HappyNurse2005

HappyNurse2005 RN

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  1. Oh man did I miss an order

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

    Do you not have a secretary who enters orders? Wouldn't she have seen it and alerted you? Or did he write an order and then stick the chart back on the shelf and leave it there? When do you check...

  2. Docs making stupid decisions

    HappyNurse2005 replied to htrn's topic in Ob/Gyn

    http://www.sutterhealth.org/about/clinicalinit/ci_1pregnancy.html i think this is what you are looking for i searched fpad study inductions on google, and it was the first thing that popped up. now...

  3. Practice Tracings

    HappyNurse2005 replied to nurse79's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I think us OB nurses are talking about fetal monitoring strips, not cardiac monitoring strips, though

  4. montevideo units

    HappyNurse2005 replied to hoping to be an rn's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I've seen residents try to do MVU's on pt's without IUPC

  5. A different kind of Salary question

    HappyNurse2005 replied to BSNtobe2009's topic in General Nursing

    any shift worked 6pm-6am gets 3.00 morean hour. friday 6pm-monday 6am is a weekend, gets 4.00 more an hour. holidays are 10.00 more an

  6. Practice Tracings

    HappyNurse2005 replied to nurse79's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I asked that question myself several weeks ago, maybe 2 months ago, and didn't get any good replies. if you find one, let me know! Glaringly obvious strips i can figure out, its the subtle ones that...

  7. What do I do? (long)

    HappyNurse2005 replied to ChrgRN's topic in General Nursing

    Why does it matter what the infracton is? She says it has nothing to do with patient care/safety? Maybe she's taking a nap on her break, (supposing someone is watching her patients) Maybe she's...

  8. Would becoming bilingual be useful in nursing?

    HappyNurse2005 replied to one2one's topic in General Nursing

    Depends how large your area is, how large the hispanic population in your area is, if you are in a large tourist area (may have spanish speaking tourists) I wish I knew more spanish than I did. I work...

  9. ACLS for Labor Nurses?

    HappyNurse2005 replied to RAIZIE's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I looked at the ALSO site, and found this quiz http://www.aafp.org/cgi-bin/quiz.pl?gid=1350&op=show_quiz you can take the 31 question, mult choice quiz, then have it scored. You can't see the...

  10. Do You Have Computerized Charting?

    HappyNurse2005 replied to All4Seasons's topic in General Nursing

    I work on labor and delivery, i've been there nearly a month. They have computer charting, and they didn't where I came from. I really like it. Our blood pressures/heart rate/pulse ox's are interfaced...

  11. Are you paid when you clock out, or end of shift?

    HappyNurse2005 replied to lovemylab's topic in General Nursing

    We're on the 7/8 split for time. If you work at least 8 minutes of a 15 minute time chunk, you get paid for the whole 15. So ifyou clock out at 1908, you get paid til 1915. But, if you clock out at...

  12. When does a multip become a grand multip?

    HappyNurse2005 posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Were discussing uterine rupture in my EFM class today, and how that would parlay on the EFM. Then were discussing the risks of uterine rupture, and having had many babies before was mentioned. THe...

  13. 16,000 deliveries a year? Really?

    HappyNurse2005 replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

    It was Parkland! Now I remember!! wow. I can't

  14. ACLS for Labor Nurses?

    HappyNurse2005 replied to RAIZIE's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I am both ACLS certified, and a labor & delivery nurse, but i came to L &D with the ACLS already, as a previous cardiac nurse. To work our OB PACU, you have to be ACLS, not everyone is, so...

  15. How far do you commute to work?

    HappyNurse2005 replied to flowerchick's topic in General Nursing

    3 miles. Due to several traffic lights, takes 10-12

  16. computer or paper charting? what program do you use?

    HappyNurse2005 posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    I am new to ob from cardiology. There, it was mostly paper charting, with the med charting on computer (mak) and of course, pyxis to withdraw meds/witness wastes, etc. all assessments, admission...

  17. How safe are IUD's?

    HappyNurse2005 replied to eng_nurse's topic in Ob/Gyn

    LOL, I could never get one b/c I can't stand the idea of something un-natural being in my uterus. It just sounds too strange to me. Tried Depo. It made me a fat, hormonal, witch. Got a RX for the...

  18. Would the hospital frown if I do this?

    HappyNurse2005 replied to new_mom2005's topic in General Nursing

    From what I hear, most L &D's aren't hiring LPN;s. I'm a new L&D nurse and was told that they don't hire LPN"s b/c if they need someone who is able to interpret and respond appropriately to...

  19. Medical orders for lidocaine for IV starts

    HappyNurse2005 replied to bosswheadache's topic in General Nursing

    It's a standing order for our labor patients, that we can use lidocaine for iv

  20. More adventures from a new L&D nurse.....(aka doctor free deliveries!)

    HappyNurse2005 posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Our first delivery of the day was quite the bloody forceps delivery. AFter baby was out, a huge gush of blood came shooting out onto the doctor. (3rd degree tear) Then, we sat her up in bed a bit...

  21. More adventures from a new L&D nurse.....(aka doctor free deliveries!)

    HappyNurse2005 replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Nothing is routine to me yet. I feel like a lost puppy a great deal of the time. I really like it, but some times i want to cry because i feel so lost and so out of it. Like I will never get the...

  22. no monitor tech?

    HappyNurse2005 replied to LanaBanana's topic in Cardiac

    A little story about no monitor techs. someone i know works on a monitored unit. Not a cardiology floor, but a monitored PCU, nonetheless. This person is a CNA. Was at the desk, where the monitor...

  23. Video cameras banned in L&D

    HappyNurse2005 replied to rph3664's topic in Ob/Gyn

    i think that in theory they aren't allowed during actual delivery, but think that might also depend on teh doc, b/c i remember a delivery being recorded the other day. This particular parent also...

  24. computer or paper charting? what program do you use?

    HappyNurse2005 replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

    us, too. i also forgot to mention that the doctors written orders and progress notes, etc are all written in a hard chart. they dont have computer order entry yet. the secretary still has to decipher...

  25. LDRP RN To BE!!

    HappyNurse2005 replied to 4bears's topic in Ob/Gyn

    how exciting! i too, got a job in L and D after working at my first job after graduation for 15 months. It's really exciting to finally move into what you want, isn't