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  1. IHC hospitals

    labornurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    I just recently moved to Utah and was thinking about applying to one of the IHC hospitals here, but I haven't really heard to much about them. Can anyone tell me about them? I would like to get in...

  2. Car Seat Stories or information?

    labornurse replied to CMB4321's topic in General Nursing

    There may be some corificeat checkpoints scheduled in your area. The seat techs will have some good stories. I am one of several car seat techs in our town. We hold several check points through out...

  3. Unit secretaries...do you have them where you work?

    labornurse replied to SoulShine75's topic in General Nursing

    I work L/D and we haven't had a unit secretary or ward clerk for years. We do everything that they used to do, plus janitor work, plus labor pt. Not unusual for us to be an hour or two after shift...

  4. What computer charting system do you use?

    labornurse replied to SuzieQ_Scrapper's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We used Meditech in L/D for about 5 years. Finally all the L/D nurses, including our manager, voted to go back to paper charting and the flow sheet. Now we are much happier and charting is much more...

  5. Sponge Count for Vag Deliveries

    labornurse replied to Nurse4Moms's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We had an incident at our hospital involving a sponge left in the lady parts after a svd. Pt came in to ER about 3 weeks later c/o fever and abdominal pain. lady partsl exam revealed sponge. Pt sued....

  6. Does census at your hospital determine OC

    labornurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    I work in a rural hospital as an L/D nurse. Sometimes we are booming and sometimes we have 0-1 pts on the floor. We work depending on census. If low census such as 0-1 pts, 1 nurse works and the rest...

  7. Patients refusing Pitocin

    labornurse replied to Minou's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We outpt these gals and monitor, typically for 1-3 hours, for contractions and cervical change. If in pain, our obs will prescribe pain med. If no cervical change, or medical need, they are...

  8. Respect for sleeping time

    labornurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have been working graveyard shift for about a year (12 hours shift 1800-0600) and I am constantly amazed how little respect that people have for my sleep time. My family feels that 2 hours sleep...

  9. How To Say No

    labornurse replied to EyesForward's topic in General Nursing

    There are repercussions on my unit. Don't come in, and you can count on being on call or floated for your next shift. Does come up in evaluation. A lot of people didn't get their 3% raise because...

  10. Anyone receive a sign on bonus?

    labornurse replied to HisTreasure's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I agree with mjlrn97. My hospital is offering sign on bonuses for any warm body with a license because of high turnover. They are also offering bounty money to nurses who work there, for any nurse (rn...

  11. Have you been injured by a doctor?

    labornurse replied to JustMe's topic in General Nursing

    I have never been assulted by an MD, (there isn't one in the facility I work who would dare), but I have had a CRNA throw things at me when the epidural wasn't going the way he wanted. It the same...

  12. What ONE change would you make to increase nurse retention where you work?

    labornurse replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    I would like to see our hospital stop floating people to units that they have little experience in, then insisting that they take a full pt load. We have had a lot of nurses say No Thanks to a job...

  13. Nurses, Will you work OT for straight pay?

    labornurse replied to klondike's topic in General Nursing

    I am very sure that the last facility that I worked at will be working very hard at trying to implement this law, and then convince the nurses that it will be in their "best interest". They have...

  14. Cute things manager's say

    labornurse replied to Tweety's topic in General Nursing

    After working a 12 hour shift that was totally crazy with no breaks and no lunch, I sat down finally 5 minutes before the end of my shift. Manager's comment? "If you need something to do, there are...

  15. Dietary department...(ranting!!)

    labornurse replied to deespoohbear's topic in General Nursing

    Our dietary department is terrible also. Had a pt who's husband had been with her all day and would not leave. She was ill with hellp and was critical. I call dietary for a comp tray for him as he...

  16. number of nurses in delivery room

    labornurse replied to califrn's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Our unit has always had 2 nurses at vag delivery. Baby's nurse may be an LPN. One RN or LPN and one RT at C/S I agree that staffing less than this is very risky especially in such a litigation...

  17. Taking Call

    labornurse replied to Kansas_RN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Works exactly the same way at my hospital Kansan_RN. I loose a lot of pay because in my unit it is either feast or famine. I am either running my butt of or sitting at home being paid $1.00 an hour....

  18. What do the envelopes mean?

    labornurse replied to midwestRN's topic in General Nursing

    The dotted ones are threads you have posted

  19. Call bells in my sleep

    labornurse replied to flowerchild's topic in General Nursing

    I have also been awakened by the phone and answered it as if I were on my unit. I still get teased about

  20. FULL NAME required on name tag???

    labornurse replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    At my hospital we are given a choice of whether we want our full name or not. Some do have the full name (mostly upper management), but most have opted to have only the first

  21. "Floating" rears its ugly head again

    labornurse replied to Nurse Ratched's topic in General Nursing

    In our OB/Nsy unit, the only place other nurses float is to the postpartum floor. We, however, are expected to cover every other unit in the hospital. If there is an influx of pts, we cover our own...

  22. Paperwork Hell

    labornurse replied to Joules's topic in General Nursing

    When our hospital switched from paper charting to computers, administration touted this as a way to free us from paper. Everything would go into the computer and we would have a paperless system...

  23. Viagra strikes again

    labornurse replied to zumalong's topic in Nursing Humor

    :rotfl: :chuckle :rotfl:

  24. too much stress in Med -Surg?

    labornurse replied to Kayzee's topic in General Nursing

    I really respect the nurses that work med/surg at our hospital. They are very knowlegeable and try hard to be helpful to us ob nurses that occasionally get floated there. They have a lot of crap to...

  25. Pick Up Lines!!

    labornurse replied to trishaLVN's topic in Nursing Humor

    Come sit on my lap and tell pinochio a lie. If I told you that you have a beautiful body would you hold it against me? I'm feeling a little off today. Will you turn me