mom2michael

mom2michael MSN, RN, NP

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  1. Where to go after ER Nursing?

    mom2michael replied to S.T.A.C.E.Y's topic in Emergency

    I went to a small OB unit where we do it all from PP to nursery to L&D. It's a great balance for me - still have those emergent situations but not non

  2. Med/Surg vs. Specialties for new nurses

    mom2michael replied to EvaLuna's topic in General Nursing

    M/S is a speciality. So are NICU and OR. They are vastly different. Each one is going to hold a different type of learning curve regardless of the experience you have. Pick the job that your...

  3. Hurricane coming: evacuate or stay and work?

    mom2michael replied to FroggyMama's topic in General Nursing

    All natural disasters, whether they are hurricanes, tornados or what have you are serious to those involved. I don't think it's a fair judgement to make that Katrina was any less of a storm or...

  4. How do you do your call schedule

    mom2michael replied to mugwump's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We are on call 12 hours per week - days are designated by need and/or schedule and is done by our scheduling person. We are paid $3.00 now (recent raise) to be on call - 1.5x when called in (plus...

  5. Midwife jobs nationwide

    mom2michael replied to newmidwifehopeful's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    http://www.midwife.org is the ACNM website - the tab on the right of the page will take you to jobs. There are links on that page to search the database for other ANP jobs. Most do not list salary in...

  6. LPN or RN?

    mom2michael replied to new_mom2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We do not use LPN's our our L&D department, only RN's. Our scrub techs for our c-sections are just that - scrub techs. LPN's are actually a very underutilized position pretty much everywhere in...

  7. New job opening in nursery... should I go for it?

    mom2michael replied to NurseCard's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I love the nursery so I say go for it. I love the patient teaching with the parents, I love the babies. The work (at least in our nursery) is very tedious though and we chart, and we chart and then...

  8. Interview for Frontier tomorrow!

    mom2michael replied to Smark35's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    No tips, just want to wish you all the luck!!!! You'll do great Keeping my fingers crossed just for you tomorrow!!! :anpom: (Couldn't find an appropriate smiley - hope this one

  9. How many L&D nurses rupture membranes or insert IUPC's?

    mom2michael replied to Salgal08's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Haven't done the research yet but I do believe it's outside my scope to do an AROM in the state where I work. We do routinely do the FSE after you are comfortable with vag exams and have been checked...

  10. Writing on Fetal Monitor strips

    mom2michael replied to teriadn2004's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We have computerized charting (along with a a paper strip) and we keep it all for 21 years. I keep being told to not document on the paper strip (ever) and to only document via computer. My guess is...

  11. Number of procedures scheduled per day?

    mom2michael replied to L&Doldtimer's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We can have 3 plus a carry over on our books and we schedule according to that. Like next week we know we have scheduled twins coming it so we've scheduled accordingly. An example might be a: 0500,...

  12. Hospital Issued Scrubs vs. Personal Scrubs

    mom2michael replied to Hollywood/rn's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We use hospital scrubs, not only for the sections but also as a safety and security thing for the moms/babies. Our scrubs say "Family Birth Place" on the tops/bottoms, they are all the same color...

  13. Does this sound like "a little much" to you??

    mom2michael replied to PICNICRN's topic in General Nursing

    Yup, we got 'em and they are on the chart and it's just another sheet of endless paperwork to fill out at the end of each shift. And they are not part of the medical record either - so they just get...

  14. Against vaccines:

    mom2michael replied to Gavsmom's topic in General Nursing

    I respect your decision to not vaccinate yourself because that is YOUR personal choice. To each is their own. However, when you go into nursing or any other direct patient contact field YOUR...

  15. A few CNM questions

    mom2michael replied to Smark35's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    I've researched this great topic of distance CNM schools until my computer is about to explode. I keep coming back to Frontier for so many reasons. I hope to start in the next year....if I get...

  16. new grads entering L&D

    mom2michael replied to stelarRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We are a closed OB unit were we do it all, L&D, PP and nursery. Our unit manager had to finally say no to new grads this last year and is now requiring at least 1 year of experience as a RN. We...

  17. Floating or closed unit?

    mom2michael replied to Wyo Nurse's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We have a min. staffing guideline regardless of how many patients we have, we staff even if we are at zero. We are also a closed unit and we don't float outside our unit. We do however still...

  18. Who assigns APGARs?

    mom2michael replied to ruralnurs's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Whoever receives the baby from the delivery assigns our APGAR's. As long as I can justify my APGAR's, I don't much care what the doctors or other RN's say. I work with some RN's that will actually...

  19. A little nervous!

    mom2michael replied to cherokeesummer's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I know you are nervous but some of the best RN's I got assigned to in NS were newer nurses. I connected so much better with them, they were far more patient with my endless questions and they...

  20. How do I start? And more questions...

    mom2michael replied to Naztari's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    According to the website, it was copyrighted in 1999

  21. What has to happen before circ at your place?

    mom2michael replied to Elvish's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We are spoiled by our peds docs.... They round on the baby, they make sure baby has peed at least once, they talk to the parents and they get the consent signed. We have information sheets that go...

  22. Yelled At During A C-Section (Among Other Things)

    mom2michael replied to RN1981's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I was an ER nurse prior to coming to OB. I've seen emergency situation one right after another and we (meaning co-workers, doctors, etc) never really got upset. I've only witnessed one almost...

  23. Tncc

    mom2michael replied to crb613's topic in Emergency

    My TNCC class was great. It wasn't hard at all and we had awesome instructors who loved to teach. Our stations were long and somewhat daunting and they expected us to follow the algorithm pretty...

  24. Full time work, full time school, or both?

    mom2michael replied to Goozgog's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    I went from the ER to L&D to get some of that so called experience before applying to Frontier (though it's not required) just so I would at least know I got the experience. I don't regret it....

  25. L&D floor nurse to CNM....Am I ruining my faith in women?

    mom2michael replied to phillies33's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    For ME, I had to experience all the sides of L&D before I knew for sure that the CNM route was going to be right for me. Plus I'm years away from being a CNM for multitudes of reasons, why not...