Surfandnurse

Surfandnurse has 4 years experience and specializes in L&D.

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1. Aspiring midwife, frustrated with L&D

   Surfandnurse replied to withwomen's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

   Hope things are going better @withwomen ?? Hard work pays off.... work culture of a birth factory is probably pretty difficult, especially when your new and your dreams are to be a kind, gentle...

2. L&D at a small hospital- is it worth it?

   Surfandnurse replied to SJaae's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I’ve worked in a lot of small hopsitals, always LDRP, and didn’t get called off because of minimum staffing and floating. I’ve always worked nights too, which usually means less staff so less...

3. NICU to PP transition

   Surfandnurse replied to abcdefghijklacey's topic in Ob/Gyn

   You already know how to handle babies which is a huge advantage for working PP, you will be already so good at educating moms, another positive for working PP..... the most challenging part of PP...

4. 39 IOL

   Surfandnurse posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   Can we talk about elective Induction of Labor (IOL) at 39 weeks gestation? Is this still the norm at your facility? I know ACOG guidelines state that there shouldn't be any elective inductions prior...

5. Where do you park your van?

   Surfandnurse replied to wildnursebrendan's topic in Travel

   Great thread!!!! í ½í±í ¼í¿¼ I think everything is covered here. I enjoyed reading as my family and I have camped/#vanlife all over the south west and it's been wonderful. But because we...

6. How to find an agency? Answered!

   Surfandnurse replied to NedRN's topic in Travel

   Great post Ned! Thank you, I always enjoy reading the great information you share in regards to travel nursing. Kudos and mahalos for

7. What's the real deal with Travel Nursing?

   Surfandnurse replied to PatMac10,RN's topic in Travel

   Travel nursing is wonderful with it without children. I work as a travel RN and it makes plenty enough of the dollars which enables my husband to stay home with our children when I'm working. And we...

8. New L&D Nurse--Stressing!

   Surfandnurse replied to auson16's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Always chart in the room if possible while your doing 15-30 min checks, patients understand that u have to chart & doing so at bedside in real time makes you be done with said task when u walk out...

9. Made the dumbest mistake last night!

   Surfandnurse replied to linzjane88's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Indonesia!! You can easily live on 30$/day including a decent accommodation! After you've saved up about $30-$40,000 and sold your house....... Spin the globe í ¼í¼Ž & start trotting! It...

10. Older nurses

    Surfandnurse replied to poopylala's topic in General Nursing

    My experience, I am young and have been LDRP for 4 years and worked with some older gems on night shift. I always did the busy admissions etc and we had an agreement that if a baby/mom went south the...

11. new NRP guidelines

    Surfandnurse posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Anybody else taken NRP lately?!?!?!?! just took my re-cert class and was stoked to see that delayed cord clamping should be standard practice on all babies not needing immediate PPV/in depth...

12. Poor L&D Orientation

    Surfandnurse replied to Lavender619's topic in Ob/Gyn

    L&D is so specialized and especially depending on what experiences you got during orientation, you should definitely ask for more orientation if you are feeling nervous as all get out to show up...

13. ACLS & circulating

    Surfandnurse replied to Surfandnurse's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Thank you for the insight

14. Need advice--possibly failing orientation

    Surfandnurse replied to Semper_Gumby's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Algo is a type of hearing screen, and Finnegan baby is a neonatal abstinence scoring assessment. Semper Gumby, thank you for sharing as I think it's a good reminder that we are all humans and make...

15. ACLS & circulating

    Surfandnurse posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Are LDRP nurses out there required to have their ACLS certification? I've worked in two smaller facilities and didn't need it! But I am required to get it for a job now, just wondering about other...