We use the same sort of consent form. It originally came from our risk-management department but once we had a Dad who was a real jerk and started being a b*** to both the doctor and staff during the delivery plus his wife. He ended up being in the...
Having been there and done that more times than I like to think about myself and 3 times with my husband looks like everyone has offered you all the good advice I might have. The shower is my best friend when I am going through it as it helps to rel...
mosleyrn, These are some of the issues we are going to have to work out. They do not seem to be worried about cross-contamination as they say we will only take "clean" pts. My concern is that those "clean" patients are not always so clean. The rea...
THANKS FOR THE RESPONSE! It is nice to know that there are other facilities that have the same # of del and how they staff. Perhaps I didn't make the staffing situation clear or perhaps I did. The OB RN is responsible for all the areas, L&D, Nu...
So, since I see that other's are dealing with that same mentality that OB Nurses don't do anything. ie: rock babies, yell push, etc. I would be interested to know how you all deal with that attitude and get management to recognize you for the imp...
Do any of you have both OB and Med/Surg patients at the same time. That is what our management is proposing as a solution to the fact that they want us to be more productive when we are working and only have 1 or 2 Mom's and baby's. I'd be interest...
We are a small rural hospital that does about 110-120 deliveries per year. We are staffed with 1 RN per shift and a CNA if needed. We are responsible for all the areas, L & D, Nurs, & PP. Management is wanting us to increase our productivi...