Nicole2010

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 can usually meet core staffing which is 5 nurses ...

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 monitor.

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 get!

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 husband is a cop with sleeves! I wouldn't worry about...

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 live to work. I wouldn't even acknowledge what yo...

$41k. I went to a private school so my own reasons.

We use 40gm in 1000cc h20. It equals 1gm per 25cc 's. Then it depends if a 4 or 6gm bolus was ordered

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 middle of the night. We do still get inductions, us...

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 dummy that we practice CPR, shoulder distocia, deliv...

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 feel like I'm always making errors. Yesterday I wa...

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 and everyone has to pull their weight. As of now wh...

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 made a list of things I needed to ask for before I ...

Good Morning Everyone! So I am a New Grad and just started working as a Case Manager for Hospice. I actually just finished my first week. I went out with several nurses and shadowed/provided care for their patients. On Monday I start working wit...

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 keeping her on the Procardia till she was 37 wks (pt ...

Congrats!!

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 it administered by the end. Our hospital policy is...

I would go with OB. That way you could really find out if you "love" OB. For my preceptorship, I went to the OR because OR really interested me. I used my 140 hour preceptorship to see if I truly loved the OR. Everyone asked me why I was going the...

I do the exact same thing! I come home and process the day and wonder what I missed or could have done better. I know at some point I need to learn to leave work AT work, but right now when I process the day I'm trying to make myself a better nurse...

There was one far posterior cervix I could not reach for the life of me (even with the pelvic tilt)! My precepting nurse could, but she had longer fingers than me! I agree with the above post...you may have small hands

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I work in L&D with an ADN & I'm a New Grad

I graduated on Aprill 11 and tested on April 28. Get it done asap

I completely understand.I'm a new grad and today was my first day on the floor in my L&D internship. Talk about crazy. I thought at times, "how will I ever be able to do this?". But I did it (not as fast as the seasoned nurses) and I kept tellin...

Have you talked to the doctor about recommending hospice services?

Hi everyone, I'm a New Grad and was fortunate enough to get a job in L&D. I do have 10 years working in a private OB/GYN practive & I hope that helps in the way of tests and general knowledge. I was looking at the sticky for recommended rea...