REESiE,RN

I am a L&D nurse that just went to ICU. I would suggest taking a basic fetal monitoring class, NRP, and joining AWHONN. ICU experience would help, bc Labor is a specialty unit that has lots of sick mothers. The labor dept could benefit from your ICU skills and knowledge. The experience I had in L&D helped me critically think in emergent situations. I was also exposed to surgical procedure and post anesthesia recovery. So if having this experience helps me in ICU, I think your ICU experience will help in L&D.

that true/false tip is actually a good one. we never were taught to look at it that way...

that is how it should be! i always wonder why ppl (other nurses actually) put down on those with tattoos. the patient population is very diverse as is the nursing profession. yes i understand what professionalism means, however my tattoos are not giving you safe and competent patient care, i am. how can they put down on us when we tatted nurses went through the same nursing curriculum and licensure examinations as the rest. i love my tattoos but for the face of professionalism i am removing them.

so renting is better than purchasing... where do you find a lease machine?

worst thing i did was get a cover up. im doin the laser tx spaced 3 months apart... its expensive and time consuming. but nursing school really put my self esteem down with my visible flower tattoos (wrist tats). and yea its working alright. i can see some slow progression. i totally regret them as of my new nursing profession. i was 19/20 when got them so i guess i pay my price. shouldve listen to my parents!

i had the same problem. i have a tat on both wrists i got the summer before nursing. i thought wrong if they would be okay with it b/c they werent... well i used a bandaid and a watch on the smaller tat and two bandaids and a sweat band over it for the other bigger tat. itll just have to do.