iPink BSN, RN

When I first started as a GN, I worked PCU, which is a step-down ICU unit. I was there for 11 months and moved into Mother/Baby. I’ve now been here for 6 years. My 11 months on PCU prepared me for blood transfusions, electrolyte replacements, Postop ...

My hospital is "Baby Friendly" that means we don't offer supplementation unless mom brings it up and we've educated. We do encourage skin-to-skin, hand expression, and pumping and if mom is still having difficulties, we make sure we bring in lactatio...

I left PCU for M/B. I have been in M/B for almost 4 years and don't plan to ever go back to a critical care unit again. I honestly would be lost if I did. If you like the fast pace of an ER, then L&D would be your cup of tea. If you are intereste...

Never envious of my patients. In fact, I get to wake up whenever I want, lounge around all day and bing watch tv/movies the four days that I'm off from work. It's my family members who are envious when I tell them I'm off 4-5 days in a row and plan t...

I have been MIA from allnurses for a long time so I decided to start a topic...I just received my "nurses week" gift from my management team at the hospital were I work. Last year we got a pen and this year we got one of those tall aluminum bottles t...

It doesn't sound like hospital is an LRDP. How about transferring to PP and then when you think you're ready, maybe when the baby is older, you can go back to L&D?

When I decided to change my career about 6 years ago, I wanted to be an FNP and I was excited. After going through an Accelerated BSN program, I was starting to rethink that idea and about 90% of my classmates were discussing NP school in the near fu...

We do 4 couplets and people are leaving my unit. If I break down what we do for both mom and baby, for example chasing newborn blood sugars all night on top of PKUs/O2s, IV meds, Q4 vitals for pretermers, it is a LOT. And that's just focusing on the ...

Job stability and opportunity to move around in the field.

I have about 32 years before I can officially retire. The thought of spending that long in my current job as a mother/baby nurse makes me break out in hives, rocking back and forth on the floor in a corner - I would go insane. A lot of students come ...

I am a Postpartum nurse and my c/s moms take Toradol or Ofirmev prn with either their Dilaudid PCA or Fentanyl PCE for 24hrs postop. From POD 1-3 when their pumps are already d/c'd, they are switched to Percocet and Motrin. And they will take that fo...

A knife with the company logo on it I assume.

Congrats! I was a transfer from PCU to Postpartum and have been on my Postpartum unit for more than 3 years. I think your med/surg background will come in handy when having c/s patients. I don't have a book in mind to recommend. I just happen to have...

My facility started delayed bathing about a year ago and I would say there was some push back from nurses, not suprising with any change comes the initial lack of support and complaints. We delay baths from 6-24hrs, depending on parent's preference. ...

I work for a Women's Hospital, working on a Mother/Baby unit and it's not forbidden at all. A few of my visitors have friends or family visit them in their scrubs. I don't see an issue because employee entrances require the use of our badge. We badge...

Intersting to see what other facilities around the country order for SVDs vs C-secs. For mine these are the standard for each... SVD: Ibuprofen 800mg q6 or q8 prn; Oxy IR 5-10mg q4 prn; Acetaminophen 650mg q4 or q6 prn; Percocet 1-2T q6 prn. Dependin...

Hey Commuter, I've recently ( meaning about a couple of months) been very interested in going into case management. I'm completely over being a bedside nurse and I've only done this for a little over 3 years. So I was surprised to come across your ar...

One of the reasons myself and my collegues who came from stressful units left to be PP nurses was so we could leave that life behind and we have no desire to go back. I work for one of the largest women's hospitals in the country with about 15K birth...

Ha ha..I don't give my location but I do live in the SE. It's a pretty busy hospital as you can image.

You can say that again. And we aren't the largest.

I am a PP nurse at one of the top largest women's hospital in the nation with about 20,000 births a year. So everything is separated. Before going into OB, I worked critical care but the nurses in L&D had to quickly realize I absolutely know my s...

Flipping through the pages and haven't seen the OP post again....Probably left after their popcorn finished.

Definitely leave for the better hospital you've been holding out for. I agree to blame it all on the commute as it is a legitimate excuse and your safety is important. I work nights and glad I don't work that far away from my hospital. There are some...

Sending hugs your way as well. I, too, have lost a patient when I was about 6 months off orientation when I worked Stepdown ICU. It was devastating because I was just talking to her and the next minute she coded and was gone. It would often break my ...

I read through some of the comments and OP was given great advice. I especially agree that after OP actually receives a full two weeks paycheck and sees how much money they take home, you will get a sense of what is left when student loans and other ...