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  1. Needed... Public Relations Ideas for failing LDRP

    kc2004 posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Hello everyone, I work in an LDRP unit. Since October we have been losing revenue due to lack of new patients. The Docs won't send them to us because we are the only hospital in the area with no...

  2. Needed... Public Relations Ideas for failing LDRP

    kc2004 replied to kc2004's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Hello Everyone, Just an update for you. We had a mandatory unit meeting with the "executive staff" today and they have decided to close our unit effective July 1st. No attempt to recruit Dr's, no NICU...

  3. re: something to consider...

    kc2004 replied to Granted Fal's topic in Psychiatric

    I agree with you. It seems like people with emotional problems who themselves have been helped through tough times in a psych unit, want to work there to help someone like themselves. I think it's the...

  4. Totally wierd question...

    kc2004 replied to cpnurse's topic in General Nursing

    try exfoliating your legs every 3 days or so and use a moisturizer for sensitive skin. You can exfoliate with a loofa sponge and shower gel. Be sure to work the loofa in a circular motion. Rinse loofa...

  5. where can I get nursing scrubs in Manhattan?

    kc2004 replied to sayoppi's topic in New York Nursing

    You can always order them over the internet from your favorite maker i.e. Cherokee, Landau etc... It's easy and they get delivered to your

  6. Needed... Public Relations Ideas for failing LDRP

    kc2004 replied to kc2004's topic in Ob/Gyn

    It's the same at our hospital but we are losing patients due to the fact that the Docs would rather deliver thier patients at a hospital with an NICU than split up a mom and baby if the baby needs to...

  7. Why are doctors so rude?

    kc2004 replied to TheCommuter's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I know what you mean, most of our Docs are nice most of the time, but there is this one Doc who is a COMPLETE JACK@SS each and everytime he comes to the unit. Maybe he just doesn't like our hospital...

  8. The Best and Worst things about being a male nurse

    kc2004 replied to Doug85's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I'm confused are you complaining in this post or stroking your ego Just

  9. Needed... Public Relations Ideas for failing LDRP

    kc2004 replied to kc2004's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Are there several hospitals near yours or is it in a rural area? I ask this because our hospital is one of about 5 or 6 medium sized hospitals within a 50 mile radius. The Docs have privileges at...

  10. How to stay calm if your child is ill?

    kc2004 replied to wannabenursetx's topic in General Nursing

    When my sister's daughter was a newborn, my sister was clipping the baby's nails. She got a little to close to the skin and it started bleeding. She called me (long distance) to ask if I thought she...

  11. Facility Soap Opera

    kc2004 replied to Chad_KY_SRNA's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    What? Maybe you are posting on the wrong thread.

  12. Starting my own business..

    kc2004 replied to phoenix24rn's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    i think giving inservices at elemantary schools would be great too. So many children get sick from other kids at school. Really all they need is to be educated on handwashing and not sharing personal...

  13. MRSA abscesses?

    kc2004 replied to missionnurse's topic in Emergency

    we just got a memo from administration about MRSA VS Spider bites. apparently ER was misdiagnosing MRSA abcesses as spider bites. Now every abcess is cultured for

  14. Do you wear makeup?

    kc2004 replied to FutureNurse2005's topic in General Students

    I wish I had time for make-up and hair. I OLAY my face. Then put long hair into pony tail and Voila!

  15. Why are some staff nurses such HATERS!

    kc2004 replied to kjt2004's topic in Agency Nurses

    i thought the reason units used AGENCY nurses was BECAUSE they are short staffed and need the extra help. The nurses should be welcoming Agency nurses with open arms instead of leering

  16. Anxiety in the DR

    kc2004 replied to Hannahrn's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    bagging a baby and doing ppv is the same thing. Do you mean chest

  17. How do you deal with backstabbing

    kc2004 replied to gladtobeOB's topic in General Nursing

    Tweety, I work with all women, and it's very

  18. Why do we need the docs for delivery?

    kc2004 replied to ER1010's topic in Ob/Gyn

    You are right about the lay person's lack of education about thier own health. Especially during pregnancy. Can't tell you how many times a Doc has ordered a C-section on a perfectly normal labor...

  19. Pregnant patients in the ED

    kc2004 replied to RNCENCCRNNREMTP's topic in Emergency

    OH MY GOD!! What was he thinking? Nobody questioned him? I hope that there is a law suit filed against this idiot. I can't imagine what was going through his mind. BAD BAD BAD DOCTOR!! p.s. I am very...

  20. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    kc2004 replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    about 10 years ago when I was doing my clinicals in OR, we had a man come in from a rural area with an inguinal hernia. I had to assist so I walk into the OR and here is this man with a scrotal sac...

  21. personal scrubs in OR

    kc2004 replied to scrubnurse's topic in Operating Room

    I work in OB and we do our own C-sections. I've been laundering my own scrubs for the last five years since our hospital stopped providing the scrubs for us. So far there has been no issues with...

  22. OB charting

    kc2004 replied to babynurse123's topic in Ob/Gyn

    would that info be policies and procedures

  23. Lotus Birth...What do yall think about this?

    kc2004 replied to JVanRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    imagine the

  24. Getting pulled to other areas

    kc2004 replied to tryingtomakeit's topic in Ob/Gyn

    the hospital where i work keeps 3 people on the OB floor at all times. if there are no patients, the OR tech can get pulled to help out with sitting a suicide on psych or in the ED but she must remain...

  25. When circ's go bad...

    kc2004 replied to newgrad2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

    i have seen silver nitrate used on circs before and they look like ugly black burns (actually i think that's what silver nitrate does). i've never seen the healed member afterward