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1. Relocating to the Atlanta area from D.C. area

   niquern replied to niquern's topic in Georgia

   My husband's business is based in Atlanta and he has been commuting to DC for the last year and it is just not cost-effective any more. We both were born and raised in DC. DC is not the same any more, too much violence and bad schools. So it is be...

2. Relocating to the Atlanta area from D.C. area

   niquern posted a topic in Georgia

   Just wondering what the job market is for RN's in Atlanta. It looks like there are a lot of opportunities, but don't know where to start. Are there any Atlanta nurses out there who would be so kind as to post some info. I am specifically wondering ab...

3. Level I Nursery

   niquern replied to niquern's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I have complained to the manager and VP of nursing and I was told that a doctor is not required to be in-house for a Level I Nursery. But our population is high risk and we are called to the delivery room for almost every delivery. I am not sure wh...

4. Level I Nursery

   niquern posted a topic in NICU

   My hospital just closed our Level II NICU and converted us to a Level I Nursery. They also fired our Neonatalogist of 25 years and bought in a new on-call neonatlogist. We are in the inner city and a very high risk neigborhood where most of the mothe...

5. Level I Nursery

   niquern posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   My hospital just closed our Level II NICU and converted us to a Level I Nursery. They also fired our Neonatalogist of 25 years and bought in a new on-call neonatlogist. We are in the inner city and a very high risk neigborhood where most of the mot...

6. Mother-Infant Coupling

   niquern posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   I just became the assistant manager of a women's health care department. We just had consultants come in who have decided that our whole department needs to be changed around. We are a 200-bed hospital in the inner city. Administration has decided...

7. Calculating HPPD

   niquern posted a topic in Management

   I just became the assistant clinical manager for our Women's Health Care Department. The department consist of L&D, Level 1 Nursery and a Women's Health care unit. We just had consultants come into the hospital and decreased our HPPD. I was ju...