DeliveryRN2007

DeliveryRN2007

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  1. Night Shift off Nights

    oh night shift! I feel your pain, I ALWAYS wake up around 230 and couldn't really tell you why. I have found that if I go to the gym for about an hour around 630PM and force myself to stay up until...
  2. I am an OB Nurse :)

    Not sure where it is that you work but where I am L&D (my spot), nursery, and PP aren't "fluff". I don't see how a 29 weeker found unresponsive after having an eclampic seizure and now a brain...
  3. Advice on furthering education

    Hello all! I wasn't sure where to post my questions so I apologize in advance if this isn't the right place! :) I am currently a Labor and Delivery nurse in Oklahoma. I have recently been thinking...
  4. Advice on furthering education

    Thank you
  5. What info should nurses let a PCT/CNA be aware of?

    It isn't like you are going up to non medical person or family member and disclosing that they have some form of contagious illness. PCTs are also drawing labs in some places. These people come in...
  6. What info should nurses let a PCT/CNA be aware of?

    Personally, if I am dealing with someone's blood (finger stick) I would like to know if they have a bloodborne illness. I would wear gloves either way and would not (and never have) treated the...
  7. Advice on furthering education

    Your post is making me re-evaluate why I got offended in the first place. It isn't so much that I got an opinion that I disagreed with it was more so that I was expecting facts. & to the bolded,...
  8. Recently Certified as a PCT in NYC

    I think it varies from state to state and even from hospital to hospital. I worked at a hospital as a nurse tech a few years back and we were allowed to start IVs and draw labs but at the hospital...
  9. Advice on furthering education

    I understand that there are varying opinions. I posted here to get facts about programs not to hear opinions about why I shouldn't go for it. The question about experience was pertaining to NP...
  10. "Nurses Are So Mean"

    Oh man! I truly HATE those posts by people about how "the older nurses are so mean to me because of my youth and how pretty I am"!!! No, the older nurses are mean to you because you constantly walk...
  11. Advice on furthering education

    I went back and edited my original because it read as though I thought 2 years was a lot of experience. The bolded is exactly why your post was offensive. With 2 years, I REALIZE that I am very new...
  12. Advice on furthering education

    Thanks RNewbie! & GAVagabond RN, My intention is to go back to school in a year or 2 and go part time (University of Oklahoma has a 3 year part time program in Tulsa for a FNP if I change my mind...
  13. Any study tips for an upcoming 2012 nursing student?

    JenniferWilson74 nailed it well! My BSN program spent a lot on the heart so A&P of the heart and circulatory system is a big
  14. Does working on a OB unit help you eventually obtain an L&D job?

    The facility that I work in has seperate units for L&D, Nursery, and PP. All of the L&D nurses are cross trained to nursery and postpartum but the nursery and postpartum nurses only cross...
  15. intrauterine pressure catheter(IUPC)

    In Oklahoma, MDs place the IUPCs. Personally, I am thankful for that! :) I don't mind the FSEs at all but I'd be too scared that I would perforate the
  16. scab nursing

    Although I personally would not strike nurse, the nurses on strike have to realize that SOMEONE needs to take care of the
  17. Everyone LOVES ATI testing =)

    Hello everyone =) I have to take the ATI mental health, Peds (nursing care of children), and adult medical-surgical. Anyone who has taken these have any advice? I took the practice tests but in the...
  18. Everyone LOVES ATI testing =)

  19. Everyone LOVES ATI testing =)

    I hope you did well on the Peds ATI and finals =) I ended up getting level 2 on all 3 which I am so thrilled about! I felt like I was about to fail the medsurg one but suprisingly made the level 2 I...
  20. ATI Bare Naked! What do you want to know?

    =) I wish I would have found this post sooner before I posted my own thread about help for some ATI tests! Do you have any recommendations for Peds (nursing care of children is the actual name i...
  21. Certifications during Nursing School

    The nursing program I am in required us to get ACLS certified. They offered the course and a whole day dedicated to the METI man and working through each role in a code blue. Pretty fun stuff =) The...
  22. Hello all =) I am required to write a paper for my psych class but I just can't come up with any good ideas on what to write about! I want to write over something that is important right now but psych...
  23. Help coming up with a psychosocial topic of interest

    Thank you very much for your suggestion =) I think I will go look up some articles on this on ebsco and see what kind of resources I come up
  24. Online A&P1

    I would say it depends on what type of a learner you are. I am the type who retains information very well when I hear it one time or if I am shown it once. However, if you are the type who can read it...