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  1. I thought nurses might appreciate this

    adpiRN replied to adpiRN's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, she really did. One of the most amazing parts of the audio diary to me is when she's talking about a conversation she had with her dad at age 11 where he's explaining how serious cystic...

  2. obnoxious OB

    adpiRN replied to adpiRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    oh, yes I forgot to mention that I believe the pt was GBS positive! Which the OB must have known, but I didn't know at the time because I hadn't even put in her history yet! What a disaster. I mean it...

  3. labor/postpartum UTI

    adpiRN posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Having one of those new nurse days where I obsess about every mistake. I'm stressing about my (lack of) aseptic technique during foley insertion, b/c I started touching some equipment on my tray...

  4. found ANOTHER one :(

    adpiRN replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I don't know if this is a nursing superstition, but a nurse on my floor said there's a lot of demises at this time of year. We've also had two in the past 2 weeks! Is there actually any evidence for...

  5. Need advice regarding finding a good Ob and hospital in Manhattan

    adpiRN replied to Laurajnh's topic in Ob/Gyn

    New York Presbyterian! Either the Columbia branch on Upper West Side or Cornell on Upper East

  6. New RN L&D advice

    adpiRN replied to clb6885's topic in Ob/Gyn

    You will learn fast! I've been in L&D for just over 2 months and it's also my first RN job. In the beginning I felt like I didn't know anything, since it's so specialized. But the learning curve...

  7. any H1N1 on your floor yet?

    adpiRN posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    We had 2 pts with it yesterday! One who was in the MICU for a week with double pneumonia as a complication. Pregnant women are really hard hit. We're probably going to get more and more as the flu...

  8. changing specialties

    adpiRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I was just wondering how many different specialties nurses have tried in their careers and how many years you spent in each speciality. There's so many areas of nursing I'm interested in and my...

  9. List of hospitals that hire new grads in picu

    adpiRN replied to chickidee717's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    I'm pretty sure my hospital does (New York

  10. changing specialties

    adpiRN replied to adpiRN's topic in General Nursing

    thanks for the replies. JoPACURN - how long did you spend in each job? I've heard nurse managers don't like it when nurses leave a job before a full year (especially their first job). Would you say...

  11. H1N1 -- in the NICU

    adpiRN replied to spacey's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I actually work in L&D but we had a pt with H1N1, and double pneumonia, who's baby was born at 29 weeks and sent to the NICU. They wouldn't let her, or anyone in her family, go visit the baby...

  12. any advice for starting nights?

    adpiRN posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I start night shift Sunday. I'm excited, because I hear the vibe is great and more laid back. I'm just nervous about the whole staying up all night thing. I love sleeping! I don't usually stay up...

  13. advice on pediatric float position

    adpiRN posted a topic in Pediatric

    Right now I'm a new grad doing L&D, and loving it, but I'm also interested in Peds and NICU and I heard my hospital has pediatric float positions for general Peds/PICU/NICU. I'm thinking after...

  14. any H1N1 on your floor yet?

    adpiRN replied to adpiRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    It's crazy! It's actually a really sad story about my pt yesterday with the double pneumonia. In addition to that problem she had SEVERE preeclampsia and had to be delivered by c/s at 29 weeks....

  15. L&D night shifts?

    adpiRN replied to SoundofMusic's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Yeah, that's how my orientation is. I was oriented on day shift for 2 months and move to nights on Sunday (eek!) where I'll have preceptors and support people helping me out. I've heard the night...

  16. Greys Anatomy episode 10-29-09

    adpiRN replied to CSHRN's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, it bothered me a little. There's so many things the residents do that in real life nurses do, and that annoys me. There's also things that bug me after I've started working in a hospital....

  17. burnout possible during orientation?? or just overwhelmed?

    adpiRN posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'm about 2 months into my orientation on a busy L&D floor. My first RN job. The past few weeks I find myself secretly hoping that my pt won't deliver on my shift and wishing for easy early...

  18. questions about getting into school nursing

    adpiRN posted a topic in School

    I'm a new nurse currently working my first job in L&D. School nursing is one of my areas of interest that I may try and move into after several more years of hospital nursing. NICU and Peds are...

  19. questions about getting into school nursing

    adpiRN replied to adpiRN's topic in School

    Thanks for the answers! Do you mean that nurses at private schools get paid more than at public schools? Or the other way

  20. frustrated with volunteer work

    adpiRN posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    For the past year I've volunteered at a home for pregnant teenaged girls. Over that past year I finished nursing school and starting working in L&D at a hospital where a lot of the girls actually...

  21. how do per diem hrs work at your hospital?

    adpiRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I always assumed per diem nurses had to work an entire shift at a time. But at my unit that's not true. A per diem nurse told me that she makes her own hours and can choose to work noon to 8pm for...

  22. hemabate side effects to nurses

    adpiRN posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    The other day I administered hemabate. Later I threw the vial out without gloves on and got a drop on my finger. I swear it made me feel weird. Tingling and numbing on my finger where it touched...

  23. hemabate side effects to nurses

    adpiRN replied to adpiRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    we give it to stop excessive bleeding after delivery. It helps contract down the

  24. volunteer abroad

    adpiRN posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Does anyone know of any organizations where you can do volunteer work abroad, for a week or 2 at a time, specifically related to maternity or

  25. first feedback from managers...

    adpiRN posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    And it wasn't great.... It's only my 4th day on the floor and I've had 3 different preceptors which has made it all seem very disjointed. They said they heard I seemed distracted when preceptors were...