James75

James75

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  1. The road to CNM

    I got hired straight into L&D our of nursing school, as did the majority of labor nurses I
  2. Hello, I’m currently an L&D nurse planning to attend midwifery school in the next few years. Luckily I will have plenty of L&D experience by the time I graduate (Hopefully also some...
  3. Worth It? CA to OR

    When I was applying as a new grad in Southern Oregon, there were a lot of applicants from
  4. At my school you only had to have the first shot, but if you were even a day behind on any of the boosters you were barred from clinical until you had them. So sometimes people needed to make sure...
  5. My facility will not hire former med surg nurses on L&D because they usually quit during or immediately after orientation. They’ve found the transition from so many patients with tasks to one...
  6. WIll I hate Ob-gyn nursing?

    I thought I would love OB... and I did. Of my 16 other classmates who thought they’d love OB... 1 did, 1 was meh, and the rest hated it. I love birth in general, and in L&D I love working with...
  7. Is it possible to stay in med surg too long before going OB?

    This isn’t the case everywhere, but our L&D unit will not hire former med surg nurses. Management says they have too hard of a time switching from the mindset of “what the doctors ordered”...
  8. when should i tell my manager i'm pregnant?

    I work on labor and delivery and a) we have a lot of young female nurses so at any given time at least three-four are pregnant (often six or more) and b) we all tend to get VERY excited about the...
  9. New Grad Leaving at 1 Year

    How does the OP handle references without advertising to managers and coworkers the upcoming
  10. Any facilities actually using an AccuVein? Any thoughts?

    We have one and only once have I seen anyone try to use it. Like others have said, it can give you an idea where to palpate, otherwise not very
  11. OR vs WA

    Oregon has income tax, Washington has sales tax. Some people live in Vancouver Wa and shop in Portland OR to circumvent
  12. Portland Job Market

    I’ve heard great things about Legacy. People seem to like Kaiser as well. Providence is doing interesting things in Women’s Health (hospital supplied doulas, and they seem to have a huge focus on...
  13. OHSU Non-Resident New Grad

    A lot of my nursing classmates were hired there for their first jobs. They got good orientations. The one hired onto Ortho is still there and loving it. There was one particular floor desperate for...
  14. Salem vs. Eugene

    I agree with boywithacoin. I work at Salem Hospital and am very impressed with it as an organization. It’s a lot better run and safer than places I was a student in Portland. A lot of the nurses I...
  15. L&D/CNM: tell me everything!!

    I finished my ABSN in December, and started as an L&D nurse in February, came off orientation in the last few weeks. Like you, I was planning on specializing in women's Health. I had been a doula...
  16. OHSU ER job prospects

    You could try travel contracts for a while around the area. Catch up on scuttlebutt and get to scout hospitals before
  17. OHSU doesn't require TEAS for entry. In fact, I'm not aware of any Oregon schools that
  18. Legacy Health Feb 2018 Residency Program

    Congratulations!
  19. Legacy Health Feb 2018 Residency Program

    For what it's worth, I have also heard nothing back, though I don't really expect to get a second
  20. Single Parenthood and CNM...

    I used to live with a single mom who worked nights in the ER and was on call very occasionally as well. She would rent out a room in her house at below market rate to reliable college students (that...
  21. Still a nursing student, but when I look up CNM jobs in my area, a great majority say "one year experience required. Will consider two years experience in L & D as meeting this requirement." So...
  22. OHSU Accelerated BSN 2016

    Congratulations, everyone! Can't wait to meet you. :) Wow, I so wasn't expecting to get in - I had this whole alternative plan to become a CNA for a while... This is a bit of an adjustment. A happy...
  23. OHSU Accelerated BSN 2016

    That's why I asked for Fall placement as well. Hope you can make the
  24. OHSU Accelerated BSN 2016

    I was accepted for Fall Cohort in
  25. OHSU Accelerated BSN 2016

    Yes! Though I would also like to believe we'll all get the good news in the next hour or so. This waiting is killing