BabyLady

BabyLady BSN, RN

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  1. How to negotiate starting pay

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

    Hospitals have pay grades and such-and-such position pays a set amount for X amount of experience, and they are very unlikely to pay more. My advice is as someone with no experience, you are not in a...

  2. What kind of scrubs do you wear?

    BabyLady replied to grlgid's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I wear Grey's Anatomy scrubs, I don't wear anything else. I wear a freshly washed uniform and jacket every day....I never wear the same item two days in a row, no matter how clean it is. The reason I...

  3. Nurse with ADD

    BabyLady replied to CarlyAnne11's topic in General Nursing

    Here is my experience when I went to do drug testing with my hospital, as just after hiring, I underwent a medical procedure where opiates were prescribed, so I was pretty sure I would "fail" the drug...

  4. patient dies from combination of drugs that doc prescribed. who is responsible?

    BabyLady replied to premedwoahs's topic in General Nursing

    You are correct, but I wasn't responding to the OP, I was responding to the post I copied to my

  5. Is this a problem? taking your neighbors blood pressure

    BabyLady replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    No, it's not ridiculous. Not sure if you are aware of this or not, but medical assistants in physician's offices can not only take VS's but sometimes administer medications and even give injections in...

  6. patient dies from combination of drugs that doc prescribed. who is responsible?

    BabyLady replied to premedwoahs's topic in General Nursing

    However, it is not that cut and dry. I'll give you a good example. In our unit, we give a lot of IV meds..bags of fluid for various treatments, etc. My job: Is to check the order and send it to...

  7. patient dies from combination of drugs that doc prescribed. who is responsible?

    BabyLady replied to premedwoahs's topic in General Nursing

    I have to disagree, yes, it is the nurses fault. You have to pay attention whenever multiple drugs that are ordered and you might consider giving have the same effect....whether it's sedation,...

  8. Fundus palping

    BabyLady replied to nurse/midwifekim's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Oh yeah! When I was in school, my big joke was, "If I don't learn anything else about OB, when in doubt, palpate the

  9. Fundus palping

    BabyLady replied to nurse/midwifekim's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Palpating the fundus is absolutely necessary, a minimum of once per shift. I can tell you from personal experience, that documenting changes is important. I once had a post-partum patient whose fundus...

  10. PICC dilemna

    BabyLady replied to sweetsounds's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    To me, the keyword is "central line"...you set up an infection there, and the patient can be in big trouble. You are very correct that unless the tubing is changed, there is no point in changing the...

  11. infection control questions????

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

    Exactly. Respiratory disorders will almost always have droplet, but may also have contact as well. MRSA would be contact precautions. You have to know what the disease/disorder is in order to answer...

  12. Piercings?

    BabyLady replied to vlmusicalsound's topic in Men in Nursing

    No...very, very unprofessional. Get attention for your work and dedication, not for extreme body

  13. patient dies from combination of drugs that doc prescribed. who is responsible?

    BabyLady replied to premedwoahs's topic in General Nursing

    No question about this situation, the nurse. Anytime 3 meds with a sedative effect are ordered, they should be questioned...should they be given together? Were they ordered by the same physician?...

  14. patient dies from combination of drugs that doc prescribed. who is responsible?

    BabyLady replied to premedwoahs's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with this....because a nurse is only responsible for medication ordered to be administered, he/she isn't responsible for the woulda, shoulda, coulda. In the NICU, sometimes the MD's order...

  15. Is this a problem? taking your neighbors blood pressure

    BabyLady replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    At our school we were not permitted to do VS at health fairs because as students, we were not licensed medical professionals. We brought this up once and the instructors felt that if we took the blood...

  16. First Day of Clinicals....Disaster

    BabyLady replied to WILLBEANRN's topic in General Students

    The 95 year old patient's family had the right to insist on the blood pressure first...had you given the bath first or moved her around for the assessment, your BP might have been artificially high,...

  17. Failed from clinical

    BabyLady replied to pnlm_a's topic in General Nursing

    Your college will have a grievance procedure in the handbook...ALL colleges do. You will be required to file a formal complaint and appeal...it must be in writing, making phone calls and sending...

  18. Falsely Accused!

    BabyLady replied to nm123's topic in General Nursing

    If they told you that they had a video, they will be required to show you the video...to a court if they make that kind of accusation, because you will be entitled to back pay plus they can suffer...

  19. Is this a problem? taking your neighbors blood pressure

    BabyLady replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    I think people go overboard with this and make it into something that it's not. First of all, when you are at the hospital, hospital policy usually dictates you cannot take vital signs, etc without...

  20. patient dies from combination of drugs that doc prescribed. who is responsible?

    BabyLady replied to premedwoahs's topic in General Nursing

    I agree that it would depend on the situation and it's not that cut and dry. Granted, a nurse would only be administering the medication if the patient was in the hospital. If that is the case, then...

  21. Missed a call for an on-call shift

    BabyLady posted a topic in General Nursing

    It's been awhile since I have posted. I have always prided myself in being professional and I make myself available to work as much as possible. I work the night shift and I am one of those people...

  22. When can I sign FNP after my name?

    BabyLady replied to Dixiecup's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    In most states you are going to be held to the highest standard of your training. In other words, even if you are working as an RN, but you are certified as an NP, you'll be held to the NP...

  23. Why does Sonography pay more than nursing?

    BabyLady replied to PopeJane3rd's topic in General Nursing

    In my area, the pay is the same. However, how many sonographers can a hospital employ versus RN's? It's about job

  24. Not sure how I'm going to survive

    BabyLady posted a topic in General Nursing

    I've been away from the board for quite awhile. I'm working night shift and it has been very difficult to get adjusted. To everyone that is running up high student loans/credit cards/etc....here is...

  25. DNP controversy

    BabyLady replied to mrhopeful's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    There are some that believe the measure will pass, which is hasn't last I checked and others that don't believe it will. DNP's or NP's, in my opinion, are very well trained....however, medical school...