Sandwitch883RN

Yay!!!!!!!! I can't wait to find out :)

I'm so anxious that at this point I don't know if I should be excited or not. I really want to be accepted but I worry about whether or not I've made a good choice to return to school at my age. I think I've just had to much time on my hands to think...

Any update anyone? I know that the applicants for class 152 received emails around 23 days after the deadline closed. That means that maybe we will hear something by June 10th.

Now that I know the application deadline has passed I feel even more anxious. I hold my breath each day when I check my email!

Hi! I'm also waiting to hear about acceptance to Class 154. I submitted my application in February so It's been a long wait! I hope to hear something soon. I'm looking forward to "meeting" potential classmates while we are all waiting.

Oh and to add one more thing....Each time a new policy is presented or existing policy modified a copy is placed in the charge binder along with the checklis the charge nurse does and each staff member has to read and sign it. That way we all know of...

We have a charge nures checklist that it to be completed per shift. On the checklist we assign "housekeeping" duties to each nurse on the floor such as stocking rooms, checking off crash cart ect. On of the checkoff duties for the charge nurse is als...

You know the saying "You don't know what you don't know"? I think that folks that think that obtaining an advanced practice nursing degree without the bedside experience don't understand how valuble that experience is because they've never done bedsi...

I've been both a CNA and an RN. There are days when I would love to come to work and do my assigned task and go home. I worked hard as a CNA and was a valuable member of the team. I had no idea then how stressful it is to be an RN. In my eyes at that...

So much focus is put on a mom being preganant that sometimes providers lose sight of the fact that if mom dies, so does baby. Not to say protecting the fetus is not important, and may call for some modification of tx, but if mom dies so does baby. I ...

Since posting this I've become employed at Naval Hospital. I've been there almost three years and really like it! I work L&D and we follow AWHONN guidelines. Nurse to pt ratios are usually very good. Like any job there are issues or bad days from...

Does anyone have experience working at Camp Lejeune Naval Hospital? I did clinical there in Nursing school but we weren't there very long. The folks on med-surg were not particularty welcoming to students but the mother/baby areas were more welcoming...

I love the pt's that want to have a drug/epidural free natural delivery. It's really a rewarding to be at the bedside to coach them through labor, or teach family members how to be effective coaches. Those pt's are so grateful for the support. I also...

I don't have a crazy story...just something to share. I am an L&D nurse for a Naval Hopspital in coastal North Carolina. Worked a12 hour shift Friday, slept at the hospital Friday night, and worked 12 hours shift Saturday. Friday night we only go...

If it makes you feel any better, I also grieved the time I missed with family by working every other weekend. I took a clinc job so that I could work M-F instead. And guess what, I hated that even worse! I never had a day free to go to my kids school...

I've been an L&D nurse for 5years and still love it! Somedays I'm more "excited" than others to be present at a delivery. I really enjoy that fact that in L&D you have predictability and high acuity all in the same shift. I feel like i'm jus...

I have Danskos and LOVE them! Everything else i've worn causes my back to hurt before the shift is over. I do have a pair of Danskos that are very squeaky so I dont wear that pair as much. I've been eyeballing Sanitas. Love the colors and patterns of...

I love what I do as a nurse, when it comes to pt care, just not the politics of nursing. It is a demanding, intense field. Maybe because of the level of responsibility we have, or maybe those who think we have no responsibility at all and are just tr...

No inductions before 39 weeks unless medically indicated, has been the standard of care at the hopital i'm at for the past 2-3years. The MOD information was part of the training we received when we took ALSO. As the mom of a preemie I'm so glad to se...

So very beautiful....thank you :flwrhrts:

I've been an L&D nurse for almost 5 years and worked in several different facilities. We have always used Para to determine number of live births. So with twins we would use a G1P2 for each child. Our docs number them the same way. I'll have to r...

:yeah:Yayyyyy!!! Congrats! I know how ya feel. Was definately one of the proudest moments of my life. Enjoy your pinning ceremony and how awesome that you get to share that with your mom. I'm sure she's so proud!:grad::hpygrp::ancong!:

IMO...which may not be worth much..lol...There is such a fear of legal action if there is an adverse outcome, that physicians do as much intervention as possible to CYA. The prevalent mindset now is to do as much "preventative" intervention as possib...

I didn't read every single post (there are ALOT) so this might have been addressed...but....I don't understand why hours can't be more flexible in general. I really like working 12's and i'm hands down a day shift worker. I also don't mind 8's becaus...

Thanking my lucky stars that I graduated and got into L&D when I did. Been a full time L&D nurse since graduating in 06. I also live in an area largely unaffected by recession and work for a military hospital so again, I thank my lucky stars....