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  1. Precepting?

    gdelrosa posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi, To those of you who precept, where are your preceptees in their nursing practice before you turn them loose? On my floor, new nurses are oriented for 4 weeks on days and 2 weeks on nights. I'm...

  2. During school, did you see anything gruesome

    gdelrosa replied to ThePretender's topic in General Nursing

    Wow... that last patient was a winner. Poor

  3. Newbie nurse with a ? about perineal massage.

    gdelrosa replied to Calzonan RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I've never done it on anyone. I'll put my fingers in the vag for the mom to feel where to push but I don't do the sweeping massage. I've heard in a class not to do it. Do a lit search and let us...

  4. nurses get blame abuse any docs out there

    gdelrosa replied to Martinette's topic in International Nursing

    Oh my... Your situation sounds very bad. I have no idea what to say. You are stuck in a rock and a hard place. No human could take what you did. I'm so sorry this happened to you.

  5. Online BSN but I have pain when I walk.

    gdelrosa replied to LearningRN's topic in General Nursing

    I think you have to walk when you work as a nurse. I wouldn't want to go to a program that doesn't have clinicals because that's when you're going to learn pretty much

  6. Med/Surg to L&D?

    gdelrosa replied to KayceeLeeRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    i had a year of tele experience before I started L&D. It is completely different than my old job! It's so different that I'm not sure how much my tele experience will help me other than I know...

  7. IV's, piggybacks, IV machines.....help!

    gdelrosa replied to brookorrn's topic in General Nursing

    I don't try to remember what meds can be combined in a line. There are reference tools in drug books. In my facility, we have Micromedex where you can plug the meds in and the program will tell you...

  8. Precepting?

    gdelrosa replied to gdelrosa's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the replies. I realize that 4 weeks is not a lot. This nurse has already been extended. She started around 4th of July and ended with me yesterday. She will be orienting on nights after...

  9. New Grad...On Neuro Unit. need advise.

    gdelrosa replied to jesxoxo11's topic in General Nursing

    i work on a neuro/tele floor. if you want, pm me and i can give you some

  10. Samuel Merritt College

    gdelrosa replied to amzyRN's topic in California Nursing

    Nathanielandarianna, I agree with your friend. The BSN will lead you into management jobs while the ADN will serve you well if you want to be a bedside nurse. However, we all start as bedside nurses...

  11. Samuel Merritt College

    gdelrosa replied to amzyRN's topic in California Nursing

    MSU is Michigan State University in East Lansing, MI. I moved out of state for the 12 month program and I'm back in CA. I estimate that it might take me 3 years to pay off the debt. I found that...

  12. What does an appropriate OB/GYN orientation consist of...

    gdelrosa replied to Kelly_the_Great's topic in Ob/Gyn

    OMG... I don't know anything about OB/Gyn orientation since I'm not an L&D nurse but this sounds like it is totally inadequate. Can you talk to a nurse educator or your

  13. Which path is better to become a nurse?

    gdelrosa replied to SparklyGirl's topic in General Nursing

    Hi, I was in the same boat as you, having a BS in engineering and wanting to become a nurse. I did a 12 month accelerated BSN program at MSU and am now working as a tele nurse. I don't know if it...

  14. Help with San Diego questions

    gdelrosa replied to dlaura22's topic in California Nursing

    You can definitely have a middle class living on the salary you'd be getting in SD. The bay area has to pay you more cause you have to deal w/ the housing prices. I am in the same situation as you....

  15. Samuel Merritt College

    gdelrosa replied to amzyRN's topic in California Nursing

    I got accepted to this school in 2005 and I didn't end up going there because of the cost. I ended up going to MSU and came out with $20K of debt. I'm paying $1000/month to get rid of it and it's...

  16. HepB question

    gdelrosa replied to Trophywife81's topic in General Nursing

    I would wait. I also was told to come back to get my 3rd shot 6 months after my 2nd one. You can get the 3rd one pretty much anytime. One of my classmates had his 3rd shot 1 year after the

  17. Do you shower when you get off work???

    gdelrosa replied to luvmy3kids's topic in General Nursing

    Hmmm... I always shower after work. I'm also one of those who keeps an extra pair of shoes in the car to change into so I don't spread germs to my car. I put my work shoes in a plastic

  18. What is Neuro-Tele?

    gdelrosa replied to Curious1alwys's topic in Cardiac

    I work on a neuro tele floor. My unit/hospital is stroke certified by JCAHO so we get a lot of strokes. But we also get post op neuro surgeries after they get out of the ICU. I also take care of...

  19. Physicians and Labor Support

    gdelrosa replied to May_baby's topic in Ob/Gyn

    wow... why would the physician feel threatened by the doula? I think your friend should ask her OB why he/she isn't wanting a doula at the delivery. It's kinda

  20. Baby Steps to a goal of becoming a Nurse Midwife?

    gdelrosa replied to DesertRain's topic in Nursing Career

    Wow... this is great information. I signed up for an orientation session to become a volunteer doula. I'm very excited and see this as my "baby step" to becoming a CNM. I'd love to hear others'...

  21. Any other ppl have bad preceptors?

    gdelrosa replied to NewGrad07's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry about your bad experience. I had a great one so I know that it makes a difference. I am precepting a student right now and I hope that I'm helping her. I told her to speak up if I'm doing...

  22. nursing and benefits????

    gdelrosa replied to hushpupgrl's topic in General Nursing

    Hi... Most nursing jobs provide benefits including health/dental and retirement benefits. Working for an agency means that you work wherever the agency needs you to work. Ditto for per diem except...

  23. DNR order

    gdelrosa replied to Inquisitive one's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I've been told by a doctor over the phone that I can take a verbal DNR order over the phone if I get another nurse to get the order from her too. She wanted to make sure that we didn't try to...

  24. Who else here really loves precepting? I do!!

    gdelrosa replied to christvs's topic in General Nursing

    I just started precepting a student nurse yesterday in fact and I was a bit worried because I've only been a nurse for about 9 months. I worried that I wouldn't have very much to teach her. She says...

  25. I can't believe IT:-)

    gdelrosa replied to student240's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I passed also. Yeah... i can't believe my license was decided in 75 questions. But it's over. What a weight off my