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  1. Pressure in my bum-relieve?

    CA CoCoRN replied to following_faith's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Being the cautious one that I am....I'd say go to the L&D unit and be checked. They can put you on monitoring...see if, how much you're contracting...maybe do a couple of other tests (I have a...

  2. er vs. ob the battle goes on sort of

    CA CoCoRN replied to imenid37's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Here here!! We do that Here

  3. Should nurses return to wearing uniforms?

    CA CoCoRN replied to hellerd2003's topic in General Nursing

    I am a Registered Nurse Located in Southern California, Greater Los Angeles Metropolitan Area BSN enrolled-ADN graduate Labor and Delivery....with a few years in Critical Care Currently on my...

  4. Name that part. Words patients use for their own anatomy.

    CA CoCoRN replied to JEHORAPHA's topic in General Nursing

    Don't forget the "who-ha" for the lady parts. I don't think people are that "afraid" of using the V-word...I think they've used colloquialisms so much in everyday life that they don't even think twice...

  5. 12 hours shift????

    CA CoCoRN replied to paedinurse's topic in General Nursing

    We turn in our schedule requests....and pretty much get what we want within reason. One of our fellow nurses does the schedule and has it approved by the Nursing Manager. If things come up and we...

  6. OB/GYN recovery room

    CA CoCoRN replied to Elenaster's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Some days in OB recovery there is a steady, neverending, horrendous number of pt's...other days there may be one. Or none. We do our own sections and our own recovery...and the RN-II nurses rotate...

  7. 3 questions regarding labor: Cervix checks, BG's, Water births

    CA CoCoRN replied to Jen,SN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Exactly!!! I'm not slim...more on the chunky (but cute) side, but you can ask anyone who knows me, I'm very limber. And as I said, my belly wasn't "basketball" at all, so I was able to work around...

  8. 3 questions regarding labor: Cervix checks, BG's, Water births

    CA CoCoRN replied to Jen,SN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Ohhh, I wholeheartedly agree. I was just relating my story. My friends here got a chuckle out of it when I came in and told them what I'd been dilated to at home.

  9. Mc Donalds pays more for CNA with 8 yrs exp

    CA CoCoRN replied to Rnltc's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Yeah...but in Northern California the cost of living is HIGH!!! The RNs are paid $45-70/hr from what I hear and they're unionized. Union hospitals tend to be paid more. Some colleagues of mine...

  10. Mc Donalds pays more for CNA with 8 yrs exp

    CA CoCoRN replied to Rnltc's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    If I may opine: I worked while I went to Nursing school. I had a pretty good job as an accounting administrator in a/p & a/r...they were flexible with my hours, and even though my ultimate...

  11. what do lpns get to do in L&d?

    CA CoCoRN replied to fallinangel's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Really Mimi?? Where in CA are you?? You see I'm here too...but we only use LVNs for scrubs in our c/s. Just curious as to the capacity in which your facility uses

  12. 3 questions regarding labor: Cervix checks, BG's, Water births

    CA CoCoRN replied to Jen,SN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Hopefully there wouldn't be a placenta across the cervix anyway...as she'd have begun bleeding long ago and placenta previa would have been dx'd. Or even if it hadn't been diagnosed...if it was...

  13. Stirrups? WHY???

    CA CoCoRN replied to RNLaborNurse4U's topic in Ob/Gyn

    You must work with one of my docs at another hospital, huh?? :rotfl: :rotfl: I know just what you are speaking of. This doc...if I can help it, and as vocal as I am....I don't have the doc enter...

  14. Nurses and Defibrillation

    CA CoCoRN replied to bobnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I've never been at any hospital where I couldn't defibrillate if the rhythm called for

  15. CORI and background check question

    CA CoCoRN replied to Jess RN's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think your school would have to know. I do think/know the board does. Your school is only providing you with an education which you will pay for. The board is granting your licensure which...

  16. Should all nursing students be required to be a CNA for one year?

    CA CoCoRN replied to SophieMae's topic in General Nursing

    At my college, MSMC, when we began our practicals, we did indeed learn those core skills (which become the CNAs practice scope) and did them repeatedly in order to master them. It's those direct care...

  17. Where do you keep your stethescope?

    CA CoCoRN replied to Still Riding's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I tried the belt clip...and it just didn't work for me. But it may for you. ScopeCoats (fabric sheaths which cover the tubing) are cool and end the irritation. Just make sure you launder them...

  18. Where do you keep your stethescope?

    CA CoCoRN replied to Still Riding's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I second that emotion!!! I have that same scope...and it's never gets out of my sight unless....well, it doesn't. Even when a couple of my "call themselves doctors but never live up to the stereotype...

  19. IV Site Prep

    CA CoCoRN replied to NeuroNP's topic in General Nursing

    ETOH, refers to ethanol...that is drinking alcohol. :rotfl: Iso-OH is Isopropyl alcohol which is what "modern medicine" uses for site preps. They used to use ETOH in the old west. :chuckle...

  20. LVN's without microscope experience?

    CA CoCoRN replied to MryRose's topic in General Nursing

    Yes. I use one daily in L&D to detect the presence of ferning, a process which occurs in dried amniotic

  21. Mc Donalds pays more for CNA with 8 yrs exp

    CA CoCoRN replied to Rnltc's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    In response to the bolded quote...last time I checked my RN licensure from the state of CA, only my name was listed. That is to say that anyone working in any capacity is ONLY working with his or own...

  22. Mc Donalds pays more for CNA with 8 yrs exp

    CA CoCoRN replied to Rnltc's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Actually...I believe you are correct. Just look at technological fields: it's not necessarily "hard" (as in back-breaking), but intensively KNOWLEDGE BASED!!! And they get paid handsomely for that...

  23. Mc Donalds pays more for CNA with 8 yrs exp

    CA CoCoRN replied to Rnltc's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    This is not to be discouraging or whatnot...but let's face it: regardless of the amount of money, time and energy spent preparing one's self, CNA is an Entry Level Position. As such, it's wages are...

  24. what is the official title of one who...

    CA CoCoRN replied to KEVIN88GT's topic in General Nursing

    Here in California you are NOTHING but a person who's been to nursing school or college. The only way you are recognized as a "licensee" is if you apply and are granted your Interim Permit, thus...

  25. Post delivery MgSo4 recovery

    CA CoCoRN replied to CatPKU's topic in General Nursing

    we have ldrs as well. We L&D nurses take the patients or, if there is a bed available in the antepartum unit, she goes down there. Our ratio remains 1:2 (we'll have another laboring pt) if the pt...