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  1. Bleeding at 14 weeks

    sweetcheekers replied to letina's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'm very new to OB nursing, but the one case I dealt with concerning bleeding was a 20 week pregnant woman who had bleeding after intercourse multiple times. At first the docs said they thought it...

  2. I am a tad bit nervous

    sweetcheekers replied to GAA30's topic in General Nursing

    Without a doubt, it can be done. I began my nurisng program when I was 29 and have two daughters. At the time they were 7 and 2. I managed quite nicely and made it out with nearly straight A's....

  3. Nurses knowing more than doctors

    sweetcheekers replied to JeanettePNP's topic in General Nursing

    Many babies need various levels of rescusitation at birth even after a perfect appearing labor and delivery. Just the fact that her labor was 35 hours long could have stressed the baby enough to...

  4. What do patients say that irks you?

    sweetcheekers replied to NurseforPreggers's topic in Ob/Gyn

    It annoys me too when people act like you chose nursing as if it were an easier field to enter or a step down from being a doc. Like the two are barely related. I simply reply to those comments...

  5. ques. for L&D nurses.(Long)

    sweetcheekers replied to sconoli's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I think labor and delivery vary for each woman and also for each labor and delivery in the same woman. I have done it twice and I had nothing for the first and an intrathecal for the second. I...

  6. 12 hour shifts

    sweetcheekers replied to Caligirlrn2b's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I don't think 12 hour shifts are bad, unless you are working multiple ones in a row. I do 8's and 12's. When I do 12's and I get to the third in a row, I'm toast. The bad thing is it only leaves...

  7. This cannot be ethical!

    sweetcheekers posted a topic in General Nursing

    I was recently told during NRP training that a nurse was instructed at some point to always use the opportunity to practice intubation if a stillborn babe was available. I said, "Are you kidding me?"...

  8. This cannot be ethical!

    sweetcheekers replied to sweetcheekers's topic in General Nursing

    The point is that it is not up to you to decide if its a big deal, it is not your decision. It is up to the family. We are taking it upon ourselves to make decisions that are not ours to make....

  9. Advice for new RN's

    sweetcheekers replied to healer27's topic in General Nursing

    Get really organized. I went so far as to design my own sheet (some call it a brain) for report. It helped me to take report very efficiently and helped me not to overlook something that I needed to...

  10. This cannot be ethical!

    sweetcheekers replied to sweetcheekers's topic in General Nursing

    The point is to go behind the back of a patient to do something for our own gain and in order to serve our own purposes (no matter how good the intention) is simply

  11. This cannot be ethical!

    sweetcheekers replied to sweetcheekers's topic in General Nursing

    Clearly there are some who have justified this in their mind. Thankfully they are the minority. Like any other issue, peolpe have different views and beliefs. This is exactly why the parents should...

  12. This cannot be ethical!

    sweetcheekers replied to sweetcheekers's topic in General Nursing

    I am the one that originally posted this thread, and after further thought on the matter I have finally found the words that sum up in a very brief way why this is so wrong. Patient advocate. That...

  13. This cannot be ethical!

    sweetcheekers replied to sweetcheekers's topic in General Nursing

    As far as consent forms and teaching facilities, this is not a teaching facility and our consent forms contain no language which would permit this practice to be legal. As far as the importance of...

  14. This cannot be ethical!

    sweetcheekers replied to sweetcheekers's topic in General Nursing

    The harm is that nurses are suppose to have a code of ethics. We are suppose to handle ourselves in a way that makes us deserving of the trust that our patients and their families place in us. We...

  15. One week to train to Med/surg????

    sweetcheekers posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am a new graduate RN with 4 months experience in our local hospital's OB department. I only obtained my RN license at the end of October. I work as a postpartum nurse for mom/babe. It has gone...

  16. HELP! How do I learn what I need to know?

    sweetcheekers posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am a recent nursing graduate having just obtained my RN license in October. I got a job as a mom/babe nurse at a local hospital. My orientation was a crash course due to it being a very busy time...

  17. HELP! How do I learn what I need to know?

    sweetcheekers replied to sweetcheekers's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thank you for your replies. I have spent time looking online, in books, and collaborating with other nurses regarding the baby who had the right arm turning blue off and on during my shift. Still,...

  18. Received this email today and I am steamed!!!

    sweetcheekers replied to MomBSN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a graduate nurse, and I found it hilarious and much of it is true! I look for every opportunity to laugh at myself. Nursing is far too stressful a job to take it so seriously you can't have fun...

  19. What a difference a day makes!

    sweetcheekers replied to SouthernLPN2RN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    And for your residents what a difference a good nurse makes. It is those like you that improve the quality of their lives and make them hang in there for another day. A nurse like you is what...

  20. Do your Dr.s come for FD delivery?

    sweetcheekers replied to LizzyL&DRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Okay, I'm a new nurse and just started on OB so I want to get this straight. I am soooo confused. Just because the baby is dead does not mean the mother is. Delivery of a live or dead fetus is...

  21. Help! I knew this would happen!

    sweetcheekers posted a topic in Nursing Career

    I graduated from a two year program in July and applied for numerous jobs at my local hospital a week later. I sent two online applications/resumes. I followed up by phone a week after sending the...

  22. Fear of Nursing and Bedside Care

    sweetcheekers replied to angelica_rn2b's topic in General Nursing

    I just finished my nursing program in July and am waiting for authorization to take my RN Boards. I graduated at the top of a class of nearly 100 and felt so confident during my second year (2 year...

  23. Is JCAHO just a way to make money?

    sweetcheekers replied to Cheyenne RN,BSHS's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    what about critical access? I know many of our smaller hospitals are going to this to make ends meet. I wonder about how that works (other than the facility gets government money to keep their...

  24. Easy explanations needed....

    sweetcheekers replied to INFJ's topic in Ob/Gyn

    since I'm just a new grad myself, but .... Variability itself is a good thing. It will look like a sawtooth type line on a strip. Variability is said to be a reassuring sign as it is evidence of the...

  25. New OB Nurses, Grads and Students, Please Feel Free to post your questions here:

    sweetcheekers replied to SmilingBluEyes's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I hand delivered my resume to the hospital that I'm hoping to work for and I got past the secretary when she introduced me to the human resources manager. I spoke with her and she asked me what I'm...