QTBabyNurse

QTBabyNurse BSN, RN

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  1. What did I get myself into??!! I'm scared!!!

    QTBabyNurse replied to RN_Mommy_2_3's topic in Home Health

    Can I ask what state you work in? Would you be willing to share the name of the agency? You seem to have such a great attitude and that is

  2. Love my new position!

    QTBabyNurse posted a topic in Case Management

    i accepted a new position in case management about 2 months ago after having worked on the floor for years and i have to say i am loving it!!! it is such a nice change of pace and i feel like i have...

  3. Job Title Question

    QTBabyNurse replied to QTBabyNurse's topic in Nursing Informatics

    thanks everyone for your

  4. Job Title Question

    QTBabyNurse posted a topic in Nursing Informatics

    i work in nursing informatics in a small hospital, designing and building order sets for cpoe and doing provider training, however i don't work under the hospital's information systems department. my...

  5. Am I making the right decision? ICU---> RN informatics

    QTBabyNurse replied to jbdang's topic in Nursing Informatics

    i've gone from working 13 years in a combination of ob and case management to working in nursing informatics. don't think that you will automatically take a pay cut. the experience that you have...

  6. It's a new day!

    QTBabyNurse replied to drgnflydggr's topic in Nursing Informatics

    best of luck to you!! keep us posted on how it goes!

  7. Considering a move to HH...

    QTBabyNurse posted a topic in Home Health

    i'm considering a move to home health and i've been reading alot of the posts here from the past few months. of course working in the hospital i'm used to getting paid an hourly wage. i've read on...

  8. Career Change==>Accounting to Nursing

    QTBabyNurse replied to zicovico's topic in Nursing Career

    i have to be honest....i never had any fear of germs until i was in nursing school and now i'm a germophobe! taking microbiology did it for

  9. Assessments/Vitals

    QTBabyNurse posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    how often does your unit do assessments/vitals on your stable lady partsl and c-section deliveries and the babies? what does awhonn

  10. Medicare Observation vs Inpatient

    QTBabyNurse replied to lisa41rn's topic in Case Management

    our facility uses the term "place patient in observation status". actually the choices are printed at the top of the physician order sheet as follows: place in observation status for (fill in...

  11. Oxygen administration during labor

    QTBabyNurse replied to HelenLouise's topic in Ob/Gyn

    thanks for clearing that up, your explanation sure makes more sense!

  12. Oxygen administration during labor

    QTBabyNurse replied to HelenLouise's topic in Ob/Gyn

    i remember a respiratory therapist once telling me not to use more than 6l/min via a face mask. if using more than that, you need to change to a non-rebreather. anyone else hear similar

  13. Is anyone's hospital following the new awhonn staffing guidelines?

    QTBabyNurse replied to serenity1's topic in Ob/Gyn

    having been out of ob for a couple of years, what do the new guidelines specify for

  14. How To Become A Labor and Delivery Nurse?

    QTBabyNurse replied to WannaBeLDNurse's topic in Ob/Gyn

    hi and congratulations on your decision to be a nurse! you will need to become a registered nurse to work in obstetrics. the ob department (short for obstetrics) is comprised of three different...

  15. code on a baby

    QTBabyNurse replied to adpiRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    hugs to you! that newborn is very lucky that you were there!

  16. Advice needed for Role Transition in L and D

    QTBabyNurse replied to Newgradsoon's topic in Ob/Gyn

    we weren't allowed to do ours in l&d, however, right after i passed the nclex i was hired into l&d which many people said couldn't be done at the time. i would just let the director and fellow...

  17. New Nursing Student with Loads of Questions!

    QTBabyNurse replied to soras_mommy's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    some of the best advice i was given when i was looking to go to nursing school was not to bother with the lpn, but to go straight for an rn. i went through an associate of science program at a...

  18. L&D pearls of wisdom

    QTBabyNurse replied to vastudent09's topic in Ob/Gyn

    the degree of outward demonstration of pain does not always directly correlate to the amount of cervix dilation. sometimes your quietest patient needs to be watched the

  19. Any OB/Nursery nurses that can help?

    QTBabyNurse replied to Kilika421's topic in Ob/Gyn

    you could do a demonstration on how to assess for

  20. Day in the life of OB RN?

    QTBabyNurse replied to 0236797's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Best of luck to you....I thoroughly enjoyed my time working OB....I hope you will too!

  21. Utilization Review vs Case Management

    QTBabyNurse replied to Katria's topic in Case Management

    where i work, case management is split into two divisions: discharge planning and utilization review. discharge planners work on each unit in the hospital and have a caseload of anywhere from 30-40...

  22. Just accepted a new position!

    QTBabyNurse posted a topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    hi everyone! i just accepted a position teaching health science to high school dual enrollment students for this school year. i'm super excited and a bit apprehensive all at the same time. i've done...

  23. Just accepted a new position!

    QTBabyNurse replied to QTBabyNurse's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    congratulations to you too!! yeah for

  24. Just accepted a new position!

    QTBabyNurse replied to QTBabyNurse's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    thanks for your replies! i guess the biggest piece of advice i'm looking for right now is how to start that first day of class out on the right foot! i know that sometimes that is the hardest step to...

  25. CM

    QTBabyNurse replied to peaceful nurse's topic in Case Management

    i recently made that change myself last fall. i had been a bedside nurse for 12 years and desired an opportunity to learn something new. i took a chance on a case management position and it has turned...