Wandrlust

Hello! I have an opportunity to switch specialties from postpartum/nursery/nicu to pediatrics at a different hospital. When I applied I had thought the position was for nursery, but it's actually for pediatrics and she said they like their pedi nurs...

Mothers who don't want to hold their baby because they think it "spoils" them. .so not true, especially in the nicu they need that bonding and as a nurse i dont always have time to snuggle with them myself wish I did!

I am the same way. I love nights, but I cannot sleep more than a few hours and i've tried it all! I got so depressed over it and couldn't understand what was wrong with me. I think some people just can't do nights. I work in a busy Level 4 NICU and ...

I only had 2 weeks of training as a new grad. I think new grads are spoiled nowadays with such legnthy orientations and want their hand held and caudling the entire time. I know I sound mean, but I repeatedly see new grads like you, where your not pr...

I wanted to work in the OR, but I could only get a job in Mother/Baby as a new grad. I have been stuck in this specialty 6 years, because they want you to have experience to be hired for other specialties, so fustrating!

I love being a nurse. My dream would be volunteering to do missionary work, to truly help those in need. Unfortunately, I can't do that because I have kids and need a paycheck. I'm hoping one day to at least go with a church group..

This is exactly why I'm switching specialties! I love the mother/baby specialty but, I'm so sick of the over the top demands from the whiney mothers who I have to bend over backwards pleasing while I may have a critical patient I should be attending ...

That makes sense! Thank you for explaining that to me, because I have always doubted my manager, at my previous place of employment, when she said the positions were "posted", but haven't had any applicants...

...About how there are so many nursing schools in some of the big cities and not a lot of hospitals- but how the units are always short/hiring? ( Like Houston, Dallas, D.C. etc.) Hmmmm....

It looks right, but I was taught to draw up the Morphine (or whatever medication you will be giving IVP) in a separate syringe- so in your example, I would have drawn up 0.5 ml of Morphine and then injected that into a Saline flush (after discarding ...

No family around in Correctional Nursing LOL or the Operating Room...how about Pacu? Cath Lab?

I don't mind writing the papers, but I dread the hours upon hours of research that goes along with it.. And properly quoting sources, ugh very tidious.

Hello, I am switching to night shift for the next year for family reasons, and I have to put my schedule in for the next 6 weeks and I am not sure how to schedule myself. I have to work 2 night shifts per week- so my question is, it better 2 work 2 n...

I guess me and my husband are among the few unlucky ones. Our healthcare premiums went from $600/ month to $1200/month this January do to the ACA. He works for a large company almost 100,000 employees and they claim they can't keep up with the rising...

Hi, you will love it :) off the top of my head I'd suggest reading up about pp hemorrhage, H.E.L.P syndrome, magnesium Sulfate (we have Mag patients on the m/b unit where I work), hyperbilirubin, breast breeding technique/education..AWOHN, La Leche a...

Neezy84, I know how you feel.. some of these places have horrific working conditions that suck the life out of you. And then when you work with toxic co-workers it is literally hell on earth. What helped me is finding a specialty I could bare and I f...

Hello!! It is so difficult to switch specialties in nursing, especially since I only have an associates degree- I am working on my BSN, but I still have about 2 years left! I graduated nursing school in 2009 and I have only worked Postpartum and Nur...

I totally understand the question you're asking and I think it is valid, because so many nurses are miserable at their jobs-I'd be cautious and worried as a new grad too! I have been working postpartum/nursery for almost 7 years now, since graduatin...

I love my specialty, which is Mother/Baby I feel like it's less stressful and not as intense as other specialties. I spend a lot of time teaching about breast feeding and how to care for a new baby. It's a "happy" vibe on the unit because most people...