judyblueeyes

Don't feel bad about making the request. We do it quite a bit on our very large antepartum unit. We have patients that we need to "take turns" with- both good and bad. Usually, when the charge is making the assignment, she passes a paper around for ...

Also, this: http://www.goarmy.com/amedd/nurse/corps_benefits.jsp You can make the most of your time and career by taking advantage of the benefits available to nurses serving in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps. Not only will you come to know the pride tha...

I looked around the web and could not find any job listings for nurse in Iraq or Afghanistan. The only articles I saw were about nurses who are also enlisted military members. It appears there are not any high paying jobs to these places. I did see a...

Professionally, I agree that coaching provided little benefit. Personally, I took no classes and had no birthplan with my first. the baby came anyway! LOL!

A raisin?

I saw it, also. You can watch many PBS/NOVA shows on their website for free. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/

I don't mind when they call.. I rather like it. Keep calling!

I had a pt complaint once about something trivial like that, too. She complained that food service forgot to bring her a soda, so I secured one for her- with a cup of ice. She asked me to pour it for her (!) and later complained that I ruined her dri...

Here is an intersting article about a Doc who didn't want a particluar patient I read recently: http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1681838,00.html

"The Business of Being Born, a documentary directed by Abby Epstein and produced by talk-show host Ricki Lake, is a generous-spirited tribute to the practice of home birth. It's full of moving (and surprisingly ungross) filmed deliveries, including t...

More Onet info..the 25 top paying jobs: Top 50 Highest-Paying Occupations by Median Hourly Wages These are the occupations with the highest median hourly wages in 2006. Annual wages are considered if the hourly wage is unavailable. Select an occupat...

Onet says about registered nurses: Wages & Employment Trends National Median wages (2006) $27.54 hourly, $57,280 annual Employment (2004) 2,394,000 employees Projected growth (2004-2014) Faster than average (21-35%) Projected need (2004-2014...

Sure, money won't buy you happiness, but it will allow you to have a comfortable life which can get you closer to happiness sometimes. Try "O-Net"...not sure if it is a dot-com or dot-net. It has a lot of information about jobs including pretty accu...

Mine is 12,500 per year. I pay half and my employer pays half. This is for a family of 4 (2 adults and 2 children) and includes dental and vision.

I recall their names as hallux (or was that pallux...one is the thumb, the other the toe), indices, impudens, annulus and minimus.

I like working 12's. I don't usually do all three in a row, though. I usually work two 12's three times over the 2 week pay period. The 12 hour day is a long day that doesn't leave time for much else, but I really like having more days off to spend w...

While people asscociate PPH with abortion services, it is also the largest provider of reproductive heath care services in the country with over 4 million visits per year. They diagnose and treat all manner of problems in both men and women as well ...

Everyone needs a hobby, I guess. LOL Seriously, try OB-GYN nursing. There is a small but vocal minority who badmouths OB-GYN like crazy.

I have not seen the movie, but would be interested in doing so. I have only recently qualified for heath benefits throuhg my job- after being uninsure for 8years. And that is 8 years where I was employed by a hospital. That's just not right.

(IUI= follicle stimulation meds + intrauterine insemination. IVF=follicle stimulation meds and the follicles are removed, fertilized, perhaps frozen, and replaced at a later date.) Usually, when there are too many follicles for IUI, the cycle is canc...

I had both babies at my hospital- a full termer and a 23.5 weeker (now 9). I wouldn't have one any place else!

4 months.

I'm not divorced (and was single during NS) but I recall being surprised at how many women in NS were iether getting divorced or planning to do so. You can do it and you will be glad you did. I, too, wanted to restate that your future ex is not the o...

We just got the new alcohol/hand sanitizer stuff at work and I thought the maintenance man had been drinking when he got into the elevater with me. It took me a few seconds to realize that he had most likely used the sanitizer dispenser by the elevat...

Yes, we have "infant stabilization" pods scattered throughout or 45 L&D rooms. Each pod can acomodate up to 4 kids and they are always up and ready to go.