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Hi there, I'm currently precepting in my senior semester at a large teaching hospital and since we don't have electronic charting yet I'm learning to read those funky but useful stick diagrams that are used to organize lab results. I've come across ...

Hi, I've been stuck on this question all day after my instructor got our brains churning during clinical this morning. He said that besides insulin, potassium is also sometimes given to lower serum glucose and my questions are: why is it given and ...

Hi there, I needed some help understanding what utilization review RNs actually do, what the job is like, what's it like on the pay scale continuum, etc. Thanks so much!

Hi, I'm pursuing an 18-month honors BSN program at my university where local hospitals 'sponsor' students' tuition in agreement for a 2-year work contract following program completion. We have been given the opportunity to choose preferences for thes...

Hi there, I'm seriously considering PH nursing and I had a question for those of you already in it. If and when you check on antepartum patients do you usually see them in their homes or in clinics? If you see them in their homes do you use one of ...

hi there , i've been searching through this forum about civilian nursing and what not and have had limited success. i've also gotten in touch with some army nursing recruitment contacts and they've referred me to various websites. again, there is a...

HI there, I'm sorta new to OB nursing but I've been reading up again in my school textbook. I'd just like to ask all of you whe practice in this clinical setting about PP hemorrhage during the hospital stay (I guess that's considered EARLY pp hemor...

Hi there, Thank goodness for these specialty forums. I've had almost 3 weeks of orientation for a postpartum floor I am working on. Granted, I've learned a lot but since I'm a new grad I'm still learning how to deal with the fusion of obstetric and ...

Hi there, Any PP nurses who know medical spanish or who are spanish-speaking, would you be able to help me out here? Or direct me to somewhere on the web... Just started out in a PP unit and I'd like to be able to get some better Spanish skills on b...

I can't remember if I said thank you already but all the spanish phrases thrown in by everyone have been very helpful. Muchas gracias!

Wow, I really appreciate all the helpful posts (including the humorous ones). Thanks everyone. I've got my work cut out for me .

Thanks shortstuff. The descriptions really helped me to visualize things a bit more. Question: when you say the pt trickled blood for awhile, what exactly do you mean? That is, what exactly are you seeing when you examine the pt? This is one thi...

I have to say I very much concur with this. Had I known how difficult the real world of nursing is I know I might have rethought my choice for this career. I'm totally a new grad as well and dealing with one of the most difficult things I've had to...

Wow, thank you both for the helpful information/answers. Actually, I know from theory that PP hemorrhage can be insidious but I wanted to hear from more seasoned nurses. Wow, I'm still processing all that--especially what this means for new nurses ...

SmilingBluEyes--thanks for telling it like it is although it makes me more frightened now since I'm a new grad possibly entering a PP floor. Our nurse recruiter suggested this for me since I couldn't handle the stepdown floor of our large teaching h...

Thanks for the comment, Mirasol. What you said makes sense and yes, I'll have to investigate further the issue of expressing clots.

Hi there, I wish I could say I retained more from my OB classes/rotation in nursing school (just a year ago) but I'm a bit rusty. I might be getting a PP job soon so I've been trying to polish up some of my theory. I was rereading my OB textbook and...

Thank you for the great explanation. What kind of nursing does one have to do to get into such a position? Do they require other types of experience as well?

Hi there, I'm a new grad, been orienting in a stepdown floor for about 3 months and realized that it just wasn't for me. I'm now trying to transfer to a less acute unit in my hospital but things are still in the air as there are no guarantees. Any...

I really appreciate all the comments/advice so far. rose61, I think you described a lot of what I'm feeling so far. I am indeed frightened and I think my biggest fear is not catching something when a patient starts deteriorating on me, especially wi...

Hi there, It seems to me that to get anywhere in nursing you have to pay your dues (obviously) and get some experience down. From what I understand that usually means some acute care experience to land a job in a clinic maybe a year later at the ear...

Thanks for all the info KatRNBSN. dria: What is "PDN" and "HHC"?

Hi there, I already posted on this forum previously but I wanted to post again. Honestly, I've been reading a lot of posts here and very much relate to the experiences of new grad RNs. I've been orienting on my unit for about 2.5 months (didactic an...

I appreciate all the input and comments. I still struggle with my choice for nursing but again, maybe I'm just letting my anxiety control me. Nevertheless, sometimes it's hard to know if your gut feelings are talking to you or circumstantial stress...

Thanks for the input KatRN, BSN. I plan to stick out my orientation which is about a week away from finishing up and that's with an extra week added on since the nurse educators felt I needed it. I told them I was "stressed" and they said it's norm...