Suebee6

Suebee6

4 years peds, 7 years L and D

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  1. sterile vag exams

    Yes it does come with time! But it is very subjective, and you will even learn which docs check "big" or right on compared to you. I usually say "she is my 3" when I give report. I still dont think I...
  2. L&D as a separate unit.

    We deliver about 3500 a year. Our L and D is separate from post partum. L and D does not do PP at all, and visa versa. (I am L and D) We do our sections (circulate) and recover them. We have OB techs...
  3. CNA in L&D

    We have OB techs in our L and D department (we are strictly L and D, no PP) they scrub for sections, set up vag delivery tables, attend vag deliveries and assist docs and us (hand them sutures, bring...
  4. no more debt please

    Tenet owns
  5. Help

    OK..pmd you! SIx kids are great BTW, 5 boys 1 girl, ages
  6. Help

    Come work with me as an OB tech;) I was thinking in a lab you would have to have a license as a lab technician???? I did not have any trouble getting into school, got in the first try. Took me a year...
  7. Help

    I got the job at Children's after I was in nursing school already, I think that fact helped a lot. Before that I did odd jobs to make some money and survived on loans. I had to take a few pre reqs...
  8. buretrol for magnesium?

    We have pre-mixed bolus bags and pre mixed maintenance bags, we used to have the 40 g in 1000 bags but now we have 20 in 500 bags. Our bolus bags are 4 grams in 100
  9. no more debt please

    Brookwood does pay back your loans, if you are a full time employee they pay up to $400 a month. I am only part time there so I can't take advantge
  10. Help

    HI there. You sound so similar to me...several years ago. I had a BS in Biology and went back to get a BSN at UAB, also had to work. I did not work full time, I worked at Childrens as a CA (nursing...
  11. Nuchal cord x4!

    Peg..beautiful story..what a great son you have raised too! I had one last week, a repeat section with no problems or variables on the strip (no contractions either) have a nuchal x 2 and 3 true...
  12. nurse to patient ratio in labor halls

    We do one on one with active labor patients still. :cheers: In L and D for the watchers...we do 2 to 1. On our perinatal unit...our ratio is no more than 4 patients to 1
  13. Specialty Pay for Ob Nurses

    nope..none
  14. Size of Angiocath for IV

    L and D nurse here, we routinely use an 18 gauge as well. Ours is green, our 20 is