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  1. considering move from postpartum/women's health to labor and delivery

    DalekRN posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    We are separate entities at my hospital. Thinking I'd like more hands on type stuff, IV starts, etc, but really I have spent very little time in any L&D. How does.it compare to postpartum? Can...

  2. Books on Natural Childbirth

    DalekRN replied to squidbilly's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Your best chance at delivering naturally will be if you use a cnm as long as you stay low risk, then it will be more automatically assumed that you don't want pit, epidural,

  3. Getting off or?ientation monday, any last PP nurse tips

    DalekRN replied to BSNbeauty's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Ask for help, if you can't feel a fundus or not sure if a baby is bruised or is actually blue, ask ask ask! I'm a year out in pp and I had to have the charge come find a fundus for me. It has to be...

  4. Wow

    DalekRN replied to RN19802008's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Opinions or not about bottles, it is our hospital's policy to wait 18 hours before intervening if a normal newborn is not breastfeeding well, and then its usually pumping, not formula. Ugh, I have...

  5. considering move from postpartum/women's health to labor and delivery

    DalekRN replied to DalekRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Thanks... I think the stress of L&D would be hard for me to deal with. I would just like to learn something new, I guess! I've got the seven year itch, at one

  6. Policy on pain medications and patients leaving the floor?

    DalekRN replied to Billy_Ruben's topic in General Nursing

    I can't imagine not allowing patients to come and go as they wanted. They aren't in jail! When our pts go out to smoke they sign AMA papers because we advise against smoking, and they can never take...

  7. Poop in nursing

    DalekRN replied to KATRN78's topic in General Students

  8. Please Help First Clinical Rotation in Oncology

    DalekRN replied to Regulas's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    You wont be giving the diagnosis or anything so it won't be as big a deal as it seems like. Nursing profs make everything seem like a big

  9. Too close to the situation for comfort?

    DalekRN replied to JTinKY's topic in Oncology

    Could not disagree more. I work in postpartum, but I have had a baby (aka been a postpartum patient) so would that be detrimental? No way! Do what you love. My experience is so helpful. People have...

  10. Is it helpful to become a CNA before becoming a nurse?

    DalekRN replied to supermom.of.3's topic in General Nursing

    It's helpful and invaluable but none of the girls in my study group were CNAs and they have all turned into excellent nurses, no real problems getting

  11. Should I Try Again?

    DalekRN replied to 2ndsthebest's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Doesn't hurt to try, but you may want to plan on taking those classes over with a tutor. Nursing school is even harder than the prerequisites too. It took me many semesters, tutors, seeing my profs in...

  12. pregnancy advice

    DalekRN replied to Mchs4735's topic in Nursing Career

    What she said, can you avoid working? Better grades will make it easier to get a job, seems like experience isn't that big of a

  13. How much experience before being charge nurse

    DalekRN replied to babysteps25's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Our charge nurses don't take patients, they just changed the policy. It has made a world of

  14. How much orientation time for a new grad?

    DalekRN replied to photocodo's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I had 14

  15. My heart is shattered into a million pieces :(

    DalekRN replied to healthstar's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Try a lower acuity floor. I could never work ICU or anything similar, I hate the stress, but I found a lower acuity unit was.perfect. Also they should have just let you go try it, no one leaves...

  16. Night Shift

    DalekRN replied to newnurse1986's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I work 11-7 , for nine months now, I'm used to it but I live in a world where.I can't sit through a movie without taking a nap in the middle, no matter how much sleep I get. I still feel good but I...

  17. New Grad RN concerned about new LTC job

    DalekRN replied to Lynn52's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Ask for longer orientation. In ltc I oriented for.four weeks full time. It was barely

  18. New Grad - Issues with Time Management

    DalekRN replied to Honey702's topic in First Year After Licensure

    My time sheet is a grid for each hour/each pt on the top 2/3 and the bottom 1/3 is blank. For each pt encounter I write the room number, time, and jot notes. My charting is 100% better and then I...

  19. Nursing Home: Tips on how to be faster in med pass?

    DalekRN replied to itsdebraanne's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Insane. I had this same type of job, but with max 18 patients, I made a med error (ya think!!) and was thrown under the bus (not fired, but I quit soon after). Insane. Not safe. Do you feel safe? It...

  20. New grad RN jobs in Michigan

    DalekRN replied to newgrad0812's topic in Michigan Nursing

    Keep going. Consider moving to a new city if you can. Two of my friends are from the D but moved to GR because there are more

  21. Moving to MI: Best place to work (Lansing, Kalamazoo, or Grand Rapids?)

    DalekRN replied to 1981alaska's topic in Michigan Nursing

    I work at spectrum. I had no trouble as a new grad getting right on the unit I wanted. Others do struggle but if you have experience you will do fine. Borgess is in Kzoo too. Bronson is a good place...

  22. 26, starting from the bottom, do I really stand a chance???

    DalekRN replied to JensMom520's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I recently had a nursing student with me who is 27 and finishing school (I take leadership students). Let me tell you she was light years ahead of my normal 21 year old students aka she never hid...

  23. Is health care a "right"

    DalekRN replied to tulip5's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I just can't imagine anything changing. You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. You can make people buy health insurance, but you can't make them get the preventative care they...

  24. What do (did) you do during the gap between graduation and your first job

    DalekRN replied to sourapril's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Had a baby. You'll be

  25. Will I actually like this?

    DalekRN replied to strawberryswing's topic in General Students

    It's a job where you are the ultimate middleman. Patient to doctor and vice versa goes through you, and that means you have to have a wide net as far as knowledge, patience, tact, ability to balance a...