obtech2nurse

I will be starting in July - RN to BSN. I need to finally get this darn BSN under my belt so I go on to bigger and better things. I am hoping to do it all in one term.

I am not sure if this is too late or not but here goes... I am an OB nurse in Bethel, AK. I can honestly say I love it up here. The people here are very friendly and nice. I love the unit I work on. I am very involved with community doing roller derb...

I have always taken BP on the left side of patients with differing levels of PIH (I know there is no such thing any more, but how do you abbreviate pre-eclampsia?) An older nurse jumped all over me because I did this all night. She claims that we sho...

I need to find some articles to support my position. I guess I know what I am going to do with my downtime tonight!

I just started a job in a small hospital where Cytotec induction is routine. Our policy is to monitor the baby for 30mins before admin, then monitor for 2 hours. The nurses do not even check heart tones between that time. Is that a normal practice? T...

We are supposed to go to 20 mu of Pit and our providers get upset if they walk into a room and do not see 20 mu going regardless of progession of labor. It makes me laugh because the CNM's get the most upset about it. I hardly ever go past 10 mu and ...

Sorry- long thread- I really need to vent or I might just go to another unit with checkmarked charting - I had a very bad day yesterday and I had about four supervisiors watching my charting all day long and commenting (negatively) on my charting and...

L&D is very rewarding and challenging. It is so much fun to watch a family introduce a new member, there is rarely a day that I don't get teary eyed during a delivery. I love my job, but even a year into working as a nurse and 6 years of being an...

Thanks guys. I just really needed to vent. I work weekend option and our weekend shift is beyond great. Everyone is so helpful and we really work as team. I only work one day during the week and that is the day I have so much trouble with not getttin...

Thanks for the encouragement!!

I am thinking about going to med school. I think my background as a nurse would help me be a better doctor. Has anyone heard of RN's going to med school. I would like to know if med schools would like that or look down on it. Any thoughts?

I am kind of interested in correctional nursing, but I haven't been able to find any openings to apply for in Georgia. Where do you look for those openings? I am currently working in L&D and I need a part time job. I love L&D but I don't want...

Just an update. I passed!!!!

Congrats!! Good for you!

I love to work nights! I have worked nights for several years as an OB tech. I am now during my orientation on days for 12 weeks. I can not wait to go back to nights. I have worked at several hospitals and it seems that people are more helpful and fr...

good for you!!!

That is wonderful!!! Congrats!!

Our school really focused on ATI's during the school year. We had to take the GN predicter and pass with a higher score than 60% to have our BON application signed. I made a 99% with no problem. (That means I should have a 99% chance of passing the N...

I feel the same way!!! Hang in there, and good luck!!

Oh no! I didn't have an overwhelming amount of priority questions. I got a couple home health priority questions. Those sucked!! Especially since they were all relatively stable patiets. Plus, we didn't go over home health in school.

I am freaking out right about now. That was the hardest test I have even taken. I had 75 questions. It took me 55 mins. I thought the questions were pretty difficult. I didn't have any drug calculations, L&D, antepartum, or growth and developmen...

It is possible to work and go to school. I work 36hrs a week, go to school Mon-Fri and I am starring in a play at the local community theatre. Oh yeah, I also have a 2 and 3 year old at home. I am in my last semester and I have the highest grade in m...

Same thing hapened to me. I had it read at 72 hrs and it was red and clearly defined but not really raised to much. The nurse that read it said nothing about it. Two days later it was iching and I started to scatch at it. My house supervisor saw it (...

Well I think it is the male nurse's decision if he wants to be a nurse in L&D. The only downside is if the hospital requires a female employee to be in a room when a male is checking a cervix. That would put a lot of strain on other female nurses...

I just wanted to see how your school and working was going. how everything is working out for you!!