NurseMegIBCLC

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1. Did you leave bedside nursing?

   NurseMegIBCLC replied to NurseMegIBCLC's topic in Career Support

   Wow, every one. Thank you so much for your kind words and views! Perhaps because I am a newer nurse and always assumed I would work in a hospital, it's a strange option to me that I am considering leaving. Like another said, I would be working on a m...

2. Did you leave bedside nursing?

   NurseMegIBCLC posted a topic in Career Support

   For those of who have left bedside nursing (but not to move on 'higher' like as a NP etc), were you happy or do you regret it? Does it make you feel like less of a nurse? I am so proud to call myself a nurse, and I feel like if I leave bedside I won'...

3. Show me your stethoscope and an opinion plz

   NurseMegIBCLC replied to NurseMegIBCLC's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Thanks for all the input! I ended up going with the Littmann Classic III. Similar to the Cardio III, it has the adult side and the pediatric side. For what I'm doing the pediatric side has proven to be plenty sufficient on the babies (and I have acce...

4. Lactation Consultant Travel Nurse?

   NurseMegIBCLC replied to NurseMegIBCLC's topic in Travel

   Great input guys, thank you. I appreciate the insight (I'm a new nurse, but have been doing lactation for about 5 years). I never really thought about it the way you guys have :)

5. Lactation Consultant Travel Nurse?

   NurseMegIBCLC replied to NurseMegIBCLC's topic in Travel

   Thanks! Maybe I will :))

6. Lactation Consultant Travel Nurse?

   NurseMegIBCLC posted a topic in Travel

   Has anyone ever heard of a travel nursing company who wants lactation consultants? Google isn't turning up much and I thought you nurses might know!

7. Show me your stethoscope and an opinion plz

   NurseMegIBCLC posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   Debating between the Littmann Cardiology III and the Littmann Classic III. Just got a job on the mother baby unit so I want one steth that I can assess both which. Do you prefer one or the other? Also more trivial but debating between the breast ca...

8. Help with some creative ideas, please!

   NurseMegIBCLC replied to NurseMegIBCLC's topic in General Nursing

   Omg I LOVE the unapproved hair color thing...I always dye my hair pink haha and of course not for school. But it was pink on every school break!!

9. Help with some creative ideas, please!

   NurseMegIBCLC posted a topic in General Nursing

   I just graduated nursing school in May (yay!!) and I am having a party at the end of this month to celebrate. I found a lot of great and fun ideas on pintrest for making it a nursing theme. For example, lemonade labeled "urine sample", marshmallows l...