lgowan

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1. Why did YOU choose OB nursing?

   lgowan replied to tabbeycatt's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I, like OBNurse3, have always said I am a lucky person in that I can witness miracles everyday in my job! Even the saddest situations are rewarding. On any given day, I work in the happiest place in the hospital or the very saddest. But none the less...

2. More Strange Baby Names

   lgowan replied to RNLaborNurse4U's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Here's another one you L&D nurses or ER nurses should appreciate. You know the usual mom who didn't know she was pregnant had a baby in the toilet. Well, one of those came into the ER many, many years ago. She of course didn't have a name for the...

3. More Strange Baby Names

   lgowan replied to RNLaborNurse4U's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Some of the most unusual names I have heard lately are ones like "John", "Susan", etc. LOL However, I know a girl whose name is Princess and she named her daughter Princess Angel. Lisa :)

4. Birth Ball question?

   lgowan replied to NICU_Nurse's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I as well as my moms who have used them love them! I am one of a few nurses at work who use the birthing ball. Helps tremendously with aiding in thinning the cervix, back labor, positioning. I got one mom up the other day who was 8cm. The nurse who w...

5. Waiting List

   lgowan replied to mrdoc2005's topic in Alabama

   I went to Wallace Community College in Dothan AL. That is also where my daughter is going. I wish I had an answer to the shortage, however we seem to be so far behind the payscale in Alabama that more and more nurses are taking on traveling for the h...

6. Oh my gosh!!! (found the rural nursing forum)

   lgowan replied to Ted's topic in Rural

   OMG! And to think all this time I thought I worked in small hospitals (89-97 beds)! :rotfl: I guess you have me beat! I do enjoy the smaller hospitals though. You can get a lot of good learning there. In a bigger hospital where you have so many spec...

7. mississippi

   lgowan replied to angelaADSN's topic in Travel

   What specialty are you in? The hospital I work at as a perm is taking some travelers as well as working with contractors. Troy Regional Medical Center. Troy is a college town about 40 miles south of Montgomery and 2 hours from Panama City Beach. I li...

8. L & D nurses routinely deliver babies?

   lgowan replied to midwife sarah's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I passed my NCLEX after 75 questions........so happy! :balloons: Lisa

9. Waiting List

   lgowan replied to mrdoc2005's topic in Alabama

   When I called the college that my daughter plans to attend, they told me #1) there is a waiting list, however it is not first come-first served. They do favor higher GPA's. 2) she has to take 3 general study classes before they will even consider (bi...

10. What does it take to be a good L & D nurse?

    lgowan replied to QTRN74's topic in Ob/Gyn

    PaleSarah really summed it up well to only be out of school and in this area for a year! Good Job! I think Ob is similar to ER in that it is sometimes an emergency situation. (i.e. prom, abruption, etc.) I think ER nurses do well in OB, as we have...

11. Pay Rate

    lgowan replied to MOONIELOVE's topic in Alabama

    You might want to try some of the SMALLER hospitals in Alabama. They tend to have a base $1-2 higher than the bigger ones. They have to in order to attract the new RN's from the glitz of the bigger hospitals. I work at a Community Health Systems hosp...

12. Cholostrum/breastmilk as eye treatment

    lgowan replied to L&D_RN_OH's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Does your protocol include checking every baby, or just jittery, LGA, or SGA babies? There is no need to even check a sugar unless it is justified. In our unit, we will check if jittery, LGA, or SGA (according to Dubowitz). If below 40, we recheck a ...

13. L & D nurses routinely deliver babies?

    lgowan replied to midwife sarah's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Sarah, check the Florida licensing for midwives. I think they are one of the few who have direct entry midwives practice. This is something I checked into when I started back to school. I still think you have to sit for the exam from the certificatio...

14. Is this common?

    lgowan replied to ayndim's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We do push our moms without the doc there. It is kind of a judgement call according to her cervix and station. If they are a gravida 5, we don't push. We just get the catcher's mit and call the doc! I have delivered many babies. It's scary at first, ...

15. HEEELLLLPPPP!!!!Do i need high school algebra?

    lgowan replied to pinkcrush6988's topic in NICU

    Fortunately, the any time algebra is needed in nursing is figuring out drug concentrations. Yes you will need some knowledge of algebra, such as cross multiplication, solving 2x=y, x/4=y, etc. Mostly ratio and proportion. Most of the emergency drugs ...