KJM10

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  1. Infant Nurse

    I agree, whomever notices the diaper needs changing will take care of it. Tech, secretary, nurse, cna...its usually a team effort unless that person is super busy with their own stuff at that moment- then they would just tell the nurse. :) If it som...
  2. New job - Finding it so Weird!

    We make heat pads with chux too, still paper chart many things (and computer chart the same stuff- so its redundant), do the same with sheets in triage unless soiled. I'm glad we don't use frozen diapers for ice packs at my new facility- that was jus...
  3. New job - Finding it so Weird!

    I can totally relate. I am at a new facility and find some policies they have "weird" too. I find it hard not to state "Really? Where I was we did... " so I have to make a conscious effort to bite my tongue. If I catch myself saying something like th...
  4. Thoughts on orientation length

    Think of it as your employer investing in you and your success. 5-6 months is wonderful, they must really want their nurses to be ready. :) Congrats on the new job!
  5. Bedside report

    We typically do more detailed report outside the room, and then introduce the new nurse- go over IV's, and some general things at bedside (like pt wants skin to skin, breast feeding, no epidural, POC etc) I think its difficult to do a detailed report...
  6. Orientation

    Wow! 6 shifts and your on your own? Are you Mother/baby, L&D, gyn surgical patients? I can't imagine a new unseasoned nurse being ready to be on their own after such a short orientation. I am at a new facility but 2 years experience and already h...
  7. No physician in-house?

    I interviewed and was offered a job with a similar situation. No residents or physicians in house, just on call. It was a smaller hospital so there was only 2 nurses on each shift, no SCN or nursery nurse and minimal ancillary staff just a tech/clerk...
  8. Mag patients on pp floor--help :(

    Our ratios are 4:1 for pp, 1:1 for mag usually. Occasionally if short staffed we will have another pp pt with a mag but no more than that. We keep all mag pts are on our LDRP floor.
  9. Jordie, Check your Baker E-mail :)
  10. No you dont wear your whites to orientation. The only tip I have for you is to work hard, read your books and then go back and read them again. :) Its a hard program and most weeks you WILL spend 40+ hours a week studying/writing papers/careplans- n...
  11. Dont hesitate to ask next time... We will be more than happy to answer your questions.
  12. Congrats jcolli01 on getting into the program! I am also Baker(Flint). I am going to be starting my 4th semester. Good Luck and congrats again. ( When did you guys find out you got in? We had to wait for our certified letter to come Christmas Eve la...
  13. Baker - Clinton Twp

    We were told Thursday at our orientation (Flint), by the Director of Nursing program, that they will have the BSN program up and running by fall. If I understand it correctly it is mainly online.