You're exactly where you need to be after only 5 weeks.
It takes at least a full year to not feel completely incompetent. It takes 5 years to feel confident.
Notice that those say...
Has anyone applied here in the past? How long did it take before they contacted you for an interview?
My application has said "Routed for further consideration" for about 6 weeks now.
(not...
I'm having a total and complete brain fart here.
At some hospitals, they can print out a patient history/reason for admission type of sheet for each patient to give to the oncoming nurse....
My previous 2 hospitals, both with about 2400-2800 deliveries/year did NOT do them in-patient. They referred out to pediatric dentists for all cases, if they even agreed that it existed. My current...
Through a job change, I moved from M/B (couplet care) to an LDRP. I'm just finishing up my orientation to the L&D aspect of it in the next couple weeks. Having the familiarity with some of the...
haunani replied to SDtraumamama18's topic in Ob/Gyn
Postpartum for 6 years/L&D for 2 months: Largest set of multiples: Twins Longest overdue: 42 Youngest mother: 12 years Oldest mother: 52 years Grand multipara: G17 P17 (also a G19 P2)...
The reason I ask is that we just got some education/training at work, and it included the following: ■ NEVER waste at the time of removal from the Pyxis machine ■ Wasting should always occur after...
What is the reasoning for wasting meds AFTER administration and not before? Like, if I pull out 1mg Dilaudid, but I'm only going to give 0.5mg. It's probably something simple that's escaping
Really... it depends. Some facilities are super strict about NO visible tattoos, some are more lenient as long as they aren't offensive. Sometimes it's left up to the individual unit managers to...
This is the combo I used to study and easily pass my exam: Maternal Newborn and Low Risk Neonatal Nursing with Core Text (CCPR Study Workbook for Certification Review): The Center for Certification...
I can share how we do it here. When I first transferred in, we did it that same way you used to. Baby to nursery, admit done there, then returned to mom. Then we started down the baby-friendly path,...
haunani replied to adventure_rn's topic in Nursing Humor
I know this one's probably been mentioned, but I'm just now starting Sons of Anarchy with my husband, and noticed how the premature baby went from a tiny, scrawny little thing to a nice, pink, plump...
I'd be interested to hear how you two are liking St Peter. I'm looking into moving to the area in a couple years (gotta finish that BSN first!) and would like to know how other RNs like the