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  1. New OB Nurses, Grads and Students, Please Feel Free to post your questions here:

    BETSRN replied to SmilingBluEyes's topic in Ob/Gyn

    First of all L&D and nursery are two distinctly DIFFERENT specialties and depending on where you work, the training will differ. My advice to you would be to steer clear of this place with no...

  2. Have I made a mistake?

    BETSRN replied to tryingtomakeit's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I can't stress how important it is to realize that even after one of these good, thorough orientations, it will definitely take you well over a year to even BEGIN to feel at all comfortable. There is...

  3. Nurses and doctors...

    BETSRN replied to nursing 101's topic in General Nursing

    There will always be wimpy nurses who won't require anyone to give them respect. Consider that their problem. Nurses do this to themselves. Just concentrate on NOT being like that. If you command...

  4. bad day at clinical- feedback from RNs/CNAs/Nursing Students Welcome

    BETSRN replied to ICWonderland's topic in General Nursing

    Always chart JUST what you see or hear. Forget ronchi and rales. Just describe what you hear. Just describe what you see. You are NOT there to be a CNA. You are there to learn how to care for your...

  5. Floating...vent

    BETSRN replied to Goldenearring1's topic in Ob/Gyn

    GET OUT WHILE YOU STILL HAVE YOUR LICENSE! The fact that you can't keep a director is a bad sign in and of itself. To answer your other questions, agency nurses cant be cancelled: per contract. Your...

  6. Orlando

    BETSRN replied to taltos's topic in Florida Nursing

    I lived in Winter Park as a child. It is very expensive and has grown tremendously. When I was down in October, I have to say I was very disappointed with the way orlando and that entire general area...

  7. What do you want your OB patients to get from childbirth class?

    BETSRN replied to Mahnikuh's topic in Ob/Gyn

    While we all like to think that couples will choose the "natural" way and avoid most medicinal pain relief options, sadly, I do not think that is the way it is today. I am in a low...

  8. What do you want your OB patients to get from childbirth class?

    BETSRN replied to Mahnikuh's topic in Ob/Gyn

    The minute a laboring couple brings food, it is an immediate red flag that they are going to have a pretty complicated birth plan. Bradley couples usually bring food along and all ahve birthplans that...

  9. Hands-On L&D Nurses?

    BETSRN replied to healingheart's topic in Ob/Gyn

    ALL of what you hvae posted here is very true, Alison. I don't think any of us would disagree with you on any point. I think, however, what we are all trying to say to you is that when you become an...

  10. Have I made a mistake?

    BETSRN replied to tryingtomakeit's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I think you are really jumping the gun here, FrumDoula. There are plenty of places that do not grab the baby away from the mother after 10 minutes to sit under a "french fry warmer" as you call it! Do...

  11. Condescending nurses

    BETSRN replied to Tony35NYC's topic in General Nursing

    Every time I have a laboring patient, I am the ONLY one cleaning all the vomit,stool, urine, blood, etc. No aid or tech helps me. If I go in to be the second RN at the delivery, I help the other nurse...

  12. New OB Nurses, Grads and Students, Please Feel Free to post your questions here:

    BETSRN replied to SmilingBluEyes's topic in Ob/Gyn

    There should be no problem with nurses floating to PP. Fundal checks, post-op section assessments and those related skills can be taught to any experienced med-surg nurse. On occasion, someone from...

  13. New OB Nurses, Grads and Students, Please Feel Free to post your questions here:

    BETSRN replied to SmilingBluEyes's topic in Ob/Gyn

    You must respect cultural diversity. However, if you think a practice is unsafe, you are certainly free to speak with the woman and her family and see what kind of compromise you can reach that will...

  14. Condescending nurses

    BETSRN replied to Tony35NYC's topic in General Nursing

    It is very difficult to deal with nurses like that and unfortunately, you will deal with them throughout your entire career. All you can do is vow NOT to be like that. If it were me, I would pull her...

  15. Have I made a mistake?

    BETSRN replied to tryingtomakeit's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I am very pleased to see that you stood up for what was right: you were in a terrible sitaution. I have NO doubt that you are making the right decisions by leaving. Do it ASAP: even if it means not...

  16. sack s baby??

    BETSRN replied to Nurse Hatchett's topic in Ob/Gyn

    An empty sac is VERY common. She is not hiding

  17. Today was my 1st OB clinical in L&D........

    BETSRN replied to crb613's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Good job. You know, regarding the comment about touching lives...........After almost 22 years, I still see the woman who was my care study when I was doing my OB rotation in nursing school. I did...

  18. Is there REALLY such a thing as overachieving?

    BETSRN replied to CRNAinTHEfuture's topic in Nursing Career

    EXCELLENT post!! Right on

  19. Is there REALLY such a thing as overachieving?

    BETSRN replied to CRNAinTHEfuture's topic in Nursing Career

    You may make it highly in the classroom, but in clinicals you may well be one of those "C" students. Why do you think classes of nursing students are so much smaller at graduation than when they...

  20. Is there REALLY such a thing as overachieving?

    BETSRN replied to CRNAinTHEfuture's topic in Nursing Career

    I just have to add, after reading most of the posts in this thread, that you have a HUGE shock awaiting you as you become a nurse. I certainly wish you the best, but my advice to you is to put the...

  21. Is there REALLY such a thing as overachieving?

    BETSRN replied to CRNAinTHEfuture's topic in Nursing Career

    Don't worry about anyone but yourself. Keep your comments and thoughts to yourself. Eeryone's goals are different. In order to get into an anesthesia school, you usually have to have at least a few...

  22. Hands-On L&D Nurses?

    BETSRN replied to healingheart's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I think it is only fair to add the "low intervention" hospitals STILL have to monitor, chart and keep themselves out of the legal arena if at all possible. I consider myself a low intervention nurse....

  23. Trying to get hard-to-get job... need advice

    BETSRN replied to NurseCard's topic in Nursing Career

    11a-7:30p is my dream job! Those are great

  24. Nursing career - how does it fit with having a family?

    BETSRN replied to secondfiddle's topic in Nursing Career

    I was a teacher before I became a nurse. I have two children (adults now). I found nursing to be far MORE flexible than teaching ever was. After you have children, if you can afford to work part-time,...

  25. How Do I Tell My Nurse Manager I've Had A Change Of Heart?

    BETSRN replied to VJRN's topic in Nursing Career

    Just be genuine and tell him just as you have told us here. If there is nothing in writing then you are not bound to anything. He should be happy for you. You are changing hospitals and that probably...