DeliveryRN2007

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 10PM, I can manage to stay asleep untill 5 or 6. The...

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 bleed is laid back. I guess it has to do with your fa...

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 about how I can further myself. I have always been th...

Thank you TraumaRUs!

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 contact with bodily fluids. If it was about protectin...

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 patient any different. I have however double gloved just...

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, us nurses definitely do have the strongest opinions...

Agreed

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 where I currently work, nurse techs are not allowed t...

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 programs. I've heard that many require at least 2 years c...

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 around talking about how pretty you THINK you are :)

Had my ADN and was in school to get my BSN when I was sitting in lecture and saw a student in front of me on allnurses.com. Decided to look into it and here I am :)

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 especially since I will be at this job for at least ...

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 to do that) while working full time. So, that'd e...

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 one.

I have the utmost respect for PICU nurses. Thank you for what you do! Beautiful article

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 train to those areas. I have questioned this and the a...

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 uterus

Although I personally would not strike nurse, the nurses on strike have to realize that SOMEONE needs to take care of the patients.

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 past the practice tests have always been so much har...

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 needed to pass =)

=) 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 think), Adult Medical Surgical Nursing, and Mental Heal...

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 instructors have been saying that they hope to offe...

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 has never been my strong point so I don't really ...