QTBabyNurse

QTBabyNurse BSN, RN

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  1. Which job should I take?

    QTBabyNurse replied to adlockwood's topic in Case Management

    best of luck to you in your new position! what a way to start the new year!! i hope you enjoy your new position as much as i enjoy mine. i just started 2 months ago as a hospital cm...i think it's...

  2. Love my new position!

    QTBabyNurse replied to QTBabyNurse's topic in Case Management

    it wasn't that difficult for me. the hospital where i was hired was expanding their department and opened up a bunch of new positions. i worked for 12 years in the hospital as a bedside rn prior to...

  3. Where is there money for faculty to return to school?

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

    i am in your same boat....so i would also appreciate any answers to this question as

  4. Nurse Educators, Introduce Yourselves!

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

    well...i had my interview the other day (i think i did well) and today i was phoned to come back in for a second interview next week. i hope a decision is made soon because the waiting is driving me...

  5. Nurse Educators, Introduce Yourselves!

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

    i've been reading this board for so long hoping that one day i would be able to post as a true nurse educator. i have always wanted to teach and now that i have 11 years of nursing under my belt, so...

  6. post partum care before L and D?

    QTBabyNurse replied to thekid's topic in Ob/Gyn

    i went into l&d right out of college and even though i eventually oriented to mother/baby and nursery, i got my start in l&d. i'm very glad i did...everything else fell into place nicely...

  7. Survey about Cytotec

    QTBabyNurse replied to nurse_maya28's topic in Ob/Gyn

    i was the one who said to have the patient sign a consent. our patients signed consents for any induction or augmentation procedure with pitocin and/or cytotec. we just used the basic generic hospital...

  8. Survey about Cytotec

    QTBabyNurse replied to nurse_maya28's topic in Ob/Gyn

    i'm sure you meant to say 25

  9. Survey about Cytotec

    QTBabyNurse replied to nurse_maya28's topic in Ob/Gyn

    how many births do you do per year or per month? 700/year how many ob/gyns do you have on staff? 3 how many family practice doctors delivery babies? none how many nurses do you have on staff for...

  10. Understanding TOCO Monitor (Tocodynamometer): How to Monitor and Read Contractions

    QTBabyNurse replied to Wendy Sutas's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I have found sometimes that switching out the toco cable from another monitor will usually correct this

  11. How Marketable Are You as a Rural Nurse?

    QTBabyNurse replied to Camelhappy1's topic in Rural

    i worked in ob at a rural hospital for 9 years and i've also worked ob at a larger city hospital with over 800 beds. this is just my experience, however, the larger hospital rn's are amazed at what...

  12. Spanish speaking patients in labor

    QTBabyNurse replied to gravida's topic in Ob/Gyn

    the post above brings up a good point regarding the culture. many mexican mothers need education regarding early breastfeeding. although they eventually do breastfeed their babies, they are reluctant...

  13. Spanish speaking patients in labor

    QTBabyNurse replied to gravida's topic in Ob/Gyn

    i worked l&d in a small florida community hospital for 9 years where we had an enormous mexican migrant population who work the orange groves. probably 3/4 of all our patients were from this...

  14. From ER to L&D easy or tough?

    QTBabyNurse replied to Momn'Nrs's topic in Ob/Gyn

    most l&d units work 12 hour shifts....so if you are able to work 3 days a week doing 12's, that would be considered full

  15. Nova Southeastern

    QTBabyNurse replied to cherryfirecracker's topic in Florida Nursing

    i heard that fgcu lost their accreditation...is that

  16. Nova Southeastern

    QTBabyNurse replied to cherryfirecracker's topic in Florida Nursing

    great job on landing an interview--best of luck to you! which campus will you be

  17. New grad here- Tips on inserting Cytotec?

    QTBabyNurse replied to Cassideca's topic in Ob/Gyn

    the hospital i used to work for used these also...they did work extremely

  18. TC bili meters

    QTBabyNurse replied to lmc512's topic in Ob/Gyn

    we used to routinely draw a serum if the tcb reading was 10 or more. sometimes our tcb readings were off up to 3 from the serum results. it would be nice if they got those meters to be a bit more...

  19. Nova Southeastern

    QTBabyNurse replied to cherryfirecracker's topic in Florida Nursing

    i just graduated from nova's rn-bsn online program last year. good luck to everyone trying to get accepted. it was a great

  20. TC bili meters

    QTBabyNurse replied to lmc512's topic in Ob/Gyn

    i haven't used the bilichek in the past year, but if it is still working the same as it did a year ago, i didn't raise it off the baby. i just did my 5 checks with it in the same place against the...

  21. Missing out??

    QTBabyNurse posted a topic in Nursing Informatics

    how many of you that went from working as an rn in a hospital setting then moved into information systems missed the hospital hustle and bustle and considered going back? sometimes i feel that i'm not...

  22. Would folks in RN-BSN programs care to share their costs?

    QTBabyNurse replied to justme1972's topic in Online Distance Learning

    hi! i just graduated from the rn-bsn program through nova southeastern university. i did the entire program online. the total cost of my program (not including books) was around $22,000. realize that...

  23. Burnout or just a "rough patch"?

    QTBabyNurse replied to mommy2boysaz's topic in Ob/Gyn

    i really can sympathize with your situation as i have gone through this myself. i've worked for 9 years in a rural hospital as an l&d/nursery/mom-baby rn. i started to feel that "burned out"...

  24. How are OB Mds generally?

    QTBabyNurse replied to JentheRN2007's topic in Ob/Gyn

    i worked in a rural community hospital for quite awhile and the ob's were generally very nice...sometimes just sitting around the unit waiting if someone was around 8-9 cms...they would sit in our...

  25. Transcutaneous Bilirubins

    QTBabyNurse replied to niccilam's topic in Ob/Gyn

    the last facility i worked in we did tcb q8h with the assessments. any results over 10 got a tsb drawn. coombs test was run on the cord blood at delivery along with an abo group and type. the...