Hi lorijorn, I have several books, and they were all helpful in one way or another. But what I think really really helped was a two day prep class for Inpt OB. I can't imagine how I would've passed without the class. I traveled from Illinois to Cal...
What does everybody do for delivery Pitocin after the placenta? We use Pit30units/NS500ml for inductions, but after delivery we change out to Pit 20units/1L LR at bolus rate. I have recently heard that other facility close to us boluses their Pit3...
Hello fellow OB nurses, I have been pondering my RNC...take it or not take it? It will be for self gratification. No increase in pay, no hall of fame...my facility won't pay it. Nothing, nada.... So before I jump right in to it does anybody hav...
K+ bolus? Hi All.... I was just wondering if anyone has ever bolused K+? I had pt a few weeks ago that I was getting ready for a c-sec.....not a real emergent one (baby was breech). After recieving pre-op labs back.....her K+ was found to be 2.4.....
Hi All.... I was just wondering if anyone has ever bolused K+? I had pt a few weeks ago that I was getting ready for a c-sec.....not a real emergent one (baby was breech). After recieving pre-op labs back.....her K+ was found to be 2.4.... this was...
Hi all, I'm a FT OB RN and my husband (who is a parts manager at a car dealership) is the primary bread winner in our home. We have four children (and I pay good child support for two of them). My husband (who did go to vocational school for 9 mo...
:) Thanks for the replies! I'm a faithful user of the heel warmers. I hate to do PKUs....You would think that with all the techonology in this world that there would be an easier way to get those test results instead of filling five of those darn ...
Has anyone heard of the device that measures bilirubin in the same manner as a pulse ox measures O2 sats ? Apparently this attaches and works in the same manner. My nurse manager had considered purchasing one for our dept. to avoid freq heel sti...
doj, isn't there infection control concerns? do they expect you take a team of pts with possible infections and take care of newborns? Even if you do have a cna in nursery, doesn't the nurse do a assessment on the newborn? And what if you had a deli...