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  1. Anencephaly

    CA CoCoRN replied to pebbles1977's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Don't be fretfull about your reaction, as long as you're supportive to mom and didn't run screaming from the room at the sight of poor baby... I still cry at fetal losses. Just Thursday, I had a mom...

  2. What other career opportunities can working in L&D lead to?Meg-surg nurse downing L&D

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

    I have NEVER worked Med-Surg...and don't want to. When I began my nursing practice, I went straight into ICU. And I LOVED it. Many of the nurses in that ICU were masters-prepared. Both my...

  3. What is a Nurse Tech?

    CA CoCoRN replied to FutureIsBlue's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    Be advised, that there is NO OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED TITLE OF NURSE TECH by the medical governing bodies. Nurse tech is usually a designation given to those who may not (or may) have official...

  4. disciplinary nightmare

    CA CoCoRN replied to rosieposie's topic in General Nursing

    While acknowledging that all RN programs are NOT the same, what you are proposing is one of the fundamentals that one learns VERY early in any program. I am having the HARDEST time believing that you...

  5. Giving IV Mg++ Without A Serum Level?

    CA CoCoRN replied to Leslie1986's topic in General Nursing

    As an OB nurse, I would/do give Mag without knowing the baseline level before I start it....but it will certainly be in the works having been drawn with the rest of a chem panel. And as soon as I get...

  6. No Privacy With BON?

    CA CoCoRN replied to NurseDiva04's topic in General Nursing

    In California, your address as a licensee IS indeed public record. How do you think we get solicited for lots of magazines and registries (agencies) and the like. However, I believe that to get...

  7. Caps anyone??

    CA CoCoRN replied to KibbsRNstudent's topic in General Nursing

    Once, when I was in college, I wanted a cap. As I progressed through the program, and saw the changes in nursing, the advancement of the professional field, I decided that, though tradition is nice,...

  8. Do LPN's get the pay they deserve?

    CA CoCoRN replied to Pedsnrs2003's topic in General Nursing

    and the previous (Dixie's) post. I agree, LVNs/LPNs do a lot...but they don't do what we do. It's a level....but not the same. That's like a CNA saying, "Well, I do the same duties that LVN/RNs...

  9. The fingernail police!!

    CA CoCoRN replied to RN92's topic in General Nursing

    I've never been able to stand the way even silk wraps would "split" and allow stuff to be captured between my nail and the artificial nail or overlay. I could NEVER keep it from happening. It was...

  10. Working together

    CA CoCoRN replied to SCRN1's topic in General Nursing

    Sad to say that around here, we're clique-ish. If one of your clique members needs help, they've got it. But if they're not in the clique you're in, you may as well forget it. I'm not a clique...

  11. needle-protective devices

    CA CoCoRN replied to pa-tricia's topic in General Nursing

    We also use needle-less, luerlock tubing. Except our buretrols (volutrol chamber tubing). If we have to piggy back onto those, we have special adapters that we use. Our syringe system is now...

  12. preeclampsia ,polyhydramnios, impaired gtt

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

    Her advanced maternal age (AMA) could have predisposed her to Downs, chromosomal defects, etc. However, at this stage of the pregnancy, all that is water under the bridge. The question was asked:...

  13. UCLA shifts....One month day, one night?

    CA CoCoRN replied to nursepearl's topic in California Nursing

    I've never worked at UCLA, but when I worked at Torrance Memorial Medical Center back in 2000, on one of their units they did the same thing. There was a core group of nurses who were permanently...

  14. Cervical checks...need help learning

    CA CoCoRN replied to is this heaven's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I am an RN in Labor and Delivery, and I gave birth at my "home hospital". When I had one of my later OB appointments, I went across the campus to the floor storeroom. I stocked up on Nitrazine paper...

  15. El Camino & Mt. St. Mary's programs

    CA CoCoRN replied to lehua's topic in California Nursing

    I attended Mount St. Mary's College. Here's the thread where I talked about it a teeny

  16. Why agency pay more?

    CA CoCoRN replied to Oreo's topic in Agency Nurses

    Here in CA, working local registry (agency) usually gets you $500-$600/12 hr shift. Which comes out to ~$39-40/hr with true time and 1/2 after 8 hours. Travelers get more sometimes....or they'll get...

  17. Does it help being a CNA in Nursing School?

    CA CoCoRN replied to alexsb1116's topic in General Nursing

    I worked the entire way through college. I had to: I was the lone support of an, at the time, 2.5 yo toddler. I had to keep my household afloat and I did not have the income of my spouse (didn't have...

  18. Los Angeles Area Nursing Schools

    CA CoCoRN replied to Juni's topic in California Nursing

    Yes, their hours are conducive to you keeping your 9-5 while you go to school. But, don't be fooled, the program is no joke relating to it's intensity. But, I GUARANTEE you will know your stuff when...

  19. Episiotomy vs. Spontaneous laceration?

    CA CoCoRN replied to becca.utns's topic in Ob/Gyn

    You do not want to see a 4th degree happen spontaneously!!! You will suffer from vaginissmus after you see it!!! When I saw one, it was like slow motion. The baby's head then forehead, then, it was...

  20. Natural Childbirth and L/D nurse-do they mix?

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

    Do I know you?? No really, for the most part where you work sounds like where I work. Except that our patients range from 13 years to 45 (had a 45 yo. primip once). And that they are not as...

  21. Natural Childbirth and L/D nurse-do they mix?

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

    Do EXACTLY as SmilingBlu said!!! View all the complications that come with childbirth and unfortunate endings...but also all the wonderful endings that come "naturally" and test your patience and...

  22. Los Angeles Area Nursing Schools

    CA CoCoRN replied to Juni's topic in California Nursing

    I am an alum of Mount St Mary's College's ADN program, which is conducted at their Doheny Campus near USC. The Chalon campus is near UCLA. It is INDEED a very good, and yet very EXPENSIVE program....

  23. failed nclex-rn

    CA CoCoRN replied to nurseguy74's topic in General Nursing

    I am also a previous grad of an ADN program. I graduated that February, began to work with my IP, while training in Critical care. Finished my Critical care course successfully that April, then, since...

  24. Who's #1 your patient or you?

    CA CoCoRN replied to rscarlatti's topic in General Nursing

    I come first. If I'm not healthy and happy, I can do nothing for my patients. However, given the field AND the specialty in which I chose to work, a break is not always guaranteed. Yesterday, I...

  25. Are CNA's considered "Nurses"?

    CA CoCoRN replied to nursesherry's topic in General Nursing

    A CNA is NOT a nurse...just as a PA is NOT a physician. I am very "elitist" when it comes to that. She/he did not have the training I have, and did not sit for the exam that I sat for to EARN my...