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  1. Jobs in the Tacoma area

    rpbear posted a topic in Washington Nursing

    My husband is being relocated to McChord AFB in June. I am an L&D nurse with over 5 years of L&D experience. I have looked at several hospital websites, but since I am not moving until June, I...

  2. Should every new grad nurse start out on the Med/Surg floor?

    rpbear replied to dutch_girl14's topic in General Nursing

    It was not hard to start in L&D, it was what I wanted from the moment I started nursing school. I had 12 weeks of orientation on a very busy unit, it was more than enough orientation, but if you...

  3. Should every new grad nurse start out on the Med/Surg floor?

    rpbear replied to dutch_girl14's topic in General Nursing

    I think you will find that a lot of us did not start out on med/surg. I started on L&D, I love it! You have to find the right hospital that will hire new grads into something other than Med/surg....

  4. Complementary Alternative Methods

    rpbear replied to nurse79's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We have jetted tubs in each room, if the pt is able to ambulate then they are able to tub. There is a written policy about using the tub, we also have tub thermometers so the water doesn't get too...

  5. restructuring the hospital into the Hilton

    rpbear replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    I work in a hospital that has most of those services and although we don't have "visiting hours" we do have quiet hours, and we do ask our pt's and families to be respectful of others. We have couches...

  6. What is considered a "busy" L&D unit?

    rpbear replied to fsaav's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We get asked to float also, and everytime we ask them "Would you want to be floated to L&D?" The answer is always NO! wo we ask "then why do you think we would be comfortable floating to your...

  7. What is considered a "busy" L&D unit?

    rpbear replied to fsaav's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I have worked on 2 L&D units, one did 600+ deliveries a month, the other does 100-150 deliveries a month. I feel 10X busier on the unit with less deliveries. We have less staff, we do overflow, we...

  8. I never imagined...

    rpbear replied to CrunchyLaborRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I think every new person in L&D goes through the phase of having a "cloud" follow them. Your storm cloud will pass. In the meantime take each experience as a learning experience. I have been in...

  9. Going up against a doc...

    rpbear replied to MalgaBSN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I liked the policy at one hospital I worked at, I order to call it failure to progress, they had to have an IUPC, the MVU's must be 180-200 for 2 hours with no change. I think this is a great way to...