rn4babies63

rn4babies63

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  1. Second Career Nurse in Maternity

    rn4babies63 replied to tlstackh's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Oh honey, hang in there. My first job directly out of nursing school was in a Level III L&D. Not only was I learning the basic nursing skills but the fast pace L&D stuff, too. To top it...

  2. OB nurse, can't find cervix. Can fingers be too short?

    rn4babies63 replied to besomebody's topic in General Nursing

    Don't feel bad! It takes alot of practice. I've done OB for 13 years now and probably have the smallest hands, shortest fingers on staff. Many times I have to get someone with longer fingers to...

  3. Call Shifts on a Labor and Delivery Unit

    rn4babies63 replied to SammyW0406's topic in General Nursing

    We've always had call on our L&D unit. At my first job we have to take 24 hour call in a 4 week period (all at once) plus can take other nurse's call if we'd like. At my other job I have to take...

  4. compensation for working short

    rn4babies63 replied to maxthecat's topic in General Nursing

    That's more than we

  5. If you have rec' d the H1N1 vaccine - please report

    rn4babies63 replied to CrunchRN's topic in General Nursing

    I had mine last Friday. Didn't even get a sore arm. Did get a pretty sore arm from the seasonal injection,

  6. leaving the hospital and 3 12's for working 5 8hours out of hospital

    rn4babies63 replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    I did three 12's for 5 years then went to a home health job doing 4-10's with a flexible schedule. This was grade 9 thru 12 when my son was in high school. I never missed a ball game, swim meet or...

  7. Prayers needed!

    rn4babies63 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Everyone, prayers needed. A nurse in our hospital, 20 weeks pregnant, fell very, very ill with confirmed H1N1 last week. She became critically ill and almost died. As of today, she is still critical,...

  8. neonatal thermoregulation -help

    rn4babies63 replied to GraceUnderFire's topic in General Nursing

    This was shown on Grey's Anatomy this

  9. Is it a sin to want a day off?

    rn4babies63 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Sorry. I just have to vent.....I work 2 jobs. I worked my primary job the past two days, horribly busy, 14 hour shifts. I'm off today. Work the rest of the week. Yesterday AM I was asked to come in to...

  10. Is it a sin to want a day off?

    rn4babies63 replied to rn4babies63's topic in General Nursing

    I'm usually pretty available unless I'm working the second job. I've never called off or been late in 12 years either. It just makes me mad all the call offs we have on a regular basis (not for...

  11. New grad starts IVs!

    rn4babies63 replied to CCLOUD9's topic in General Nursing

    I work at two hospitals and use both types. I personally prefer the one that you pull back and it clicks and retracts rather that the one with the little button on it. Sorry, dont know the brands. I...

  12. Take that, cell phone!

    rn4babies63 replied to nursej22's topic in General Nursing

    Several years ago our hospital got a hospital-wide Vocera handsfree answering system. At the beginning of the shift you log in and it can be worn around the neck or clipped on your scrubs. Although...

  13. Foley catheter and pushing

    rn4babies63 posted a topic in General Nursing

    In our labor and delivery unit, we have a doc that insists that the foley remain in while pushing. We remove it for all the other docs just prior to the pt pushing. He insists that leaving it in...

  14. Tdap Question?

    rn4babies63 replied to j_audrey's topic in General Nursing

    Our unit manager made it mandatory for all of us to get the Tdap vaccine. Some had no reaction, some had localized swelling, pain. 3 days later, I awoke in the middle of the night with lightening...

  15. Has anyone ever worked a "double shift" ie 16hr shift?

    rn4babies63 replied to chingy1206's topic in General Nursing

    I've done it only three times and will never do it again it I can help it. I once worked 7A-7:30PM, took my husband to the ER from 8:30-11:30 then drove an hour to my second job and worked 12...

  16. What ever happened to "mother nature"?

    rn4babies63 replied to im_an_honest_1's topic in Ob/Gyn

    OK. You work on my unit, right? If not, your is EXACTLY like mine. We do a C/S almost every evening between 6-7 if a patient doesn't deliver before then (after office hours, before dinnertime). Many...

  17. Nursing Nightmare - Whats's the most number of patients you cared for by yourself?

    rn4babies63 replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    14 babies in the nursery BY

  18. Per diem premium at your facility?

    rn4babies63 replied to dreavt's topic in General Nursing

    I currently have 2 jobs. Job #1 does not pay a per diem rate. We have casual staff which have no benefits, no guarantee of hours which make the regular rate. Job #2 pays about $34-36/hr. I make close...

  19. JERK DOCTOR!

    rn4babies63 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I worked night shift the other night (which I do infrequently) and our 8AM induction came in at 3AM with labor complaints. After assessing her, it was determined that she was not in labor and my...

  20. JERK DOCTOR!

    rn4babies63 replied to rn4babies63's topic in General Nursing

    unfortunately, he is the chief of ob. i spoke with my director this morning about it and she told me that he approached her as well. she said she point blank told him that i was correct in calling...

  21. JERK DOCTOR!

    rn4babies63 replied to rn4babies63's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not talking about him to others. He came to me and said "I asked so and so, and so and so, and so and so if they would have called me in the middle of the night like you did and they all told me...

  22. Is this the general opinion?

    rn4babies63 replied to Bridgette_H's topic in General Nursing

    When I graduated, I had no idea what area of nursing I wanted to do. I just figured that med-surg was the way to go to get started. In nursing school, L&D wasn't my cup of tea. Jobs were hard to...

  23. Full timers-how many sick days do you use per year?

    rn4babies63 replied to ajaxgirl's topic in General Nursing

    None in 13

  24. Survey about Cytotec

    rn4babies63 replied to nurse_maya28's topic in Ob/Gyn

    how many births do you do per year or per month? 80-90 how many ob/gyns do you have on staff? 5 how many family practice doctors delivery babies? none how many nurses do you have on staff for l&d...

  25. I'm getting written up! (Very long)

    rn4babies63 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm getting written for an incident in which was completely misunderstood. Yesterday, I had a 20 year-old patient that was being induced for labor. On admission, she was asked what her plans were...