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  1. What choices did you make for L&D?

    jdkaos replied to ER1010's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Congrats to you. I love to do deliveries with informed pts. If they want no interventions, I listen to them. The key here is educated!! When something does go wrong, I have to intervene. If the...

  2. Tattoos and nursing

    jdkaos replied to PrincessJessica's topic in General Nursing

    I am with you on that!!!! Just watch the policies, I had to take out my cartilage and put in a retainer at work. Funny how they don't notice my daith, the worst part about that one is that I...

  3. Tattoos and nursing

    jdkaos replied to PrincessJessica's topic in General Nursing

    My current tat is a work in progress, I am 5 hours into it and it's about 1/3 done. It is my birth sign along with my children's on my lower back. I love it As far as your tounge, I say keep it....

  4. What choices did you make for L&D?

    jdkaos replied to ER1010's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Glad to hear it went well. I am all for birthing plans, as long as they are within reason. Some people just don't get it. The baby will not breast feed if it is not breathing. Theses are the...

  5. What Is/ Was your grading scale in nursing school?

    jdkaos replied to brina's topic in General Nursing

    No, I have never looked. By the sounds of it I do not want to I am working on getting a NP in perinatal. There are only three programs that I have found thus far. They did not request a trnsfer of...

  6. Fetal Demise less than 20 weeks

    jdkaos replied to SC RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I am so sorry to here of your story. This only reinforces to me how we do things. I think that women who have lost or are losing a baby need extra special attention. And at times that can only come...

  7. Wedding planning while in nursing school

    jdkaos replied to Aneroo's topic in General Students

    I also planned my wedding duting school. We were married on spring break. It was difficult to say the least, but I had family help-lots of it. My best friend was my maid of honor, she did most of...

  8. What choices did you make for L&D?

    jdkaos replied to ER1010's topic in Ob/Gyn

    With my first delivery I was not an OB nurse, and I am glad. It was an awful experience, 32 hours of labor, pit, epidural, almost a section, the a fourth degree tear. If I had the knowledge I have...

  9. Fetal Demise less than 20 weeks

    jdkaos replied to SC RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    After reading all the responses it amazes me how hospitals vary in caring for pts. I hqve done L&D for 5 years now, and at our hospital we get everything that is over 16 weeks gestation on our...

  10. Another staffing dilema

    jdkaos replied to fourbirds4me's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I am glad I am not in your shoes. Just hang in there and hope that your management sees the light soon. Have you brought to attention the latest ACOG standards. Mabye it could

  11. Not training new L&D RN's for High Risk

    jdkaos replied to k_cole21's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I can't agree with you more. The hospital I worked at had our new nurses not od high risk for a year off orentation. They could not even take triage pt.s' without havingan "experienced" nurse with...

  12. Tattoos and nursing

    jdkaos replied to PrincessJessica's topic in General Nursing

    Let's see, last count I have four tattoos, and 10 piercings. But when I am at work, I remove the piercings and my tattoos are covered by my scrubs. There is a new trend in the tattooing business....

  13. Legal help needed

    jdkaos replied to jdkaos's topic in Michigan Nursing

    Unfortunatly I can not provide to many details. I can say, it was not my pt. I was charge nurse that night. That is their whole premis for the termination. This was a nurse with one years of...

  14. Legal help needed

    jdkaos posted a topic in Michigan Nursing

    Does anyone know how to find specfics on pt. negelience or abdonment. I have been forced into a very bad situation and now the hospital is trying to terminate me d/t theses things. My understanding...

  15. Nurse's Week Celebration????

    jdkaos replied to stidget99's topic in General Nursing

    :yelclap: I am in agreeance with most of you. I would much rather have a thank you, or an occasional good job, thanks for the hard work and dedication. I really do not need another pen from them. I...

  16. Hysterectomy question

    jdkaos replied to nurse34's topic in General Nursing

    I also had a hyst. last summer, at the age of 33. It is the best thing I have ever done. I did leave my ovaries, but now am having problems with reoccuring cysts. My Dr. and I are now debating...

  17. What Is/ Was your grading scale in nursing school?

    jdkaos replied to brina's topic in General Nursing

    I am one of those who gave up on looking at the grade and going with the number. An A is still 94 to me, I don't care what the teachers said. I have gone on to grad school, they did not look at my...

  18. Legal Nurse Consulting!

    jdkaos replied to MedLegalNurse's topic in Legal

    Well, mabye ya'll can help me. I posted on the MI site, but this is where I should be. I recently was terminated, they are stating pt. neglect and abdoment. Neither of which is the case. I was the...

  19. What Is/ Was your grading scale in nursing school?

    jdkaos replied to brina's topic in General Nursing

    My grading scale was also 80% or fail. I agree that it is more difficult, but the schools pass rate on board Is 99%. The thing that I tell nursing students is to give up a striving for the A all the...

  20. which is better? 2 or 4 year RN for SE MI

    jdkaos replied to dtw2mom's topic in Michigan Nursing

    I am not sure there is such a thing anymore. It is more like 5-8 year wait, then a degree. I am from SW MI. and I relly do not see a difference in pay or advancement. The only are that it makes a...