dariah

dariah

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  1. The most ridiculous birth plans you've had the pleasure of reading

    Unfortunately, my hospital is not very conducive to natural laboring. Upon admission, orders go in for everyone to be clear liquids, continuous EFM and toco, and LR running at 125 ml/hr. For any woman...
  2. how do you push with your patients?

    We do three pushes counting to ten each contraction. I usually have her start on her back to get the hang of it, then try side pushing or sometimes the squatting bar if her legs aren't too numb (which...
  3. Usually you need at least 1, if not 2, years of experience in your particular field before joining with a travel agency. When you get your assignment, you only have a day or two of orientation to get...
  4. New Nurse

    Ahhhh I'm planning on moving from NY to MN as well. You'll have to let me know how things work out. My first project will be getting my MN
  5. OB/GYN nurses!?

    When I worked in infertility we usually used Yasmin if we needed to alter a menstrual cycle. The PA I worked with loved Nuvaring and recommended that a
  6. Rn salary in new york city

    Yes, the way of life in NYC is fast paced and the patient population can be very demanding. (We often have to remind our pts that this is a hospital, not a hotel.) But at the same time I've worked...
  7. Reputation of Manhattan Hospitals

    Well, they're usually not in the best/safest neighborhoods, for starters. Again, with the exception of Bellevue, the city hospitals in Manhattan are in Central and East Harlem. And while I would work...
  8. The youngest new mother's you've seen

    I don't think I've seen younger than 15, but tonight I saw a G8P2 who was 22. Aye aye
  9. give up or keep looking?

    Most schools I think now are requiring students to find their own clinical sites now. Maybe you'd be able to work with a local
  10. Reputation of Manhattan Hospitals

    All hospitals in Manhattan are teaching hospitals and all pretty decent (at least the private ones.) NY Presbyterian Columbia and Cornell rank highly. NYU and Mt. Sinai have good reps, too. I've heard...
  11. New York Presbyterian PHARM EXAM!

    Lasix and heparin are bound to show up. Study side effects of beta blockers, ACE inhibitors,
  12. give up or keep looking?

    Is traveling not an option at all? My school in Minnesota is mostly online but I have to go to campus 3 times per
  13. How do you pronounce...?

    Mon-tay
  14. Really sad :(

    I wanted L+D right after school, too, and tried to avoid med surg. It was especially hard when my friends got their first jobs in pecs, OR, ER, and ICU. They all had connections and I didn't and I...
  15. Fertility / Infertility Nursing???

    I used to work in a fertility clinic. I loved the work and my coworkers. It the administration was impossible to work with. Someday, in a different city, I'd like to try it again. Everyday was a...
  16. That is exactly part of her point. Currently she works under her own license and can run her practice as she pleases, and she said in CA the nurse practice act doesn't allow MHNPs to be free agents...
  17. Sounds frustrating. :-( my husband will be starting a new job in LA next year, and I've only done a bit of preliminary research. However, several hospitals in SoCal seem to be advertising positions...
  18. How often do you document fht's?

    Like most of you, we document q 30 with no intervention and q 15 once there is pit or an epidural. Part of protocol upon admission is continuous monitoring. Not many women complain since most don't...
  19. REI Nursing

    We were using
  20. NYP housing

    I'm eager to learn more, too. The website showed nice pictures and descriptions of all the buildings, but nothing about prices (go figure.) I currently live on York Ave in the 80s and love it....when...
  21. New York Presbyterian PHARM EXAM!

    I think there is some issue with that practice test being down from the NLN's website. The nurse recruiter mentioned something about not being able to access that which "we can do nothing about." But...
  22. LI to NYC commute

    One of my coworkers takes the LIRR in everyday from Huntington. Train+subway she says is 90 minutes each way. Poor thing, I don't know how she does it. When it snows, she's stuck out there. She...
  23. New York Presbyterian PHARM EXAM!

    I was given a practice exam from the HR recruiter, 60 questions. Similar in style to the exam I took, but the material varied. When I log on to the NLN website, I don't see many options. I took the...
  24. New York Presbyterian PHARM EXAM!

    I just failed, too. Not by much, so I'm hoping for the best next week. I only got a breakdown in terms of percentages, no review of the actual questions. I'm studying ACE inhibitors, beta...