BabyLady

BabyLady BSN, RN

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  1. 12 Hour Shifts--A bad idea?

    BabyLady replied to ObstreperousYoungLad's topic in General Nursing

    I agree that 12-hour shifts need to be done away with. While I enjoy working 3 days a week, the level of fatigue that I feel at work is unlike any other job I have ever had and I strongly feel that...

  2. Need urgent reply, please help. Regarding NCLEX acceptable identification.

    BabyLady replied to regrebs's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    What I would suggest is to take your documents, drive to the testing center IN ADVANCE and have one of the examiners look at your documents and tell you if they are acceptable. You do not have to wait...

  3. Jehovah's Witness nurses in the critical care unit?

    BabyLady replied to asdf88's topic in Critical Care

    I don't know about you, but at our hospital, whenever a code is called there is no less than 15 people to assist. You are not going to walk away from a patient to order blood and call the blood bank...

  4. Possible exposure to Hep C from needle stick

    BabyLady replied to RNmom24's topic in General Nursing

    I am a firm believer that it is not necessary to disclose if a patient is Hepatitis positive or not. I assume that every patiet could possibly be Hepatitis or HIV positive whenever I work with...

  5. Jehovah's Witness nurses in the critical care unit?

    BabyLady replied to asdf88's topic in Critical Care

    Codes are run by multiple people...there should always be enough people to spike the blood because an emergency doesn't mean that all safety measures, such as verification, are thrown out the window....

  6. Jehovah's Witness nurses in the critical care unit?

    BabyLady replied to asdf88's topic in Critical Care

    I think you need to know what you have, have not to disclose when you are searching for a job, or you would be a very long time in finding one. Do not mention, your religion (of any religion), BEFORE...

  7. Long hair male nurses

    BabyLady replied to Nursee13's topic in General Nursing

    If you go into the interview with your hair in a neat ponytail..I see nothing wrong with that. I don't believe that men have to have short hair to be professional, however, it shouldn't hang all over...

  8. What do you think about my pay cut?

    BabyLady replied to dekagirlsRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'll be honest...your not-for-profit organization is ripping you off in more ways than one. They want you to keep a time sheet because the job of a registered nurse, is an HOURLY PAID position by the...

  9. I wish sombody would have told me......

    BabyLady replied to Xcited 2B-N-RN's topic in General Nursing

    No offense to the experienced nurses who really and truly, are interested in teaching us that are newer and want to learn...and those of use that want to learn to do a good job. But I wished someone...

  10. Where are the "normal" births?

    BabyLady replied to what2donow's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    I am a NICU nurse but also work shifts in L&D...mostly PP, but they know I am willing to assist with laboring a patient, so I help out when I can, because I enjoy it. To me, there doesn't seem to...

  11. I didn't get into any BSN programs, but I got into the ADN programs...am I stupid?

    BabyLady replied to tatempole's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Who is "they"...are you saying that you called the admissions of all 5 of the BSN programs that you applied to and they said you failed the interview? I'll be honest...I do not think that a school is...

  12. Legal/ethical question

    BabyLady replied to NewnurseNYC's topic in General Nursing

    It is not heresay when the person who alledgedly committed the act TELLS YOU PERSONALLY he did it. Heresay, is when the information comes from a third party and not the person directly involved. That...

  13. when do you tell your pregnant? and shingles question

    BabyLady replied to evolvingrn's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think you can get shingles unless you have had the chicken pox first..but someone please correct me if I am

  14. when do you tell your pregnant? and shingles question

    BabyLady replied to evolvingrn's topic in General Nursing

    If you have never had the chicken pox (regardless if you have been vaccinated or not), I don't think it is a good idea to be around shingles patients. The chicken pox vaccine does not entirely...

  15. L&D nurses without children

    BabyLady replied to loving2's topic in Ob/Gyn

    To me, that is the biggest crock of $%##$ that you have to have bore chidren in order to be a good labor and delivery nurse. That is like saying....the cardiac nurse needs to have heart problems or...

  16. Legal/ethical question

    BabyLady replied to NewnurseNYC's topic in General Nursing

    Let's not over-react here folks...this is NOT a legal question she has. Yes, you should report it. Here is why: All they are going to do is drug-test the employees or assign someone to watch them. If...

  17. drug testing in school

    BabyLady replied to prettylittlenurse2b's topic in General Nursing

    Birth control pills are NOT what drug tests test for. They test for illegal medications and drugs that have a high tendency to be abused, barbituates, opiates, etc. Hormones don't count. They will...

  18. drug testing in school

    BabyLady replied to prettylittlenurse2b's topic in General Nursing

    If you are not using, then it shouldn't matter if they give you a drug test, randomly or scheduled. FYI: It also doesn't matter how the test is

  19. Tape on the ET tube tearing skin

    BabyLady replied to canesdukegirl's topic in General Nursing

    Paper tape doesn't work on everyone...it actually rips my skin off...from my forearm, of all places and I do not have fragile skin. So I never assume how the tape will come off, I always take it off...

  20. Tape on the ET tube tearing skin

    BabyLady replied to canesdukegirl's topic in General Nursing

    I guess I don't understand why patients that have obviously fragile skin, why soomeone doesn't get adhesive remover and remove the tape that way. The CRNA has no one to blame but himself and if I was...

  21. Pt. being forced to sig form or dropped

    BabyLady replied to Hesstx's topic in General Nursing

    Such a form won't hold up in court and they can call the police all they want, and they are not going to do anything. The only drug test is that is criminally required is the one ordered by a...

  22. No nursery but not allowed to tell new moms that their newborn must room in!

    BabyLady replied to Emberanna's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Which is exactly why it's the hospital, not the staff, the pushes the couplet

  23. Patients and the race card

    BabyLady replied to CanadaEh's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    How about minority groups, regardless of what they are, focusing on who they are and their behavior rather than their race? The most successful, minority role models we have in America, never let...

  24. No nursery but not allowed to tell new moms that their newborn must room in!

    BabyLady replied to Emberanna's topic in Ob/Gyn

    The problem is not the couplet care, it is the organization of your department. Our hospital does couplet care and this is how they are organized: 1. Couplet care is one nurse to three rooms...that...

  25. Eligible for rehire - legal question?

    BabyLady replied to DeLana_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I can tell you now that yes, they can ask, and yes an employer can answer that question. It is a MYTH that they cannot. However...most employers CHOOSE NOT TO DISCLOSE a former employee's rehire...