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northwestern in chicago only uses 16's. that's torture! i had the hardest time getting those in & it took almost 3 weeks befor i was comfortable using a 16. anyone know of a any other place that doesn't start their own ivs in l&d? i thought it was pretty much standard of care....

Hello All, I'd just like to know if any of you L&D nurses have a hopsital wide IV team start your IVs? I'm used to starting my own IVs in L&D but do know of a place that the L&D nurses start no IVs. If you do start your own IVs do you draw lab with it or does lab draw for you? Thanks

In a recent interview it was brought up that many nurses have a hard time leaving the bedside. Many don't want the headace of dealing with administration either. I think that has a lot to do with it as well. Also, the higher education that has been mentioned is another big deal. I've only been out of school 5 years and will start a master's program in the Fall. I hae a desire to move up & fortunately the opportunities are available where I live. Management and administration facinates me, I want to know what makes the wheels turn. You have to want it and unfortunately, many don't.

I've traveled to 10 different hospitals and it's never been required to have a chaperone for the physicians. If you are on a unit with 2 laboring pts, yes it could be a burden for co-workers. What's going to happen when it comes time for the pt to push for 2 hours? Can't have 2 nurses just b/c one's a male. I have worked on a unit with 3 male OB nurses (one was a charge nurse). LOVED THEM!!!!! They were a great addition to the unit and it helped to have some testosterone on the unit (other than doctors). The pts loved them & so did the physicians. I think you all should be open minded and give it a shot!

Yeah, It's $2700 per month & I'm in a very small place in Missouri. I do L&D & they have sufficient assignments. I have never really checked any of the other specialities but I'm sure they have assignments. I'm also not real sure what my friend got in Pheonix but the stipends usually depend on the area. The big cities have great stipends of course. One reason my stipend is so high b/c they offer rental cars & I didn't need one.

There were several Filipino nurses that said they were being sponsored. Maybe the hospital wasn't the ones sponsoring them.

Yep totally true! I've been with them for a few assignments and absolutely love them. I'm in a very small place at a hospital that does 300 del a year and my stipend in $2700. It just depends on the area. I have a friend that just asked about them tonight and she's headed to Phenix for the summer. They still need more travelers where u are?

Swedish in Seattle does.

I had a great time @ Swedish. I had a week long orientation that was well organized and very informative. I felt like they did actually care. The nurses on the floor, on the other hand, weren't so friendly. Most of them were real princesses but I did my own thing and loved the doctors.

Love OA. Trust my recruiter (which is rare in this industry). Agree w/ above poster about limited assignment options.

I know a nurse who went to Fresno Community in L&D also. She made close to $50 plus the normal travel stuff & also said she would never go back. Said she felt like her license was on the line everyday she walked into that hospital. Also they offered her a job w/o ever talking to/interviewing her. You know some thing's wrong if they don't even interview you.

I keep hearing about a stike in Las Vegas. Anyone know what the issue behind the strike is?

Let me set the scene: 5 nurses, 9 labor pts, 3 antepartums, 6 deliveries in 4 hours, 1 nurse becomes a pt in ER for severe h/a & n/v, and you answer the call light for one of the lovely antepartums (the nurse answers the light, not the unit clerk or scrub tech): "Can you toast my bagel?" Priceless! Lol

100 mcg? That's overkill unless it's a FD! I'd question that policy/procedure. That's an aweful lot and sounds very unsafe. It's one thing to have them sign a consent saying it's not FDA approved, but the dosage should be "safe" and I think 100 mcg is unsafe. Those that use 50 mcg even do it q 6 hours (25 mcg q 4). It just seems they should be a little more cautious since it is such a "dangerous" med. It sounds like your docs want to blast those kids out!

Being a traveler I've worked at 8 facilities, all but one have used cytotec for induction of labor. The other hospital only used it for fetal demises. Over the last year I've seen it given more & more PO. I like the uterine pattern better with PO than vag. However, the facility I'm at now they give 50 mcg instead of 25mcg which I'm not comfortable with (the physician actually have to place the larger dose). One hospital I worked at gave it vag, monitored for 1 hour, sent them home, the came back in 4 hours for another dose. It takes about an hour to kick in so that was pointless. I don't mind it if the pt is continuously monitored but I think it's dangerous to send those pts home or have them fill the script and then come in. That's very careless since this is not an FDA approved drug for induction. I've seen cytotec take a toll on babies b/c of hyperstimulation.