Nicole2010

Nicole2010

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  1. "Short Staffed......."

    We are always short staffed. Plus they just took away on-call pay, so who wants to come in if someone calls in sick. I work in a high risk unit. We have 11 labor rooms, 2 ORs and a 3 bed triage. We...
  2. Which specialties have 3 pts/nurse or less?

    ICU and OR. I work L&D. I think I have 4 pt's, 2 pt's I can see and 2 I have on a fetal
  3. What do you fear most on the job?

    A pt in DIC (which we had the other day), placenta abruption, uterine abruption or PIH pt with seizures. At my facilitiy you'll never know what you
  4. Lots of threads on tattoos but....

    I have several tattoos that are small and I have only received complements on them. Tattoos seem to be more commonly accepted nowadays. Associating tattoos with criminals is a bit ridiculous! My...
  5. How come you don't work more?

    I'm married but have no children and working 3 days a week is enough. A lot of my co-workers work between 5-6 days a week between two hospitals. I think they're crazy! I love having time off. I don't...
  6. How Much Nursing School Debt Are You In?

    $41k. I went to a private school so my own
  7. Hanging a Mag Bolus?

    We use 40gm in 1000cc h20. It equals 1gm per 25cc 's. Then it depends if a 4 or 6gm bolus was
  8. Nightshift vs. Dayshift on an L&D Unit?

    On nights, of course, you have less management around! I oriented on days then switched to nights, the biggest thing I noticed is how the MDs handle pt's. The MD's usually try not to deliver in the...
  9. L& D----3 codes in 1 month!

    I'm sorry you are having a rough month! The hospital were I work, we are required to be ACLS certified and have mock codes/drills every 3 months. We have an edu dept that has a pregnant similator...
  10. Feel like I'm contstantly making mistakes!

    Thanks for the responses. They want the new hires/grads (another RN & I) to get used to triage now because we will be expected to do it. I think it comes down to the fact we are extremely busy...
  11. Feel like I'm contstantly making mistakes!

    Thanks everyone! I know I will make mistakes and I'd rather be forgetting to ask about blood pressure meds than making a patient or med error. I definitely have been learning from them. Yesterday I...
  12. Feel like I'm contstantly making mistakes!

    Hi everyone! I'm a new grad and am in the 10th week of a 12 week orientation at a busy inner city hospital. We do 300+ deliveries/month and have a level III NICU. I absolutely LOVE my job, but I...
  13. Made a mistake!

    We all make mistakes. You'll probably never make the same mistake again! I'm new to L&D as well and just the other day while I was triaging a pt, I forgot to tell the MD that the perinate was...
  14. L&D interview questions and advice

    Congrats!!
  15. In the AWHONN book, it says to admin narcs during the contraction to minimize the amount that reaches the fetus if your doing IVP. I start to give my narcs the beginning of the contraction and have...