hello

[Guest guest]

Welcome Carolyn..glad to meet another all purpose nurse who does all OB

jobsand works nights in a small hospital., with kids on the side!!! Lori in

FL

[Guest guest]

>

>

> Hello I am new to the group. I am a L & D nurse. I work in a small

> rural hospital 150 deliveries a year. I have done L & D for

> approximately 7 years. I have been at this current hospital for 5

> years.

Welcome to the OBnurses list, Sunny!

I have similar work experiences as you do--also have been a nurse for 19

years, primarily in maternal child, but also ICU, ER, research, and

reproductive endocrinology.

I currently work in MCH home care, with a program geared primarily for the

high risk peds/neonatal/perinatal clients.

Prior to that, I worked in a large Level III Regional Center for high risk

OB and neonates--about 6500+ deliveries a year. I *have* worked relief in

some small local hospital L & D's, and there IS one of them that staffs as you

describe. Frightening though, because while they are usually quiet, all it

takes is one complicated labor patient to ruin the whole shift for staffing

safely.

----Jeanine

[Guest guest]

Thank you Jeanine Your input is refreshing. I am always worried about that

patient who walks in abrupting or crowning with a nuchal cord. (It has

happened before when I was alone)

Sunny

[Guest guest]

Welll, Jeanine, let's put it this way! The job wasn't the number one priority here in our move to Florida...it was WINTER!!!! So here we are loving the weather aspect of it. The pay is not as generous as it is "up north" as they say here...so that is a big consideration if your coworker wants to move here...and the nurse physician relationships here are a lot different also!!! We'll leave it at that!

Anyhow, we are enjoying all that Florida has to offer (my husband is an RN too), and have a beautiful home (cheaper real estate, for pretty homes!)...so we are pretty happy here!

[Guest guest]

Here in Sarasota they have not gotten around to offering anything to us, and I doubt it will happen too soon!

[Guest guest]

Yes, it seems to me that many hospitals throw money into these programs trying to recruit nurses, and that's fine, but as you say, *retention* is just as important!

--------Jeanine

Re: [OBnurses] Hello

There is a hiring "battle" in the Central Florida hospitals right now. If you apply before July 31 at either system and are hired to start work before Sept. 1st, you get a $600/month hiring bonus for 24 months as long as you work 72hr/pay period. You have to be referred by a currently employed RN....and she gets the same bonus as long as you both stay full time..however if the referring nurse quits, the new hire keeps getting her bonus. They have found that a lot of the nurses are switching from A to B and B to A just for the bonus. Maybe they should raise their pay rate and work on retention instead!!! If anyone is interested, they can emailme privately for details. Lori in Orlando Welcome to the OBnurses list!You have the freedom to change your membership settings at any time you choose. Go to the Yahoogroups Home Page at www.yahoogroups.com and sign in with your e mail address and the password you used to subscribe to this list. You will then see a list of all Onelist lists you are subscribed to. You can then easily choose the settings you would like--unsubscribe, digest, or Web-only.

[Guest guest]

Personally, I think retention is more important. When hospitals have no retention probs, they become magnet hospitals...which should *really* be the goal of all hospitals.

gmc

Gay Marie Callahan

Re: [OBnurses] Hello

There is a hiring "battle" in the Central Florida hospitals right now. If you apply before July 31 at either system and are hired to start work before Sept. 1st, you get a $600/month hiring bonus for 24 months as long as you work 72hr/pay period. You have to be referred by a currently employed RN....and she gets the same bonus as long as you both stay full time..however if the referring nurse quits, the new hire keeps getting her bonus. They have found that a lot of the nurses are switching from A to B and B to A just for the bonus. Maybe they should raise their pay rate and work on retention instead!!! If anyone is interested, they can emailme privately for details. Lori in Orlando Welcome to the OBnurses list!You have the freedom to change your membership settings at any time you choose. Go to the Yahoogroups Home Page at www.yahoogroups.com and sign in with your e mail address and the password you used to subscribe to this list. You will then see a list of all Onelist lists you are subscribed to. You can then easily choose the settings you would like--unsubscribe, digest, or Web-only.

[Guest guest]

I agree wholeheartedly Gay Marie.

Although, one of my local hospitals is a magnet hospital, and yet they have a terribly high turnover rate, and treat their staff horribly. It's run more by fear than anything else. But the staff at least tries to do the best for the patients, in spite of the dreadful treatment, and for that, they are the consummate professionals.

--------Jeanine

Re: [OBnurses] Hello

There is a hiring "battle" in the Central Florida hospitals right now. If you apply before July 31 at either system and are hired to start work before Sept. 1st, you get a $600/month hiring bonus for 24 months as long as you work 72hr/pay period. You have to be referred by a currently employed RN....and she gets the same bonus as long as you both stay full time..however if the referring nurse quits, the new hire keeps getting her bonus. They have found that a lot of the nurses are switching from A to B and B to A just for the bonus. Maybe they should raise their pay rate and work on retention instead!!! If anyone is interested, they can emailme privately for details. Lori in Orlando Welcome to the OBnurses list!You have the freedom to change your membership settings at any time you choose. Go to the Yahoogroups Home Page at www.yahoogroups.com and sign in with your e mail address and the password you used to subscribe to this list. You will then see a list of all Onelist lists you are subscribed to. You can then easily choose the settings you would like--unsubscribe, digest, or Web-only.

[Guest guest]

Doesn't sound like a true magnet hospital. The situation you describe would give the concept of a magnet hospital a bad name. It's too bad.

gmc

Gay Marie Callahan

Re: [OBnurses] Hello

There is a hiring "battle" in the Central Florida hospitals right now. If you apply before July 31 at either system and are hired to start work before Sept. 1st, you get a $600/month hiring bonus for 24 months as long as you work 72hr/pay period. You have to be referred by a currently employed RN....and she gets the same bonus as long as you both stay full time..however if the referring nurse quits, the new hire keeps getting her bonus. They have found that a lot of the nurses are switching from A to B and B to A just for the bonus. Maybe they should raise their pay rate and work on retention instead!!! If anyone is interested, they can emailme privately for details. Lori in Orlando Welcome to the OBnurses list!You have the freedom to change your membership settings at any time you choose. Go to the Yahoogroups Home Page at www.yahoogroups.com and sign in with your e mail address and the password you used to subscribe to this list. You will then see a list of all Onelist lists you are subscribed to. You can then easily choose the settings you would like--unsubscribe, digest, or Web-only.

[Guest guest]

I know, it IS a shame. They have a good reputation for patient care, but the nurses are *miserable* with the working conditions. The units are nice, and the coworkers are great, but management is totally non supportive.

One manager actually told a nurse that the hospital should be her priority and she should be at work--and this was 3 days after her 5 year old son died tragically in a car accident with her husband!! How cold can a manager be?

I am very happy in my current job. I get treated with respect, overall, and the job is good. Management has it's problems, but I kind of expect that everywhere, to some degree.

--------Jeanine

Re: [OBnurses] Hello

There is a hiring "battle" in the Central Florida hospitals right now. If you apply before July 31 at either system and are hired to start work before Sept. 1st, you get a $600/month hiring bonus for 24 months as long as you work 72hr/pay period. You have to be referred by a currently employed RN....and she gets the same bonus as long as you both stay full time..however if the referring nurse quits, the new hire keeps getting her bonus. They have found that a lot of the nurses are switching from A to B and B to A just for the bonus. Maybe they should raise their pay rate and work on retention instead!!! If anyone is interested, they can emailme privately for details. Lori in Orlando Welcome to the OBnurses list!You have the freedom to change your membership settings at any time you choose. Go to the Yahoogroups Home Page at www.yahoogroups.com and sign in with your e mail address and the password you used to subscribe to this list. You will then see a list of all Onelist lists you are subscribed to. You can then easily choose the settings you would like--unsubscribe, digest, or Web-only.

[Guest guest]

Hi , welcome to our group. The discussion has been pretty lively lately. We've exchanged some great (differing) points of view, shared ideas and concepts. It's been wonderful! Jump right in and join us!

gmc (mom to three humans and five cats

Gay Marie Callahan

[OBnurses] hello

Hi my name is and I have worked in labor and delivery for 23 years. I work in a small hospital in Central Florida where we do about 100 deliveries a month. On occasion i do float to pp/gyn and newborn but prefer labor. I am originally from NY but have lived near Daytona Beach for the past 12 years. I am divorced and have two teenage sons. I am a big animal lover, and own 3 dogs, 4 cats and one rabbit.Looking forward to sharing with the rest of you. A good friend of mine recommended your group and I am happy to be able to talk to all you fellow ob nurses.

[Guest guest]

Hi , welcome to our group. The discussion has been pretty lively lately. We've exchanged some great (differing) points of view, shared ideas and concepts. It's been wonderful! Jump right in and join us!

gmc (mom to three humans and five cats

Gay Marie Callahan

[OBnurses] hello

Hi my name is and I have worked in labor and delivery for 23 years. I work in a small hospital in Central Florida where we do about 100 deliveries a month. On occasion i do float to pp/gyn and newborn but prefer labor. I am originally from NY but have lived near Daytona Beach for the past 12 years. I am divorced and have two teenage sons. I am a big animal lover, and own 3 dogs, 4 cats and one rabbit.Looking forward to sharing with the rest of you. A good friend of mine recommended your group and I am happy to be able to talk to all you fellow ob nurses.

[Guest guest]

Welcome, ! Always a pleasure to have more input into what we do.

----------Jeanine

[OBnurses] hello

Hi my name is and I have worked in labor and delivery for 23 years. I work in a small hospital in Central Florida where we do about 100 deliveries a month. On occasion i do float to pp/gyn and newborn but prefer labor. I am originally from NY but have lived near Daytona Beach for the past 12 years. I am divorced and have two teenage sons. I am a big animal lover, and own 3 dogs, 4 cats and one rabbit.Looking forward to sharing with the rest of you. A good friend of mine recommended your group and I am happy to be able to talk to all you fellow ob nurses.

[Guest guest]

Welcome ! My name is Beth. Bless you for working labor and delivery....I do not have the patience for it, Im glad there are those who do!!! lol

I work primarily NICU but ocassionally work Transition nursery and post partum( known jokingly as "mother baby" at our hospital.) We do about 2200 -2500 deliveries a year. I have been a nurse for 20 years this October. I have worked OB for 14 of those years.I also worked psychiatric, Skilled care and home health (ventilator dependant cases ). As most nurses these days I have floated to about every dept in the hospital. I hope you enjoy this group. No subject is taboo here. Some lively discussions are had from time to time........Next topic ladies?

BethVisit my homepage: http://17878203.home.icq.com/home.html

[Guest guest]

hi ! I work in Alabama at a fairly busy hospital, we hit over 4000 deliveries last year. We have LDRs and then move the mom/baby up to the postpartum floor. We very rarely float anywhere except to the perinatal unit when they have more than 5 patients and need another RN up there. Welcome to the group! I have 5 children from 12 weeks to nearly 12 years old and have also worked at a Childrens hospital before going to L and D.

sue

[OBnurses] hello

Hi my name is and I have worked in labor and delivery for 23 years. I work in a small hospital in Central Florida where we do about 100 deliveries a month. On occasion i do float to pp/gyn and newborn but prefer labor. I am originally from NY but have lived near Daytona Beach for the past 12 years. I am divorced and have two teenage sons. I am a big animal lover, and own 3 dogs, 4 cats and one rabbit.Looking forward to sharing with the rest of you. A good friend of mine recommended your group and I am happy to be able to talk to all you fellow ob nurses.

[Guest guest]

hi ! I work in Alabama at a fairly busy hospital, we hit over 4000 deliveries last year. We have LDRs and then move the mom/baby up to the postpartum floor. We very rarely float anywhere except to the perinatal unit when they have more than 5 patients and need another RN up there. Welcome to the group! I have 5 children from 12 weeks to nearly 12 years old and have also worked at a Childrens hospital before going to L and D.

sue

[OBnurses] hello

Hi my name is and I have worked in labor and delivery for 23 years. I work in a small hospital in Central Florida where we do about 100 deliveries a month. On occasion i do float to pp/gyn and newborn but prefer labor. I am originally from NY but have lived near Daytona Beach for the past 12 years. I am divorced and have two teenage sons. I am a big animal lover, and own 3 dogs, 4 cats and one rabbit.Looking forward to sharing with the rest of you. A good friend of mine recommended your group and I am happy to be able to talk to all you fellow ob nurses.

[Guest guest]

thank you Cosy and everyone for all the welcomes and congrats on almost being

finished with treatments and with such good results.

Re: Hello

In a message dated 9/10/2003 12:19:57 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

1966wa@... writes:

>

> Well lets see. I found out 3 days ago my 17 year old daughter has hep c. 2

> days ago, I placed her razor and her personals to a place for her in our

> bathroom that will not have a chance to mix in with my 10 year olds. I

wrote

> her a letter telling her how much I love her and I will be here for her no

> matter what. That we have to do a few things different and it is not that

she is

> dirty but we have to have safety measures, I felt like a shit. Yesterday

> she got a referral to a gi and the other members of my family all had the

hep

> c test done. Today I am sitting here numb. I have cried and cried because I

> want to see my daughter grow up, have children and a normal long life. Now

> all of this is going to look different. I have no education on this at all

but

> I do know everything is going to change and I don't know what that looks

> like. So maybe from reading your storied here I can get a feel of maybe

what it

> might look like.

,

We are all here for you.....people here are very knowledgeable about the

virus....Normally, you don't die of HepC just with it....

First thing is to see her Dr. I am on Treatment and almost done. I am

considered non-detectable and hope to remain that way.....

Just be there for her and at first I was very selective of who knew I had it.

It was my business and no one elses......

Let us know how we can help you.

In health,

Cosy

[Guest guest]

Janet, thank you so much for emailing me. I really appreciate it and all the

information that you have told me. It is a relief to see someone write and say,

I have children. My youngest is 10. Informed we shall be Thank You for

sharing a part of you with us.

Re: Hello

,

Honey your daughter can live a long life. I am 50 years old. I have 5

children. Two natural born children,2 step children,and 1 adopted

child who is 8 years old. I really don't have a idea of when I was

infected with the HCV virus. I had been a nurse for 25 plus years.

Over the years I have been stuck with needles,bled on and god knows

what else. The thing is to get yourself informed. HCV fortunately is

a slow moving diease. It takes years before the symptoms start to

show. I found out in April or March of 2002 and was just showing the

symptoms of the diease. I had fatique and no real reason for it. Then

the test results came back with HCV. Did the same thing as you, I

wonder whether I would live to see my 8 year old grow to be a

woman,etc and etc. Then I talked to others about the diease and got a

better idea of what lay before me. I got on treatment and did it with

all the gusto I could manage.

The most important thing for you and your daughter to do is get

informed in the group here. You will see a bar on the side of the

page, I have files and links added there with information that you

might need. Plus I try hard to find out the information you need if

you have questions. So ask questions get informed and this will make

the battle alot easier for you and your daughter.

And this group of people will be there to help you in any way we can.

This is a great group of folks and they are eager to help.

Love and Prayers,

Janet

> Well lets see. I found out 3 days ago my 17 year old daughter has

hep c. 2 days ago, I placed her razor and her personals to a place

for her in our bathroom that will not have a chance to mix in with

my 10 year olds. I wrote her a letter telling her how much I love

her and I will be here for her no matter what. That we have to do a

few things different and it is not that she is dirty but we have to

have safety measures, I felt like a shit. Yesterday she got a

referral to a gi and the other members of my family all had the hep c

test done. Today I am sitting here numb. I have cried and cried

because I want to see my daughter grow up, have children and a normal

long life. Now all of this is going to look different. I have no

education on this at all but I do know everything is going to change

and I don't know what that looks like. So maybe from reading your

storied here I can get a feel of maybe what it might look like.

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Andy-

Welcome to the Group.

I found out about a year ago that I was infected. I found out from a

blood test that was part of a routine physical.

Has your doctor recommended a liver biopsy? As far as I understand

it, that's the next step in determining a course of treatment.

I had by biopsy last October and it showed no liver damage. My ALT

and AST [liver enzyme] levels are only slightly elevated so the

gastroenterologist didn't see any reason to recommend drug treatment.

In the meantime, like you, I have to have my blood tested

periodically for viral load and enzyme levels, which were slightly

elevated when I had them done on the 2nd of this month. I'm also

taking an herb, milk thistle, which is supposed to help support the

liver.

Other members of this Group will be able to answer your questions in

depth.

CatmanLou [with his cats Bella & Sammy F.C.]

San Francisco, California, USA

> Hi all,

>

> My name Andi, from indonesia. I was found out got infected by the

HCV when

> trying to donor my blood to someone, this was one year back. I

checked to 3

> lab to confirm I was infected, found out I was all positive. So far

I've not

> taken any special treatment, only once every two month I check my

blood for

> SGPT and SGOT, then confirm the result to my doctor. The doctor

said not too

> worry to much, I'm quite ok.

> I just know a little about this HCV, because my doctor also didn't

explain

> it to me quite well. But so far I'm feeling very good, like nothing

wrong

> with me.

>

> Can any body know what I'm going through? is there any special

medication

> for someone infected with the virus? what am I supposed to do?

[Guest guest]

Thank you all for the warm welcome......

Lou,

I'm not sure what you mean by 'liver biopsy', but I do remember about last

year I got checked by USG and the result said my liver is quite ok.

Is this the test you referring to?

What kind of herb or milk are you taking now?

kind regards,

Andi

[Guest guest]

How is everyone doing ? I am still on treatment and doing

well ........ Any one for chat ?