cebuana_nurse

I just wanna vent my frustration, I just found out yesterday and I'm just in awe that they hired one of the new grads as an RN supervisor. She is currently orienting and being an RN myself receiving an LPN's pay, I think the management is making a hu...

any ideas where I can enhance my knowledge with vaginal exams? training? continuing education? enroll in midwifery class?

I had one patient who happened to be a nursing student (not sure how far she is in the nursing program). She was already fully dilated and she fairly did well for being a primip. I went over the couple regarding pushing and the delivery of the baby w...

I checked those vagina in a box and the cheapest I could find is $425!!! Maybe I could ask for it this coming Christmas. Lol

I've had instances that patients come in with lengthy birth plans, I go over them with the couple to see which are applicable and not as well as emphasizing that as long as the baby is breathing and transitioning well to extrauterine life, I'm more o...

To: shadow This is pretty much the same scenario at my current hospital. They ended up doing on-call schedules for nurses and we have a calendar full of requests for vacations so that our manager could fairly approve such vacations or reject them due...

I work at a small community hospital that only averages less than 100 births per year, so practice with limited patients is really hard. I was looking for like dummies or study materials to know more about this but so far no luck.

I agree with Fyreflie. Ask your co-workers if there's any written policy regarding this. I think that as a nurse working in L&D, you should be ready for anything. Labor and Delivery is known to be very unexpected. God forbid if you get a patient ...

I currently have my Bachelor's so enrolling for master's won't be a problem since it's in my plan anyways in the future and my hospital reimburses for it as continuing education as long as I keep my full time status. However, I don't think it'll be h...

My department gives out a lot of free goodies just to boost our census. So far, we only average up to 100 births per year which is really sad. We give out a diaper bag from Gerber (only given to WIC moms) and is already pre-packaged whether they are ...

I agree with NurseNora. In addition to that, most babies would either get a small laceration due to to electrode placement but very minimal. We usually treat it with Polysporin ointment application.

I have never heard of Demerol can be used for shivering. Good thing I bumped into this topic. Most of my post C-sec patients gets IV Toradol x 6 doses. They either get Demerol or Morphine in the PACU. Once on the floor, they don't use those. I think ...

UPDATE: Its been almost a year since I got a job at the OB dept and I love it! I think this is where I definitely belong. I'm also picking overtime and my co-workers are amazing and definitely took me under their wings. They're very helpful and nurtu...

I'm just curious if my fellow nurses out ther are having a hard time to get their work done. I fairly do well with my shift except that when I'm getting an admission, I lose track of everything. Not to mention, admission paperwork. Last night, I stay...

I agree with above posts. It's not easy to be in nursing school here in the US. Being a foreign grad, sitting in the NCLEX was nerve wracking as well as the processing took forever. If you go to the Philippines, there's no question of you getting int...

I am an LTC nurse transitioning to OB for 4 months now. Since it is required as patient safety goal for 2 RNs to be present during a delivery, my facility has started putting out on-call shifts on 8-hour increments and with that, you get paid $50 bei...

It does happen and I agree to take it as a compliment. Smile, be professional and walk away. With FB, thank God, I don't have friend requests from patient's families. I usually ignore them. I had a post surgical pt where his brother was visiting him....

@rninwch: I live literally half a mile from the hospital I worked and it doesn't matter for them. They need an RN to staff a department even if it's closed. So I am being used as a number of the staffing enough needed to be in the hospital per depart...

Some nurses is okay with it because they don't like working other departments. It's a choice but for a full timer like me, if there's nothing to do at all in different departments, then they're forced to put you in house for 8 hrs and get paid $50 in...

I didn't know I was pregnant for 5 weeks! But to not know at all that you're pregnant would be impossible. I agree with the first poster that denial is a woman's bestfriend. Unfortunately, I had a miscarriage while attending to a pregnant patient in ...

If you are a non-US applicant, you should fill out an application for non-US applicants only. If your state doesn't have one, I know there is an option of listing your passport number (in the country that you are from) as well as a copy of the said p...

Hmmm.. As a nurse, provide privacy. LOL

Awww! You just made me cry.. You should've warned me. I could've prepared some tissues..

I don't see anything wrong with that. You are licensed as well to pass a pill even if its a PRN med. If you worry about stomping grounds, ask them if its okay with them for you to give the PRN med in that way it eases off their workload a bit. It is ...

Geriatric Nursing is a whole different world from the hospital setting. I had the same dilemma when I started my LTC job. I feel your pain. I agree with the above post about talking to your DON. If you are never comfortable in a given orientation tim...