crysobrn

crysobrn has 7 years experience and specializes in OB L&D Mother/Baby.

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1. Torn about breastfeeding

   crysobrn replied to krenee's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I think that babies physiologically NEED to be at the breast when they are brand new. What I tell my moms is "think about it he/she was just in a nice warm, quiet, dark, cuddly place for 9 mos. Now it's cold, bright, quiet and we throw them in a crib...

2. Where are all the pregnant women?

   crysobrn replied to nitx's topic in Ob/Gyn

   In an attempt to keep our unit in business I am currently pregnant with baby #4 lol. Is it the best time financially for us... NOPE... But we decided to not put our lives on hold. We figure that in 30 yrs it will all blow over at our house lol. Anoth...

3. Protocols for drug use in pregnancy.

   crysobrn replied to crysobrn's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I actually felt very bad for this girl because she seemed to be having some major symptoms of withdrawl already. She was very believable once she trusted us enough to tell us what was going on. I just hope she can truely get help. After doing some go...

4. Protocols for drug use in pregnancy.

   crysobrn posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   We seem to have more and more women coming in to deliver that are abusing various substances. We are a smaller facility and do not have a nicu. I'm curious what if any protocol you have for drug dependant mothers and then babies that deliver. The ot...

5. HELP!!!! All the nursing nurses...

   crysobrn replied to AnalegnaRN's topic in General Nursing

   Hi there mama. I nursed all of my kids successfully for a year (three so far and preggers for #4) and pumped at work. I also have several coworkers that have done the same thing. I work 12's although I only do one or two a week BUT I have never had ...

6. Phototherapy ?

   crysobrn replied to babynurse357's topic in Ob/Gyn

   We have had this come up several times on our unit. We have a new bed BUT we also have these old beds that we use if we have several kids under lights. Our protocol states (the same as the manual) 18 inches BUT our one pedi throws a fit if it's not s...

7. boy or girl?

   crysobrn replied to elanddeenrs's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I'm 38 wks with baby number three and we decided to NOT find out this time because of this very thing. I had a pt about two years ago that was having number three, was told she was a girl and we joked about what if the baby was a boy, he'd have to we...

8. What would be reasons why someone didn't like L&D?

   crysobrn replied to Sarah LnDHopes's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I actually oriented to our unit at the same time as an older nurse that always thought she wanted to do OB... After our fetal monitoring course she quit and went back to med surg. I talked to her at great lengths about it and she basically said this....

9. primip

   crysobrn replied to garfieldrn's topic in Ob/Gyn

   For us it depends on where the doc is... I mean if they're in house we can wait til delivery is pretty close before we call... Generally if they are in surgery for example they call to check on the pt before they scrub so they are aware that they are...

10. Epi for Epidural Complications..HELP

    crysobrn replied to ScubaLvr's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We have standing orders for ephedrine at the bedside... The docs generally only stay 15 minutes to MAYBE a half an hour. We only have anesthesia in house during surgical hours so as soon as they are done they're off... Especially if it's nights. I am...

11. Not enjoying my new job...

    crysobrn replied to eandgsma's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Wow, I'm sorry. I have a nurse that works days that is always wondering what we did all night... If I get a pt at 6:50am she'll ask, "why didn't you check her (or spec her or get her IV going... or whatever)... If she gets a pt at 6pm she doesn't do ...

12. Help!!

    crysobrn replied to dodgemama's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Oh no. I also work in a small unit... The docs are occasionally NOT very fun to work with and since there are only 2 (right now anyway) it's not like you can get backup from a doc necessarily if you need it... Our director also has no clue about OB, ...

13. post partum readmits

    crysobrn replied to daulto's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We don't readmit to our unit. Once a pt is discharged she would be admitted to med/surg if she needed to be readmitted (we once had a pt readmitted to ccu who was 7 days pp and pre eclamptic). When they are re-admitted they are provided with a crib f...

14. rotating postpartum, nursery, and l&d

    crysobrn replied to RNfloatpool's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I think it's pretty common in smaller hospitals since an OB unit is made up of all aspects of OB... We do either L&D paired with triaging our own pts, or we do couplets and often have antepartums on our floors as well... We no longer split pp and...

15. How Do You Manage Graveyard Shift & Family?

    crysobrn replied to Dottie78's topic in General Nursing

    I work nights and prefer it that way. I have a 10 and a 5 yr old and new baby on the way in about 5 weeks here. Right now, my kids go to school all day, I sleep. Dh is home. He also works nights but we work alternating schedules so that one of us is ...