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I was offered a job at wm Cary a few months back for a dollar less per hour. This is with five yes exp in a specialty care area. The shift diff was great though. I turned it down (not for the pAy, although I was shocked at how low it was) and now hav...

I will be relocating soon and one of the options is Tucson. I am already in love with the city itself but need to know more about nursing jobs in the area (specifically in labor and delivery). What is the average pay for an experienced RN? First, ...

We are going to be moving to one of those states in the next few months b/c hubby is military. I am trying to figure out which I would prefer and a big issue is what the jobs are like. I would LOVE to hear thoughts from any LD nurses from any of th...

Thanks for all the feedback, everyone! Jules, that has been my husbands thought as well.....NC is like the medical mecca of the south east and with that many hospitals, there is bound to be SOMETHING. I talked to a friend in that area the other day ...

Thank you for that very important info! Moving backwards is on my list of fears. I am coming from a "baby friendly" family centered facility. Many before me have worked hard to break some of those barriers and continue to fight so that we aren't d...

WOW, I was expecting a pay cut but I am not sure I was expecting THAT much of a pay cut. I was keeping my fingers crossed for around $25 minimum. Which I figured with a lower cost of living, would work fine. Not making just enough to buy groceries...

Good for you! I went straight into LD from nursing school. I had heard rumors of med surg being necessary...but I knew from the begining that I wanted LD. I personally don't feel like I am missing out on anything. No, I probably could never float...

Hey there! I was born and raised in Pittsburgh...and have lived in Anchorage for the last 7.5 yrs. My thoughts.....Anchorage is "cleaner" and not as crowded. Things are more spread out....but overall not too many differences. The weather itself t...

My hubby is stationed at Elmendorf and I graduated from UAA so maybe I can help some? Anyway...UAA is the only RN program in Alaska. If your prereq's are done, getting into the ADN program might not be a big deal. The ADN program uses a "ranking" ...

I posted about something similar not that long ago but didn't get much response, lol. My issue wasn't so much with taking care of the women themselves, it was more a matter of visitors/support persons that are infected. CDC doesn't have any recomme...

I have to say, I am a bit saddened by some of the things said in this thread. Here are my .02. You have to remember, majority of the time, the patient has already made up their mind wrt what their wishes are during labor before they walked in the d...

Thanks everyone for your responses. I am still putting Rex on my wish list. However, I keep going online and I am not really seeing any listings at any of the hospitals for LD nursing. I have a few months so I guess I will keep my fingers crossed ...

I am probably going to be moving to the Raleigh area in a few months and am looking for some feedback. I am a LD nurse and really want to stay in that area. So far, I have heard good things about Rex hospital and not much else about any others. I ...

We have a standard of 1:1 most times. Exceptions are if it is early labor cervidil type inductions. Even then, we try to keep 1:1 if staffing allows. Of course, there are always emergencies and things come up so we aren't always 1:1...but it is a ...

The job market for new grads isn't fantastic, but it isn't horrible either. Providence has some great "intern" positions offered a few times a year. They give specific training to nurses with less then a year training. I think most of the units ha...

YIKES they don't even see the baby for four hours? I work at a baby friendly hospital so we are big on skin to skin but we don't do it in the OR mostly b/c of the low temps. But baby stays with mom in OR until shortly before transfer to RR. Then m...

Thanks for sharing. We have a 36 bed MB unit and a 12 bed prenatal unit. We don't transport out...we are the ones getting the transports, lol. But it is interesting to me to see that your MB nurses have the same loads as ours (technically, ours ca...

My hospital still does them...they do a year long internship to train in all area of the maternity center. However, they JUST did their hiring for the positions. They occasionally open some up in the December time frame, but I am not sure if they w...

Your unit sounds only slightly larger then mine. We also have the only high risk unit and NICU in the state, and while we have less rooms, our NEED is probably to be the size of yours, lol. We do 400-450 deliveries a month...so not much less. How ...

You can always TRY, I just don't know if I would hold my breath. I guess it all depends on the hospital and their needs/resources. I know that at my hospital, if they had a position open for an experienced LD nurse, and someone without experience a...

On the topic of demise's..... while those are by far the most emotionally difficult for me personally, they have also proven to be the most rewarding as well. I will never continue to be amazed at how simply awe inspiring the human spirit can be. T...

I can see how, if you do 1 hr recovery it would be more important to start recovery after repairs are made rather then placenta. I personally can't imagine a 1 hr recovery b/c none of our patients meet our transfer criteria before then, in ANY situa...

I am really curious to hear what other hospitals are doing when faced with swine flu. A few months back we had an outbreak of swine flu that was pretty rampant but quickly contained. It involved staff more then patients so it was easy to contain by...

So, if a visitor or support person shows up with s/s, would they be allowed in to the unit? Would it matter if it is the fob or not?

Our recovery also starts when the placenta is delivered. Usually it isn't an issue unless a resident is doing a repair that takes forever, lol. Our "goal" is for them to be transfered to MBU within two hours after placenta but that rarely ever happ...