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  1. Every Mom, Dad, Sis, Uncle Believes They Know Better Than The Nurse...

    DWelly14 replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    Yep! I'm a CNM and had a patient recently that one of the other midwives in my practice had admitted for a therapeutic rest the day before. She was 37 weeks, and had only begun care with us at 34...

  2. Already bored in PP.. now what

    DWelly14 replied to NursingNapsNetflix's topic in Nursing Career

    I work L&D now and if that's your end goal, I'd encourage you to go for it. At least where I work, everyone takes great care of or pregnant coworkers so you should be fine working L&D while...

  3. How to politely rescind a nursing school acceptance?

    DWelly14 replied to Nursinghopeful19's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    This happened to me with grad school. Applied to three schools, got in to all three but number one choice didn't get back to me until I had already accepted my seat in my second choice program. Main...

  4. Preceptor burnout

    DWelly14 replied to QuarterLife88's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I hear you. Precpeting is hard and thankless. I think it's definitely reasonable to ask for a break. And s to all f you saying that OP needs to suck it up because there's always work that no one...

  5. Nursing Student From Hell

    DWelly14 posted a topic in General Nursing

    So I need help. I've been a nurse for 6 years now. I have a BSN & an MSN and am also a CNM. I've worked 4 years in critical care and the past two years in labor and deliver at a large suburban...

  6. Nursing Student From Hell

    DWelly14 replied to DWelly14's topic in General Nursing

    I did have discussions with her along those lines throughout and the faculty was being kept up to date about what was going on. I feel like you keep choosing not to see this because it doesn't support...

  7. Nursing Student From Hell

    DWelly14 replied to DWelly14's topic in General Nursing

    -OP, given that Alice was likely your 3rd or 4th preceptee, I and a few other saw immediately to question your communication skills and leadership abilities. I'll elaborate as I go. Not sure why you...

  8. Nursing Student From Hell

    DWelly14 replied to DWelly14's topic in General Nursing

    For all of you suggesting she wasn't interested in L&D, you are incorrect. She chose L&D and wanted to be hired on our floor after this rotation. I am a new grad CNM and am finishing my time...

  9. Nursing Student From Hell

    DWelly14 replied to DWelly14's topic in General Nursing

    I guess I don't understand what you are saying at all. No patients have been harmed. I have made sure of this. My student is just not performing and needs to be failed. I'm having a hard time with...

  10. Nursing Student From Hell

    DWelly14 replied to DWelly14's topic in General Nursing

    The school I'm working with it is my call to make as her instructor is not with her during this rotation. I am. I evaluate her and ultimately make the call as to whether she met the criteria to pass...

  11. Nursing Student From Hell

    DWelly14 replied to DWelly14's topic in General Nursing

    Expectations have been discussed multiple times with her. The biggest issue is that she just laughs it off when you call her out on disappearing. So I'm walking in to go push with the patient and I...

  12. Nursing Student From Hell

    DWelly14 replied to DWelly14's topic in General Nursing

    Why do I need to be evaluated? I tried to give her the benefit of the doubt and be a good preceptor. I'm not her school. I'm not her program. I bent over backwards teaching her. I know I have to fail...

  13. RN With Limited Bedside Experience - Having Trouble Getting in FNP Program

    DWelly14 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    I do highly recommend getting the bedside experience .... it's invaluable down the line. It's what makes NPs different from PAs is our time spent at the bedside. If you are set on not getting the...

  14. Lied to in Interview

    DWelly14 replied to westieluv's topic in General Nursing

    Yep, when interviewing for my current job, I asked what the weekend commitment was because my husband works weekdays so I wanted to know how much time we'd get together. I was going to take the job no...

  15. Hospital that bans family members

    DWelly14 replied to paramedic-RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I've been on both sides. On the patient side. My father in law had a brain aneurysm rupture and spent 2 months in ICU after. My mother-in-law stayed with him the whole time as he was mostly out but...

  16. You know the shift is gonna be a hot mess when ...

    DWelly14 replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

    Labor & delivery nurse here ... I know it's going to be a crazy night when it's raining and it's a full moon and I walk in and triage is full with more patient's being seen in our NST room and the...

  17. Disturbing Conversation on Overweight Healthcare Workers

    DWelly14 replied to FutureDNP2021's topic in General Nursing

    Oh Lord, that's the last thing we need to put on nurses! Most of this has already been said but how many nurses work 12 hour night shifts, eat whatever they can during their shifts if they get to eat...

  18. Sleep Rooms

    DWelly14 replied to AlleycatLady's topic in General Nursing

    At my hospital, nurses can get in big trouble if they are found sleeping on their

  19. Calling in for no sleep

    DWelly14 replied to Nurse131382's topic in General Nursing

    If you cannot safely care for your patients you should call in. However, you need to plan ahead for the future. Did you make a trade that put your schedule like this? Probably should make trades like...

  20. Be honest, what pt behaviors do you find annoying?

    DWelly14 replied to CrunchBerries's topic in General Nursing

    My biggest pet peeve is patients (or more often family members) who treat me like a waitress or a babysitter. I work in labor and delivery and all too often I'm admitting an uncomfortable patient who...

  21. No pain meds in ER??

    DWelly14 replied to ShaneTeam's topic in Emergency

    This scares me ... my husband was just recently in the ER with kidney stones. Listening to him talk, all my nursing instincts were telling me that he sounded like a drug seeker (they gave him toradol...

  22. Why don't you just read the chart?

    DWelly14 replied to Guest219794's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Nurse to nurse report is always better than "check the chart." All nurses try to keep up to date to our chatting but we all know how easy it is to get behind. If I only rely on charting that could be...

  23. Home births gone wrong

    DWelly14 replied to MNNICU, RN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    First, I want to add this article to the discuss. It's ACNM's response to the CDC study about home births having 4x higher infant mortality rate than hospital births and includes some good points....

  24. Myths About Midwifery

    DWelly14 replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    The Army does still use nurse midwives. I graduated with two amazing CNMs who both are now employed through the

  25. Myths About Midwifery

    DWelly14 replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    Also to weigh in on the discussion in the comments, there are many different paths to becoming a midwife. There's certified nurse midwives (like myself) who have a bachelor's and master's both in...