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  1. i hate my nursing job

    BETSRN replied to Mylife's topic in Nursing Career

    Home health is not a walk in the park either. At least around here, the pay is far less than in the hospital. I do maternal/child health home visits per diem and I find I am much more tired after a...

  2. i hate my nursing job

    BETSRN replied to Mylife's topic in Nursing Career

    You haven't even given nursing a

  3. Nursery Nursing

    BETSRN replied to BookishRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Start familiarizing yourself with Neonatal Resuscitation. You will have to take a course and become certified through the American Heart Association. Best of

  4. "Maternity Care Cost Saving Ideas" Please Share

    BETSRN replied to Caseyrnbsn's topic in Ob/Gyn

    If you are talking to me, it's a community hospital (LDRP) and we do somewhat over 800 deliveries a year. We have nurse midwives as well and only 2 out of 10 of our OB's are men. Women rule at my...

  5. "Maternity Care Cost Saving Ideas" Please Share

    BETSRN replied to Caseyrnbsn's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I have to agree with the panties thing. There must be other ways to cut (like extra nourishmants) instead of making the moms go without undies. I'd go with NOT feeding dad (more than once and being...

  6. Frustrated & ready to leave nursing... (long)

    BETSRN replied to sun_chica's topic in Nursing Career

    If you "hate nursing so much" as you say, then why are you looking into LDRP? It's nursing (and very hard work) just lke everything else. You have plenty of body fluids on your in labor as well. Why...

  7. What is your biggest nursing pet peeve?

    BETSRN replied to ferfer's topic in General Nursing

    We are on a first name basis with all of our docs. When you have that, you have a lot more respect as nurses, I feel, although each person's demeanor or personality is what gains respect. However,...

  8. Advice for a new RN about delegating to UAPs who have bad attitudes...

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

    The CNA's lack of reporting that blood sugar to you was UNACCEPTABLE. You are now an RN. It is YOUR license we are talking about here. It is your job to delegate and you probably have to a lot of the...

  9. New Nurse Training New Nurse

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

    Generous and lenient does not necessarily give you quality experiences. I would worry about this statement. Those of us who have years of experience have already walked where you are. We older ones...

  10. Quit after 4 weeks, now what...

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

    I would have to jump in here and say that what this poster has described is so common. Hence, my feelings that most nursing programs do NOT ever prepare their students for the "real world" (even a...

  11. Quit after 4 weeks, now what...

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

    I would certainly second that notion. I have worked evenings for 20 years and I wouldn't do anything else. I work the occasional day here and there and after, I am always thankful that I do NOT wokr...

  12. New nurse blues

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

    Congrats and welcome to nursing! You'll love it when you get your feet on the ground. You have entered a very tough area of nursing (exactly why I still think all new grads should do med-surg first)....

  13. more on CT schools

    BETSRN replied to nurturingkneads's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    Naugatuck's program is very good, as is St. Joe's. I know very little about Goodwin, except that it is new. There was a discussion earlier on whether or not it would be accredited. Was that

  14. What is Triage L&D Nurse?

    BETSRN replied to Renee4christ's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I work in an LDRP. If I am charge/triage, that means I take everyone who comes through the door and I do what needs to be done. That might be labor checks, non-stress tests (schedules and...

  15. Question for the midwives....

    BETSRN replied to katwoman7755's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    One of our 5 CNM's was NOT a nurse before becoming a midwife. She is exceptional. However, I think she is the exception. I still feel that those with previous nursing experience as well as some...

  16. Need help finding int'l CNM orgs

    BETSRN replied to futureTMA's topic in Ob/Gyn

    How about starting with the ACNM

  17. Question for the midwives....

    BETSRN replied to katwoman7755's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    From all the posts I have read here, there are many facilities that will hire nurses without L&D experience into L&D. We did a couple of years ago. None were new grads, but none that we hired...

  18. We are NOT family-centered anymore

    BETSRN replied to USA987's topic in Ob/Gyn

    How sad to think that your hospital is going backwards at this time. How do your colleagues feel about this, and the docs and pediatricians? I'm sorry. Hopefully, maybe you all could collectively do...

  19. Caution - graphic

    BETSRN replied to smack050505's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Get an appointment with a gynecologist. This is not the appropriate place to pose this question and we won't be any help anyway. You still need to see a

  20. Magnet Status

    BETSRN replied to HuggyPuglet's topic in General Nursing

    I know that some hospitals (over the years) became "all RN hospitals" (ours did) but I have never heard of any of that being because of Magnet status. I think the getting rid of LPN's is more of a...

  21. Solution to ADN vs BSN--Revamp Nursing Education?

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

    Of course you have to do your classroom portion and learn about acid base balance etc. But you can also look at the lab result shheet and tell if a value is abnormal. Within your specialty (and...

  22. Solution to ADN vs BSN--Revamp Nursing Education?

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

    Personally, I would like to see all RN arograms require their students to do an additional year at the bedside (or at least a full semester) doing ONLY patient care and working along side a licensed...

  23. Another question for you....

    BETSRN replied to VickyRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I haev NEVER seen one

  24. Question for the midwives....

    BETSRN replied to katwoman7755's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    I can only give you my opinion based on 20 years experience. I have been in L&D for 18 of those and have worked with many many CNM students over the last 10 or so years. It is ony my opinion...

  25. what the heck is a P.A. ???

    BETSRN replied to chicagrl72's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Nurse practitioners have independent prescriptive authority which I do not believe PA's have. In the long run, NP's still have far more autonomy than