q12RN replied to Mrs. Sparkle Pants's topic in General Nursing
I work in Informatics now, but I am getting a DNP in nursing followed with the Informatics certificate from DUKE. Booming profession now with everyone trying to implement the EHR.
I just took the exam almost 2 months ago and passed! I have 4 years exp in L&D, nursery and Postpartum. I have been out of OB full time for almost a year and still work PRN while working on my doctorate degree in nursing. I studied some PCEP b...
our docs would be txfring a pt if their plts were close 70!! our facility doesn't have platelets to transfuse on hand. we have to specially order for them and it takes time to get them here. i seen a pt a couple of yrs ago we were txfring and her p...
I think firing her was over the top. I love to play with our u/s machine. I'm not giving a diagnosis, or a plan of care. Just simply looking at a baby from time to time. We have a portable u/s and frequently use it to verify a Heartbeat if we can'...
I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE-----working in L&D. Worked in other areas and never want to leave this one :) Sure every job has it's pitfalls, but 99% of the time I'm happy.
[/color i think it's a shame. there is no such thing as privacy!! administration shoves privacy down your throat every chance they get and yet they are the ones who are the worst for breach of confidentiality. for example: im pregnant. just found o...
Hmmm, just a thought, but I wonder if you wound be able to check out your own cervix to get a "general" idea, One of the gals I work with said she checked her own cervix when preggo so she wouldn't go to the hospital if not in real labor.:uhoh21:
That is really hefty. Our hospital prn's must do at least 1 shift every 6 months to stay on the schedule. No holidays are required, no weekend requirements either. Which means the nurse gets to work when they want to and not when "we" need them to. K...
A couple of weeks ago I had a HIspanic pt who was in labor ~ 8 cm. Very limited English. She wanted to go to the bathroom so I let her go and while she sat on the commode she looked like she was "ready". I looked at her and asked if she felt like she...
My badge has a large red tab at the bottom that displays RN. Upper mgmt thought patients would like to know who was taking care of them, The only grief I've heard is from the CNA's not wanting to have it displayed I guess b/c some pts thought they w...
I didn't. I feel like I'm not paid nearly enough for what I do on a daily basis. Physical and mental exhaustion..I don't know if you can place a price on that.