tablefor9 RN

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    What are the top 5 medications YOU administer daily?

    tablefor9 replied to northmississippi's topic in Patient Medications

    Pitocin, Nubain, Phenergan, Lortab & Motrin...for frequency, in that order. I love
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    Families and Healthcare: What Do You Think?

    tablefor9 replied to DREAMSDOCOMETRUE0610's topic in General Nursing

    1. Absolutely NOT... While I do think the big picture w/ the patient, not the equipment, should be the focus, those numbers do matter because they are pieces of a puzzle that help drive our...
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    save our unit!

    tablefor9 replied to jctiabecerra's topic in Ob/Gyn

    great thread. Let's bump this
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    Labor and delivery vs. Postpartum

    tablefor9 replied to michellesebert's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'm sorry that your unit is in such crappy shape. All I'm saying is that one can't paint all PP RNs with that same brush. Most PP RNs are *not* like that. What is your unit director's take on the...
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    would you work for free

    tablefor9 replied to mozella's topic in General Nursing

    Didn't read any replies, but it's *not legal* to "work for free". For a lot of different reasons, wage & hour as well as liability, please do not do this. People who do this are putting...
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    What would help my resume.

    tablefor9 replied to teleRN08's topic in Ob/Gyn

    AWHONN, NRP, STABLE if interested in newborns/couplet care. Also, lactation or birth education would help. Even when the market wasn't as tight, it could be difficult to get into OB. So, give...
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    Interview in L&D!

    tablefor9 replied to JaimeC's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Our techs do vitals & pass ice/comfort measures on postpartum/gyn, set up delivery tables, turn over our labor rooms & OR, take instruments to central sterile for processing, serve as gophers...
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    Anybody new gearing up for Frontier?

    tablefor9 posted a topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    Out of school awhile...still working...last my kids said I was still the Mom. Anybody else adding Frontier to the mix this year? What are you doing differently at home & work to make it
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    Took 1 year off after child diagnosed with special needs... Want a RN Job?

    tablefor9 replied to runningsmilern's topic in General Nursing

    Wow. Tough situation, and my heart goes out. Keep volunteering, and please use those on your resume. Another thought that comes to mind is that you might try agencies for persons with disabilities,...
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    (Postpartum) Are babies counted in your census?

    tablefor9 replied to wife&mommyRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    On our unit the census for the nursery is separate, but counted for staffing for the women & children's division. Staffing is 1 RN to 3-4 couplets, worst case; 1 RN to 6 babies, worst case; 1...
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    Midwife??

    tablefor9 replied to dizzyelizzy's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Start by searching the ACNM website, MANA website, Midwifery Today website, and reading about the midwifery model of care. Explore OB as much as possible while you are in school, and see about doing...
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    L&D RN's opinions on doulas?

    tablefor9 replied to mskate's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I say it all the time...birth & death aren't about us. I'm not so laissezfaire that I'll neglect interuterine resuscitation standards for the sake of a Mom directed labor & delivery, but IF I...
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    Labor and delivery vs. Postpartum

    tablefor9 replied to michellesebert's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Almost *16* years experience & most of it, and currently, in L&D w/ abt 1-2 shifts out of 8 in nursery or dyad care. Other background is ICU, with a little home health & camp for kicks and...
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    What do you think ....

    tablefor9 replied to FutureRN618's topic in General Nursing

    What other challenges have you read abt/heard/seen? What things that aren't as they should be have you already experienced and how might that influence
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    L&D RN's opinions on doulas?

    tablefor9 replied to mskate's topic in Ob/Gyn

    WOW. I thought assisting with positioning WAS a doula's "place", and certainly encourage that practice with both my epidural pts & my natural pts. Doulas aren't the enemy. Sure there are a few...
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    What do you read to keep current?

    tablefor9 replied to fsaav's topic in General Nursing

    Specialty organization publications, mostly. AWHONN & ACNM membership has never been something I've regretted. Also, every couple of years, invest in a brand-new textbook in your specialty...
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    It's NOT fair!!!!

    tablefor9 replied to *Karleena*RN*'s topic in General Nursing

    You can't get any less hired than you are right
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    What do you think ....

    tablefor9 replied to FutureRN618's topic in General Nursing

    What points do you have so far on your rough draft? We'll be happy to
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    Labor and delivery vs. Postpartum

    tablefor9 replied to michellesebert's topic in Ob/Gyn

    PP less demanding than labor? How about differently demanding? When I've worked PP, I've been the flipping boob fairy for *hours* of my shift in one room, breaking my back, thanks! While in the...
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    Have you ever had a pt have sex...

    tablefor9 replied to jarrn03's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I am a female, who has given lady partsl birth to 7 children. I am also a L&D RN w/ going on 16 years' exp. PITOCIN is a high-alert med, according to AWHONN's new standards requires 1:1 coverage....
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    It's NOT fair!!!!

    tablefor9 replied to *Karleena*RN*'s topic in General Nursing

    Hand carry a resume in to the various HR departments, with a professional cover letter. Dress professionally, act with confidence. I bet we'll hear something good from you
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    Labor and delivery vs. Postpartum

    tablefor9 replied to michellesebert's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Cross-training & floating between units fixes this, I think. Also, treating each other well...ex. L&D RNs going out to do vitals/etc when "slow" or PP RNs getting pts transitioned out when...
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    Please help me, I have some questions for a nurse.

    tablefor9 replied to bnfoutz's topic in General Nursing

    I'm all for working smarter not harder, but I think the point you may be missing is that this assignment is to prepare you for the assessment & information gathering/therapeutic listening that...
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    CNA's that run the unit...advice please!

    tablefor9 replied to skyandsydneysmom's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Ok, so I work in an acute care facility and we have a "queen bee" right now. Not sure how that one's going to work out, because she's Mama's Darling and can do no wrong in mgmt eyes. My plan for right...
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    It's NOT fair!!!!

    tablefor9 replied to *Karleena*RN*'s topic in General Nursing

    Keep trying. Apply, apply, apply. Network. Consider commuting or relocating, and apply in a wider circle. Do some volunteer/short term mission type work to get *something* on that resume. You can...