wsiab

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1. Dealing with doctors.....

   wsiab replied to fourbirds4me's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Gotta love those "macrosomic" 6-7

2. triage

   wsiab replied to acuteobrn's topic in Ob/Gyn

   We have an 8 bed triage unit staffed with 2 nurses. It works great, the goal is to get an NST and assessment in 20-30 minutes. Women that get sent home are usually there from under 1 hour to 3...

3. Holiday schedule....

   wsiab replied to deespoohbear's topic in General Nursing

   Holidays off....That's funny. We are required to get christmas or new years off, based on seniority. If your holiday off does not fall on one of your regularly scheduled days off, then you get signed...

4. Is Physics the most difficult class?

   wsiab replied to RENAISSANCE RN's topic in General Students

   Definitely not. I took physics as an elective because I loved it in highschool, very fun class, challenging and stimulating but definitely not the most difficult course I took... It just requires...

5. Dropout rates?

   wsiab replied to dianacs's topic in General Students

   We started with 36, lost 5 over three years (only one actually left the program, the others did not pass a class and wound up a semester or two behind us), we gained two from the semester ahead of us...

6. letters of recommendation samples?

   wsiab replied to kats's topic in General Students

   Our registrar's office had a form for requesting letters of recommendation that I found useful. On the form you put the reason you were requesting the letter, your GPA, organizations you belong to,...

7. ob superstitions

   wsiab replied to moz's topic in Ob/Gyn

   You have a patient that wants everything natural...Charge Nurse calls you and asks if you are going to need the anesthesiologis soon because a)he or she is going to bed or b) "we are looking at...

8. Help with SVE's

   wsiab replied to ShannonB25's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Hi Shannon, I don't know if you finished your program yet, but you could talk to the person handling your training program and see what the unit has to train with. We have those plastic dilation...

9. BUN/Crt Ratio??

   wsiab replied to trishfish's topic in General Students

   Try looking at the patient's diet (specifically protien intake), BUN can be increased by a high protien (meats)

10. Needle phobia

    wsiab replied to KristaB's topic in General Students

    When it comes down to poking eachother, you are usually at a point where you know your classmates very well. There is the expectation that if you are going to learn on someone else that you will...

11. bricklayer's accident report - very funny!

    wsiab replied to randomnamees's topic in Nursing Humor

    Bricklayer's Lament by the Cory

12. Orientation time in Labor and Delivery

    wsiab replied to ShannonB25's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I agree with Heather and Caroleann. I am just finishing up a three month L&D training program (including circulation for sections, and mom/baby recovery)and that seems to be the norm. We had a...

13. New Grad Rates for RN's

    wsiab replied to JMP's topic in General Nursing

    San Francisco Bay Area, California. $24-$28 plus

14. Are summer classes worth it?

    wsiab replied to teresab_2000's topic in General Nursing

    A&P can be difficult, but I do agree that if you are doing well in A&PI you could probably handle A&PII over the summer. We seperated A&P, I took anatomy over the summer (5 units in 6...

15. OB drug book???

    wsiab replied to brooklynn's topic in General Nursing

    We had to do the same thing for our rotation, our instructor provided us with a list of common OB meds to make cards for (it wasn't very long, maybe 20-30 meds). The meds can be found in you standard...