I worked nights for many years and for various reasons. I never realized how little sleep I actually got until I stopped working nights-I was amazed at how great I felt! Having said that-I did like...
CNM 26.2 replied to winter_green's topic in Ob/Gyn
klone just about covered it all! :) The only other thing I would add is-if for any reason the patient has to be (or wants to be) in bed and lying on her back-have her bend her knees with feet flat...
ACOG states that elective inductions should not be done until at least 39 weeks so measures to prevent inductions under 38 weeks are still not adequate. Even though this doc brings a lot of $$ to the...
I would suggest to ask other nurses on your unit how they do it. I suggest this because each unit is unique in how they do things-maybe there is already a process in place that you don't know about....
Unfortunately, that's not an option unless I move my family somewhere else-and I'm pretty stubborn, I refuse to uproot my family and my life because one or two nurses are having a hard time with me...
CNM 26.2 replied to malenurse122879's topic in General Nursing
Yep, for sure a lesson learned!!! You really should have called and/or returned to the hosptial immediately instead of waiting over the weekend to see if someone called you about it. BUT, you'll...
I just finished online grad school-and it is harder than classroom-at least for me. I think it really depends on your learning style. In a traditional classroom you can read the material then have...
I have only been through very short water outages (a couple of hours or less) for construction. We also used bottled water for drinking and we filled the bathtubs with water before the shut down so...
This thread reminds me of one particularly CRAZY shift I had. We had one patient after another walking in-all of them of course in labor. We had every room full-we were short a nurse-we did two back...
I beg your pardon. I took the fact that the OP said "Patients" (plural) "Please realize the following" that maybe he/she had issues with most or all patients; in which case a career change may be in...