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We use 18g for all laboring moms just in case they have to go for a stat c-section or need to receive blood.

I love that idea! I was actually a Christmas Eve baby and came home in a stocking.

It shows that you are human. I've been a nurse for 15 years. I still get side swiped by emotions and have been known to cry in a patient's room.

We do milk and molasses enemas...works 99.9% of the time. The "brown cow" is also quite popular with our MDs...prune juice with MOM.

I am a Seattle U alum...1996. I have to say, it was a great school. There was so much variety of clinical sites. Since I've graduated, they have made extensive upgrades to the lab. The classes were pretty small. We all got along well. There is a strong focus on community service at SU. Its downtown to so there is also a lot to do around campus as well. Dorm life was fun. There isn't the soritory/frat house distraction to deal with either. It seems like there is always something being upgraded or renovated on campus. They are in the process of building a new library now. Definitely visit a variety of campuses, nursing schools. Don't decide on what you have heard. You need to see for yourself. Good luck.

Thank you all for such a variety of comments. I had the opportunity to observe this nurse from a charge nurse position today. She oriented with a different nurse today. Again, she did a lot of observing. She is quite passive. With encouragement and assertiveness on both my end and the other RN, she stepped up and took some initiative. She did her first IM injections today. I have to be honest, my facility got a little spoiled with the last couple of nurses that have joined us. We usually hire 1-2 new grads per year and have gotten some really good nurses. They WANT to learn and seek out the opportunities. This one will just need a lot more attention. I, along with some other nurses', have individually discussed our concerns with our supervisor as well as the clinical educator. Time will tell as to how this situation will turn out. It has been quite interesting to read the assumptions in several of the replies to this thread. ADN vs. BSN. The great debate continues. I have met and worked with countless nurses...from both different kinds of programs. In the end, we are all registered nurses. We all take the same test. The letters after our name shouldn't make a difference.

I oriented a new graduate nurse today and was absolutely flabergasted. She graduated in May and passed her boards easily in July of this year. This nurse somehow got through nursing school observing but not performing anything. She was so proud of herself for dc'ing her first IV today. She had never emptied a foley bag, drawn up medication from a vial, done a blood sugar....the list goes on. She is slated for up to 8 weeks of orientation to the facility. This is difficult because its really not orientation to the facility she needs right now. She needs hands on nursing skills. I've been out of school for quite a while but I vividly remember the HOURS/WEEKS/MONTHS spent in clincals. Are nursing schools skimping on clinicals? Are they more worried about their stats on passing the boards--and producing nurses that are book smart and not clinically savvy?

You'll never please all of the people all of the time. Learn from it and move on. As above, this certainly won't be your first (or last) complaint. Just take it as constructive criticism. :)

Its been awhile since you posted so you probably know whether you have MS or not. Just know, if you do...its not the end of the world. I was diagnosed 13 years ago. Have been working full time since out of nursing school in a variety of different nursing avenues.

Thank you so much for sharing your experience. It is very hard to be the patient. Its even harder when the caregivers are your co-workers.

Does anyone give out extra freebies to new parents? Our hospital provides the usual Enfamil/Similac diaper bag, knit cap, small classic book and a baby spoon from the volunteers. Just looking for ideas to maybe change it up a bit.