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blackribbon

Med/Surg, Gyn, Pospartum & Psych

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  1. Staffing and Unions: Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak

    blackribbon replied to Melissa Mills's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    The residents at the same hospital are discussing unionizing. I suppose they are "trades people" too. I will agree that we are treated like we are trades people. Sad, considering my other degree...

  2. Staffing and Unions: Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak

    blackribbon replied to Melissa Mills's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    I am theoretically anti-union, especially for professionals. However, as staff nurses we have no say in our working conditions like other professionals. I am very pro-contract so that we can have...

  3. Why do recruiters do this?

    blackribbon replied to jodispamodi's topic in General Nursing

    I have missed the call in response to an application. I called back in less than an hour only to be told she wasn't there. Called the next day and was told that it wasn't the right day for my...

  4. Magnesium Sulfate Question

    blackribbon replied to SarahHarmony's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Mag is stopped for the birth. Mag is restarted after the birth and run for 24 hours after the birth. Most my postpartum mag patients are allowed ice. Some are allowed clears. And a few are allowed...

  5. Don't clean up patient after a code

    blackribbon replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I went into nursing after my husband died (of cancer) in my arms. I have many widow/widower friends. We live the rest of our lives with the last image of our loved one. The funeral doesn't count...

  6. L&D Nurse After Stillbirth

    blackribbon replied to Swimming-duck's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I am a gyn/med/surg nurse cross-trained to care for postpartum patients. Besides floating to the postpartum unit, we often get the overflow PP patients, the NICU moms, and other special cases so they...

  7. 3 Couplets, too much?

    blackribbon replied to xoxJanexoxDoexox's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We usually start with 3 couplets and get an admission so we have 4 couplets by the end of the shift. We do not attend the delivery but if the L&D is busy can get the couplet one hour after birth...

  8. What goes on in an ED?

    blackribbon replied to BlueBoxSearcher's topic in Emergency

    I had a patient who was given an enema in the ED before being sent to the

  9. Seriously?!?! You gotta be kidding me!

    blackribbon replied to ~Mi Vida Loca~RN's topic in General Nursing

    Morbidly obese patient...very morbidly obese. Pt admitted for cellulitis in her legs. She also had a known hernia that wasn't being address on this visit. I found her in tears because she was...

  10. Is it customary where you work to recheck BPs manually?

    blackribbon replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    If we get an abnormal BP that isn't expected, the NA calls us and takes another one 30 minutes later (assuming we aren't talking about critical levels). If they are critically high, then I grab my...

  11. Brave or just stupid?

    blackribbon replied to Polly Peptide's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Just a comment... I am "only" a ADN at this time because this is a second career and my husband died so I needed the fastest way to get to work earning money to raise my kids alone. I did already...

  12. Why do patients.....?

    blackribbon replied to ArrowRN's topic in Nursing Humor

    I hate when I go through the whole list of meds....verify that they aren't refusing anything and they are okay with the meds before I open them..and after I give them the cup of meds, they start...

  13. Should I take Developmental Psychology online or in class?

    blackribbon replied to CedarGirl10's topic in General Students

    It depends on how comfortable you are with the topic. FYI: I have hated every psychology class I had to take and loved psych nursing class as well have some actual psych nursing experience. They...

  14. Shoes, uniforms, shower after clinical?

    blackribbon replied to Barmherzigkeit's topic in General Students

    In nursing school, I undressed in front of the washing machine and left my shoes by the door. I don't do that as a nurse now but isolations precautions and universal precautions come as part of my...

  15. Has anyone been kicked out of nursing school after the FIRST semester?

    blackribbon replied to cn4207's topic in General Students

    Well, if you are taking two classes the first semester (pharm & fundamentals of nursing) and get C++ or less in both, you have effectively failed twice and are out of our program. We got one...

  16. Is nursing REALLY that difficult?

    blackribbon replied to lilythorburn's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Can I add, that "adrenaline rush" that you seem to seek won't turn off anymore on its own so I am anti-anxiety and depression meds to be able to go to work. I love what I do but I realize it isn't...

  17. Is nursing REALLY that difficult?

    blackribbon replied to lilythorburn's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I would love 4 days off...however, the day after working is all about recovering, it isn't really "a day off"...and if your shift is split like ours usually are (not 3 days in a row) then often 2 of...

  18. Nursing school questions about having a "disability"

    blackribbon replied to AlexandraTurner10111's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    The incubators and warmers that may need to be moved in NICU are definitely heavier than 10 lbs. A standard E cylinder of oxygen probably weighs more than 10lbs full (it is 8lbs empty). And LGA...

  19. Need advice--possibly failing orientation

    blackribbon replied to Semper_Gumby's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I think that you belong at a small hospital or in a different type of specialty. People are often given an extra week on orientation but it does not sound like you were ready to safely work...

  20. Handling an issue at work

    blackribbon replied to Sarah2018's topic in General Nursing

    The best way to handle this is to be a good nurse. Stop focusing on him and focus on your patient care and patients. He has the right to observe and if he was observing me, I'd simply introduce him...

  21. Long Term Care Nursing is Lame

    blackribbon replied to purplegal's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Okay...I don't work in one of the highly specialize areas but I do work med/surg with a huge variety of patients. I see the result of good and poor LTC nursing by the condition of the patients when...

  22. Best MD note

    blackribbon replied to beckster_01's topic in Nursing Humor

    My favorite discharge order was not a funny one but a compassionate one. The hospital was in a very poor neighborhood with a lot of homeless people. The patient was homeless and determined that it...

  23. Orders from hell...

    blackribbon replied to Leonardo Del Toro's topic in General Nursing

    Not a order, but after a friend of mine called the surgeon who placed a stent in her patient went home without talking to the patient and the patient was freaking out because she had blood in her leg...

  24. Orders from hell...

    blackribbon replied to Leonardo Del Toro's topic in General Nursing

    Co-Ed Behavioral Health Unit. All patients were involuntary admits. Two patients were found having sex in a room on rounding (early 20 year olds)....glad I wasn't working that shift. MD orders were...

  25. What does your nursing career repair bill say about you?

    blackribbon replied to Beldar_the_Cenobite's topic in General Nursing

    Honestly, I would have told myself to explore other options and find a job that had paid vacations (not PTOs that you had earn), guaranteed schedule (didn't call off at the last minute for low...