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That I might have a learning disability? Lol. This was my last professor, and her test questions were very wordy and confusing. Prior to her comment, I made it through the entire program with honors. She just couldn't admit that maybe she was lousy ...

Life isn't fair. Had a similar discussion a couple days ago with another nurse about equal work and pay. She was prying and trying to find out my hourly rate, said we should make the same because we do the same work. I disagreed. I have been a nurse ...

Does your facility use Nitrous Oxide for labor pain in place of an epidural? I know this is popular in Europe. My hospital is going to start using it, and I am curious what others' experiences have been. Also, what IV medications do you use to manage...

I couldn't agree with this more!!!

Take the dialysis job, you will likely kick yourself if you don't. This place you are working at sounds lousy. What decent employer calls and guilts an orientee to work their day off when you are already putting in 5 days a week plus some? I also ag...

Sorry, you may have seen some precipitous births, but there is so much more to know about OB. You are so humble. I can't imagine why your instructors weren't warm and fuzzy towards you in school...yep.....must have been the male thing...

I am just curious. .....what is the reason then that you can't hang blood with LR?

Let us know how your interview goes and if there are already any guys working on the unit! It is a great sign that the manager is wanting to interview you. The worst thing that could happen is that some patients may prefer a female, and then so what...

We have several male OBs, but no male nurses. We had hired one, but he quit before his orientation was done. He was a good nurse, personable, and very professional with the patients. However, we did get a few patients pull us lady nurses aside and a...

So interesting, thank you for that information! We give epidurals so much that almost all of our patients delivery on their backs. It's a pet peeve of mine

Thanks for the responses! A couple nurses have had patients with it so far and they really like it and feel it has been effective. Our IV meds are demerol and phenergan, which I'm not a fan of at all. I was just curious about other facilities method...

Not yet, I am actually still at work now. I guess there are not many hospitals in the US that do, so I thought it would be interesting to reach out and see. If anyone else knows about it

What!? Who talks to other people they don't even know like this, like it is normal!?

Is this ED looking to hire RNs right now as well? When I graduated school (before boards) I was hired as a nurse aide and promised the RN position as soon as I had my license. I worked as a nurse side for about 2 months and then when I let my boss kn...

If you have the option to do so, I would skip the ADN program and enter the full BSN program. The BSN will open up many doors for you to practice as a nurse and many colleges have online or part time MSN programs that fit the working nurse's schedule...

I'm trying to make the decision on which certification I am going to try and obtain. How did you decide which inpatient obstetric certification was right for you? Anyone out there have either or both of these certs? Which do you think is best? How di...

I am looking into the exact same kind of program. What kind of clinical work did anyone have to do?

What kind of training would you get? How many days a week would you realistically work

How do you guys feel about giving postpartum moms who opt to get the tdap and flu shots both vaccines at the same time? The nurses on my unit seem to be divided, and I see both sides of the argument. In doctors offices, patients, especially childr...

Thanks for all the info ladies! I feel a lot better about vaccines in general now

Excuse you? I am not ignorant. I told OP to ask because I wasn't sure and it is something I would look into before getting a BAN. In my area a BAN is unheard of, hospitals and masters programs only mention BSN. I am actually quite surprised at your l...

I hope you ate not still drawing or of flex pens. When state is there, pretend like you are in nursing school again. You wouldn't have drawn out of a flex pen then, right? Please, don't be afraid to question someone teaching you if what they are teac...

Open a book and refresh your memory if it comes up again. There are going to be MUCH more important things to remember in nursing than the function of otoliths. Wait until you take a pharmacology class and start learning about drugs!

I absolutely second following the chain of command since you did not get what you needed from the first doc.

Do you plan on getting a master's? If so, I would ask if it would matter for getting an MSN if your bachelor's is not a BSN. I honestly think you would be ahead to just get the BSN.