JenniferNRN

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1. Can we talk about deliveries without MD's?

   JenniferNRN replied to ragingmomster's topic in Ob/Gyn

   aaaah, good ol' hands and knees. i love to put them in that position when they are "stuck". sometimes only takes a couple of contractions to bring that baby down. i had an unattended last weekend. typical g2p1 with a fast labor. came in complete,...

2. What gestational age comes to your unit?

   JenniferNRN replied to JenniferNRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Thanks for all of the responses. I appreciate the input. I have learned that it is a little more common than I thought to take those under 20 weeks, and of course, our units are all so different as far as having a triage area or ante unit. I love how...

3. What gestational age comes to your unit?

   JenniferNRN posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   I am very curious as to what other hospital policies are on this subject and what your opinions as ob nurses are. our hospital is a rural one, doing about 150-200 births per month. I work nights on the weekend and we don't have an ob in house. many o...

4. Nurses grossed out by spit/mucus

   JenniferNRN replied to rnmi2004's topic in General Nursing

   Which is exactly why I HATE Jello! Bleh!!! I have to agree with the majority here...mucous, spit, snot....all the worst. I have gagged repeatedly reading this thread! I work in labor and delivery and you can bring on all the blood, poop, placenta,...

5. Pitocin protocol for Inductions

   JenniferNRN replied to Jemma's topic in Ob/Gyn

   We mix 5 Units in 500 D5LR and start at 1 mu/min. We double every 15 minutes for an hour, then go up 2mU per hour until max of 20 mU without further order, until ctx's are adequate and every 2-3. BP every 15 min until stable on a particular dose, t...

6. 13 pound infant...thank goodness it was c-section!

   JenniferNRN replied to becca.utns's topic in Ob/Gyn

   My first was 9#15oz (C-section for FTP after 3 day IOL) and second was 11#13oz (repeat C-section). I thought I was having twins and they missed it! Was very uncomfortable and couldn't sleep from about the 7th month on. Blood sugars were fine.

7. Military Hospitals vs Civillian Hospitals

   JenniferNRN replied to CTRN1's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Hello. It has been almost 8 years since I had my son at Camp Pendleton Naval Hospital in California, but I will try to tell you what I can. Pros: I know they had advanced technology at the time and I have heard from several people that military hospi...

8. Do You Have Any Favorite OB Myths?

   JenniferNRN replied to BabyRN2Be's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Yes, we too have many pt's that show up to have the baby because, "Today is my due date" or because, "There was pink mucus on the tissue when I wiped". Countless pt's of this type. Now if we can only get the docs to educate them in the office....

9. New hire. Any advise?

   JenniferNRN replied to rpbear's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Congratulations! :balloons: I too started in L&D right after graduation almost 3 years ago, and I would never want to be anywhere else. I would have to reiterate that you ask a lot of questions of many different nurses. Each nurse has something...

10. IV Starts

    JenniferNRN replied to MelissaCT's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Hmmm, I can't think of the name of our catheters , but I know that once you are in, you advance the catheter as you pull back until the needle completely retracts and clicks. I am pretty sure ours is the ProtectIV from J&J also. If your device ...

11. History of birth

    JenniferNRN replied to Spstudent's topic in Ob/Gyn

    That's where my first son was born in 1996! :) I thought it was interesting that we had that in common. Things were MUCH different for my induction than for yours! :chuckle:

12. AWOHHN Standards for Staffing

    JenniferNRN replied to NurseyNursey's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I recently received my AWHONN standards and guidelines book, 5th edition, so here is what it says (wish we would staff accordingly!) : Nurse to pt ratio/Care provided Intrapartum 1:2 pts in labor 1:1 ...

13. want to learn more about L&D nurse

    JenniferNRN replied to nursewant2b's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Ditto to above but I'd like to add... There are many quick decisions to make when things are moving very fast or going bad in a hurry and in many units, nurses are the ones doing all of the exams and trying to figure out when to call the doc for deli...

14. New to Nursing

    JenniferNRN replied to faha1975's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Hello! When I was a student, we had to choose in our final semester what area we wanted to do our management (of a team of pts) rotation in and a couple of us chose OB. The faculty didn't originally offer that area as a choice, but some of us knew t...

15. What are the requirements to be a L&D nurse?

    JenniferNRN replied to neonatalRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Hi! I went to work in L&D right after graduation from an ADN program last summer. They were very much in need of help and I think many hospitals have waived requiring previous nursing experience because of the shortage. There is a lot to know a...