mitchsmom

mitchsmom

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  1. Best Brand of Shoes

    mitchsmom replied to SwtTxLdy's topic in General Nursing

    Another diehard Dansko wearer here. Got mine at zappos.com. Have used them all through nursing school (3 years- I just graduated). Love em. I'm going to get some more in a color now that I don't have...

  2. Critical care help

    mitchsmom replied to regglynn's topic in General Students

    I used Critical Care Nursing Made Incredibly Easy! to supplement my text book. It had the exact stuff we were doing in class (but more succinct) and I wish I'd found it at the beginning of the...

  3. pediatric Nursing book

    mitchsmom replied to Roro's topic in Pediatric

    We used Wong's Nursing Care of Infants and Children in my BSN program,

  4. Florida Hospital scoop for new grad; also does yours pay for BSN?

    mitchsmom replied to mitchsmom's topic in Florida Nursing

    At the FL hospital I was interviewing at, HR told me that sign on was $2500 for new grads, $5k for experience, and 10k I think for super high need areas/experience. But FL Hospital does have different...

  5. First job...HELP!!

    mitchsmom replied to whoaitschrista's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a new grad and I just got hired on days, but my area has a very high need for nurses (I also have another certification that helped the manager justify giving me day

  6. Midwives...

    mitchsmom replied to lovingpecola's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    Have you checked

  7. Scrubs in L&D

    mitchsmom replied to cysrnob's topic in California Nursing

    I'm not in CA, but we have the choice to wear our own scrubs or change into the

  8. Paying for Nursing school and private loans, 2ND BS

    mitchsmom replied to billlee2's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I had a previous BA degree & I got Stafford loans (subsidized and unsubsidized)... about $30k worth over 3 years of part-time

  9. Posting questions taken directly from NCLEX exam and Kaplan QBank user name and passw

    mitchsmom replied to suzanne4's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Anybody wanna share sites that email practice questions?

  10. My problem with Saunders....

    mitchsmom replied to luvmy2angels's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Good luck to you!! I am going to be there in a few

  11. Would part time work be better?

    mitchsmom replied to Maryspam's topic in Nursing Career

    I am a new grad, and I plan on falling back to part-time as soon as I can (probably 6 mos to a year). I have little kids so that is the main reason

  12. about the bird flu......

    mitchsmom replied to jrring1019's topic in General Nursing

    Here's the official government site for the bird flu: http://www.pandemicflu.gov/ and the CDC site: http://www.cdc.gov/flu/avian/ here's the planning page for health care providers:...

  13. Question for OB GYN NURSES???

    mitchsmom replied to sunsky778's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I am not an experienced nurse, but I am a new grad who just did what you guys are contemplating. I have three little kids and a previous degree. It took me four years in all to do it but I'm glad so...

  14. hope for those wanting L&D

    mitchsmom replied to NeoRNtobe's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Congrats! I just took a job at the place where I did my preceptorship. My area needs nurses in every specialty! I was lucky to get days, though When do you start? You'll have to keep us

  15. Narcan?

    mitchsmom posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Just curious, do you have Narcan out when each baby is born (like in the isolette with your vitamin K and stuff)? One place I was out kept it right there with other baby drugs each time, the other...

  16. Advice for Med-Surg?

    mitchsmom replied to SBSNNWCC's topic in General Students

    I actually didn't really find med-surg any harder than my other classes, but maybe it's just my program. If you want to start learning some of it without reading actual texts and studying, you can...

  17. C-section Personnel

    mitchsmom replied to NativeButterfly's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We have 1 NRP trained RN (we don't circulate in OR so one just goes down, as the baby nurse) and RT at sections but no MD unless a problem is anticipated/known before delivery. Like you, we used to...

  18. Narcan?

    mitchsmom replied to mitchsmom's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Right, right... but I mean on hand as in right there with the vit k & eryth. ointment (as a matter of fact, that might be a worse idea... I heard that a student/instructor team had some confusion...

  19. Easterners, Waterbirth?

    mitchsmom replied to tinyscrafts's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Gompers, I *loved* laboring in the water with my second (not an option with #1). With my third, I got in but it just didn't work the same way, I just couldn't get comfortable that time for some...

  20. Narcan?

    mitchsmom replied to mitchsmom's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Thanks for the feedback. I was wondering... The place that kept it on hand must have had some kind of bad experience/precident or something.

  21. Breastfeeding chairs

    mitchsmom replied to cheripa's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I am not sure of the difference, but I have had some mothers tell me they wished they had just bought a recliner because the types of arms on glider rockers get in the way of nursing, especially as...

  22. Broselow tapes in the nursery?????

    mitchsmom replied to babynurse1961's topic in Ob/Gyn

    That's

  23. medicine or wives tale????

    mitchsmom replied to leigh21's topic in Ob/Gyn

    If you Google "gender determination" you'll find a bunch on this. About the 4th link down is a message board all about

  24. Hello All

    mitchsmom replied to Destined4florida's topic in Florida Nursing

    I don't know how salary.com is with Orlando, but it is not always accurate for my town (outside Orlando), so just be careful. Maybe you can talk to human resources at some of the hospitals and get...

  25. Florida Hospital scoop for new grad; also does yours pay for BSN?

    mitchsmom replied to mitchsmom's topic in Florida Nursing

    Thanks for the feedback - more is welcome if anyone else is still reading. Hey, consider yourself lucky. I'll just say I interviewed at a branch of FL Hosp. and was told $18 an hour, that might...