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    Antepartum Nurses

    RN_BSN09 replied to RN_BSN09's topic in Ob/Gyn

    thank you debsgreys! Hopefully I will like it... I guess I won't know until I
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    nursery nurse

    RN_BSN09 replied to hippieRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    On my unit we have a Transition Nurse. She attends the deliveries, and does the initial bath and medications (vitamin K, and erythromycin eye ointment). Then the baby goes with mom over to mother/baby...
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    Why are the divorce rates among nurses so high?

    RN_BSN09 replied to TiffanyLe's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe part of it is the stress level nurses have from their jobs... piled with the odd schedule hours. I know I will have a positive attitude at work usually, but when I get home I want to vent about...
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    Staying organized on Tele

    RN_BSN09 replied to CyclingMurse's topic in Cardiac

    That was exactly how my floor was. The tech would call if there was any change, and send us the strip. But we definitely would check the rhythms when we
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    Night Shift RN ~ Married to 24 hour Shift Fire Fighter ~ Schedule Options

    RN_BSN09 posted a topic in Nursing Career

    Hello~ I currently work three 12 hour night shifts (7p-7a) per week, and they vary. My husband works 24 hour shifts (12p-12p) and then has 48 hrs off, so he works every 3rd day. This means that the...
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    Night Shift RN ~ Married to 24 hour Shift Fire Fighter ~ Schedule Options

    RN_BSN09 replied to RN_BSN09's topic in Nursing Career

    That happens to us quite often already when we end up on opposite schedules! So maybe it won't be too much of an adjustment whenever we do have kids. I guess the up-side is no childcare like you...
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    Night Shift RN ~ Married to 24 hour Shift Fire Fighter ~ Schedule Options

    RN_BSN09 replied to RN_BSN09's topic in Nursing Career

    We had also looked into this... I couldn't find any kind of childcare that was overnight here, unless it was a nanny. The closest I found was an evening day care... I think until 11pm at night or...
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    Night Shift RN ~ Married to 24 hour Shift Fire Fighter ~ Schedule Options

    RN_BSN09 replied to RN_BSN09's topic in Nursing Career

    I had considered this at one point... it seems like a perfect schedule to have weekends and holidays off, the same as your kids. It would be a pay cut, and I would lose the seniority with my hospital...
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    Antepartum Nurses

    RN_BSN09 replied to RN_BSN09's topic in Ob/Gyn

    As far as I know, I will not be the circulator in the OR if something like that happened. From what I've heard, if a patient starts to deliver, or needs an immediate C/S they transfer care. There have...
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    Antepartum Nurses

    RN_BSN09 replied to RN_BSN09's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Thanks for the info! I haven't gotten my orientation schedule yet... but it sounds like I will spend a couple days observing over in L&D, plus I'm signed up to take an all day EFM class. Overall,...
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    Antepartum Nurses

    RN_BSN09 replied to RN_BSN09's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I have never worked in L&D so I will be totally new to EFM as
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    Worried about my future as a nurse, and afraid I'll be fired

    RN_BSN09 replied to j_tay1981's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I think every new grad has these exact thoughts and feelings! We all want to have it figured out after a few months... but it honestly takes 6 months or more to really have a routine, and things start...
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    preceptors?

    RN_BSN09 replied to Lev's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    As far as what I look for... if they take initiative to do things on their own, that is great! New grads are not in nursing school anymore, so they shouldn't need you to check off every single...
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    preceptors?

    RN_BSN09 replied to Lev's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    As far as pet peeves go, I would say talking over me would be one of them! There was a new grad that would get stressed out, and instead of calmly asking for help she would just get flustered, yell...
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    Doesn't it feel great when...

    RN_BSN09 replied to Bortaz's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yes I agree, we need some more positive moments! :) Here are some of mine: I had a patient on a tele floor who had mild MR, he found me in the hallway to give me a picture he colored. Then a few...
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    What places do nurses work 12hr shifts?

    RN_BSN09 replied to tua42321's topic in General Nursing

    I had trouble finding a hospital job right out of school also. That urgent care clinic was my first job out of school, but I only worked there for 3 or 4 months before getting a hospital job. You...
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    What places do nurses work 12hr shifts?

    RN_BSN09 replied to tua42321's topic in General Nursing

    I used to work at an urgent-care clinic that was open 8am to 8pm, 7 days a week. The hours were nice because it wasn't the typical 7 to 7 shift change... but commuting in the mornings was bad because...
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    Help Becoming Baby Friendly

    RN_BSN09 replied to debsgreys's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Our unit is baby friendly, and we have the same nurse care for both mom and baby (3 to 4 couplets per nurse). We have a transition nursery for immediately after the birth which is staffed with one...
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    Bedside handoff report on mother/baby unit

    RN_BSN09 replied to OBnurseSandy's topic in Ob/Gyn

    That's pretty much the most you can do... once the mom is exhausted and wants the baby to go to the nursery, she's made up her mind. Just like mom's who want to bottle feed... you can try to tell them...
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    What is so special about working in postpartum???

    RN_BSN09 replied to BSNbeauty's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Congrats and Welcome to the mother/baby world!! You will love
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    Worried about my future as a nurse, and afraid I'll be fired

    RN_BSN09 replied to j_tay1981's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I have found that I chart as I go for pretty much everything, except for my assessments. The start of the shift is always so busy... so I can pretty much remember most of the assessment in my head,...
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    Night Shift RN ~ Married to 24 hour Shift Fire Fighter ~ Schedule Options

    RN_BSN09 replied to RN_BSN09's topic in Nursing Career

    Thanks for the response! We've looked into the nanny thing... because day care is not open the hours we would need. However, we wouldn't want to pay a full-time nanny... and it's hard to tell a...
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    Worried about my future as a nurse, and afraid I'll be fired

    RN_BSN09 replied to j_tay1981's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I used to dread going to work when I worked on a telemetry floor. After 14 months I switched to women's services and it is soooo much better. Stick it out for at least 6 months to a year, and then...
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    You Know You're A Nurse If...

    RN_BSN09 replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    Totally agree with that one! Nurse friends can discuss these things over meals... other people, may not want to hear them at all!
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    Funniest/strangest dementia patient stories

    RN_BSN09 replied to Angie O'Plasty's topic in Nursing Humor

    I have some funny stories from when I used to work on telemetry: I had one pt who needed assistance to the BSC because he was unsteady. He was too embarrassed and wanted the CNA and me to turn around...