Stacy in North Texas

Stacy in North Texas

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  1. Pregnant Nurses and the flu shot

    Stacy in North Texas replied to rn4ever?'s topic in General Nursing

    Just curious, for those pregnant women who refuse the flu vaccine... if you are exposed to or come down with the flu during pregnancy, will you take Tamiflu? I'm not making any judgements here, just...

  2. Clinic nurse vs hospital nurse

    Stacy in North Texas replied to esthomprn's topic in General Nursing

    Oops, I meant to type "If you think that will hurt your chances for future hospital employment or for completing your masters, then DON"T take the office job." Sorry 'bout

  3. Clinic nurse vs hospital nurse

    Stacy in North Texas replied to esthomprn's topic in General Nursing

    I'm RN in an office setting (ob-gyn). The hands on skills I use include: taking vitals, drawing blood, giving injections, and assisting the doc with in-office procedures. I do lots of teaching, but...

  4. Foley catheter and pushing

    Stacy in North Texas replied to rn4babies63's topic in General Nursing

    Our policy (for all doc's) was to remove a Foley before the patient started

  5. Rules of the Dr.office

    Stacy in North Texas replied to prowlingMA's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    Thanks for sharing that, it gave me a good

  6. Which job would you take? LDR or Postpartum/GYN

    Stacy in North Texas replied to LDR-RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'd say go for it. L&D is great experience to have. I worked L&D, nights, right out of nursing school (after a 3 month orientation on days). I must admit I had a hard time adjusting to...

  7. Perceptions on childhood vaccinations

    Stacy in North Texas replied to bpander's topic in General Nursing

    Just fyi, I took your survey and I am a parent of kids who get vaccines and I also give vaccines. I indicated this on your survey. At the end after I answered all the questions, I got this message:...

  8. H1N1 will you be giving the vaccine?

    Stacy in North Texas replied to darla09's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    I work in the office of an OB-GYN. Of course we care for lots of pregnant women. The CDC, ACOG, and the state of Texas STRONGLY encourage pregnant women to get vaccinated for H1N1 because they are...

  9. Question about your practice and disposal of urine cups

    Stacy in North Texas replied to darla09's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    I was recently hired in the office of an OB-GYN. The practice there is to empty the urine out of the cup and place the cups in the red bags. Urine dipsticks go in there,

  10. Office nurse- charting phone calls with patients

    Stacy in North Texas posted a topic in General Nursing

    I've been an R.N. since 1995. All my experience has been inpatient labor and delivery. I took some time off to be with my kids at home and have recently returned to work as an office nurse for an...

  11. Office nurse- charting phone calls with patients

    Stacy in North Texas replied to Stacy in North Texas's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks everyone! I had a feeling my instinct to chart the call was right. I'll keep it

  12. Ob-Gyn office nurse skills

    Stacy in North Texas posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    I've been out of nursing for 9 years to be a stay at home mom. We can no longer afford for me to stay home. I am interested in working in an office setting for an OB-Gyn. Previously I was an...

  13. Delivery tables

    Stacy in North Texas replied to Fdavis's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Well, when I worked L&D 9 years ago, we set our table up in the LDR and we covered them until the doctor got there for delivery. We usually set them up when the patient was close to complete if a...

  14. Ob-Gyn office nurse skills

    Stacy in North Texas replied to Stacy in North Texas's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Thornbird-thank you! That is exactly the type of info I am looking for. And to Chapis-your idea is a good one and I do intend to do that, but I want to be as confident as I can be before I step foot...