IrishItalianRN

I was just accepted to Walden's PhD program and while I have read the side by side comparisons of PhD vs. DNP I still wanted to get the opinions of my colleagues who I have been bouncing questions off of since before I even became an RN. I have my M...

Hey everyone! I recently started thinking about travel nursing. I have a 13 year old boy who would probably love nothing more than to be home-schooled. I'd like to take him to the East Coast such as DC, Virginia. Also Hawaii and Alaska (where we ha...

So I would have to register him with each state & follow their guidelines every 13 weeks? I figured the home state would be home base for the schooling as well. I wonder if it's the same for online schooling.

I have been working in Postpartum since 2007 when I graduated nursing school. Recently I started noticing a division between our labor & delivery staff and our postpartum staff. I noticed this when I was in nursing school between these two units...

We do have a report sheet that has a lot of information. At the bottom of the moms side it has medical hx and that is where elevated BP's, GDM, etc goes. On the baby side we have 4 spaces for blood sugars to be entered so it should be a reminder to t...

Klone, The postpartum nurses sometimes feel like the report they receive is less than adequate. Sometimes we go into the patient records to find the patient was Gestational diabetic, had elevated BP's, blood sugars were never done on the infant when ...

I had " Ziggy " last week... The parents were so adorable that it just fit the baby so well if it had been anyone else I would have worried about them! lol

My suggestion would be to ask questions in your interview. I think sometimes people are afraid to ask the interviewer questions but they love it! Plus it's your license you have to protect. -Make sure that you will be given an adequate orientation p...

I am starting the MSN in Leadership with GCU July 27th. I graduated in May from the RN-BSN program at GCU and loved it. I had heard negative stories but decided to go with GCU because it was 100% online and worked with my schedule. Plus I get tuition...

INFECTION I know RISK for infection is one, and I was told by my first instructor in block one of nursing school that any risk for can become an actual. so is INFECTION a nursing diagnosis?

I'm thinking about these options as well. I start my RN-BSN program Monday and figure I have about a year before i need to make up my mind. I didnt know that to teach in a BSN program you had to have more than your MSN in education. I love these boa...

I was lucky and was offered a job in my area of interest right out of nursing school (OB) but if that had not happened I would have done my time on a medsurg floor first in a hospital that has a NICU/OB unit and then transferred when the time came. Y...

I just applied to the online program starting the end of this month (October). Tuition is $395 but Banner employees get 20% off that so it's $316/credit hour. I applied for financial aid to pay for the classes upfront and then i will turn in my grad...

Hi everyone! I am considering joining a couple of associations (AWHONN and ILCA). I am a new grad Antepartum/Postpartum RN with a strong interest in breastfeeding education. What Associations do you belong to and what Journals do you subscribe to? An...

Welcome to Allnurses!! I'm going to San Diego next week... so excited! Lucky for you that you get to live there for a while!

Our L&D bands them right after delivery, ours are made up in advance except for the stuff we dont know yet such as birth time. Baby gets two: one on the left wrist and one on the right ankle. The left ankle gets the hugs tag (our infant security ...

I have also posted this under specialty-OB Hi everyone! I am considering joining a couple of associations (AWHONN and ILCA). I am a new grad Antepartum/Postpartum RN with a strong interest in breastfeeding education. What Associations do you belong t...

bumping my question back up since I posted it in the wee hours of the morning... :)

Question about the PP ratio: Antepartum/postpartum: 1:6 antepartum or pp pts without complications 1:2 pts in postoperative recovery 1:3 antepartum or pp pts with complications but stable 1:4 recently born infants & those requiring close observat...

In the very short amount of time I have been on the floor on my own ( I am a new grad) I have had at least: -Two PP Hemorrhages -Several fainting episodes due to low H&H (unrelated to PP Hemorrhages)that lead to Blood Transfusions -Just this past...

I got your text the other day but I forgot to ask did you ever talk to my manager about the PP position at my hospital?? I'm glad things are starting to pick up for you... i still cant believe CR did that to you... I know you are a great L&D nur...

I got 109 (i think) questions. I just remember my friend was sitting next to me and she started after me and got up and left and I was still going (she got 75 questions). I started freaking out. Has anyone else ever got 109/110 questions? Did you pas...

Thanks! I need to change my screen name to Italian RN :)

I know... lol Keli told me when we all graduated... remember "mattsmom" she graduated too! Now we are RN's!:w00t:

at 9am my friend text me "we are RN's" so i got on the state board site and there was my License with RN before it! I PASSED!!! YAY!! :cheers: