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  1. Do birth plans grate on your nerves?

    cradlecrewer posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Yes, I'm old and rickety...but, I HATE birth plans!! Especially those that include NO vag exams unless she needs to push (wth), or NO IV access (wth), or NO fetal monitoring (WTH!!) etc..... It just...

  2. Question about CNA's state to state

    cradlecrewer posted a topic in General Nursing

    Does anyone know if a CNA can move from state to state on the same certification? I don't know what to tell a friend that is moving. She is a CNA. Does she have to be certified in that particular...

  3. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    cradlecrewer replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    How about.........Wake up and get out of that bed, it belongs to the patient (while she sits in a chair)!!! or....no seriously..I don't mind stepping over your little blanket beds you have made in the...

  4. Womens interest in male nurses

    cradlecrewer replied to johny1's topic in Men in Nursing

    The part of the country that I live in tends to cater to male nurses, and the male nurses really eat it up. They are cocky as hell, and the women love them. Well...except for us older nurses that...

  5. Checking dilation help...

    cradlecrewer replied to Jocee82's topic in Ob/Gyn

    BAHAHAHAH.....this is SUCH A COOL IDEA!...sneaky too..I love

  6. Vag Exams & Dilation

    cradlecrewer replied to mslema's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Two separate things....effacement is the thinning out of the cervix, so if you are 100% thinned out (or effaced) your cervix is paper thin. If you are dilated 10 cms you are "complete" or "fully"...

  7. Either Give Me A Lunch Break Or Pay Me!!

    cradlecrewer replied to cradlecrewer's topic in General Nursing

    I am printing this out and taking it in to work. Thank

  8. Either Give Me A Lunch Break Or Pay Me!!

    cradlecrewer posted a topic in General Nursing

    For the last 10 yrs my employer has deducted 30 minutes from my pay every day that I have worked for "lunch". I work in a small hospital, so at any given night it is just myself and the nursery nurse...

  9. Either Give Me A Lunch Break Or Pay Me!!

    cradlecrewer replied to cradlecrewer's topic in General Nursing

    How does that

  10. Do birth plans grate on your nerves?

    cradlecrewer replied to cradlecrewer's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Childbirth becomes a medical issue when it is complicated with complications...those are the ones I am referring to. I'm talking preterm labors, PIH, uncontrolled gest diab, partial abruption,...

  11. Montana RN Salary

    cradlecrewer replied to INDY98's topic in General Nursing

    I worked in MT for a yr and a half. In that time I racked up so many bills I had to leave. The cost of living was way higher there than where I live now and the pay was way less. Too bad too...my...

  12. Either Give Me A Lunch Break Or Pay Me!!

    cradlecrewer replied to cradlecrewer's topic in General Nursing

    ----------------------------------------------------------------------- this is where they "got me" where it says "except in workplace environments that by their nature of business provides for ample...

  13. Either Give Me A Lunch Break Or Pay Me!!

    cradlecrewer replied to cradlecrewer's topic in General Nursing

    I have brought this concern to all of my managers (past and present), and nursing administration several times. One of the Director of Nurses asked me, "just what would you do for 30 minutes off the...

  14. Do birth plans grate on your nerves?

    cradlecrewer replied to cradlecrewer's topic in Ob/Gyn

    It's the unreasonable ones that upset me. Have you ever sat on a laboring patient with PIH who refused an IV access (not in her birth plan), and then seized? Not pretty. Have you ever been in a...

  15. Do birth plans grate on your nerves?

    cradlecrewer replied to cradlecrewer's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Hi...I would be the original poster. I guess I just don't understand why fellow nurses would have a problem with this post, especially those who work L&D. I have worked in this area for 23 yrs. I...

  16. Do birth plans grate on your nerves?

    cradlecrewer replied to cradlecrewer's topic in Ob/Gyn

    "No, she doesn't need pain meds" why does this bother you? If the woman wants pain meds then she can ask for pain meds; especially if a mom makes it clear from the beginning that she wants a natural...

  17. First vaginal exam

    cradlecrewer replied to Sarah LnDHopes's topic in Ob/Gyn

    YIKES!! Besides YIKES...although that would be good if you wanted to know what a closed/thick/high cervix felt like..I ain't doing

  18. Discovered a breech baby for 1st time

    cradlecrewer replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

    OMG!! One of the first breech deliveries I assisted in was a preterm (27weeks) TWINS!!! The first baby delivered just fine...the second was a nightmare. It was breech and the head got clamped down...

  19. Vag Exams & Dilation

    cradlecrewer replied to mslema's topic in Ob/Gyn

    10 cm's you don't feel ANY cervix, at that time they would be complete. An anterior lip is when you can feel just a "lip" of cervix on the anterior, and no where else. I would probably call someone...

  20. AWHONN Staffing Guidelines Please check this out:

    cradlecrewer replied to SmilingBluEyes's topic in Ob/Gyn

    This is a rediculous guideline. I work in a small hospital, where I AM the charge nurse, and I AM the labor nurse. We have just started using computer charting that is HORRIBLE and time consuming....