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  1. patient ratios?

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

    EDIT: I meant to say 12-16 hours of call time a MONTH. I am having a hard time. I am just at the end of my rope today, or at least need a break. I work three days on, one day off, all this month. THen...

  2. patient ratios?

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

    oh we all have to take 12 - 16 hours of call a month, including our per diem nurses. They just won't hire any more. I turned in a suggeston tonight to cross train techs and secs so the secs can do...

  3. Let's Appreciate our CNA'S

    MIA-RN1 replied to RNKay31's topic in First Year After Licensure

    we call ours techs and they are hugely appreciated!! We are having tech appreciation week soon to show them how much we

  4. Christmas scrubs??

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

    wow, thanks!

  5. Christmas scrubs??

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

    I can't find a web addy for them! I've wanted to see their stuff for awhile. If you have a catalog or something, can you look for a way to contact them/order a

  6. Desperately Need Help With Care Plans

    MIA-RN1 replied to LVN2006's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    We were taught in school that the secondary to part could be a medical dx because nursing is the treatment of the response to the illness, so your diagnosis is based on the person's response, and the...

  7. patient ratios?

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

    last night we had to use both our call people, and another nurse who said she'd work and we STILL had heavy caseloads. I had five couplets myself; the AP's and TAH were thankfully not mine last night....

  8. Hello I'm new here

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

    Just go and talk to the nurse recruiter where you want to work. I graduated in May this year and myself and four other new grads were hired by the same maternity center, three of us in postpartum and...

  9. Need Advice

    MIA-RN1 replied to southflorida2's topic in General Nursing

    Probably the best place to start is with the school in which you are interested. See what they recommend and look at all your options. Would you save time and money just going straight for your RN...

  10. nursing diagnoses!

    MIA-RN1 posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Hi all. At work we write PAR notes (Problem, assessment, response) Anyway, the P is a nursing diagnosis, or should be. I am having a terrible time finding a nursing diagnosis for jaundice....

  11. nursing diagnoses!

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

    yep I have the ackly book too but those dx's seemed more related to jaundice secondary to hepatits, cirrhosis, and liver disease. The babies I see aren't bothered at all by their jaundice. I agree...

  12. nursing diagnoses!

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

    yes it does and that is a great article~ jaundice can be so hard to explain to parents and it was hard for me to learn about in school, combined with all the rh stuff and coombs testing etc. i think...

  13. nursing diagnoses!

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

    everyone here has been so helpful! Daytonite that book sounds great I am going to look for it. Again, this note is for before the lights are indicated, for just when yellowing to the umbilicus is...

  14. Cleaning Nursing Shoes

    MIA-RN1 replied to sister--*'s topic in General Nursing

    how do the insides dry? I mean, won't they smell or somethign? I have some reeboks I'd LOVE to get clean. And do you have to disinfect the washer after

  15. nursing diagnoses!

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

    diane those are great but I am looking for a nursing diagnosis specific to the newborn w. asymptomatic jaundice. I think the readiness for enhanced knowledge is a great one tho, for later when I am...

  16. patient ratios?

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

    lol yup. Tonight for some unknown reason I had a TAH w/

  17. Hypochondriac Nurses

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

    I am way less of a hypochondriac than I used to be. Nursing school gave me a sense of power over it. I used to worry about my kids a LOT, but then...they always had the weird stuff. My son had...

  18. patient ratios?

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

    The thing is that we all had crappy assignments. There were four ap's on the floor all together, and some others w. stuff going on as well. That assignement I mentioned, I left out that one of the...

  19. How do you learn to give injections?

    MIA-RN1 replied to tigress_8207's topic in General Students

    if you can, practice at home on some raw chicken. It really is very much like giving an injection to a patient. For the record, I simply abhor giving shots. I can do it, but I don't like

  20. PP mag patients-go to PP floor, or stay on L&D?

    MIA-RN1 replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

    You guys are lucky! I was the one who posted that our mag pts come over to the PP side. We don't have a ton of labor rooms, I think six and two or three that can swing if they need them for L&D....

  21. new RN. I don't know where to start

    MIA-RN1 replied to xoxobaby612's topic in General Nursing

    ask about the nurse retention---are the nurses happy, do they stay? (Maybe just ask individual nurses that) Ask about the patient/nurse ratios. Ask about call time--is it mandatory and will you have...

  22. Giving injections!

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

    huh...maybe I will try that. I never really think much about the legs. Just on the top of the thigh, right? Thats where the babies get

  23. Second Career Nurses (30+ years old)

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

    1. nursing chose me. I feel it in my bones and my blood that my calling is to be a nurse. I guess its my passion. 2. I can't imagine doing anything else, but the flexibility and the many opportunities...

  24. paperwork aaaarrrrggghhhh!!

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

    I have usually four mother/baby couplets. Some are more involved. NSD's are q4hour checks, C-sects start at half hour intervals X2, then 1hX2 then 2hX2 then a4h X48h. It can be pretty involved. Then...

  25. self scheduling question

    MIA-RN1 replied to firetopaz's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    we have self schedule. We have to do four weeks at a time. We are required to do four weekend shifts, and one of those has to be a sat/sun back to back. We have to do at least one Friday per schedule...