jenny456

Hi Everybody, This morning I went to a site called PDR.net (Physicians Desk Reference on-line). I was flabbergasted to see that in order to use the professional portion of the website you had to be a "medical professional"--all others are sent to a ...

Hi Sorry to hear about your troubles. Definitely take the one-week Kaplan review course. Without it, I never would have passed. It does an awesome job of preparing you. Also, remember, do not read too much into each test question. My nursing in...

Dear Cutiedear-- Hi, I am an L&D nurse and I have been a NICU nurse and have done some motherbaby. After working in med-surg, you would love mother-baby. It would seem like a vacation--almost no meds to give out compared to med-surg. People ar...

Hi-- Does anyone have any opinion about VMT school in Washington DC? I have not read good things about them. Thank you, jenny456

Would any certified nurse-midwives out there be able to comment on how your practice works in terms of office hours, on-call hours, etc.. and whether you are able to have somewhat of a sane life? I am interested in possible becoming a CNM but I have...

HI, I'll try to answer some of your questions. I am currently not working while I recover from illness, but I was an L&D nurse at a high volume, high risk L & D. We delivered about 5000 babies a year and rarely accepted anyone less than 20 ...

Sorry you had such a bad experience! It sound like you did the right things. The person at fault here (bedsides the ignorant father) is the pediatrician who gave the order to keep the baby--he/she should have initated a dialogue with the family dir...

The L&D I worked at previously tried to require nurses to wear eye protection and did provide eye shields, but almost no one liked them and so the hospital gave up on trying to enforce the issue. I believe that if nurses don't want to wear prote...

Hello Fellow Nurses, I am a labor and delivery nurse and have been out of work since spring 2007 from physical health problems. (I hope to return to some form of nursing this fall). Anyway, I have come to realize that I must have some form of PTS ste...

ooops--typo--"immediately"--sorry!

I would IMEDIATELY contact the board of nursing for your state AND The Joint Commision on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO). Hospitals are terrified of JCAHO. My hospital almost lost its accreditation because of a tragic patient dea...

Shift change reports were always a problem in my unit. My feeling is that it is the hospital's responsibility to provide a private area/report room for reports. We usually did change of shift at the nurse's station--but people could walk by there a...

What a moving story--thanks for sharing.

Hi, Sorry you are having such a bad time! I know many people who chose their major in college based up how soon they could get out and how much money they would get (they generally had many regrets later). Everyone I know, regardless of their degre...

Congratulations! You need to tell your supervisor immediately that you are pregnant. Otherwise you are putting your baby at risk by taking assignments that are not safe or appropriate for a prenant nurse. I worked in L&D but my friend worked i...

Hi, The easiest thing would be to work straight weekends, or do what I did and work 7p-7a 3 times per week. Your husband can be home with the kids in the evening and night. Then please send them to daycare in the a.m. so you can sleep! You can pic...

Mindy, Your story really moved me. You are exactly what patients need, what the field of nursing needs. You will be a wonderful nurse. I believe that that young man's spirit is grateful for your loving care. When it is my time to die, I hope I ha...

Here's my tip-- Have a cup of coffee at 0300-0400! I'm not kidding you. Without that, I could not function past 0500 and probably would have driven into a tree on my my home at 0730. By the time you get to bed, most of the caffeine should be worn ...

Hello, If I were in your shoes, I would get the education done first!!! You are still very young "obstetrically" speaking and the demands of getting a degree while having a baby to take care of are tremendous--you will feel pulled in every direction...

If you want a non-medicated birth and want to be in control, then use midwives--I love them--I am speaking from experience, I have 4 kids! However, I am also a labor and delivery nurse and me and my other nurse colleagues have found working with mid...

Look at Stevenson University and Johns Hopkins--both in Maryland. Both have a "second degree" BSN program in nursing for people with other degrees. I graduated from an accelerated BSN program from University of Maryland but they have discontinued t...

Hi, I believe you can buy an EFM book directly from AWHONN on their website, but you may have to join, I'm not sure. Two years ago our hospital started teaching the AWHONN EFM course and we each got a book for free that way.