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  1. Shift change/report problems (long)

    BETSRN replied to trudlebug's topic in General Nursing

    Excellent post! Thanks for supporting my thoughts. All I want to know when I come on is what I need to do when.....If the nurse before me has been unable to do something or has forgotten something, I...

  2. Shift change/report problems (long)

    BETSRN replied to trudlebug's topic in General Nursing

    I,too, would agree that not getting blood started in all those hours is unacceptable. Hence, my comment about the aquity. Yes, I am a long term evening nurse, but it's not as if I don't do nights on...

  3. Shift change/report problems (long)

    BETSRN replied to trudlebug's topic in General Nursing

    It sounds as if you are pretty critical of another shift. I would wager that if one spoke to the day girls, they might have complaints about you all as well. It really irks me to hear one shift...

  4. Is 3rd shift all there is for new nurses?

    BETSRN replied to Wannabe2's topic in Nursing Career

    Personally, I hate days (not to mention the pay is less). Too much fuss and bother with tons of unnecessary people around. I'm an "off shift" person (evenings) and will probably remain there. There is...

  5. standards of care

    BETSRN replied to jrring1019's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Try

  6. Nursing as maid of all trades

    BETSRN replied to canoehead's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Make sure, then, that the dietary people deliver the trays. We do the order on your own thing and it is no extra work for us. Of course we have healthy young people as patients. They have a menu and...

  7. What on earth could have caused this?

    BETSRN replied to RaeT,RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Fatty Liver disease comes to my mind. Also, if the baby was stained green, that wasn't new mec. Lousy cord gas as well. Sounds like the baby had some stress previous to when it showed

  8. What computer charting system do you use?

    BETSRN replied to SuzieQ_Scrapper's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Our IDX is terrible: very cumbersome and a total waste of time. There is way too much room for

  9. What computer charting system do you use?

    BETSRN replied to SuzieQ_Scrapper's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We have OB TraceVue. It is mediocre,at best. Our Biomed department told our manager that it will be outdated before long. There are much better ones (and I am blanking on the name of one I saw which...

  10. Hating RN life...Is life as an NP really better?

    BETSRN replied to NurseCherlove's topic in Nursing Career

    To be an effective NP, you have to have actual experience with illness and wellness, not to mention good assessment and critical thinking skills. If you are looing at being an NP as a walk in the...

  11. Did You Get A Sign On Bonus?

    BETSRN replied to TLC RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am so gald you have mentioned this to all of us seasoned nurses out there. It never crossed my mind but I will be aware from now on. Thanks

  12. question about insulin, heparin injections

    BETSRN replied to leopold's topic in General Nursing

    The nurse giving you the heparin told you you were lying? I find that difficult to believe. If that were the case, I would hope that you would have reported that

  13. question about insulin, heparin injections

    BETSRN replied to leopold's topic in General Nursing

    It's always been policy where I work to have two nurses check insulins: not too sure about heparin. However, I always check it with

  14. Nursing as maid of all trades

    BETSRN replied to canoehead's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Do you have the ability to "override" your pyxis? We do. havre you ever ctually checked to see if you can get out other things? We can get out anything (even narcs) as long as we override. Many a time...

  15. Nursing as maid of all trades

    BETSRN replied to canoehead's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    First off, we keep our stuff wherever we want it and ti is convenient for us. Second, if your thermometers are off, send them to the Biomed department and have them repained. WE write all problems in...

  16. would you work for a DON that you dont respect?

    BETSRN replied to johnson0424's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Steer

  17. Sponge Count for Vag Deliveries

    BETSRN replied to Nurse4Moms's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I hope you took this up with the resident as well as the

  18. Sponge Count for Vag Deliveries

    BETSRN replied to Nurse4Moms's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Our docs and CNM's have to count their own sponges and sharps before leaving the room. We only have one doc who refuses to do it, but I ahve no problem calling her back in or wriiting her up if there...

  19. This doc makes me very uncomfortable . . .

    BETSRN replied to RaeT,RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Scary story. This doc sounds most incompetant! NO excuse for

  20. This doc makes me very uncomfortable . . .

    BETSRN replied to RaeT,RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    You know what? I think I would take this problem to your hospital's risk manager. This is a huge liability. Some hospitals do a "risk assessment" and it can change a physician's practice (which is a...

  21. nervous any words of advice

    BETSRN replied to mugwump's topic in Ob/Gyn

    You are just going to learn a whole new set of skills. I would assume; having been on antepartum, that you are at least familiar with fetal monitoring. That's a huge chunk of knowledge right there!!...

  22. What to do about 2 "possible" jobs

    BETSRN replied to JentheRN05's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You have to drive 45 minutes anyway? If that is the case (and I drove 45 minutes each way for 14 years) then take a breather and look around for a job you REALLY want. Don't juts take something...

  23. Future of CNMs

    BETSRN replied to studentnurserachel's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    If there were more midwives and more practices that used them, this crap about elective c/sections would probably be less of an issue. CNM's are here to stay. Go for

  24. Staffing ratios for C Sections

    BETSRN replied to KRoman4's topic in Ob/Gyn

    You could save a lot of time and man power if the PP nurse admitted BOTH the mother and the baby. There is nothing to it. I work LDRP and we do it as standard of care. It takes no more time to do both...

  25. Staffing ratios for C Sections

    BETSRN replied to KRoman4's topic in Ob/Gyn

    One RN to circulate and another for the