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The cabinet is behind the desk in our nurses station. We have a bin for each of our two Novii monitors that has all of the parts in it. This is where we also keep our basket of essential oils. We have made it a habit to put it back pretty much as soon as it comes off of the patient. The cabinet has outlets inside so they stay plugged in at all times. We have not had any issues with missing pods by doing this.

Hi there! I am looking into the FNP program at University of Cincinnati. Did you hear anything back yet? Can I ask what made you chose that program?

Hey all!! I am looking at applying to the FNP program at Walden this fall! I have a few schools on my list in addition to this one. If I may ask, what made you each chose this program? Thanks in advance!

Hey there! I am just starting researching NP programs and Chamberlain in one that is on my list. Can I ask why this is the program you chose? I have a list of a handful of programs that I am interested in (Chamberlain, Walden, Frontier, Maryville, Simmons, etc.). Thanks for any input!

One of the nurses I worked with on Labor and Delivery graduated from FNU last year. She did the midwifery program. She had good things to say about it. A nurse that I currently work with just got accepted last week to the WHNP program and she seems very optimistic about it. I am curious to see how she likes the Frontier Bound when she is finished with it. I actually think that is an awesome idea to be able to meet your classmates in person before the program starts.

Hey! I am in the same boat as you. I am looking at either FNP or WHNP. School is crazy expensive! I hear good things about FNU though.

No problem! Happy to help!

They are helpful...for the most part. We have a joke on our unit that Monica (the brand of device) can be a very fickle creature. When it works, it is amazing. I just used one the other night on a laboring natural patient and it was great. She was able to get in the shower and get on the ball without me worrying about finding baby every few minutes. Sometimes it doesn't work and I am not really sure why. The one thing that I don't like is that sometimes decels, especially variables, look funny, again, I am not sure why. That being said, I am glad that we have them to use. They are great.

We have 2 of them. When they are not in use, they are in a cabinet at the nurses station and the base is plugged in so that the battery is ready to go for the next patient. We have had them for a while and we have never had a lost pod...knock on wood...

Hey all, I am looking at gathering all my stuff to apply for class #167. If anyone gets accepted, please pass on any wisdom or tips for the application process! Thanks!

@sandchedrick, BSN...Totally off topic, but I was looking at different posts regarding FNU NP program and saw that you live in Hawaii. My mom is a nurse and my parents are looking at moving to Oahu. What do you think of the hospitals there?

I am an L&D nurse in Virginia. We do draw labs off of newly placed PIVs. We wait until the lab is at the bedside and then start the IV. They also do it that way in the ED, except they have their own "mini lab". I am not sure how the rest of the hospital does it though.

I think it is kind of unheard of, but not impossible to achieve. I graduated with my ADN 3 months after I turned 20. I took most of my pre-reqs my senior year of high school. I turned 20 in February of '08 and graduated in May and started working at the hospital in July. I worked on an Orthopedic unit so I was giving narcotics on a daily basis, when I couldn't even legally drink a glass of wine to wind down after a long day! And I was the youngest nurse on the unit by several years. That being said, I would not change anything.

We do ours just before beginning the shift, before we get report. We discuss the basics of all the patients on the unit. We all like to somewhat be aware of issues of the patients on the unit. We also discuss any risk reports that were done on the previous shift. We also talk about any hospital wide issues or unit wide issues that need to be discussed. It usually lasts 10 minutes or less.

I work on a Labor and Delivery unit. We do urine drug screens on every patient that comes in, regardless of whether or not they have history. We used to only do a UDS if they have a previous drug history, no prenatal care, or we were suspicious. These patients also get tested during pregnancy at their OB offices. At a certain point in the pregnancy, we get their prenatal histories sent to us. We don't watch them, most often they go into the bathroom alone. We have occasional patients that insist on a friend/spouse go into the bathroom with them, and we can get a little suspicious. If their drug screen comes back positive, we send a segment of the umbilical cord to do a tox screen and we order a social work consult. If we are not able to get a UDS on a patient, we will put cotton balls in the baby's diaper to collect urine and test it that way. In my opinion, I don't think it is a terrible thing to test EVERY patient, regardless of history, but that is just me.