babyktchr BSN, RN

Nurse Manager, Labor and Delivery

Member

  • Content

    850

  • Visitors

    10,344

  • Followers

    0

  • Likes

    7

All Content by babyktchr

  1. babyktchr

    Week 11 of orientation... Lack of confidence :(

    babyktchr replied to KJRNBSN29's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Unfortunately, you are not alone. It makes me sad that your clinical management/educators came at you like they did. Perhaps the better question would have been HOW CAN WE HELP YOU SUCCEED?? It's...
  2. babyktchr

    Laboring Morbidly Obese Women

    babyktchr replied to Davida67's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Unfortunately this is going to be a norm or us and will continue to be problematic as acog stacks more and more "Guidelines for induction" onto the already monstrous list. Most morbidly obese women...
  3. babyktchr

    Certificates, CE, training classes to up my chances of a job?

    babyktchr replied to tsm007's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Wow. There was no intention on my part in implying that you were naive. I was just giving you and opinion based on my managment style. When looking at a resume of an experienced nurse, a list of...
  4. babyktchr

    Certificates, CE, training classes to up my chances of a job?

    babyktchr replied to tsm007's topic in Ob/Gyn

    here's the thing about certifications and such for a newbie. as a hiring manager, i wouldn't hire you over someone else if you had all that stuff if i didn't believe you could do the job. i would...
  5. babyktchr

    On-line advanced EFM course & test?

    babyktchr replied to acaciasmom's topic in Ob/Gyn

    awhonn has online competency assessments. there is no online intermediate or advanced
  6. babyktchr

    Certification before applying for L&D?

    babyktchr replied to SnowbirdRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I would not expect you to have any kind of certifications if I were interviewing you.. I am looking for someone who can think and act on the fly, stay calm when all you want to do is run and realize...
  7. babyktchr

    Ob call requirements

    babyktchr replied to TessLHRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I said that because I have 12 LDR beds and have 200+ deliveries a month. Seems to me that your core goal is a good thing. You need to hire to meet that instead of all that overtime. Thats a budget...
  8. babyktchr

    Ob call requirements

    babyktchr replied to TessLHRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Hmmm. You have a lot of space for your deliveries/month. Why is that? Are your labor nurses and M/B nurses crosstrained to both units and can flip flop as needed? Do you have call for a just in...
  9. babyktchr

    Terbutaline protocol

    babyktchr replied to OBERrural's topic in Ob/Gyn

    we don't use it. the MFM gods took it
  10. babyktchr

    New Grad Interviewing in L&D! Tips & Suggestions...please help!!!

    babyktchr replied to RedNavy's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Congratulations. I am not a by the book interviewer, so I don't know if my advice will be helpful or not. EVERYONE comes in and says OB is their dream job. Unless you have worked OB before, or have...
  11. babyktchr

    Please tell me they are not all like this...

    babyktchr replied to SwampCat's topic in Ob/Gyn

    oh, I forgot. The OB or CNM is the provider. Its their job to do lady partsl exams. In the absence of the provider, the nurse CAN examine the patient. Certainly nursing doesn't 'let' them do the...
  12. babyktchr

    Please tell me they are not all like this...

    babyktchr replied to SwampCat's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I am sitting here struggling to collect my thoughts enough to repsond to this rationally and intelligently. Ok. So, here goes... What you describe is probably every "born to be a labor nurse" nurse...
  13. babyktchr

    New rule- must call MD before doing anything. How about at your hospital.

    babyktchr replied to OBERrural's topic in Ob/Gyn

    what preciptatied this? was there an
  14. babyktchr

    EEK what would you do?

    babyktchr replied to stashia's topic in Ob/Gyn

    i find it interesting that she sought you out despite the fact you had nothing to do with her care. why you? direct her to hospital compliance, or administration, or joint
  15. babyktchr

    Introduction to fetal heart monitoring course. Resume

    babyktchr replied to babaloo's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I would write completed AWHONN introduction to fetal monitoring. AWHONN has an intermediate course and an advanced course. You really want to distinguish which you completed, at least that is what...
  16. babyktchr

    Advice

    babyktchr replied to Lizzie21's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Be patient. If you can, wait it out. There are some that do take chances on hiring newbies to OB. Really, there are. There are priorities (in all parts of life) and sometimes hiring experience is...
  17. babyktchr

    How to cope when you had a bad delivery

    babyktchr replied to winter_green's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Bad deliveries happen. That is a fact. Everything in life has its ups and downs, and you certainly don't give up on that. Its is completely normal to have doubts, questions, and mind numbing fear...
  18. babyktchr

    Repeated Tries x 5 to Enter L/D field--Still applying Suggestions

    babyktchr replied to SINGMAGGIE-RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I know it is frustrating. I tell you this. I just interviewed two people within the last 2 weeks. One had gobs of experience and the other just out of orientation in LDRP at another facility. If I...
  19. babyktchr

    Best way to become a CNM?

    babyktchr replied to miri17k's topic in Ob/Gyn

    You will need your masters degree in order to become CNM. BSN then masters is the way to
  20. babyktchr

    Negative Feedback from GN Interview - HELP!!!

    babyktchr replied to jtnurse13's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Thanks!! If I could hire a lot of nurses from this forum, I would have the perfect
  21. babyktchr

    Negative Feedback from GN Interview - HELP!!!

    babyktchr replied to jtnurse13's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    While everyone has a different interview style, I think that we all try to get at the root of the issue. As a hiring manager, I don't always ask the most conventional questions because I am looking...
  22. babyktchr

    L&D nurses - different viewpoints on birth

    babyktchr replied to KMLSanDiego's topic in Ob/Gyn

    you go
  23. babyktchr

    L&D nurses - different viewpoints on birth

    babyktchr replied to KMLSanDiego's topic in Ob/Gyn

    and honestly the medical community is unfortunately governed by the law community. you can't turn a channel on the tv now without hearing the HAVE YOU HAD A HEADACHE AND TAKEN TYLENOL schpeel from...
  24. babyktchr

    Did you ever have one of those moments...

    babyktchr replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    I find myself sometimes in line at the grocery store, staring at someone's veins and thinking I could put a 16 in that without a
  25. babyktchr

    Telemetry to mother baby unit

    babyktchr replied to TeleRN128's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Just do it and find