SchiwartRN

I read on the forum from time to time, but have rarely posted. However, I had to write today just to talk about a situation that happened recently. For the first time in nearly 30 years at our facility, we had a maternal death. I was one of the nu...

Whatever...so it was worded incorrectly..does it really matter? It still amazes me how people can be nitpicky on forums over seemingly unimportant verbiage.

Our facility has been absolutely wonderful to the staff involved and the family. We had a debriefing and the hospital staff and physicians have donated money for her funeral, supplies for the baby and children in the family as well as providing Chri...

This family now has a total of 7 children...very nice family...all daughters...so sad.

I've been at my job in L&D for just over 90 days now and I got 12 weeks of orientation...6 weeks on days and then 6 weeks on nights, then my regular shift is on nights.

I thought the "ABCDE" name was a myth, but a co-worker told me that a mom on our unit actually did name her child "Abcde" (Ab-se-duh) and could name the room she was in. A recent baby was named Belldandy Lunamoon...seriously...

Our hospital plays Braham's Lullaby whenever a baby is born...the mom's and their families love it. It plays throughout the whole hospital.

I've been an RN for nearly two years now, but have spent most of that as a home health nurse. I lived in a very rural area and it was the best choice for that time in my life. However, my husband just accepted a new job as a police officer in a new t...

Thanks everyone...every birth is a miracle to me and I find myself telling every baby "Happy Birthday" as I'm drying them off. If shift change comes and my patient is pushing or close, I've stayed after to see it through...I just can't imagine labor...

I'm in the RN to BSN program at Oklahoma Wesleyan University and it' completely online with no clinicals..no chem...no stats. http://www.okwu.edu

I'm preparing to teach a 15 minute session in a prenatal class next week and wondered if anyone had any good resources for finding free literature for handouts and teaching resources. My topic is on Shaken Baby Syndrome, and I've got all of the data...

Forgot to mention, that I did have to take an ACT residual test on campus for application to the program...but it wasn't that difficult....no more difficult than the tests in the program are!

I'm currently in my second semester in the nursing program at Eastern Oklahoma State College and it is an excellent program. I would definitely give them a try as I didnt have to wait to be accepted in last year...and they just received a million + ...

Well, I managed to get that 4th test done on 4 hours of sleep this morning. I wasn't up because I was studying...just couldn't sleep. I got 96/110 on the test so that's an 87%. My overall course grade is an 85%...a B...I'm still shocked. I think ...

Our program has guidelines that say you have to be passing theory when clinicals start or you can't go. That means having a 69% average when clinicals start. You have to have 75% to pass the course at the end of the term. Our clinicals themselves ...

Just thought I'd check in with my fellow first semester students and see how everyone is doing so far. We're taking our fourth exam tomorrow and I can't sleep....sigh. So far, I've done ok and clinicals start on Monday in Med/Surg. Unfortunately, ...

I feel like I haven't been on here in such a long time, but it's really only been a couple of weeks. I'm going to try to check the site daily if I can, life's just been a little wacky lately. So, last time I posted, I'd had my emergency appendectomy...

So, we had our first test today and my body decided it was going to try and come up with the most creative excuse to miss a test. Saturday morning I was in the ER with abdominal pain and by 4pm, I was in the OR for an emergency appendectomy! Goodne...

I found out that I got an 81 on that test! I'm sure if I wasn't on Vicodin I may have been able to concentrate better....but it's passing and I know last years class had a high percentage fail the first test. I came home after the test and rested, ...

I have a laptop available to me while I'm in school and wondered if anyone else uses a laptop in class to take notes on?? Is this something that is helpful? I can type about 70 wpm, so keeping up isn't an issue, but I'm wondering if I'll end up rev...

Thanks for all of the suggestions and experiences, ya'll. I've decided to just do it the old fashioned way and take the notes by hand. My theory binder is set up by unit so I can put my objectives, handouts, and notes all together and it keeps me o...

I know at least one of the instructors uses PP slides, so that is worth giving a try too...so much to think about..LOL.

I'm beginning my first semester of a two year ADN program. I've used the last two semesters to get my science and general ed requirements taken care of...All A's and B's..gpa of 3.77. I'm not sure about what's going to work best for me..I may start...

Thanks...I'm all for technology...believe me...but I'd rather take my notes with pen and notebook than to irritate an entire class with my key tapping....that makes a big difference.

my thoughts exactly...LOL... here's another question...if someone has taken notes on a laptop in your class, how annoying was it to the other students...ok, not annoying...distracting is a more polite term..:)