I would like to chat with other OB nurses. I am a new Nurse manager over labor and delivery/ nursery/postpartum...I would love to know how other nurses deals with low morals and suggestions on how to keep peace with in the unit. The good thing that w...
Hello everyone!!! Today i threw my hands up and left a job that I thought I was highly respected at....HA.....No one cares....I feel like a terrible person....I needed help with the schedule so that i could work with my son in after school class...
I have been a nurse for 18 years....The best thing i have found in to find a base hospital to work for...work miminum hours to keep insurane and benifits and then find staffing agencies and make the big bucks.....right now i am woking for an agency t...
I have to voice my opinion.....I went to LPN school due to finanical reasons and family...But I am glad that i did....I feel like that i really learned the basic of nursing...The LPN's do the bed side care...We don't have CNA's (nurse aides) so the L...
I'll tell you a discouraging story...(a short one)...I have been a RN for 18 years...Had the opportunity to be in a little management in a small hospital (wanted to start small). After 2 years of short staffing and working 24 hour shifts..decreasing ...
I have recently found a wonderful place for OB policy and procedures....It is Joint Commission accredited.....It is through MSN i will be more than happy to dend you the address if u still need it..............binky
In Mississippi all RN's are require to have ACLS....ER nurses and Labor and Nursery nurses are require to have it all.....NALS, BTLS, Certifications in their area...and no more pay comes with it.....
Mosby puts out a module that is wonderful to study and has alot of testing questions it is a really neat book....about 125.00 good luck.................Binky
Hello from Mississippi.....I am a nurse manager of a OB/PP/Nursery unit and my base payis 16.97....I get 1.00 for being the manager....I also have to be included in the staff for pt care (which I love).but then there is all the extra things such as b...
Hello everyone from Mississippi.......We 2 are having a nursing shortage....My question for you is "what is your patient ratio?" And is it just Mississippi that you can't find anyone who wants Labor and Delivery? thanks, binky
Well let's here from Mississippi...Who is so far behind...I have been a nurse for 18 years and i am a manager of OB NSY and PP for the going salary of 16.42/hr.....We have been forced to cover 24hr shifts for a month until we have trained help, but...
We try to encourage rooming in....The moms want a good night sleep..We are a small hospital and short on staff. When we get in a bind we take the babies to their moms and you would think that we have committed a sin. Our peds will tell us when they ...