NPinWCH

NPinWCH

Family NP, OB Nursing

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  1. Is nursing "worth it"? HELP!

    NPinWCH replied to bd22's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I love nursing. That doesn't mean I loved being a nurse every day. Some days I cried from sadness, anger or frustration, but that didn't mean I was ready to give it up. The good usually out weighed...

  2. Family NP or Adult acute care NP

    NPinWCH replied to KatGoodman's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Yes, it is from my state board, which is what I was stressing. We can talk all we want about how things should be, but in reality we can only practice the way the state board says we can. In Ohio, I...

  3. The CRAZIEST "Baseline" You've Ever Heard

    NPinWCH replied to MoLee228's topic in General Nursing

    LOL, I was thinking the same thing about

  4. Family NP or Adult acute care NP

    NPinWCH replied to KatGoodman's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Okay, scope of practice can depend a lot on the Nurse Practice Act of your state. I know in Ohio that the hospitals are moving away from using FNPs in any capacity except as part of a hospitalist...

  5. Discussion, please share your opinions on this.

    NPinWCH replied to Katie5's topic in General Nursing

    I disagree with the statement that we are taught to be subservient and uncertain. Did this person ever go to nursing school? How do they know we are taught that way. I for one, was taught how to...

  6. CNA's/PCTs are worked real hard.

    NPinWCH replied to Katie5's topic in General Nursing

    I totally agree with you that we ALL work hard and on how difficult it is working with the "woe is me" types, BUT I wanted to point out that they aren't all PCAs. I've worked with plenty of LPNs, RNs...

  7. What do you wear to work?

    NPinWCH replied to Dawn Vylet's topic in Ob/Gyn

    When I first started we wore hospital scrubs that we changed into and out of at work. I didn't mind and it saved me money on scrubs. When we were asked to make budget cuts uniforms were the first...

  8. would you apply for this job?

    NPinWCH replied to pretty70's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Well, I worked in a hospital and there was only 1 narc cart on each unit, so you shared it with however many nurses were working that floor. At change of shift 1 nurse from each shift counted the...

  9. Calling all Nurse Mamas... Please help me!!

    NPinWCH replied to punkydoodlesRN's topic in General Nursing

    My husband cooks fairly well, but he also suffers from the, "I don't know what to make" problem. What I do, after shopping for the week or after checking what's in the freezer/fridge, is write up a...

  10. Giving pts. medications to take home at discharge

    NPinWCH replied to TorsadesDePointesRN's topic in General Nursing

    We had to get an order from the doc and then have the pharmacist print out a label with the usual RX info on it including patient name, prescribing doc, medication name and dose and instructions for...

  11. Manager

    NPinWCH replied to MouseMichelle's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, yelling is abusive. No, it's not against the law UNLESS you can prove that her yelling makes the workplace unworkable. If you have a policy that specifically states abuse is not tolerated then...

  12. Full moon this weekend

    NPinWCH replied to tweetyRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I worked L&D for 15 years and never thought about the moon, but other RNs I worked with swore it made for a crazy shift or two. I remember TONS of crazy shifts, more than there are full moons, so...

  13. Do Nurses Still Make *Real* Beds?

    NPinWCH replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in General Nursing

    We had fitted sheets, but I mitered the top sheet and blanket if used, always turned my pillows to face in and didn't shake linen or the pillow to put a new case on it. Funny though, last time a made...

  14. Maternity Nursing Supplies

    NPinWCH replied to O'NanRn's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I always made sure I had a clean warm up jacket. Women in labor LOVE the AC, even when it's freezing outside . I also carried pens, scissors, a hemostat and breath mints since coffee breath isn't...

  15. Please help....

    NPinWCH replied to Triple A's's topic in Ob/Gyn

    That's a great site with good information and it is up to date. The problem is that many providers aren't up to date with the new terminology, which tends to change from time to time. What you end up...

  16. Antibiotic + corticosteroid?

    NPinWCH replied to manchmal's topic in General Nursing

    Most of the time for routine outpatient infections such as strep throat, otitis media and sinusitis the steroid is give as a comfort measure. I dont usually offer them unless there is a significant...

  17. Antibiotic + corticosteroid?

    NPinWCH replied to manchmal's topic in General Nursing

    Well I’d try not to give steroids for bacterial infections, but will if the pain is severe per the patient’s complaint. Since they are good at rapidly suppressing inflammation by inhibiting...

  18. On call pay for OB nurses

    NPinWCH replied to cebuana_nurse's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Well if our unit was empty we still had to have at least one RN on the unit. If you were on the unit because you HAD to be, then you were paid for it. Now, other units did sometimes borrow us if we...

  19. How to decrease pain during foley cath or straight cath procedure

    NPinWCH replied to sameyjaney's topic in General Nursing

    We used lidocaine jelly to lubricate our catheters as well. It works well, but sometimes there is an initial stinging sensation before the numbness kicks in so it is best to explain it to the patient...

  20. On call pay for OB nurses

    NPinWCH replied to cebuana_nurse's topic in Ob/Gyn

    When I was doing OB, at first call was $1.50/hour and you were on call 12 hours. IF you got called in, you received time and a half for the time you worked, which was nice. Then the budget cuts...

  21. FNP exam review

    NPinWCH replied to loganable's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I bought the CDs and the workbook together as a home study course. They were good review, that and Fitzgerald's review book that I bought from Amazon were all I studied and passed AANP first time....

  22. minute clinic

    NPinWCH replied to NJ-RN's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    New NP here and I agree, do what you need to for your family. You only have that time with your kids NOW. Your career will be there when the kids are older and you can make a change then if you need...

  23. Intergrated Medicine (not specifically holistic)

    NPinWCH replied to KalipsoRed's topic in General Nursing

    Off the top of my head I'm pretty sure that Cancer Treatment Centers of America follow this type of holistic medicine, other than that I have no idea. I'm sure there are some boutique hospitals that...

  24. Do you have to start everyone's IV for them?

    NPinWCH replied to jimmy the P's topic in General Nursing

    I get that you're scared to do them, but he truth is the people who are good at them, or even just proficient, are the ones who kept trying to do them. When I started work in a small, rural hospital...

  25. Charge nurse to secretary? Legal issues?

    NPinWCH replied to rkitty198's topic in General Nursing

    This is why anytime I get an admission I personally check the orders as they were written by the Dr. We had a secretary and I almost always told her, "Please let me take my own orders off." As I...