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  1. Typical schedule RN at hospital

    MIA-RN1 replied to lizzyberry's topic in General Nursing

    Our new nurses all have to start on the day/night rotation. I got the last of the full time evening schedules. We have day/eve, straight eve, and day/night rotations. So there can be 7a - 330p, 7a -...

  2. Are students in the way?

    MIA-RN1 replied to MelodyRNurse's topic in General Nursing

    I like nursing students but it depends a lot on the student AND the instructor. I LOVE the instructors that will help the student with the assigned patient and use me as a reference. I DO NOT LIKE the...

  3. awhonn guidelines

    MIA-RN1 replied to MIA-RN1's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Thanks, I appreciate it. I have not joined AWHONN and may not if I decide to leave my current

  4. awhonn guidelines

    MIA-RN1 replied to MIA-RN1's topic in Ob/Gyn

    thank you for that! i think mgmt is citing new guidelines though. i don't think its regulated in ny, but i am trying to figure out awhons logic behind going up to 5

  5. awhonn guidelines

    MIA-RN1 replied to MIA-RN1's topic in Ob/Gyn

    our c/s vitals are q30 X2, q1h X2, q2h X2, q4X 48h then q shift til discharge. But their respirs are hourly until 12h past duramorph, so usually the first 8-9h on the pp

  6. awhonn guidelines

    MIA-RN1 replied to MIA-RN1's topic in Ob/Gyn

    oh I am sorry for not making myself clearer--I just reread my post. I didn't get the email from AWHONN, it came from management where I work, and said that AWHONN feels one nurse to five couplets is...

  7. How many nurses have taken vacation time during their first year?

    MIA-RN1 replied to UnidentifiedNurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I started in June and as of December had 2 weeks vacation time I could access, I took one week last week and another week this week! I submitted for a week in August coming up too. (By then I Will...

  8. I rarely answer medical questions or give advice online...

    MIA-RN1 replied to flashpoint's topic in General Nursing

    Alcohol baths are outdated and very dangerous from what I've heard/read. A child can absorb a potentially lethal amount thru the skin, I believe. Not to mention what it can do to mucous membranes,...

  9. customer svc the norm?

    MIA-RN1 replied to Kitty Hawk's topic in General Nursing

    We have comment cards and now they are being xeroxed and posted for all to see, with interesting parts highlighted. Its completely demeaning to put so much emphasis on comment cards. We all read the...

  10. Scrubs for nursery staff suggestions please?

    MIA-RN1 replied to tammki5g's topic in Ob/Gyn

    we wear lavendar pants and either lavendar, white or coordinated print top. I don't like it at all. People still don't have a clue who the nurse is. The housekeepers, doctors, and labor nurses wear...

  11. Do Nurses have time...

    MIA-RN1 replied to xjae's topic in General Nursing

    I go to the bathroom as needed. I work 12h shifts and get one meal break, but my patients arent truly covered except for the 10 minutes I leave the floor to go to the cafeteria. I just eat on the...

  12. just a little vent

    MIA-RN1 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    OK so they don't teach us IV's in nursing school. And the IV part of my orientation involved a booklet and a big rubber hose-type thing to practice on. And I am on a floor where we rarely if ever put...

  13. aren't there any uncomplicated births anymore??

    MIA-RN1 posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    I can't understand what is going on! There is a joke that I have a 'black cloud' around me! This past two days, I have had a patient with about a 500cc hemorrhage, a pt that spiked fever, chest pain,...

  14. aren't there any uncomplicated births anymore??

    MIA-RN1 replied to MIA-RN1's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I hear you, but I DO work

  15. aren't there any uncomplicated births anymore??

    MIA-RN1 replied to MIA-RN1's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I hear ya, Blue Eyes. I am glad that allnurses is here because its really helped me open my eyes to corporate stuff that I;d probably be naive to otherwise, and helps me see the deeper picture as to...

  16. aren't there any uncomplicated births anymore??

    MIA-RN1 replied to MIA-RN1's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Oh of course I want to speak out. The self-governance might be the way to increase nurse:pt ratios, although I really doubt it. I will NEVER give up nursing

  17. aren't there any uncomplicated births anymore??

    MIA-RN1 replied to MIA-RN1's topic in Ob/Gyn

    The idea of being an office nurse sounds more appealing but the money and the hours are still better at the hospital, so for now at least, I have to stay. I had a pretty good night a couple nights...

  18. just a little vent

    MIA-RN1 replied to MIA-RN1's topic in First Year After Licensure

    oh wow thank you! Yes, I am talking bout a T piece. maybe I will practice at work tonight if I can find some time....and a willing 'victim' lol. Thanks so much for this info; it makes sense!

  19. just a little vent

    MIA-RN1 replied to MIA-RN1's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I have no idea what the nurses on LF thought. I thought I made myself clear that I just needed help doing it, but then I was so close to tears I couldn't clarify further since there were like 8 of...

  20. just a little vent

    MIA-RN1 replied to MIA-RN1's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thanks! I have talked and asked for help. I've asked to be allowed to spend a day in labor triage so that I can get lots of practice, asked to follow the SWAT team, asked to spend time in the same-day...

  21. just a little vent

    MIA-RN1 replied to MIA-RN1's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thanks and after a couple days to let it go I am feeling better. I also know who I can and who I can't ask for help at work. I really really wish that we'd been allowed to learn IV skills in school...

  22. Jaundice skin color and labs

    MIA-RN1 replied to JenTheRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Ethnicity and skin tone have a lot to do with it as well. Some babies just have yellowish undertones to their skin that makes them look jaundiced. I have heard as well that the commonly used scales...

  23. aren't there any uncomplicated births anymore??

    MIA-RN1 replied to MIA-RN1's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Yes the 1:6 seems like much; its still a rumor so I am keeping my eyes open. We just are slammed with patients, many high-acuity;. Today I had a pt who was 33wks pregnant with htn epigastric pain that...

  24. aren't there any uncomplicated births anymore??

    MIA-RN1 replied to MIA-RN1's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Thank you! I love my job and I love being a nurse but wow...some days are just so

  25. Has this happened to anyone before??

    MIA-RN1 replied to Purdue_Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    I had labrynthitis once. Very freaky and awful. Sorry you are experiencing