pinkgrl

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1. Does your postpartum unit assign acuity scores?

   pinkgrl replied to klone's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Yes, someone did suggest that. I was replying to MoshRN who stated that they get assigned to a pp mag pt plus 3 couplets (which is 7 pts). And yes, a PP mag can easily be taken care of on a PP floor if staffed appropriately and she's stable on mag. J...

2. Does your postpartum unit assign acuity scores?

   pinkgrl replied to klone's topic in Ob/Gyn

   We don't use acuity scoring like other ip units. But we, in general, don't take any mag pts on our PP floor after a sentinel event when pt was found over sedated aka mag toxic, and hemorrhaged transferred to icu a couple years ago. Mag is a high aler...

3. New Process Admitting Couplets... HELP!!!

   pinkgrl replied to puddles11's topic in Ob/Gyn

   2 years ago, our 18 bed MB unit became Baby Friendly. We used to staff our nursery(1 RN) and have 3 couplets per RN, 1 charge with no pts. Now we have 4 couplets, 1 procedure nurse, 1 charge nurse no pts, 1+ tech & 1 secretary depending on census...