HeartsOpenWide RN

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    My PC doc said she'd make as much as a public school teacher???

    HeartsOpenWide replied to loriinmd's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    She was probably exaggerating d/t the reimbursement
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    The most ridiculous birth plans you've had the pleasure of reading

    HeartsOpenWide replied to PeepnBiscuitsRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I don't mind birth plans at all, as long as the patient understands that they are just ideals of how their birth could go; but are totally fluid to changing as things change with labor. The more...
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    Patient requests

    HeartsOpenWide posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    We all know patients can be demanding. What's your "favorite" patient request? Mine, an iPhone
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    Can i be a mother/baby nurse if I have never had kids?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to studentnurse9806's topic in Ob/Gyn

    One of our best pediatricians was unable to have children...I have never had a baby (yet) and have had patients come up to me months later and say "my friend is having a baby, I told her to request...
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    Workflow of Labor & Delivery Nursing

    HeartsOpenWide replied to Cottontop365's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Work flow? It's "Ebb and Flow" you have to be able to go from zero to sixty in no time flat. When your busting at the seams and another labor walks in the door, there is no transferring them to...
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    Healthy women schedule C-sections to prevent vaginal stretching

    HeartsOpenWide replied to rph3664's topic in Ob/Gyn

    IMO, women should have to pay cash for elective C/S, not the government/tax payers (Medicaid) and not the insurance companies (it raises everyone's
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    Patient fx hip after family refused alarm

    HeartsOpenWide replied to Emilyinsc's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    The family should have been informed that the alarm is a hospital policy and why (reason for the need) if the family still refused, an AMA form should have been signed to CYA...why did the family...
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    Patient requests

    HeartsOpenWide replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Lol. Ballsie request. Different situation...What about Marinol? We gave it to one if our hyperemesis gravidarum patients once. We had her several weeks with a PICC
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    MD screaming at RN's in front of patients regularly

    HeartsOpenWide replied to AtivanIM's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Write it up. Nurses write eachother up all the time. Are doctors exempt? Exempt from have to respect coworkers?
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    RN's forced to do CNA work

    HeartsOpenWide replied to rnckr's topic in First Year After Licensure

    We don't even have aids on our unit. My friends that work med/surg say this happens all the
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    Written up for something beyond my control

    HeartsOpenWide replied to mombabyRN96's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Our pharmacists are on call, if they made the drug wrong I would call the house sup so they could call the pharmacist in and make it correctly. You say pharmacy leaves at 9pm (lucky, ours leaves a...
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    Night shifters - ever experience this?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to beeker's topic in General Nursing

    Nothing worked for me. I put ton foil over the windows, had venetian blinds over that, and thick corduroy drapes over that! I peed in a plastic trash can so I didn't have to go to leave my dark...
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    Medical Nurse with an OB interview, any advice?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to mjs2118's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Have confidence. They are already interested in you or they wouldn't give you an
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    Waitressing as a pre-req?

    HeartsOpenWide posted a topic in General Nursing

    Ever feel like this requirement was left out? Part RN part waitress? We don't have any techs, aids, or ward clerks on our unit. I will always get my laboring patient what she wants, I try to show the...
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    8 or 12hr shifts?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to ashleyr34's topic in General Nursing

    Chances are you'll be working nights. 5 nights a week killed me. Now I work 12 hr days and I love it. You don't have to work all three in a
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    Poll: I got my new grad job in...?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to eleectrosaurus's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    California. LDRP and Level one
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    How to handle lazy LPN's on the team

    HeartsOpenWide replied to Nurse ABC's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    The LPNs might not "belong" to anyone; but the RN does delegate to the
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    On call requirements

    HeartsOpenWide replied to mombabyRN96's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Our on call is less; as in, we work 36 hours a week and if we get 12 hrs of on call we only physically work 24 hrs. In California you can not be forced to work overtime, although some people with...
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    How long did it take to find your niche?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to bankssarn's topic in General Nursing

    I work in Labor, Delivery, Recovery, Postpartum, Well Baby Nursery, Antepartum, and GYN. I have since I graduated nursing school. I can't imagine being any other type of nurse, maybe public health;...
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    help rn on postpartum thinking about labor!!!

    HeartsOpenWide replied to trice314's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Change is scary. Make sure you get adequate training, like 3 months. Take an labor & delivery and EFM review
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    CNM School and Prior Grades

    HeartsOpenWide replied to Denali_25's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Most schools want a 3.0 or higher, but it's not absolute. Many will make people take the GRE if they have a lower GPA, and if they do well their chances increase. They don't look just at grades, they...
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    What would you do?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to violet_violet's topic in Ob/Gyn

    O2, fluid bolus, Vag check for prolapsed cord, call MD, notify
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    Umbilical Cord Blood Gases

    HeartsOpenWide posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    I am studying for the subspecialty exam Advanced Fetal Monitoring. Does anyone know of a good book or link on Umbilical Cord Blood
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    FHT question, where is the variable on this strip?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to violet_violet's topic in Ob/Gyn

    It's a Lambda
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    FHT question, where is the variable on this strip?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to violet_violet's topic in Ob/Gyn

    When you hear hooves, don't assume zebras. It's part of the variability....regardless, most are in agreement that they wouldn't even do anything with this strip. Even if it was a variable, I still...