mommanurse

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1. Have you seen this?

   mommanurse replied to Nursz-R-Awsm's topic in Ob/Gyn

   We had a baby a while back with similar symptoms. the only difference was that he was okay for the first few hours. very low CBS, grey ashen color, out of whack labs. he was shipped and died a few days later. TRANSPOSITION OF THE GREAT VESSELS. ...

2. All Lpn's Please Read

   mommanurse replied to RNforLongTime's topic in LPN/LVN

   i work in labor and delivery but my coworkers on the med-surg floor do everything except sign the initial assessment and push meds.

3. pitocin protocol

   mommanurse posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   I'm just curious how what the pit protocol is at other facilities. We once had a doctor who thought running pit up to 40 was okay. we didnt agree. he even said we could go up to 60 if cervical changes were not being made, he never worried about h...

4. new ob nurses

   mommanurse replied to studentnurse_02's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Some nurses maynot agree but i think all new nurses should work med-surg at least a little while just to get experience. the reason i say this is because i went straight into OB and never on med-surg. its been so long that i dont know anything abo...

5. downhill slide

   mommanurse posted a topic in Home Health

   i do get the impression that home health is on the downhill slide. especially since medicare would rather pay for hospital care. post pps we've gone from 75-100 patients to 48. the sn frequency's are slowly decreasing also. not to mention we have...

6. Help with SVE's

   mommanurse replied to ShannonB25's topic in Ob/Gyn

   gee, i cant remember, its been so long ago

7. Help with SVE's

   mommanurse replied to ShannonB25's topic in Ob/Gyn

   i once had a young, primip push for an hour, when the doctor came in , he checked her and laughed. he called me out of the room and informed me that she was only 5 cm. he told me to recheck and reach extremely posterior, when i did, i felt the plai...