nursejohio

nursejohio ASN, RN

NA, Stepdown, L&D, Trauma ICU, ER

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  1. opinions about epidurals

    nursejohio replied to Jayla's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Great post! :biggringi I work at a big teaching hospital and our residents feel like they should get everyone delivered before checkout. They essentially want us to up the pitocin until the baby...

  2. What do patients say that irks you?

    nursejohio replied to NurseforPreggers's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Marie, I always love your posts, but this one? This one is pure

  3. Can dilation reverse?

    nursejohio replied to mitchsmom's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Yep, it can. I've heard of it lots, but just had my first pt go backwards. She was 8, huge BBOW, baby was still at -5 (ok, not really. It was still very high though. I made the doc scan her again...

  4. What do patients say that irks you?

    nursejohio replied to NurseforPreggers's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Don't you love the mom with track marks and + UDS who freaks out about nubain or the epidural meds? "Is that going to hurt the baby?" Takes everything in me not to say "it's nothing worse than the...

  5. What do patients say that irks you?

    nursejohio replied to NurseforPreggers's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Don't ya love it when the parents say "it killed me when they took blood from our daughter" and transition straight into "and when will he get circ'd?" :uhoh21: Wait wait wait... you're telling me...

  6. Venting about a new CNA...this is really, really long!

    nursejohio replied to flashpoint's topic in General Nursing

    From my 3 years as a CNA and almost 2 as an RN, I can attest the the responsibility of the nurses for the actions (or inactions) of the CNA. While what the OP did on one hall may technically be the...

  7. How to get licensed in another state?

    nursejohio replied to JentheRN05's topic in General Nursing

    Try searching the web, usually "board of nursing" or "nursing license" and the state you're looking for will bring up helpful results. Each state has different requirements, and some have the compact...

  8. ER nurses...what shoes??

    nursejohio replied to RN2MSNasap's topic in Emergency

    I do that too!!! It's worse when they've been washed recently, must get all the dust off and make the soles a little less slick. It's not just

  9. pacify or orientate? Alzheimers...

    nursejohio replied to Lfransis's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    :cheers: A toast to you for thinking of that! After all other approaches failed, you had the creativity to find what the patient really needed. She could not accept the reality of her situation, and...

  10. pacify or orientate? Alzheimers...

    nursejohio replied to Lfransis's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    :yeahthat: I spent 3 years in LTC as an aide. Early in the process patients can be reoriented, often hundreds of times a day. When they've progressed to looking for their father (who died 40 years...

  11. Has anyone in L&D seen this or heard of this?

    nursejohio replied to Jesskanurse's topic in General Nursing

    That's what I was just thinking. We get lots of really sick moms, who sometimes have to be delivered at or before viability. NICU consults the ones on the borderline and the parents can make the...

  12. advice please!

    nursejohio replied to norton56's topic in General Nursing

    When you register for NCLEX, you specify which state you're testing for. Doesn't matter where you take it, the test is administered by the same group. I graduated, live and work in Ohio, but I took my...

  13. Have you ever taken care of a famous pt?

    nursejohio replied to Foxfour's topic in General Nursing

    That's what I was just thinking. No more details that what I've seen put out on other posts, only difference is the pt is someone famous. As long as there are more than a couple world famous...

  14. An actual 1955 Good Housekeeping article

    nursejohio replied to MuddaMia's topic in General Nursing

    I borrowed my MILs cookbook once, she'd gotten it when she married my FIL in the 60s. It had a list of very similar things in it. If the article isn't exactly right, I'm pretty sure it's close to...

  15. What do like the most about your job?

    nursejohio replied to sam12's topic in General Nursing

    I love that I get to see babies come into the world during the happy endings and help a family through their darkest hour during the not so happy

  16. opinions about epidurals

    nursejohio replied to Jayla's topic in Ob/Gyn

    It's official now, I hate them! :angryfire Last night I had my 3rd crash section for "fetal intolerance of labor" Seems to me like it's a bit of a misnomer, should be "epidural induced deep and...

  17. Something all OB nurses should know.

    nursejohio replied to NHmommy's topic in Ob/Gyn

    At my hospital we do memory box for all losses over 12 weeks, to the best of our ability with the condition of the baby. We do hand and foot prints in plaster, pictures, and a memory certificate. The...

  18. Rules for the ER (long)

    nursejohio replied to EDValerieRN's topic in Emergency

    K, as a pierced and inked nurse I take issue with that. I've had IVs started a few time, and each and every time they were worse than the things I've had done in the local tattoo

  19. Rules for the ER (long)

    nursejohio replied to EDValerieRN's topic in Emergency

    The banner under her sig kinda explains it, she's had lot of surgeries, starting at age 2 I

  20. RANT!! He left a dirty needle on my table!

    nursejohio posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'm fairly new to L&D, only 3 days off orientation. My 2nd night, I had my 2nd delivery at 0622. The doc stitched the lac and just left. I was a little peeved that he'd left all the instruments...

  21. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    nursejohio replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    Ok, I gotta confess... I did that once. Lemme explain. Years ago I had a miscarriage at 10 weeks. Wasn't quite ready for the D&C, so I waited a few days, had the worst cramps of my life, and...

  22. Should nipple piercings preclude you from breast-feeding?

    nursejohio replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Not always... Barbells (straight or curved) can be removed really easily in a matter of seconds, while captive bead rings are pretty tricky. They can't be removed like earrings, it takes a ring...

  23. My Hands Are A Mess! Which Lotion?

    nursejohio replied to SkateBetty's topic in General Nursing

    The best thing I've found is St Ives Intensive Healing. It's cheap (like $3 for a big bottle) and works better for me than any of the expensive

  24. What do patients say that irks you?

    nursejohio replied to NurseforPreggers's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I've heard this so many times from other RNs on my unit, it makes me wanna scream! I've got 5 tats, 7 piercings, and I swear to everything holy getting an IV is worse. Getting ink takes a while, but...

  25. RANT!! He left a dirty needle on my table!

    nursejohio replied to nursejohio's topic in Ob/Gyn

    It has opened my eyes a bit, so I'm not just gonna start cleaning up the tables for the few docs that don't take care of their instruments without first asking them if they've taken care of any...