NurseforPreggers

"They are going to have to take the baby" I don't know why but that statement makes my jaw clench up everytime I hear it. I had a patient the other day ask me how I was going to insert a foley since "the head is down there, wont that hurt the baby?"...

I work in Alabama and we say: Complete (never heard "fully" used) Cytotec (not miso) Anterior lip or rim We do use BUFA, TOLAC, NCB and other abbreviations One thing I was curious if other people have heard of is ... when we have a woman who is very...

We wear our own scrubs, but we also have hospital supplied scrubs. We have a choice.

Dear charge nurse, I'd appreciate it if you would not pull a recliner up to the nurses station and prop your feet up with a pillow and a blanket all night long. Its extremely unprofessional. Just because you are not required to take a patient doesn't...

You should print that out and give it to your preceptor. Maybe in a little card or something. That would make a beautiful gift.

Hang in there! I just noticed what city you are from and it just so happens its the same as mine. So I better not say too much, because I'm quite sure I know where you work seeing as though there are only 3 hospitals here. Just keep your chin up. It ...

The same way you did.

What is the criteria for transferring this patient out to a Level III facility? I work in a Level II facility and we have similar patients all the time. Actually I don't think I've seen a single patient transferred out of our facility until after del...

I have a shirt that I really like, it has a syringe on the back and it says "Nurses call the shots"

I think it took me a couple of months to be consistent at starting IVs. I think I was pretty terrible at it to begin with. My preceptor use to tell me that I "HAD TO LEARN" to get them. I would get so frustrated. Now IVs really are my favorite thing ...

We do treat unknown pt's at my hospital. Usually Amp 2 grams Q 6 or if they are allergic to PCN we use Cleocin 900 mg Q 8. One group of MD's that I work with treats everyone and they don't check GBS status.

I got hired to L&D straight out of nursing school. It is definitely do-able. I think one thing that helped me get into this facility was that I did my senior preceptorship on this floor during nursing school. The manager was vaguely familiar with...

Med/Surg. I'm sure that is what everyone is going to say. It will give you a good variety of disease processes/treatments.

In that case I would go to the person that told you that you need to learn to draw blood and ask them how you should go about that. Maybe that person has some resources that you are unaware of. I don't think reading the steps on the internet would be...

Do you work with any nurses that can teach you? Or better yet, ask your hospital or institution if they have phlebotomy classes.

If it is noted somewhere else then I agree with you. Where I work in L&D we generally don't have MARs/procedure logs/or paper charting. We chart everything solely on the computer. The only time we even use MARs is if the patient has more than the...

Ok, I find myself on the other end of the spectrum. I ALWAYS use names when appropriate in my charting. As far as opening them up for legal action, so what if it is truthful. For example ... "Telephone report to Dr. Smith re: elevated BPs. No orders ...

I work nights also and what I suggest is that when a problem presents use your nursing judgement to try to solve it (i.e. tylenol for fever). If you have done everything you can think of within your scope and the problem doesn't resolve, its time to ...

Those stank attitudes don't go away once you aren't a student anymore. There will always be aids, secretaries, housekeepers, nurses, charge nurses, managers, and doctors with stank attitudes. Don't let those people stand in the way of your success.

I just wanted to say that the title of your thread made me LOL. :roll

I am so upset about a situation that happened last week, I just can't get it out of my head. I had a pt that was admitted for pylo/PTL and while in the hospital developed pneumonia and eventually pulmonary edema. When I was taking care of her I was a...

Wow, this sounds quite harsh! Handling demises are not easy, but you know what? .. Its not about you! Its about giving the mother excellent loving care and helping her begin the grief process. Its ok to be sad, its ok to cry. You will be able to hand...

Congratulations! Good job.

Have you considered that maybe nursing isn't what he wants to do? Maybe you should encourage him to find something that he loves to do.

I have never given a pt a placebo, but I did hear a funny story at work about a similar circumstance. There was a pt that constantly came in complaining of some kind of pain or another and would get pain medications. Apparently the nurse's thought t...