mstigerlily

mstigerlily

Member

  • Content

    433

  • Visitors

    4,729

  • Followers

    0

  • Likes

    8

All Content by mstigerlily

  1. Well Baby Nursery

    mstigerlily replied to vegnurse21's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We are allowed a max of four couplets (8 pts), but often I don't ahve the full load. We also take gyn patients and they obviously don't have babies. The full 8 pts can be tough. We do have a nursery...

  2. Well Baby Nursery

    mstigerlily replied to vegnurse21's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Our hospital has a well baby nursery that is staffed 24/7. There is a nurse assigned there, she can watch up to 8 babies. She is responsible for initial assessment for all c-section babies. The...

  3. hesitations of becoming a nurse...ever had any????

    mstigerlily replied to nursekatrina's topic in General Nursing

    If you're really concerned with avoiding poop and butt wiping, maybe nursing isn't for you. Even if you find some sort of nursing that avoids it, in nursing school, you're going to do a lot of that....

  4. Did anyone try to talk you out of being a nurse?

    mstigerlily replied to following_faith's topic in General Nursing

    No thankfully everyone has been so supportive!

  5. How should I go about going to job interviews having two little kids?

    mstigerlily replied to estrogen's topic in Nursing Career

    When I started working 12 hr days (for orientation) my son was 11 months old and being gone from 5am-8pm, I needed to pump. But I rarely found time to pump more than once, usually with a sandwich in...

  6. Average CNA salary?

    mstigerlily replied to pdpeanut's topic in General Nursing

    WOW, they really do pay more in the bay area. I wish San Diego would follow suit. Two years ago, I made $10.61 base as a CNA :angryfire I know the RNs make more I don't even want to hear how much....

  7. How should I go about going to job interviews having two little kids?

    mstigerlily replied to estrogen's topic in Nursing Career

    Definitely don't take them with you! You might ask if you could interview on weekends or evenings on your nights off. Tell them you work nights and this is more convenient for you. Plenty of managers...

  8. What do patients say that irks you?

    mstigerlily replied to NurseforPreggers's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Wow, we keep our vag deliveries 48 hrs and c-sect pts stay 96 hrs! I guess that's why we have L&D and postpartum seperate. With 300-350 deliveries a month and our long postpartum stays, plus gyn...

  9. Feeling like I'm a lousy nurse (rant)

    mstigerlily replied to Serenyd's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I felt like that too. It takes awhile to get out of student mode and into independent RN mode. It also takes awhile to get time management down. I was forever forgetting things, going out to get them,...

  10. Please help new grad - situation with pt (long)

    mstigerlily replied to mstigerlily's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Oh, thank you for taking the time to explain that to me. I understand what you are saying. I was mystified by the VS being stable. The highest her pulse ever got was 81 and this was just the latest...

  11. Please help new grad - situation with pt (long)

    mstigerlily replied to mstigerlily's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Oh I am listening to her as words of wisdom. Do I understand that you are a student still, or recent new grad also? The dynamics between the charge/mentor/OS/doctors/floor nurses is hard to get the...

  12. What Nursing school are you in? Show your pride!

    mstigerlily replied to straba's topic in General Students

    Graduated from Palomar College CC, San Marcos, CA. Great school, long time well respected nursing program and director tells me pass rates are consistently 90-100% every year since the 1970's. I felt...

  13. Please help new grad - situation with pt (long)

    mstigerlily replied to mstigerlily's topic in Ob/Gyn

    The Director reviews all incidents in the unit immediately and visits pt personally as soon as possible. She talked to everyone involved in this incident, she seemed more angry at Day RN actually, but...

  14. Please help new grad - situation with pt (long)

    mstigerlily replied to mstigerlily's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I don't know. I had never noticed it before on the postpartum moms. This was very distinct. Thanks for the info.

  15. Please help new grad - situation with pt (long)

    mstigerlily replied to mstigerlily's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Thanks for the the info about dilaudid and nubain. I know these meds were still ordered for this pt as of last night. If this is the case, I wonder why no other RN has noticed this and why the MD...

  16. Please help new grad - situation with pt (long)

    mstigerlily replied to mstigerlily's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Yes, she is called the OS or operations supervisor, she was the person I referred to that the Mentor told me was coming up and I mistakenly thought she had called her to assess the pt further but she...

  17. Please help new grad - situation with pt (long)

    mstigerlily replied to mstigerlily's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I came on at 1900, the day RN had just given her a 0.5 mg dose of dilaudid. The dosage ordered was: 0.25 for mild pain, 0.5 for moderate, 1.0 for severe pain, all q2h. I gave subsequent doses of 0.5...

  18. Please help new grad - situation with pt (long)

    mstigerlily replied to mstigerlily's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Yes, she did have dilaudid and nubain prescribed. The MD wrote the order for Nubain when he assessed her that evening to stop the itching from the Dilaudid. The day RN wrote the order, pharmacy...

  19. Please help new grad - situation with pt (long)

    mstigerlily replied to mstigerlily's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Thanks for responding to me and saying I sound like a good nurse. I am feeling a little bit better. It's funny when I first started in February I felt so confident, like I knew it all. With every...

  20. Please help new grad - situation with pt (long)

    mstigerlily replied to mstigerlily's topic in Ob/Gyn

    No pt's condition didn't change. Pain still there, helped but not relieved with IV narcotics. Vitals remained stable up until 0700 that morning when we got the low H&H, abdomen same. So yes,...

  21. No fundal checks for post-op C-sections?

    mstigerlily replied to daisybaby's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I have only been a postpartum nurse since February (new grad) but I was taught to do fundal checks on all pts - vag & csect - as part of the assessment when I come on shift and of course PRN....

  22. Our baby was stillborn... Please help me understand

    mstigerlily replied to nurse_wannabe's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I am so so sorry to hear this. I think fetal demise is absolutely the worst thing that can happen to a mother. Any death of a child is horrible, but you didn't even get a chance to spend time with him...

  23. Are Hospitals Fazing out the LVN's in your area??

    mstigerlily replied to caligirl2's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I have worked at two hospitals in the San Diego area (Palomar/Pomerado) and now Scripps. Palomar no longer hires LVNs for acute care, only for their SNF. They only hire RNs and CNAs. Scripps hired...

  24. Nurse doing cocaine HELP

    mstigerlily replied to llgrn1987's topic in General Nursing

    Lori, now that you've given me so much more information about this woman and about your friend, I feel bad for giving her the benefit of the doubt. I thought this was a one time situation and that...

  25. Nurse doing cocaine HELP

    mstigerlily replied to llgrn1987's topic in General Nursing

    OK well NOW that you've given me a lot more information I agree, talking to her will do no good and she is mostly likely not receptive to help!!!!!! From her background, I do feel some empathy for her...