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1. RN's role care of pregnant women receiving an Epidurla

   kajama replied to kajama's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Our Nurse Manager is of no help really all she has done is change the hospital policy..........no in our favor.... PA BON is very vague it acknowledges AWHONN Standards but not in so many words says that as Registered Nurses we could do all of what I...

2. RN's role care of pregnant women receiving an Epidurla

   kajama posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   As Labor Nuses we know the AWHONN standards for taking care and managing Epidurals in Laboring patients. In my hospital we a having an on going battle with Anesthesia about our role. At this pint we intiate the continou,set up pumps to Doctors orders...

3. Staffing ratios for C Sections

   kajama replied to KRoman4's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I ment in can't do both as in both Circulate and baby catch.......I beleive ARON and AWHONN standards do both work along with ACOG as should nurses and doctors............Just get going when Nurses are being pulled to tomany directions .................

4. Staffing ratios for C Sections

   kajama replied to KRoman4's topic in Ob/Gyn

   there are AWHONN and ACOG guide lines and standards Of practice............Can't do both .........In our Facilty they want the circulator to care for the baby once "stable" no............... My concern as the circulator is the mom on the table it is ...

5. O.R./L&D Clashing in C-sections

   kajama replied to Marie_LPN, RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

   At the facility were I work it is the Oppisite.... We in L&D have a better infection controll and if by chance we need to call in the main OR for an emergency Hysterectomy... They give us a big attitude...It is like they are comming in to a forg...

6. LPN in charge of OR??

   kajama posted a topic in Operating Room

   I work in the Birting Suites at our hospital, I am a L&D,Circulator and scrub for our department... We had our coordinator of our OR (an registered nurse AORN certified) step down from this postion due to pollitics.. Any way there wasn't many to ...

7. Stirrups? WHY???

   kajama replied to RNLaborNurse4U's topic in Ob/Gyn

   That's the way to be a patient advocate. we all have to make sure some of these doctors out there realize that birth is NORMAL.... leave the woman to go with her own instints and they push these babies out with out much or any help..... We have a ne...

8. Survey: How old were you when you entered the nursing profession?

   kajama replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

   I decided what I wanted to be when I was 30.... Started in nursing at the age of 34..... My missed spent youth was spent being a wife and mother..... We had a child with a disability and she was my focus of my future to go into a profession to help o...

9. How soon to shower?

   kajama replied to Jemma's topic in Ob/Gyn

   we usually get our moms up in an hour or two to use the bath room and shower, we do make sure that they have their legs back from the epidural first.. I leave the hep lock in until after the shower just in case and we have seats in all our showers in...

10. this is too funny

    kajama replied to kewlnurse's topic in Humor

    Thanks for the laugh!!! As they say out of the mouths of Babes!!!! If we could all be so honest!!!!

11. OB Tech duties

    kajama replied to kajama's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Thanks for your list of duties, our's are similar but to have them actually keep up with what they need to do is hard. We have one Tech that is trained to scrub since she had that resposibility at her previous job, LPN's are our main scrub at our fac...

12. OB Tech duties

    kajama posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    I am looking for some input, I am working on revising the job description and duties for our units OB Techs. I work in a Family Center Care Obstectrical Unit. We need to redefine the role of the Tech because ours our out of control.... Any help woul...

13. Survey: How old were you when you entered the nursing profession?

    kajama replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    I was 34 when I started Nursing... I love my profession and wish all nurses did...... there are a new breed comming out of schools now and I am not sure it is all good......

14. What hours do you work?

    kajama replied to LisaL's topic in General Nursing

    If you want a monday thru friday day shift job don't go into nursing..... especially hospital nursing... I work 12 hour shifts 6 in a 2 week period..... out of them I do have to work weekends.... Nursing is not a 9 to 5 career...