OB Nurse Andrea

OB Nurse Andrea has 3 years experience and specializes in Labor and Delivery.

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1. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

   OB Nurse Andrea replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

   After four years working in an Alzheimer's unit, I have see wayyyy too many creative places to use the bathroom other than the toilet (a dining chair, waste basket, laundry basket, living area chair,...

2. Share Your Funniest Patient Stories...

   OB Nurse Andrea replied to Trvln Nurse's topic in Nursing Humor

   I am currently an RN on a Labor and Delivery unit but I spent about 4 years as a care giver in a locked Alzheimer's unit before I got my nursing license. I can't think of any long hilarious stories...

3. You know your shift is going to be INSANELY busy when...

   OB Nurse Andrea replied to abbaking's topic in Nursing Humor

   oh okay, thanks.

4. You know your shift is going to be INSANELY busy when...

   OB Nurse Andrea replied to abbaking's topic in Nursing Humor

   Remind me what LOL means? It has meant laugh out loud to me to for too

5. You know your shift is going to be INSANELY busy when...

   OB Nurse Andrea replied to abbaking's topic in Nursing Humor

   you arrive to clock in and the phone is ringing, family members are at the desk trying to get someone's attention, and several call lights are going off, but no one is in the nurses' station. last...

6. Is there a name for this?

   OB Nurse Andrea replied to snowmaiden2005's topic in General Nursing

   Yeah it sounds a little like echolalia, but what I find so odd is that she isn't just repeating back what you just said, but turning it around as her idea. When I worked Alzheimer's care I would...

7. new terminology for fetal monitoring

   OB Nurse Andrea replied to TC06's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I also would not want to pretend to be an expert, and I am aware of the fact that the terms for fetal monitoring have changed and a lot in the last so many years (while I am a new enough grad that I...

8. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

   OB Nurse Andrea replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

   If you are a former nurse who has lost her license for IV drug use, do not go out "for a walk" and return with obvious needle punctures in your IV tubing/saline lock. They make the ports for injecting...