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  1. Master's entry programs vs. Bachelor's Programs

    BETSRN replied to suewolfie's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Medicine and nursing are two different things: as are the midwifery model of birth vs. the medical model. Certainly docs are precepted, but they are precepted as docs (NOT midwives) and they have had...

  2. Master's entry programs vs. Bachelor's Programs

    BETSRN replied to suewolfie's topic in Ob/Gyn

    If you are this irate as a student, I shudder to think how difficult this will get for you when you are a new grad. Opinions are just that: opinions. However, solid, hands on experience will change...

  3. OB Nurses....Question For Ya

    BETSRN replied to DidiRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We use Phenergan in conjunction with Stadol pretty regularly. If you go slow IV push (from a higher up port) there is NO complaint about vein burning or irritation. As far as the comment about snowing...

  4. Master's entry programs vs. Bachelor's Programs

    BETSRN replied to suewolfie's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Energizer, you are a student and have hardly had time to get the lay of the land. Please do NOT tell us seasoned nurses who we are, what we are doing, etc. It is us who help you guys when you enter...

  5. Master's entry programs vs. Bachelor's Programs

    BETSRN replied to suewolfie's topic in Ob/Gyn

    As has been said before NO ONE is bringing anyone down. There is a big dose of reality that needs to be digested BEFORE one embarks on a career path, ESPECIALLY in health care. That's all anyone is...

  6. Why do we need the docs for delivery?

    BETSRN replied to ER1010's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Regardless of all the information tha tis out there, I still feel that the general public does NOT question as they should. They still hold those docs on a pedastel (of sorts). If more people did...

  7. Master's entry programs vs. Bachelor's Programs

    BETSRN replied to suewolfie's topic in Ob/Gyn

    You sound like a WISE person......good to get experience under your belt. I once considered becoming a CNM. However, after so many years as an RN in L&D and seeing how hard they work and how...

  8. Master's entry programs vs. Bachelor's Programs

    BETSRN replied to suewolfie's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Midwives are not watched any more than any new nurse OR a new doctor is. In the 16 or so years I ahve been at my present facility, I have watched MANY midwifery students rotate through us (precepted...

  9. Master's entry programs vs. Bachelor's Programs

    BETSRN replied to suewolfie's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I am in Connecticut and work with Yale students on occasion. I have had experience with these students for over 16 years now (at the same job). Just because Yale has a program does NOT mean that all...

  10. Master's entry programs vs. Bachelor's Programs

    BETSRN replied to suewolfie's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Think again........... One of our groups (who has 5 CNM's) hired a new CNM who had had a year of "experience" before coming on with them. She was a total mess and completely unable to function. She...

  11. Why do we need the docs for delivery?

    BETSRN replied to ER1010's topic in Ob/Gyn

    OB's in this area pay upwards of $120,000/year in malpractice fees alone. Why would we nurses want to take on that

  12. OB Nurses....Question For Ya

    BETSRN replied to DidiRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

  13. Please Help Confused

    BETSRN replied to chrissyw621's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    There are every level of programs in CT. The only hospital program left is at Bridgeport Hospital. There are many ADN programs and BSN as well. Go to anys earch engine and type in Connecticut nursing...

  14. Hello everyone i need some help please?

    BETSRN replied to o27pink's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    I am here in CT and we have students frequently at my hospital. However, I cannot comment on the quality of the programs. However, I work with an RN who was an LPN and went back to NVCC years ago. I...

  15. OB Nurses....Question For Ya

    BETSRN replied to DidiRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    None of us lives or works in perfect! LOL! Why are you getting defensive? I was just responding to the

  16. OB Nurses....Question For Ya

    BETSRN replied to DidiRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    When you said "if they were done LATER in labor", it lead me to believe that maybe your epidurals are put in in very early labor. That's why I responded as I

  17. OB Nurses....Question For Ya

    BETSRN replied to DidiRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We often turn our epidurals off during pushing and most patients can get up and walk to the BR in the hour or so after birth. If not, we just wait. If the bladder is distended, we cath, if not, we...

  18. Why do we need the docs for delivery?

    BETSRN replied to ER1010's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I wager to say that many of us older nurses would agree with you. he younger ones have never known any

  19. OB Nurses....Question For Ya

    BETSRN replied to DidiRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Why would you have an epidural if you were NOT in active labor? We try NOT to place epidurals until we have seen good cervical change, but it isn't always the case, of

  20. OB Nurses....Question For Ya

    BETSRN replied to DidiRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Probably part of it is that we do not do huge numbers of epidurals and they are not done early on in labor very often. I have never cathed a patient more than twice. I understand the rationale for...

  21. OB Nurses....Question For Ya

    BETSRN replied to DidiRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Yes, it is possible. There are FEW reasons to have a foley in place for a vag delivery. having an epidural is NOt a reason to have a foley in

  22. Master's entry programs vs. Bachelor's Programs

    BETSRN replied to suewolfie's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I agree that it does them a disservice. Not to mention that that type of program is EXTREMELY stressful to begin with (even if you are a nurse with L&D experience). I would also agree that the...

  23. where are the nursing shortages?

    BETSRN replied to jenago's topic in General Nursing

    Hopefully, they will start paying more in Florida. What is the hourly wage for an experienced RN in Florida (in your area) at this time? I still would love to move down in a few years but the poor pay...

  24. A message to new grads: NEVER....

    BETSRN replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    It's so much easier to change the bag before it runs out. Then you don't ahve to spend time getting the air out of the tubing before you hang the next bag. Don't worry that there is fluid in the bag...

  25. How long do you push?

    BETSRN replied to cabbage patch rn's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Our docs have gotten good about that (the ones that are more impatient). I jsut usually tell them I'll call when I need someone and they like NOT being there