mombabyRN96

mombabyRN96

med/surg; floatpool, mom/baby, nursery

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  1. Nurse Calling In Scripts to Pharmacy Illegally

    I would notify the MD whose name she is using....I sure bet he doesn't know how out of control this person
  2. Sigh...the dreaded day...advice needed

    I didn't even know you could get into NP school without some experience working as a nurse
  3. SICK of BSN Pedestal

    I find this disturbing since I live in America where the language spoken is
  4. Funniest Things Doctors say!

    As we are a very close group of girls who work well together, I walk into the nursery one evening and say, "what's up ******!" I then step a little closer and see a MD sitting around the corner...
  5. Written up for something beyond my control

    We had a 50 year old that our gyn doc admitted the night prior to surgery for a TAH because "she couldnt be trusted to stay NPO after midnight." He ordered a betadine douche to be given at HS. The...
  6. On call requirements

    We now have to pick up 30 hours of on-call requirements every 4 weeks! I was wondering if other people have this crazy requirement. We are short staffed so we know that when we are on call that we...
  7. What do you say during a job interview when you are asked why you are looking for a new job? For me, i just want to go from a "for profit" facility to a "not for profit" facility. Is that a good...
  8. COULDN'T AGREE
  9. Written up for something beyond my control

    It was a TAH, and the doc that wrote the order was not on call that night so the nurse practitioner that was on delivering babies that night does not give orders on GYN pts.. I was the charge nurse...
  10. Written up for something beyond my control

    Our pharmacists do not come back in after they close. I got the bottle at 8 pm and i told them it wouldnt work...they said that was all they could give
  11. On call requirements

    I understand having to take call but maybe a 4 or 8 hour shift a month, but they are using an on call person who already works full time and filling in scheduling holes and not hiring more
  12. Could really use some calming down right now

    I would not take it personally, but welcome any orientation i could get! Sounds like you are doing
  13. Postpartum maladjustment...moral support, anyone?

    Holy crap! That is crazy!!!! You should have 3 couplets at the very most 4! NO TECH? Thats like 10-12 pts! We have to chart, weigh babies, do pku's, get c-sections up, meds, teaching, breastfeeding...
  14. Help a new grad here!

    what you are experiencing is not uncommon. You will get the hang of it. Everything is brand new and please do not be so hard on yourself. 7 days is not long enough for a new graduate. hang in...
  15. Nursing sucks

    i don't know where your from but I don't make $50k a year to start much less after 17
  16. Nursing sucks

    I am also tired of begging for adequate staff! They staff based on numbers and not acuity. I'm tired of being a nurse, secretary, tech, respiratory and whatever else all at the same time while still...
  17. Nursing sucks

    while i appreciate my CNAs, housekeepers, and food service people, I am still responsible for several human lives during the course of my shift and they are
  18. Mother Baby RN

    It is very exciting most of the time! It is a lot of teaching. We have a lot of teen moms, drug addicts, and sad social situations as well. We take care of mom and baby usually up to four couplets....
  19. The Know-It-All nurse

    holy crap! that IS
  20. Pts paying for night nursery care??

    It has been said that our hospital will start offering our moms night nursery care for their babies but they will have to PAY EXTRA!!?? Does anyone else find this extremely insulting? If I was told...
  21. Pts paying for night nursery care??

    Actually, we don't have a nursery now so it is mandatory that everyone keeps their baby. I am all for it actually. However, I do not want to be stuck in the position where I have to tell people who...
  22. Pts paying for night nursery care??

    This is for overnight nursery care and is payable upfront, not billed to insurance. They are just trying to make a buck and they said so. I don't see how they can get by with this since the nursery...
  23. This made me mad when I saw it.

    WOW!! I am
  24. Pts paying for night nursery care??

    They have always "roomed-in" as we don't have a nursery. Here is the kicker folks....they have to pay upfront for this service!! No billing to
  25. Pts paying for night nursery care??

    That would make me feel like an overpaid childcare provider...both mom and baby are my patients and we have a nursery nurse so nobody is being overwhelmed if they have babies overnight in the...