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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 soo...

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, Si...

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 v...

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 ab...

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 h...

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 ...

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 pr...

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. Thes...

Hey everyone, I wanted to get some suggestions on a tough subject. This might be a bit of a long winded post. Yesterday was Pregnancy Loss and Infant Remembrance Day. Yesterday, our unit (with no involvement from the hospital) did our third yearly ca...

I have been thinking of getting my Master's degree for several years now. I started with my ADN and went back for my BSN after 3 years of working. I have been a nurse for 8 years now, with experience in Ortho/Med-Surg, and Labor and Delivery. I have ...

I happened to just stumble upon this. I have about 2.5 years of L&D experience and I am thinking about taking the exam and am currently looking for good study literature.

Thanks for your reply. I have thought about going back for my Master's because I am not sure if I want to do bedside nursing for my whole career. I have RA, which I was diagnosed with before I started nursing school, and I am not sure if I will physi...

Congrats! L&D was my dream job too and it took me 4.5 years to finally get there. Our unit typically doesn't hire new grads either (with a few exceptions, like students who precepted there and were great). I was terrified when I first started tha...

We just started using these at my facility recently. I have not seen one placed yet, but I am curious about them. The other night, one was placed on another patient. From how the nurse was talking, it seems like it was placed by feel and not visualiz...

This is definitely not okay and I am sorry that this has been your experience in an area that can be rewarding to work in. I have been working on L&D for a few years now, granted I was not a new grad when I started. L&D is such a specialized ...

I am in the same boat as you. I just applied and got accepted to the Nurse Educator program at Cappella. There are no schools near me that offer that program on campus. I start next month. Now, I am starting the whole process of financial aid, schola...