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  1. Pt Threats and Name Badges (again)

    fergus51 replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    That's a false dichotomy (the notion that you're at risk of being stalked if you use your full name and aren't if you don't). I am alive/unstalked/unraped and use my last name with each patient I...

  2. unsafe staffing in LDRP

    fergus51 replied to eden's topic in Ob/Gyn

    5 nurses.... 4 active labors takes 2 nurses getting 2 of the active patients each. 12 postpartum couplets takes 3 nurses getting 4 couplets each. The charge is still free to help with the active...

  3. Night Shift Part-Time - Do you switch sleeping patterns back and forth?

    fergus51 replied to GratefulHeart's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I work full time nights and switch to a daytime schedule on my days off. I try to work 3 in a row and after my third I sleep till around 3pm, get up then go back to bed around midnight so I am back on...

  4. Not brain-dead, but ripe for transplant

    fergus51 replied to gwenith's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    OK. I guess it still wouldn't bother me much if we know the heart isn't going to start again (as in the patient is a DNR removed from the vent or something). I don't know anyone who has spontaneously...

  5. Hoowee....nothing like boiling hot weather and low pressure fronts...

    fergus51 replied to BittyBabyGrower's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I'd happily take some of that. We've been floating to newborn nursery since I started my last contract. I've worked more shifts there than in the actual

  6. Not brain-dead, but ripe for transplant

    fergus51 replied to gwenith's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    I don't see the problem. If your heart isn't beating and isn't going to start again, aren't you dead? I wouldn't have a problem with them taking my organs after that

  7. Do we HAVE to address docs by "Dr.--"

    fergus51 replied to kmokay's topic in General Nursing

    I address them however they wish to be addressed and insist they address me with the same level of formality. I wouldn't let "Dr. X" call me by my first name, but I'll let "Steve". I always use "Dr."...

  8. When do you open up your Pitocin?

    fergus51 replied to ragingmomster's topic in Ob/Gyn

    This is what I always did in Canada too (after delivery of the shoulder) if they had pit in the IV. I was surprised that hospitals in the US waited as long as they did. Patients without IVs were given...

  9. midwife or MD?

    fergus51 replied to Jayla's topic in Ob/Gyn

    DO: Doctor of osteopathy (all physicians are either MDs or DOs, we call them both doctor). I have had so many amazing experiences with UK/Irish midwives that they would be my first choice rather than...

  10. Pt Threats and Name Badges (again)

    fergus51 replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    i am completely in favor of keeping employees safe. like i said, i just don't think omitting your last name does it. at all. it is already easy for someone you meet at work to get your personal...

  11. Pt Threats and Name Badges (again)

    fergus51 replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    Meerkat, I don't think you're overeacting or crazy to be concerned about your safety or that of your family. I just don't think the last name withholding does anything for that. I hope this man is...

  12. Pt Threats and Name Badges (again)

    fergus51 replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    I think the last name thing is just something we focus on that doesn't really mean much. If he really wants to rape you, he knows where you work. He just has to wait and follow you. I've always had my...

  13. Bellflower Medical Center, California...?

    fergus51 replied to vermountindia's topic in California Nursing

    I've heard good things from NICU nurses who work

  14. NICU course

    fergus51 replied to rnaffah's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I took courses through BCIT in Canada. I believe the website is http://www.bcit.ca and if you look under distance learning, you should be able to find specialty nursing courses (neonatal, perinatal,...

  15. pacifiers and preemies

    fergus51 replied to RN4BABES's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I had that problem in Ontario as well. I would just explain that premies and term babies are very different. Premies don't get nipple confusion (most of them aren't feeding by mouth!). They need it...

  16. Where to live in Vancouver!

    fergus51 replied to ghostcat's topic in International Nursing

    I lived in New Westminster and Burnaby and liked both. I've never lived in

  17. At what gestation would YOU want YOUR baby saved?

    fergus51 replied to StacyC417's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I'm glad you pointed that out Gompers. I hear about a lot of 24 weekers who weighed 2-3 lbs at birth. I'm always a little suspicious, but glad they did well regardless of

  18. Healthcare System

    fergus51 replied to DolphinRN84's topic in International Nursing

    Boom towns always have this problem unfortunately. The health system just can't keep

  19. Time outs for C sections

    fergus51 replied to Suebee6's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We do the "Mrs. Smith is here for a c-section with Dr. X. Are we all in agreement?" We don't start until everyone (including the patient) says

  20. Sleeping on the job..acceptable or not?

    fergus51 replied to travelnurse63's topic in General Nursing

    I work night shift and don't nap. But, I prefer working with the nappers than the smokers. Those girls are ALWAYS on break some nights. Oh, and even though I don't nap, I rarely miss my breaks. I...

  21. Almost 80 working RN on med/surg??!!

    fergus51 replied to lisa41rn's topic in General Nursing

    I think that's the problem: age was mentioned. Ask yourself what you'd do if she was 30, and do that. Problem

  22. Healthcare System

    fergus51 replied to DolphinRN84's topic in International Nursing

    Taxes depend on where you live, just like in the US. FOr me, my take home pay is the same percentage in California as it was in Ontario. Fiona, I didn't think most provinces covered

  23. Almost 80 working RN on med/surg??!!

    fergus51 replied to lisa41rn's topic in General Nursing

    I fall all the time and I'm in my late 20s. I would be mad if you ratted me out to the supervisor and I had to go through the pain in the butt employee health makes

  24. To suspend or not

    fergus51 replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    I work mainly union jobs. The only nurse I have ever seen suspended should have been fired IMO, but thanks to the union protections she's still there. I'll tell ya all about it in a pm if you want:) I...

  25. Sleeping on the job..acceptable or not?

    fergus51 replied to travelnurse63's topic in General Nursing

    Why a quote but no response? I stand by the quote though. What a nurse does on her breaktime is her business. This isn't meant as an insult to you. Do you really care what I do on my breaktime? (no, I...