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  1. Precipitous Labor

    JAHJF replied to RaeT,RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We have a precip bag hanging on the back of every door w/what you need to catch a baby (bulb, blankets, clamps, scalpel, hat) and we try to always get the table set up when a mom hits

  2. What degree do I go for

    JAHJF replied to jls123's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Check out this thread and the link in it to the thread Future CNMs :) https://allnurses.com/forums/showthread.php?t=112620&highlight=midwives Hope this

  3. What degree do I go for

    JAHJF replied to jls123's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Where I work High-risk L&D, they don't hire LPNs. Several of us have associate

  4. What computer charting system do you use?

    JAHJF replied to SuzieQ_Scrapper's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We use Meditech where I work Cardiac Step-down and WatchChild where I work L&D (the rest of the hospital is going to a system called Invision but it isn't up and running

  5. ER doc misread EKG? (long vent)

    JAHJF posted a topic in Cardiac

    Has anyone had an ER doc misread an EKG? 78F pt came to ER from NH where she was staying for rehab (she was A&Ox3, totally with it) c/o CP and SOB (troponin 1.36). During report RN told me they...

  6. Did you see a positive PPD result?

    JAHJF replied to estrogen's topic in General Nursing

    I did not start this thread, I was only offering my experience to the person who did b/c they sound concerned about their own test. My swelling was during the 1st 24hrs and like I stated, when I had...

  7. Did you see a positive PPD result?

    JAHJF replied to estrogen's topic in General Nursing

    Mine this year turned red and swelled at the injection site to about the size of a dime (I was switching jobs and had just had one 2months before this that didn't do this so I was pretty freaked out,...

  8. PICU Tennessee

    JAHJF replied to kdc_89's topic in Tennessee Nursing

    Going rate for FT new grads or minimal experience (1-2yr) in all Chattanooga area hospitals from what I

  9. PICU Tennessee

    JAHJF replied to kdc_89's topic in Tennessee Nursing

    http://www.utmedicalcenter.org

  10. PICU Tennessee

    JAHJF replied to kdc_89's topic in Tennessee Nursing

    I believe the going rate in this area is between $17 and $18/hr plus night and/or weekend shift diff. PM me if you want the Nurse Recruiter's name and

  11. PICU Tennessee

    JAHJF replied to kdc_89's topic in Tennessee Nursing

    T.C. Thompson Childrens Hospital in Chattanooga has a PICU and pay depends on experience.

  12. ER doc misread EKG? (long vent)

    JAHJF replied to JAHJF's topic in Cardiac

    If you read my above post this patient passed away. But, we do have machines that make wheir own interpretation (most often it isn't 100% correct, but what machine is) and it did call this EKG an...

  13. WHCNP vs CNM

    JAHJF replied to futureTMA's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    Yale's website states that it's program makes a graduate eligible for adult nurse practitioner certification and whnp certification (allowing you to provide not only OB/GYN care but any other health...

  14. Being falsely accused of neglect/abuse

    JAHJF replied to elthia's topic in General Nursing

    Last year we had a Cardiologist yell at and grab the nurse manager for his groups office b/c he was upset w/her for letting one of "his" nurses go. He was arrested and charged w/assault, all over the...

  15. WHCNP vs CNM

    JAHJF replied to futureTMA's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    :) Your welcome

  16. WHCNP vs CNM

    JAHJF replied to futureTMA's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    Vanderbilt in Nashville, TN offers programs in both areas, they are very helpful if you have questions about either program: http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/nursing/msn/womenhnpq.html...

  17. EKG class/ACLS/PALS

    JAHJF replied to Neilsbiggestfan's topic in General Nursing

    My hospital offers a critical care series through out the year (each month they cover a different topic: cardiac, pulmonary, hemodynamics,

  18. ER doc misread EKG? (long vent)

    JAHJF replied to JAHJF's topic in Cardiac

    ERNURSE4MS I totally get you point (have been in situations myself where doc didn't seem to want to do what is needed and you don't have orders so what do you do) but I don't feel that this was this...

  19. Advice on Midwife Journey

    JAHJF replied to AdviSeeker's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    http://www.allnursingschools.com Distance education programs (have to go to campus at some point): East Carolina University Frontier Hey don't worry about having kids and college. I started a...

  20. Advice on Midwife Journey

    JAHJF replied to AdviSeeker's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    Check out this thread and the link in it to the thread Future CNMs :) https://allnurses.com/forums/showthread.php?t=112620&highlight=midwives Hope this

  21. Any former med surg nurses who switched to other specialities like L&D

    JAHJF replied to supergirl's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I've worked the last year and a half in Cardiac step-down (and love it, the patients and other nurses are great) but I've always, always wanted L&D just couldn't get a job b/c I don't have...

  22. ER doc misread EKG? (long vent)

    JAHJF replied to JAHJF's topic in Cardiac

    She is still in the unit, doing poorly from what I hear, son is coming in from

  23. ER doc misread EKG? (long vent)

    JAHJF replied to JAHJF's topic in Cardiac

    I've only been an RN for a year and I've worked Step-down this whole time, THANK YOU all for your encouraging words. She was admitted to the hospitalist (the on call MD was an internal med doc) and...

  24. what is comfort care only?

    JAHJF replied to Ms.RN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Sorry, just realized that this is LTC forum; I work Cardiac step-down and rarely have comfort measure pt's but I did mean to imply that we have those options available to the pt but we never force the...

  25. what is comfort care only?

    JAHJF replied to Ms.RN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Yes, pt can be medically treated. Our comfort cares are usually terminally ill and have DNRs; we provided hydration (PO/IV), pain medication, O2 therapy, medications that pt can tolerate taking...