HappyNurse2005

HappyNurse2005 RN

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  1. Spanish for L&D nurses

    HappyNurse2005 replied to livn4him11's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We have a large hispanic population, though we are not in texas/california/florida where you might expect it. Virginia, actually. so many of them, that the clinic has a spanish interpreter on staff....

  2. circulated my first delivery off orientation

    HappyNurse2005 posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    and did okay. it was with 2 residents, one who is very nice (the intern) and one very unpleasant one. it was a vbac. Pt and baby were fine. I did forget to call the attending for delivery (like we do...

  3. circulated my first delivery off orientation

    HappyNurse2005 replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Ah, the other night was delivery #2. Nicer doc, long labor, quicker delivery from the cervical check "youre 10cm" to delivery -3min. so i had to bust butt to slap on the betadine prep, rip the bottom...

  4. What's your holiday bonus?

    HappyNurse2005 replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    NurseAidBen- you say: I think we work at the same place! I got the $15 gift certificate, too. But, no, it doesn't come out of our

  5. just a little thought

    HappyNurse2005 replied to oramar's topic in General Nursing

    I have put "pt encouraged to use PCA

  6. Where's my thank-you card?

    HappyNurse2005 replied to SierraN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I was just thinking about this the other day. Had a pt who I picked up at 7pm and delivered at 0445. She had a epidural, but terrible pain still. I was giving her the preset boluses programmed into...

  7. Caught my first yesterday!

    HappyNurse2005 replied to mitchsmom's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Our docs are always in house if they have a pt laboring. When on orientation, my preceptor caught a baby (and i stood there thinking "oh sh*t). G2P1, 8cm, epidural. was emptying her bladder and she...

  8. Where's my thank-you card?

    HappyNurse2005 replied to SierraN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    yes, lol. i've had a few who watned to take a pic with me, and that really makes you feel nice. i ran into one mom taht i was her nurse during delivery, out at a school function and she was so excited...

  9. Most RN's first borns?

    HappyNurse2005 replied to lvs2nrs3535's topic in General Nursing

    hmm, I am a firstborn female of an alcoholic father. i have a sister, so i'm firstborn and the firstborn

  10. Is this normal for most L&D/OB units?

    HappyNurse2005 replied to Jo Dirt's topic in Ob/Gyn

    She's talking past tense about the baby she had in 2001. I think she's hoping NOT to repeat that same situation when she gives birth in

  11. Is this normal for most L&D/OB units?

    HappyNurse2005 replied to Jo Dirt's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I work in an LDR with a separate PP floor and nursery (for those moms who want it-rooming in is encouraged). We do not separate moms and babes at birth. the baby is on the moms chest/belly if she...

  12. Nursing students and new nurses.....about injection sites

    HappyNurse2005 replied to TazziRN's topic in Patient Medications

    We learned how our first semester of nursing school. then, we had to be checked off on it every semester since htey knew it was a seldom practiced skill. where i used to work (cardiology) i gave LOTS...

  13. No Holiday Pay?

    HappyNurse2005 replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    We get 10 extra dollars an hour to work on the holidays. ifyou do not work though, you do not get paid for

  14. circulated my first delivery off orientation

    HappyNurse2005 replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

    No, only one Labor and Delivery RN in at delivery. there is a Nursery RN in right before delivery, for the baby. I hope i didnt' give the impression that I took care of the mom and the baby,too! I...

  15. LPN or RN??

    HappyNurse2005 replied to Iwannabeababynurse's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We have one LPN, but she's been there forever. No new LPN's hired. She does a lot of the scrubbing on c/sections. LPN's can't circulate deliveries, can't interpret fetal monitoring strips. there are...

  16. Does your facility do VBAC's?

    HappyNurse2005 posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    I hear alot about ladies not being allowed to attempt VBAC's at their particular hospital and wonder how common this is. All of our OB groups, the clinic that the OB residents work at, and even the...

  17. Anyone attending/graduated from Jefferson College of Health Sciences in Roanoke?

    HappyNurse2005 replied to vamedic4's topic in Virginia Nursing

    If you work for Carilion, the big hospital system in the area, owns JCHS, for 6 months, they will then pay foryour

  18. CNA's in OB

    HappyNurse2005 replied to mistiffy's topic in Ob/Gyn

    If your unit has antepartum patients as well, there is more to do. Bedbaths on the complete bedrest ones, linen changes, vital signs, meals, assist pt's to ambulate to the bathroom, refill water...

  19. Does your facility do VBAC's?

    HappyNurse2005 replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

    yeah, we also always have in house anesthesia, attending docs and

  20. Wisconsin Nurse being charged with criminal neglect

    HappyNurse2005 replied to psalm_55's topic in General Nursing

    she certainly doesn't sound like she's covering it up-she admitted she had no order to get out the epidural medicine, stated that she subverted protocol (using the medication system) because caring...

  21. OB RN for 1 month and LOVING IT! :o)

    HappyNurse2005 replied to jenrninmi's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Today was my last day of (official) orientation. i still love it and am getting better every day, i think. some days i think that really suck, some days i feel alright. its still a great job i'm...

  22. no-smoking policies

    HappyNurse2005 replied to MIA-RN1's topic in General Nursing

    Here, pt's can smoke in the one small designated smoking area only, staff cannot smoke anywere on property, not even in your car which is on hospital property. same thing at the hospital i just...

  23. Hiring new grads over experienced nurses-VENT

    HappyNurse2005 replied to nurseMeghan's topic in General Nursing

    where i am currently requires nurses to have worked on a unit for 1 year before being eligible to transfer within the hospital, unless special permission is granted from the manager. my manager even...

  24. JCAHO & Labeling Medications

    HappyNurse2005 replied to Jemma's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Our delivery table packs come with a sterile cup, and a sterile label that states it is

  25. my first time seeing a dad almost pass out

    HappyNurse2005 posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Had a lady, feet up in stirrups, ready to push, and of course, with pushing, her lady parts is bulging, she's shooting fountains of urine out on the doctor, and her hubby is not beside her leg, but...