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Keep practicing. People can overcome phobias with repeated exposure. Do no take Xanax! Seriously? You don't want to be a practicing RN with those drugs onboard. Not safe.

I was a CNA before becoming an RN. I mostly had good experiences with my RN's as a CNA...but I was not lazy! I work with techs now that are hesitant or slow or attitudinal to nurses delegation. What many cna's have no concept of is the absolutely cri...

I love me some OR. I would say 1/4 of my deliveries would typically end up there, but I volunteer to circulate often because I enjoy it, so it's probably a higher ratio for me. OB nurses will never completely avoid the OR!

We have "delivery kits" which are locked plastic boxes with 800 mcg of cytotec, a vial of lidocaine, some methergine, and extra pit. They are taken to every delivery. Hemabate has to be refrigerated. It also would be given AFTER the other drugs were...

As a nurse manager in L&D I would LOVE to hire someone for L&D who had a passion for it and had critical care experience! Same with OR experience. Keep trying!

I have found that shooting the efm at an angle very very high on the fundus (like you would for breech, or even higher) can sometimes help trace baby in an obese woman. Tends to be less adipose tissue there, and THROUGH the panniculus is basically im...

I have never been specially trained to scrub, but I can in a pinch. Honestly, all you need to really know is sterile technique, and how to count! In an emergency, the MD can point and tell you what they need. A patient physician can get you through...

My favorite that comes FREQUENTLY because it's on an online checklist... "We do not want fetal monitoring unless our baby is in distress." Ok honey. I'll just wave my hands over your belly and say, "hmmmm......I think.....I feel...hm.....probably not...

We have the wand, and don't touch the field, so clean gloves are all that is necessary. When inserviced by our rep, Chloraprep was taught to aggressively friction-scrub back and forth over the actual incision area, then use wide overlapping strokes. ...

We had a Godbless Louisiana on our unit a couple of years ago. I had had one young mom unable to pronounce the name her Aunt picked out for her baby. She tried several times and said, "I'm just gonna call him Fat-boy till I practice"

Let's see...I've seen maybe 1/2 dozen or so in 3.5 years as a L&D nurse. Usually no complications at all and undetected until birth. Usually u see it and go, "oh...so that's why she kept having variables!"

I start next month as a new grad and make $19.85 base plus $4.00 night diff, and $2.00 weekend.

During my OB rotation in school, a baby was born and the mom named him "Twenty-Ten Tiger". He was visited by his brothers, Tarantula and Tarzan. I wish I was lying.

I have worked two years as a CNA. We do report pain levels to our nurses and are required during hourly rounds to ask pain scale.

I have deep respect for CNA's...I AM a CNA. but they are NOT nurses. I finish RN school in two weeks, and believe me, CNA training is not even a dot on the map of being equivalent. She should be reported to the supervisor.

I'm a panola student, and just wanted to say that it is complete BS that local hospitals will hire a NSU grad over a Panola grad. It's simply not true. WK partners with NSU, indeed. But it's a local school/local hospital. It makes sense. Why would ...

I know when we were doing clinicals the CNA's sat around and did practically nothing while we did all the work, so I would hope and pray they would vote "help". LOL

I don't know about the teas, but I know it's pretty competitive. I know lots of people who have applied for more than 2 semesters and not gotten in. I also know that Spring is considerably easier to get in. Good luck!

PS you might want to google the word "insolent" I was thinking the same thing. I worry about your attitude. Seriously. It's the pointing the finger analogy. You are pointing one finger, and have 3 pointing back at you. Perhaps your attitude is what ...

My school is one hour away, one way. I kinda enjoy the drive....No classes right now, and I miss the time alone....in the quiet.

Those women that I described in the 2nd post? Depends if they grow up or not, I guess. Can you be that childish and selfish about your body and be mature and giving in other areas of parenting...sure. Can a mother who refuses to even try to breastfe...

And the women who say, "Lord, no. I carried that baby inside me for 9 months, they made me FAT, my feet killed me, my face broke out...I'll be damned if I let it suck on my boobs after all that..." they are selfish. period. How can you say they aren...

I didn't say it made you a bad mom. Not at all. I said some people find it too painful, time consuming, etc....and aren't willing to make the sacrafice. And yes, many of them do have a chip on their shoulder. It is a huge sacrafice of time, energy ...

I am only on page 4 of replies, and I can't read this thread any longer. Healthcare professionals who *consider breastfeeding in the same catagory as elimination *are so shallow to prefer to keep breasts to themselves rather than offer them to thei...

Yeah, that attitude stinks, frankly.