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  1. does anyone know how prop 200 will effect nursing?

    breastfeedingRN posted a topic in Arizona Nursing

    just wondering. i don't like the idea of playing INS agent. if i wanted to do that, i wouldn't have gone to nursing

  2. Night Shift Survival

    breastfeedingRN replied to RNRose's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I am a new grad as well, in Couplet Care and working part time. I do 2 nights in a row on weekends. You said you work part time. Is that 2 12s a week? Maybe you could split them up and work say...

  3. bruising showing up later on newborn?

    breastfeedingRN posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    hi all. i have a question for you. i had a baby the other day that came to the floor with his mom about 2 hours pp. i was with him during transition, did his bath and then he had an assessment done...

  4. bruising showing up later on newborn?

    breastfeedingRN replied to breastfeedingRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    we do a bilichek on all before discharge (and an MBR if it is in a certain range) and it is part of our teaching. i am very thorough when i do my teaching and always talk about jaundice and reporting...

  5. I don't fit into nursing& nurse eating

    breastfeedingRN replied to cargal's topic in General Nursing

    First of all, sorry you are dealing with this. She needs to be reported to the manager ASAP. That is completely unprofessional and definitely abusive behavior. Don't leave nursing. I am a new...

  6. bruising showing up later on newborn?

    breastfeedingRN replied to breastfeedingRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    thanks. i hope that is why i didn't notice them. i probably wasn't look for them when he was under the warmer and when i was really looking was during the bath and he was screaming and during his...

  7. bruising showing up later on newborn?

    breastfeedingRN replied to breastfeedingRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    don't think they were mongolian spots. my daughter them on her back and they are still there. thanks though!! although a friend of mine told me that she has seen them "appear" 12 hours+ after birth...

  8. bruising showing up later on newborn?

    breastfeedingRN replied to breastfeedingRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    not that i saw. they were not huge bruises either, pretty faint. the nurse i was orienting with didn't seem worried about them. just told me to note them in the chart, which i did. i just didn't...

  9. How do you get/give report?

    breastfeedingRN posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Hi. Just wondering how others give/get report. I am a new grad and we are just trying out something new where I work. Before the change, it was nurse to nurse wherever you could find a private...

  10. Attn all recent NCLEX-RN test takers! I need your help!!!

    breastfeedingRN replied to NCLEX_CareBear's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    i took mine early september. 75 questions. no new format questions. TONS of priority and delegation type questions. a few really rarely used medication questions. good

  11. Is medsurg a necessity for a new grad?

    breastfeedingRN replied to bigislandgyrl's topic in First Year After Licensure

    hey! i think that med/surg could benefit anyone, but it really depends. i work mother/baby and didn't do med/surg. i am a new grad working there. it is all i really want to do, so why do med/surg?...

  12. Any "C" student graduates???

    breastfeedingRN replied to Dublin37's topic in First Year After Licensure

    As I heard many times in nursing school. "A "C" gets the degree!" Grades mean nothing to whether a person will be a good nurse or

  13. NCLEX identification

    breastfeedingRN replied to eng_nurse's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Hi. The same thing happened to me. I have 2 middle names as well. They had me as Jane M E Doe and my ID says Jane Mary Elizabeth Doe. I called the actual center 2 times and the national number 1...

  14. It's official I FAILED

    breastfeedingRN replied to lefthander1975's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    sorry that you didn't pass. i have heard several people who got to stay in their job until they took it again. have you talked to your boss yet? try to stay positive. you WILL pass the NCLEX and...

  15. Speaking Up For Yourself in the Workplace

    breastfeedingRN replied to amblessing's topic in First Year After Licensure

    are you a mother/baby nurse? i am a new grad on a mother/baby floor and got 4 weeks of orientation. i would have gotten 6, but since i did 3 weeks on the same floor before graduating, they felt 4...

  16. new BSN in postpartum nights?

    breastfeedingRN replied to SpecFuz's topic in Ob/Gyn

    i am a new grad almost ready to "fly" on my own in a week on a mother/baby floor. i love it and it is plently busy. there are lots of opportunities for teaching and also those patient's that aren't...

  17. Young, Unfit, Drug Addicted, etc. Mothers

    breastfeedingRN replied to alphafe's topic in Ob/Gyn

    like i said on another post. i try to connect with all my patients somehow. even if they are difficult for me for whatever reason. sometimes it is the simplest thing that i can kind of "relate" to....

  18. what's your "soft spot" patient?

    breastfeedingRN replied to shay's topic in Ob/Gyn

    i never seem to know what patient will just get to me. i am pretty sensitive, so someone always seems to hit my soft spot. i also try to connect with all my patient's somehow, even if they are...

  19. HESI Exam as a predictor of NCLEX

    breastfeedingRN posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Hi all. I will be taking the NCLEX soon, finally. I am just waiting for my ATT. I am getting very very nervous. I didn't think I would be. I do good on tests and I just heard that our school had...

  20. I just took the nclex and I am freaking out

    breastfeedingRN replied to angelique777's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    positive vibes to both of you! hope you get your results

  21. just wrote NCLEX

    breastfeedingRN replied to CANADIANA's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    chances are good you passed. i also do well on tests and always have, yet left the NCLEX feeling like i had been ran over by a train. i felt like all my studying had been in vain since nothing was...

  22. just wrote NCLEX

    breastfeedingRN replied to CANADIANA's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    chances are good you passed. i also do well on tests and always have, yet left the NCLEX feeling like i had been ran over by a train. i felt like all my studying had been in vain since nothing was...

  23. How many right out of 75?

    breastfeedingRN replied to Great Scott's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I have wondered the same thing. I passed with 75 questions and am positive I got at least 10 wrong. I was scoring an average of about 75% on most quizzes and tests, had Kaplan, Saunders, Springhouse...

  24. How many right out of 75?

    breastfeedingRN replied to Great Scott's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I have wondered the same thing. I passed with 75 questions and am positive I got at least 10 wrong. I was scoring an average of about 75% on most quizzes and tests, had Kaplan, Saunders, Springhouse...

  25. Abusive, controlling L*D preceptor-any new grads experiencing this?

    breastfeedingRN replied to Nursesuzi's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I am sorry that you have a sucky preceptor. It really is sad that your nurse manager or clinical educator even ALLOW this person to orient new nurses. They should take her name off the list and get...