tablefor9 RN

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    Advice for an OB nurse wannabe

    tablefor9 replied to TNgirl2010's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Sometimes working Mother/Baby or Postpartum can get your foot in the door of L&D, and sometimes ICU/Step down is a good bridge to L&D...I was an ICU nurse for the first 7 years, watching,...
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    How long in bed for post C/S mothers?

    tablefor9 replied to MeditationPeace's topic in Ob/Gyn

    And is the patient a smoker? Because you aren't keeping them down! Seriously, though, where I am, it's prn...and very patient driven. I like to stand mine to the bedside at the 6-8 hr mark and do...
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    New L&D nurse advice

    tablefor9 replied to LDRPNurse7's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Read the stickie list above this thread. There are all the best books already posted there, including a couple of pocket references. Advice on being successful: 1. Never lose your awe, and never buy...
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    Potential MN Nurses Strike?

    tablefor9 replied to Brian's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Well, I just have to say that whether one agrees with striking or not, for *nurses* to strike, it has to be a massive, pt welfare issue. And, it's never the first step in the parade. So, let that...
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    Frustrated new L&D nurse

    tablefor9 replied to clb6885's topic in Ob/Gyn

    ummm....
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    Looking for the PERFECT ink pen ;)

    tablefor9 replied to nkochrn's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Are you kidding me? The other nurses are going to rip them off...the patients are going to rip them off...and the docs are going to rip them off. I, too, am a pen freak, but for work purposes, my...
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    BSM (not BSN) and RN Degree v.s. CNM

    tablefor9 replied to AshleyAnn123's topic in General Nursing

    BSM would lead to a (in my state, anyway) CPM (Certified Professional Midwife) license and more specifically, home birth and birthing center birth. MSN would lead to CNM (Certified Nurse Midwife)...
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    Panama City Florida?

    tablefor9 replied to Donnuh's topic in Florida Nursing

    Those would be your two hospitals and no, there are no new grad programs that I'm aware of. Both hospitals have hired new grads into positions, except into specialty units. For further info, call...
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    Where are all of the "experienced nurses hiding?"

    tablefor9 replied to SWS RN's topic in General Nursing

    More of us are here, we're just busy working/lurking and shaking our heads over posts that blow the red line off the top of the bullshi* meter. No school like the old school...if I may be so corney as...
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    My travel nursing nightmare

    tablefor9 replied to ShannaBananaRN's topic in Travel

    I, too, have had an assignment at what I consider(ed) the armpit of the obstetrical universe. So, man, I know how it can be and how tempting it is to give those cretons the finger and keep...
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    Should I continue or should I not?????

    tablefor9 replied to nancypants's topic in General Nursing

    My older sister was a single mom with 6 kids...but she had a fair amount of family support watching the little ones. I think it's doable, because I worked a full time job while doing mine. HTH,
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    Days off

    tablefor9 replied to muffin7's topic in Camp

    Consider this...6 weeks, camp sign in Monday at 10am, camp dismissed Friday at 10am...and *no* time off in between. The only time I could even go "emergencies only" was when I had another RN or MD or...
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    What can I delegate?

    tablefor9 replied to SNIXRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Hmmm...very hospital specific. For instance, at my facility, LPNs CAN start IVs, and even give some select IVP meds. LPNs can not work Newborn Nursery (but can do Mother/Baby...what? I don't get...
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    RN/Lactation Consultant

    tablefor9 replied to Kilika421's topic in General Nursing

    IMO, if you can't be in OB or NN, Lactation will be a *Great* benefit to you. So much great information to be had about breastfeeding techniques. Man! that's a great opportunity to become very...
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    BSM (not BSN) and RN Degree v.s. CNM

    tablefor9 replied to AshleyAnn123's topic in General Nursing

    Just a thought: if you really "have your heart set" on this program (asm/bsm), is nurse-midwifery really the direction you want to go? If you aren't already an RN, do you even want a nursing degree?...
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    Nursing Superstitions?

    tablefor9 replied to JustEnuff2BDangerous's topic in Nursing Humor

    Got a patient with a birth plan? Get the C Section permit ready. No "q" "s" "b" words... Full moon... Bring a book= no lunch break to read it... Bring Pizza and somebody's coding (ICU Days) or it's...
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    Need Honest Advice

    tablefor9 replied to clb6885's topic in Ob/Gyn

    "Cross her legs and get her reinjected"? WTH? Has your charge RN even *read* an article about precip deliveries in the last 20 years? And what color is the sky in her world? YOU DON'T EVER cross...
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    Whats the worst that can happen?

    tablefor9 replied to melonbelly7's topic in Camp

    1. 14yr male seized and resp arrested. And there I was, with my piece of plastic called a barrier device. (Made it.) 2. Fx femur. 3. Adult sprayed lice stuff in a dorm (unsupervised) and coded....
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    Doctors perform induction and then C/S on non-pregnant woman

    tablefor9 replied to klone's topic in Ob/Gyn

    hmmm...completely pointless major surgery, anesthesia, recovery time for the patient that shouldn't have been, and major failure to follow routine standards for the staff. What the heck!~ Nope, I...
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    First complaint against me...

    tablefor9 replied to EMSnut45's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Call me crazy, but I'm for the assertive approach. When family members are at the bedside, I start my education blitz...here's what we're doing and the rationale for the action. Here's the plan of...