'd stay awake and suck more than twice we may get

  18. Baby won't attempt to latch on

    nkochrn replied to nkochrn's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I've seen that that may help, but she is less than 24hrs PP so I'm not sure that she'll be able to get

  19. MRSA screening in OB?

    nkochrn replied to mommy2boysaz's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We haven't started doing this yet, but the OB supervisor did mention something about it the other night when we were working together. We had a newborn C/S baby born with a very bad looking rash,...

  20. LPN's working L&D or postpartum

    nkochrn replied to 2bnurselove08's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'm in a rural hospital, sometimes the LPN might come in and help out with starting the pt's IV if we're busy, but for L&D there is always an RN taking care of the patient, but there has been...

  21. Will you work during a Pandemic?

    nkochrn replied to Goju's topic in Disaster Preparation

    This is something that I always just assumed I'd do if it ever came to that. I really haven't ever given it that much thought. But now that I have a child and plan to have many more I might not be...

  22. Lpn's working ER

    nkochrn replied to Arky's topic in General Nursing

    I also work in a small rural hospital where LPN's go to the ER. We have 2 RN's and 1 LPN working every shift and that's to cover the WHOLE hospital. The RN has to do the triage assessment. All of...