USA987

USA987 MSN, RN, NP

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  1. Unruly Patients

    USA987 replied to tmitch's topic in General Nursing

    IV drug abuser in the ICU...kept holding his breath while watching his monitor...said he liked to see us b*&ches run into the room as his monitor alarmed....I gently reminded him of a little story...

  2. Job Interviews...LONG

    USA987 replied to Headhurt's topic in First Year After Licensure

    ABSOLUTELY go with KU. I was a new grad who went into the ICU and you DEFINITELY need more than an 8 week orientation!!!!!! Run, run,

  3. Labor and Delivery staffing

    USA987 replied to Darchild77's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We have approx. 2400 deliveries/yr. Have to have 3 L&D nurses & 2 SCN+ nurses in-house at all times...some of them may be working on postpartum...but they are just a shout

  4. New grad as OB nurse?

    USA987 replied to Christean's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I graduated in June from an ADN program. Did a very short stint (4 mos.) in the ICU and moved over to maternity. The hospital I am at does LDR and PP separately, so I started in postpartum and I...

  5. Questions for OBs/L+D nurses.

    USA987 replied to hmccartn's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I whole-heartedly agree with the above post. I started in Mother/Baby in November and I will start orientation in May for L&D. And next fall I will start training to circulate/scrub/recover...

  6. Omg

    USA987 replied to Ortho_RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Sending positive thoughts your way. Hopefully you work with a supportive group of people who are willing to lend a hand. I went off orientation at my new job in December. There was no way I learned...

  7. Preceptorship suggestions?

    USA987 replied to mandykatrn's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I graduated last year. I couldn't get a L&D, PP preceptorship because I didn't obtain NRP quick enough (a requirement at our school). I ended up doing my senior preceptorship on an Onco/Med-Surg...

  8. New hire. Any advise?

    USA987 replied to rpbear's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I started in Maternity in November and I whole-heartedly agree with everything SmilingBluEyes said. Especially the part about being a sponge!!!! I started with another girl at the same time and I...

  9. Where have all the sign on bonuses gone?

    USA987 replied to 275Main's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Mine was not a sign-on bonus...They called it tuition forgiveness (even though I didn't have any student loans). For a 3-yr contract it was $15,000. Was offered $20,000 at another SE Wisconsin...

  10. ICU visiting hours

    USA987 replied to NeuroICURN's topic in General Nursing

    I worked in an ICU with open visiting hours, again at the discretion of the nurses. Honestly, for 85% of the patients, this wasn't a problem. I was always very up front with the families when a...

  11. What to expect after a tubal

    USA987 replied to can'twait2B1's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Most of my pts. seem to c/o feeling "gassy". We give them Motrin or Vicodin. I had my done outpatient when my youngest was a year old. Going under kicked my behind more than the procedure itself....

  12. Call scheduling

    USA987 replied to L&D_RN_OH's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We are required to take 16 hrs. of call per month (full & part-time people)...@ $3.00...if we are called in it's an extra $10/hr.... I work 3-11...so I signed up for 4 hrs. of call once a...

  13. Can we talk about something other than NCLEX?

    USA987 replied to nekhismom's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hi all, I graduated in June...can't wait until I hit that one year mark!!! It's been an emotional 7 months, but I truly believe that I grow more and more each day. As far as whether or not to have...

  14. Questions about working weekends...

    USA987 replied to jetta1's topic in First Year After Licensure

    My weekend differential is 1.25 (wow!!!) but if you commit to working 12 out of 13 weekends per quarter you get an additional $8.00/hr. You must sign a commitment

  15. Concept Mapping

    USA987 replied to NurseKimberley's topic in General Nursing

    eeewwww....I'm still having nightmares about concept mapping.... The 'artsy' people in my class loved it. I guess I'm just

  16. California NCLEX test takers

    USA987 replied to Nrs. LaLa-Land's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Things are going awesome for me!!! I'm off of orientation for postpartum now. In June I will start orienting to L&D. My coworkers are wonderful. I feel like leaving the ICU was so "right" for...

  17. Things Med students/residents have taught me

    USA987 replied to harry Krishna's topic in General Nursing

    OMG....these 4 had me laughing so hard that I started having chest

  18. quick question

    USA987 replied to prunepie's topic in General Nursing

    The NCLEX is the same

  19. Patient's Suicide

    USA987 replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    My thoughts are with you. When I worked in a long-term psych facility I had a very young (39 y.o.) Parkinson's patient kill herself. She was psychotic at times...very paranoid as well. She hadn't...

  20. quick question

    USA987 replied to prunepie's topic in General Nursing

    Hi there, I'm a Navy wife, so I definitely have done my share of moving LOL! I actually attended 5 different colleges in 3 different states before graduating from a nursing program. It definitely is...

  21. California NCLEX test takers

    USA987 replied to Nrs. LaLa-Land's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Congratulations!!!!! Are you still starting work on a postpartum

  22. Lockers at work

    USA987 replied to Tiki_Torch's topic in General Nursing

    Ours lock, but we have to share with another person...and they are so small, I'm lucky if I can fit 1 tennis shoe in

  23. Nursing Magazines

    USA987 replied to Ortho_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I enjoy Nursing

  24. nurse to patient ratios l&D/Ante/pp

    USA987 replied to findingmywayRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Oh, and for your other question...we have LDR nurses and Nursery nurses. You have to specialize in one or the other and we all rotate to

  25. nurse to patient ratios l&D/Ante/pp

    USA987 replied to findingmywayRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    On the 3-11 shift on postpartum we have 3-4 couplets as then norm...on rare occassions it's 5. We also have antes and gyne pts. on occassion. Quite honestly 4 couplets can be overwhelming sometimes...