tryingtomakeit

tryingtomakeit RN

LTC, Home Health, L&D, Nsy, PP

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  1. labor nurses' experience in first year of practice

    tryingtomakeit replied to profjanmc's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I went directly into L&D after graduating in May of 2004. I have been working exactly one year tomorrow! I work in a hospital that does about 700 deliveries a month and when I first started I was...

  2. Have I made a mistake?

    tryingtomakeit posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'll try to make this as short as possible, but there's really no way to condense it. When I went into nursing, I knew from the start that I wanted to specialize in an area that I could really try to...

  3. How many went from new grad to L&D?

    tryingtomakeit replied to Foxfour's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I went directly from nursing school to L&D. I will save a lot of space here and tell you that you should read the thread I started titled "Have I made a mistake?". I see absolutely no problems...

  4. Have I made a mistake?

    tryingtomakeit replied to tryingtomakeit's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Just an update for you guys... About a week after my original post, I was asked if I would work nursery one night (alone of course). There was a nurse who is very competent in nsy who would be working...

  5. Have I made a mistake?

    tryingtomakeit replied to tryingtomakeit's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Once again, thank you all so much for the wonderful advice. The things I have told you don't even begin to describe some of the positions I have been put in. For instance, one night I was assigned as...

  6. Have I made a mistake?

    tryingtomakeit replied to tryingtomakeit's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Thank you all so so much. I have some time off coming up in April, I am definitely going to start looking around. Want a good laugh? Since I first posted last night, I got an email saying that I am...

  7. Have I made a mistake?

    tryingtomakeit replied to tryingtomakeit's topic in Ob/Gyn

    You guys have NO idea how badly I needed this. I was crying so hard earlier that I can still barely see! But I feel much better

  8. Have I made a mistake?

    tryingtomakeit replied to tryingtomakeit's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Thanks for all your advice Gompers. I really do appreciate it!

  9. Have I made a mistake?

    tryingtomakeit replied to tryingtomakeit's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Gompers, Do you suppose that, if I did go somewhere else, they would give me a propper orientation, or do you think that I would be considered "experienced" and be thrown to the wolves there too? This...

  10. Have I made a mistake?

    tryingtomakeit replied to tryingtomakeit's topic in Ob/Gyn

    LOLOLOL Somehow I managed to post this in the wrong forum!

  11. Need opinions. I'm very Very sad!

    tryingtomakeit replied to raindrop's topic in General Nursing

    It ain't over 'till it's over! lol I did that too. Up until my last semester I had made nothing but A's in nursing school, then suddenly I was fighting just to graduate! It's a scary, scary feeling,...

  12. How many is too many

    tryingtomakeit replied to opus's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Oh my gosh! We have one of those bells too ... and no desk clerk! It drives me batty!

  13. Frustrations about L&D nursing

    tryingtomakeit replied to RNLaborNurse4U's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I guess thats why I love reading what you guys have to say so much. It lets me know we all live in the same world and I'm not alone with my frustrations!

  14. Share Your Funniest Patient Stories...

    tryingtomakeit replied to Trvln Nurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    OMG!!! I just got off work and I had an incident happen that made me immediately think of this thread! I work in L&D and when our patients come in for pitocin inductions, part of our protocol is...

  15. Frustrations about L&D nursing

    tryingtomakeit replied to RNLaborNurse4U's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I just thought of another one ... Pt's who come in who are laughing and can't even answer your questions because they are too involved in the television show they are watching, then rate their pain at...

  16. Frustrations about L&D nursing

    tryingtomakeit replied to RNLaborNurse4U's topic in Ob/Gyn

    OHHHHH NOOOOOOOO! We have the same managers!!!!!!!! LOLOLOL

  17. "Pit to distress..." (Rant)

    tryingtomakeit replied to camay1221_RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I had a similar run-in with one of our physicians just this past week. I won't drag you into all the details, but what my supervisor said to me later stuck with me. She said, "We can't let people like...

  18. Share Your Funniest Patient Stories...

    tryingtomakeit replied to Trvln Nurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    When I was doing home health, I had a patient who was very demanding and could be outright rude at times. At one point she had a terrible stomach virus which made her a daily patient for a while - of...

  19. Getting pulled to other areas

    tryingtomakeit posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    I would really like to hear from you guys on this one because I really don't want to jump from the skillet to the fire. Here goes ... I am an RN in L&D. The hospital I work for is rural and very...

  20. Getting pulled to other areas

    tryingtomakeit replied to tryingtomakeit's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Ok, I feel better now ( I think, lol ) because you guys are coming up with the same concerns that I have. Also, Commuter, I wish it was that easy as far as staffing goes - you see, a CNA was actually...

  21. Working ALL the holidays!

    tryingtomakeit posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    I need advice here! I have been working in my L&D department since last June. I work 7p-7a and all of my coworkers on that shift are new. The problem is, I got our holiday schedule yesterday and I...

  22. Working ALL the holidays!

    tryingtomakeit replied to tryingtomakeit's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Thank you guys for all of your advice and support. It makes me feel better just knowing that there is a place I can sound off, lol. I failed to mention earlier that in October a sign up sheet for the...

  23. Computer charting in L&D

    tryingtomakeit replied to evltwnRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    You have hit a nerve with me! lol We are in the process of going from paper to computer. At first I though I would like doing computer charting, but now I am finding myself in the middle of one huge...

  24. Computer charting in L&D

    tryingtomakeit replied to evltwnRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    You have hit a nerve with me! lol We are in the process of going from paper to computer. At first I though I would like doing computer charting, but now I am finding myself in the middle of one huge...

  25. What's the best part about your job?

    tryingtomakeit replied to wagnersl's topic in Ob/Gyn

    The best thing about my job is the tears in the eyes of the parents when they look at their newborn baby for the first time