Nurse2bNicole BSN, RN

Nurse2bNicole is a BSN, RN and specializes in L&D/MB/High-risk antepartum; Hospice.

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1. Time for a career change!

   Nurse2bNicole replied to Tina818's topic in Hospice, Palliative

   Most places should be more than willing to let you do a ride along. Do you work for a hospital system? If you do, check and see if you offer hospice there, and if you do, contact that manager and...

2. Charting MVU's

   Nurse2bNicole replied to VagabondRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Wow....it's very unneccessary to have IUPCs in every pt! If the pt is not on oxytocin, I chart them hourly. If they are on oxytocin, I chart them everytime I should be increasing it....so 30...

3. Raising C-Section Room Temperature for preemie births

   Nurse2bNicole replied to nicu1991's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I work at a hospital in Detroit, and we changed our policy to increase OR temps above 70 degrees for all c-section deliveries, not just preemies. Our ORs are warm....usually around 72 degrees, which...

4. Teaching Project Ideas, anyone?

   Nurse2bNicole replied to crazylilkelly's topic in Ob/Gyn

   We just had a student do a teaching project on Post-partum Depression. She included early warning signs, risk factors and a ton of local resources. She also put together packets of info that we can...

5. What is considered a "busy" L&D unit?

   Nurse2bNicole replied to fsaav's topic in Ob/Gyn

   My unit is busy. We do about 400 births a month. I cannot even imagine what a unit that does 700 deliveries a month would be like though! That's not busy...that's

6. MCC Registration

   Nurse2bNicole replied to NBMom1225's topic in Michigan Nursing

   Yeah, they open nursing registration before the rest of the classes because we overload the system and everything crashes! Don't worry about starting your lab before the lecture. They don't cover...

7. Care Plan Help Please!

   Nurse2bNicole replied to Nurse2bNicole's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

   Thank you Daytonite! I'm not really sure why my brain thinks that there are different diagnoses for adults and children. I guess I was expecting there to be an obvious way to relate the diagnosis to...

8. Care Plan Help Please!

   Nurse2bNicole replied to Nurse2bNicole's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

   Thank You!! I wasn't sure if urinary retention would work because the baby was

9. Care Plan Help Please!

   Nurse2bNicole posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

   Hi all - I'm working on a newborn care plan and I'm trying to find a diagnosis to fit with elimination. Baby has a hydrocele and a skin septum attaching his member to the scrotum. All of the risk...

10. Any Michiganders take the HESI recently? (the prenursing school one)

    Nurse2bNicole replied to MIKelly's topic in Michigan Nursing

    92% is very good. Most of the people who get into the program score in the 80's and have a high gpa. If your gpa is high, you're probably in a good

11. MCC, OCC students, question....

    Nurse2bNicole replied to jenni82104's topic in Michigan Nursing

    You can order them off of this website: http://www.hesitest.com/students/ But check the library at the school, sometimes they have several copies and you can sign up to borrow them for a couple

12. Any Michiganders take the HESI recently? (the prenursing school one)

    Nurse2bNicole replied to MIKelly's topic in Michigan Nursing

    It's just basic math - no

13. Nursing Documentation

    Nurse2bNicole replied to jktb's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    One of my clinical teachers told us to get a pocket sized notebook. This way, if you are going through a pt chart and like the way something is worded you can write it down in your notebook. The...

14. Meds calculation book

    Nurse2bNicole replied to tookewlandy's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I haven't used this book, but I did use Math for Meds. Can't remember who it's by, but I did find it very helpful. At my school we are responsible for learning the math portion on our own. They...

15. Starting Med-Surg in Aug ~ advice please

    Nurse2bNicole replied to btown annie's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Review your a&p, more the physiology part. You can't understand what is wrong if you don't know how it's supposed to work. As the person before me said, assess your patient! You can't do...