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rn4babies63

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  1. Rhogam eval draw time

    rn4babies63 replied to debbiernbsn's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We draw it at the next 0500 draw following

  2. For Those Who Offer VBAC...

    rn4babies63 replied to mommy2boysaz's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We just adopted a policy that OB must be in house. Needless to say we don't do them. Small community hospital

  3. OB nursing was the one thing I didn't want to do!

    rn4babies63 replied to SubSippi's topic in Ob/Gyn

    When I was in nursing school, my OB rotation didn't phase me. It wasn't my favorite and I didn't have a yearning to be an OB nurse. At the time, nursing jobs were scarce and I just knew I had to take...

  4. TCB's

    rn4babies63 replied to scrubnurse's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Transcutaneous

  5. Other jobs with OB experience?

    rn4babies63 replied to Nurse ABC's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I worked for Nurse Family Partnership for 7 years. I was an OB/L&D/Nursery nurse for 4 years prior to that and stayed casual at the hospital while working for NFP. I absolutely loved that job....

  6. On call requirements

    rn4babies63 replied to mombabyRN96's topic in Ob/Gyn

    They just increased our call from 24 to 36 hours in a four week period. Everyone is so burnt out! We are short staffed and frequently have call offs. The call nurse is supposed to just be for...

  7. Written up for something beyond my control

    rn4babies63 replied to mombabyRN96's topic in Ob/Gyn

  8. Nurse Family Partnership

    rn4babies63 replied to Queen2u's topic in General Nursing

    I worked for NFP for 7 years and absolutely loved it! I took quite a pay cut to work for them. I have been an OB/L&D nurse for 16 years. I returned to the hospital because NFP is grant-based and...

  9. Which do you see as a better entry to maternal/child nursing?

    rn4babies63 replied to Guest321574's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Once you are oriented to L&D and scrub/circulate and comfortable with that, you can always orient to post/partum nursery. You should only need a week or two in PP and maybe longer in nursery. 6...

  10. From ED to Mom Baby or L+D

    rn4babies63 replied to Denise81's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I was hired into L&D 16 years ago as a new grad into a Level I trauma center. The hospital I currently work in has hired many new grads and just hired 3 new nurses that aren't new grads but are...

  11. From ED to Mom Baby or L+D

    rn4babies63 replied to Denise81's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I was hired into L&D 16 years ago as a new grad into a Level I trauma center. The hospital I currently work in has hired many new grads and just hired 3 new nurses that aren't new grads but are...

  12. Funniest thing you've ever seen happen to a doctor

    rn4babies63 replied to Guttercat's topic in Nursing Humor

    We once had a beautiful but nasty female OB. She degraded every nurse every chance she got. One day during a delivery, she decided not to wear a mask because the "VIP" patient's family wanted to...

  13. holiday pay this year-what??

    rn4babies63 replied to orla's topic in General Nursing

    We get paid time and a half for the 25th and Jan 1st (only if we work it) but they shorted our schedule by 4 hours those weeks so it wouldn't be any extra pay

  14. No one will hire a nurse with only a Associates???

    rn4babies63 replied to CNA1991's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know what area you are from, but where I'm at, almost all of the new nurses that we have hired only have an ADN. That's what most of the programs are around here. I only have an ADN and have...

  15. Does working on a OB unit help you eventually obtain an L&D job?

    rn4babies63 replied to BellasMommyOBRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I work on OB at 2 hospitals. Both units are L&D/Postpartum/Nursery. At both, all nurses are crosstrained to work all units. I was hired into L&D 15 years ago with no med-surg experience. We...

  16. What has been your worst nightmare about work?

    rn4babies63 replied to JeneraterRN's topic in General Nursing

    I've had a recurring dream that I dropped a baby. I work L&D, PP,

  17. Call Pay and Specialty Pay

    rn4babies63 replied to untamable07's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Job #1: We do approx 100 deliveries/month. Around 3.25/hr for call, required 24hrs call in 4 weeks, Job #2: 200 deliveries/month around $3.00/hr call, required 8 hrs/call in 4 weeks. Neither offer...

  18. Can they do this?

    rn4babies63 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have worked a second job at a casual position for 4 years. Our minimum requirement for casual status is 16 hours in a block of time (4 weeks) and 8 hours of call. I have always done at least that...

  19. Can they do this?

    rn4babies63 replied to rn4babies63's topic in General Nursing

    Rescheduling the surgery is not an option. It is not elective. I've already delayed it 4 weeks. Why? I felt I was obligated to work out my schedule so not to put THEM in a bind by calling off. Ironic,...

  20. Can they do this?

    rn4babies63 replied to rn4babies63's topic in General Nursing

    My manager told me I was a very good, reliable employee and she'd be glad to hire me back if a position was available. However, I would lose all the raises I earned in the past 4 years. She also told...

  21. Can they do this?

    rn4babies63 replied to rn4babies63's topic in General Nursing

    They tell me no it does not. Casuals have no perks whatsoever. We don't even get premium pay. They just terminated another casual RN because she had surgery as

  22. Cytotec and fetal monitoring

    rn4babies63 replied to obtech2nurse's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We give our Cytotec either 25mcg in the posterior fornix of the lady parts or 50 mcg po. I'm also baffled as to how anyone is crushing it and placing it into the lady parts. It's difficult enough to...

  23. Postpartum pericare

    rn4babies63 posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    We are considering revising our postpartum pericare instructions for cost effectiveness. Currently we are instructing our patients to do the following: Wet 3 wipes and put antibacterial soap on them,...

  24. Here are the top 5 drugs administered by allnurses.com members

    rn4babies63 replied to northmississippi's topic in General Nursing

    In the labor room: 1. Pitocin 2. Stadol 3. Cytotec 4. Nifedipine 5. Naropin Post partum: 1. Iron 2. Surfak 3. Percocet 4. Ibuprofen 5.

  25. How long did it take you to feel like you knew what you were doing?

    rn4babies63 replied to jennifers's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I've been an L&D nurse for 14 years and still often seek advice on FHR tracings, exams, etc. Although I do feel confident, I am not arrogant to think that I know everything. It took me about a...