Sable's mom

Sable's mom

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  1. OnAssignment Nurses?

    Sable's mom replied to merae's topic in Travel

    I've never worked with OnAssignment, but they have a new recruiter that I have worked with and she is wonderful!! I don't want to break any rules so I can only saythat if you email me privately I will...

  2. Murphy's Laws of Nursing | Life of a Nurse

    Sable's mom replied to Roy Fokker's topic in Nursing Humor

    These are wonderful. Here's another murphy's law - when you small OB department - 11 staff members total - have 2 on vacation and 2 with emergency surgeries you'll do 1/4 of the month's...

  3. 501 ways to know you've been on allnurses.com too long!

    Sable's mom replied to Roy Fokker's topic in Nursing Humor

    105. You read threads more than once 'in case I missed

  4. To AWHONN or not to AWHONN?

    Sable's mom replied to Elisheva's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Another vote FOR joining. Besides the magazines (Lifelines & JOGNN) with their respective learning opportunities, the chapter meetings are a great way to learn AND to network. You never know when...

  5. lamaze vs. bradley method

    Sable's mom replied to pacmrc's topic in Ob/Gyn

    To answer the OP's question re: Bradley vs. LaMaze: my first child was lamaze - it didn't work very well in transition my second was bradley - it worked great for me Now, 28 years later,...

  6. Michigan wages

    Sable's mom replied to jenni82104's topic in Michigan Nursing

    QUOTE:Sounds like you need to move. Seriously, where do you work? With that much experience you should be making a tidy sum. Plus, you could do travel nursing and make some serious money. I applaud...

  7. When the Board of Nursing is out to get you....

    Sable's mom replied to PrisonrNurs's topic in General Nursing

    Just want to say I'll be thinking of you in my

  8. Getting staff to "own" the unit

    Sable's mom replied to nursemaa's topic in Nurse Management

    :flowersfo as nursemaa said thank you!! :balloons: we need to be working together not tearing each other down, regardless of our

  9. How did you hear about allnurses.com?

    Sable's mom replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    Been here since 2000, can't remember anymore. (Too old to remember much it

  10. Getting staff to "own" the unit

    Sable's mom replied to nursemaa's topic in Nurse Management

    I agree- if you come to me with a problem, come with a possible solution. That is the policy nursing admin has for the managers, so we have adopted it with our staff. It has cut down on the '*itch...

  11. Don't Rough My Newborn Up!!!!!!!

    Sable's mom replied to capribry's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Siri, I agree with you that it is different with grandkids, but sometimes it can be VERY frustrating to have parents complain when they don't have a clue!!We had a baby we were resusitating - apgar 1...

  12. Passed Up....

    Sable's mom replied to hbncns35's topic in Nurse Management

    I agree with llg's reply. You may never know exactly what happened:( , but handling this in a positive and professional manner will do you more good than any other response at this point. It's hard...

  13. Internet Porn at work-need advice

    Sable's mom replied to RN34TX's topic in General Nursing

    I think 1 other person said this but . . as a manager, I can't deal with issues if I don't know they are happening and I can't be there 24/7. This issue is one that won't go away. Sooner or later she...

  14. ADN in L&D

    Sable's mom replied to militaryspouse98's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Welcome!! Deb is very correct!! It doesn't matter if what your educational track - you have to pass RN boards and then you are an RN. It may matter in some hospitals for management positions - it...

  15. What nursing Managers fail to see

    Sable's mom replied to Nursekat64's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    i've read this thread with interest (i'm a manager - for 1 year now) and have to say that treesawrn put most things in perspective. i took the management job because our unit had been without one for...

  16. When doctors don't listen

    Sable's mom replied to eden's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Great advice Deb. So often we nurses seem intimidated into not instituting the chain of command and then compuond the problem by not documenting on an incident/event report and/or notifying managers....

  17. Anyone who is over 40 could not have children and working in maternity or pediatrics?

    Sable's mom replied to Vivi's topic in Nursing Career

    I am a veteran OB nurse (25+ years) and now am a manager (sorry - I went over to the dark side). Anyway, one of the best L&D nurses I know is on my present staff and had to have a sudden...

  18. wanting to travel to NYC

    Sable's mom replied to jellie22's topic in Travel

    I walked out of an assignment in NYC - the only time I've ever done that. My advice: #1.make your company get your housing for you (yes you make more $ doing it yourself, but unless you know NYC it's...

  19. ? For those who do C-Sections often

    Sable's mom replied to kbclary4's topic in Ob/Gyn

    After 25+ years, yes, I've seen dads faint, but very few and most of those were due to hypoglycemia not 'gross stuff'. It is very important to make sure someone feeds dad, especially if the section is...

  20. Rhogam question

    Sable's mom replied to lsyorke's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Possibly what your friend was supposed to have been told is that anyone receiving rhogam should get a card to carry that gives the date and # of rhogam units they received. For approx 72 hours after...

  21. $$$$ to be made!!

    Sable's mom replied to canoehead's topic in Nursing Humor

    :roll It's not fair - since I work OB, how can I make money like that?? Canoehead, that was a great link - just what I needed to start my day with a

  22. Need some opinions

    Sable's mom replied to RaeT,RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I totally agree with you Deb. I was at an AWHONN conference last month and one of the things the speaker said is as professionals we have to stop worrying about "the doctor's gonna yell". We need to...

  23. please help on management issue

    Sable's mom replied to kelbel's topic in Nurse Management

    As a new manager, I was made very aware of the fact that FMLA is federally mandated and whether I agreed or approved was irrelevant. At our institution all leaves - for any reason - are handled...

  24. Newborn PKU: Heelstick vs Venipuncture?

    Sable's mom replied to Krojas21's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I just got an update from our state lab and for the PKU (at least in MI) there is no longer any need for feeding at all. The important thing - according to them is to wait 24 hours because some of the...

  25. Charting Bloopers

    Sable's mom replied to AHarri66's topic in Nursing Humor

    Now I snorted iced tea all over my desk. ROTFLMAO!!