JenTheRN

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  1. Which schedule would use choose?

    JenTheRN replied to Gratefulprn's topic in General Nursing

    Actually upon further thought I would choose three. I hate getting up at the crack of dawn and then driving a while to get to work.

  2. Which schedule would use choose?

    JenTheRN replied to Gratefulprn's topic in General Nursing

    I guess I would choose number two. Driving an hour to get home after a 12 hour shift can be awful! Even if it is only two days a

  3. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    JenTheRN replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    You win, hands

  4. My Nursing Career In Six Words

    JenTheRN replied to No Stars In My Eyes's topic in Nursing Humor

    "why you do drugs when pregnant"? Insert funny-looking why-you meme

  5. Your one stop for all the most popular pressing questions on allnurses!

    JenTheRN replied to NeoPediRN's topic in General Nursing

    What we really need is a FCS. Fecal Containment Specialist. That would be a specific healthcare personel to take care of all the *gasp* poo that we would otherwise come in contact

  6. Your one stop for all the most popular pressing questions on allnurses!

    JenTheRN replied to NeoPediRN's topic in General Nursing

    oh my dear lord! i almost snorted out my coffee.

  7. pet peeves when nursing students arrive

    JenTheRN replied to sandanrnstudent's topic in General Nursing

    Like many previous posters, please students, do not take up the valuable space at the nurses station by the computers! I need to chart and put orders in. It is difficult when you are there checking...

  8. Who else love's their 12's?!

    JenTheRN replied to jnfRN's topic in General Nursing

    Personally, I don't like working 12's. One would think that if I only work three days a week I would have more time to do other things. That's just not true. My 12 hour days are totally...

  9. Professional Liability Insurer for L&D Nurse?

    JenTheRN replied to JMomBaby's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Ok...I know my hospital provides it. Just a

  10. Professional Liability Insurer for L&D Nurse?

    JenTheRN replied to JMomBaby's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't your hospital cover liability for all its nurses? Unless you are a travel nurse, I would think what the hospital supplies would be sufficient and supplimental...

  11. Calling Off Sick --Do You Ever Think People Lie?

    JenTheRN replied to It'sInTheBlood's topic in General Nursing

    We are required to take symptoms when the person calls to track any infection control problems. Usually I just ask if it's GI or Flu like symptoms or "other". The weirdest call-off I ever witnessed:...

  12. Nurses eating and drinking at the nurses station

    JenTheRN replied to Yiggs's topic in General Nursing

    Occasionally it is necessary. The other day I had to run to the cafeteria, grab a tray, run back (well, maybe walk briskly) and try to inhale it at the nurses station before all craziness breaks...

  13. Grunting baby...

    JenTheRN replied to winter_green's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Sometimes those 37 week babies need a bit more time to transition. Sounds like this one had some TTN (transitional tachypnea of the newborn). 92% on a newborn is not really that low, with some...

  14. 2 Wks Postpartum Bleed in ER

    JenTheRN replied to flyingchange's topic in Ob/Gyn

    The important thing is to get her bleeding under control. 1st thing to do is massage the heck out of her uterus. By two weeks pp the uterus should be quite far under the umbilicus. Yes, she will...

  15. Leaving facility AMA...

    JenTheRN posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    So, I had a patient sign herself out AMA yesterday 4 HOURS after delivery! She was strongly encouraged to stay, but nothing I did short of putting handcuffs on her would make her stay. What is the...

  16. What is the worst thing you see on your floor?

    JenTheRN replied to jennifers's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I was going to say a big spider I had to squish the other day... Not on my floor but when I was working as a nurse extern in the ED after graduation two little boys came in DOA after they set their...

  17. Leaving facility AMA...

    JenTheRN replied to JenTheRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    The woman had a history of drug abuse. Her baby was eventually transfered to the NICU. Also, she had a PPH with this delivery, and had a white count of 27. She left so she could smoke and because...

  18. What grosses YOU out?

    JenTheRN posted a topic in Nursing Humor

    I don't know if this has been posted before, but what grosses you out as a nurse? For me it's blood clots. Especially from a delivery with a large EBL. The blood sits in the placenta pan and...

  19. Leaving facility AMA...

    JenTheRN replied to JenTheRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Nope, baby is still a patient. She did visit him for 4 hours today, how nice. Also, she asked what time she could 'pick him up' tomorrow. I must be the highest paid babysitter

  20. Understanding TOCO Monitor (Tocodynamometer): How to Monitor and Read Contractions

    JenTheRN replied to Wendy Sutas's topic in Ob/Gyn

    PS-As long as she acheived a successful lady partsl delivery and there was no fetal distress, I would say things were managed just fine. Sometimes the docs are the onces making us feel pressured to...

  21. Understanding TOCO Monitor (Tocodynamometer): How to Monitor and Read Contractions

    JenTheRN replied to Wendy Sutas's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'm just wondering how someone went 50 hours with PROM?! Did she come in with ROM and not realize? Anyway, there are specific guidelines on uterine hyperstimulation put in place by NICHD which defines...

  22. What was the lowest diastolic bp you have seen?

    JenTheRN replied to Florence NightinFAIL's topic in General Nursing

    Turd, you made me

  23. What was the lowest diastolic bp you have seen?

    JenTheRN replied to Florence NightinFAIL's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, and I routinely see dbp of 40-45. But that's in a

  24. What was the lowest diastolic bp you have seen?

    JenTheRN replied to Florence NightinFAIL's topic in General Nursing

    Personally, my norm runs in the 90's/50's. I think it would depend upon the patient. If a patient has been running high, they would certainly get symptomatic with that kind of a blood pressure....

  25. Opening OR for VBAC

    JenTheRN replied to rickdon19's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Open? No, that would be a waste as the sterile field would be compromised. We would have an OR team in house and ready to go when/if needed