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That's when you chart like hell on that patient.

When I worked in Mother-Baby Care, we were not permitted to leave a drowsy mother alone with her newborn in the bed with her. If we set her up to breastfeed, we had to go in and check on them after 30 minutes. We didn't allow them to co-bed, but the ...

Thanks, everyone for the support, and I apologize for not responding to you sooner. Once I returned to work in March, Head Office decided to shut down the call center in my city about a month later. I had heard some rumblings and had prepared for the...

I've been working teletriage at a call center for almost a year and I'm getting fed up with the volume of calls from repeat male callers who are looking for a toll-free way to talk about their "prolonged erection" with a captive audience who happens ...

Personally, I think as a new grad, with barely 6 months' experience, being put in charge without knowing how to properly use equipment, etc., is an untenable situation. It would never have happened in any environment where I've worked. No wonder you ...

"The View" is just one more example of how TV has gone and made stupid, ignorant people famous and obscenely wealthy.

I, for one, have the highest respect for lab technologists. I studied Medical Laboratory Technology right out of high school - it was the toughest program to be accepted to, and one of the toughest programs to succeed in. For reasons that I don't wi...

Part of the problem for front line RNs is that these callers have the right to remain anonymous and to have recordings of their calls suspended. This also helps to protect the company because of a lack of evidence. Were I to override a caller's reque...

When I was asked about a farewell lunch in my "honour" I politely declined. I don't do well when I'm the centre of attention at the best of times, but mainly I didn't want to reward the bullies with an opportunity to pat themselves on the back for gi...

I left my NICU job a few months ago too. There were bullies and while the manager paid lip service to the policies intended to reign in the bullies, ultimately I realized that my health and mental well being were more important. I miss the direct pa...

I couldn't agree with you more. I turned in my 2 weeks' notice on Monday morning. I've spent the last 3½ years in a Level 2 Enhanced Nursery after more than 12 years in Mother-Baby Care. I started my career a bit later than most - I graduated nursin...

If I can't get Workers' Comp for my sore feet, what makes you think you can?

I transferred to a Level II nursery last summer, after working for over 12 years on Mother-Baby. It's taken lots of attempts over several months, but finally was able to do a successful IV blood draw the other day. I assist and observe whenever I get...

My postpartum position was eliminated due to cutbacks and hiring LVNs. In hindsight, moving to the NICU was the best decision for me. Previously, it was routine to have 4 couplets, a couple of discharges and admissions daily, but once the LVNs came i...

Don't eat junk food on nights. Your body requires the best nutrition possible - lots of fruit and veggies, yogurt, nuts and seeds, hard cooked eggs, etc. - we need to compensate for the physical challenges of tampering with our circadian rhythms. Als...

It sounds as though you may have been too busy with your education to document the negativity around you. If you can prove that you were singled out (hard to do without the documentation to back it up) and were the victim of "mobbing" (bullying in th...

Just a quick addendum: If you are already employed in an institution and requested a transfer to Mother-Baby or Obstetrics, perhaps this is an issue that the union (if you belong to one) would address on your behalf. Certainly with my employer, the ...

I respect the fact that you are a competent professional. Your gender wouldn't be a problem for me. I would welcome gender diversity among my female-only Mother-Baby Unit colleagues. Would my nurse-manager hire you? I don't know. Having worked on...

When we see a birth plan at the front of a chart, it's almost guaranteed that the delivery was by emergency c-section for maternal or fetal distress. These are the ones that need Code Pinks, etc. One of my colleagues created a spoof birth plan that ...

The unit where I work has three hallways extending from the nursing station, in about the shape of a "T". Just to be kind to one another it is normal practice to try to assign nurses to patients in the same corridor, but in no more than 2 corridors....

The local Public Health Department hires RNs (with Bachelor's degrees as a minimum educational requirement) to go to the various hospitals with Mother-Baby Units in the region to perform the hearing screening. The pay rate is less than what unionize...

here's a video link that we use to show just this very thing! once staff members see the baby perking up and showing interest after taking just a few drops of ebm, it makes them all jump on the hand expression band wagon. http://newborns.stanford.ed...

Here is a link to the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario (Canada) site's Best Practice Guidelines for Breastfeeding. click here The page also offers various PDFs for download, including an evaluation tool that may be helpful in developing your ...

My institution has BFHI plaques up in staff-only areas, mainly because the institution will never be a baby-friendly one, thanks in part to the formula companies who donate product for patient use and perks to management for allowing them to do so. ...

I agree that it sounds as though you are in the midst of a burn out. Maybe it's time to explore new opportunities or just take a vacation. Are you looking after yourself? When was the last time you did something to pamper yourself... something like...