Chapsi

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1. L&D--what are your patients like?

   Chapsi replied to auson16's topic in Ob/Gyn

   We get to immediately assist someone in a very personal and intimate experience and most women are so grateful for the care they receive. I often receive beautiful thank you cards from previous patients. Sometimes we are with them for a full 12 hou...

2. New Process Admitting Couplets... HELP!!!

   Chapsi replied to puddles11's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I didn't get to read all the comments yet, but, my initial thoughts: We delay the the bath for at least 8 hours. Our newborn nurse that attends deliveries for NRP performs the initial assessment, vital signs, measurements, and footprints right at ...

3. Labor nurse and lactation consultant?

   Chapsi replied to Tayabee1's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I am an IBCLC and L&D RN. I very rarely work with moms and their breastfeeding skills, because we have a newborn nurse on our floor who does this and as labor nurses, we are extremely busy on our unit (as soon as our patient delivers, we often g...

4. Bethel Univ CNM Program

   Chapsi replied to wannabmidwife's topic in CNM

   What program did you wind up choosing? Did you learn more about Bethel's program? Any insight you'd like to share? I am researching CNM distance programs as well and Bethel is such a new program that it is hard to find any info!

5. Maternal position in labor with one sided cervix

   Chapsi posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   Say you have a mom in labor with an epidural and she is has no cervix on the left side but has a thick lip on the right. What position would you put her in to reduce the right sided cervix? I was was told by a mentor that putting the thick cervix ...

6. PKU test help

   Chapsi replied to RNMee's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I agree that warming the heel well is critical. Babies have better blood flow when well hydrated, but since we often have to draw on one day old's, that isn't always the case. Maximizing perfusion to the foot will help-- elevate the head of the crib...

7. Babies on a plane!! (and also cord clamping)

   Chapsi replied to adventure_rn's topic in CNM

   Unless the provider is milking the cord (which is a no-no), physiologic cord clamping is not shown to cause polycythemia. I did notice, as a former newborn RN, that the hematocrit of babies increased from an average of 45% to about 60% and babies di...

8. Babies on a plane!! (and also cord clamping)

   Chapsi replied to adventure_rn's topic in CNM

   My fourth baby came quickly and was an unplanned unassisted home VBAC at 42.5 weeks. I was getting ready to leave when my water broke and I started pushing involuntarily and she was born 5 min later (most amazing birth ever). All I did was stimulat...

9. Shoe recommendations

   Chapsi replied to kristimarieSC's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I used to wear crocs but after a delivery where a blood clot went through the hole of the croc and soaked into my sock, I decided to get a solid leather-topped nursing shoe i bought timberland nurse shoes from an eBay seller for $35. They were bran...

10. What to know about L&D Nursing?

    Chapsi replied to wknurse's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Be a team player! On our unit, we always try to jump up and help each other out because *crazy stuff happens*. L&D can be super fun and rewarding and sometimes really difficult/sad/physically and emotionally draining. I agree with "know your ...

11. Visiting Nurse for Newborns

    Chapsi replied to MHDNURSE's topic in Public/Community

    I worked in a newborn nursery for 7 years and a very small minority of moms got postpartum home visits from a nurse. It was either the VNA or another similar local home visit agency (depending on the patient's insurance). I know that some of the n...