AF-NRS

AF-NRS has 13 years experience and specializes in Perinatal Nursing.

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1. Duties of OB nurses (and others) Please feel free to add!

   AF-NRS replied to SmilingBluEyes's topic in Ob/Gyn

   dont!! it is a special type of nursing just like ICU and emergency medicine...it's like any other type of nursing...you either love it or you dont!

2. Duties of OB nurses (and others) Please feel free to add!

   AF-NRS replied to SmilingBluEyes's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I don't know how many times a patient has been "pushed" to breast feed when they where not interested. There is a line between teaching and bullying and though I am pro breast feeding I feel that the patients belifs and deires NEED to be respcted. I...

3. Duties of OB nurses (and others) Please feel free to add!

   AF-NRS replied to SmilingBluEyes's topic in Ob/Gyn

   How about: shoulder dystocia (mcroberts, suprapubic,etc...) collection of cord gases precipitous delivery delivery of placenta (signs that placenta is ready to deliver,...) vaginal exam--fetal presentation/lie telephone triage (we do this at our faci...

4. Silly question re: lab coats

   AF-NRS replied to Spacklehead's topic in NP

   we wore long ones with a badge that stated we were nurses...

5. mag sulfate bolusing

   AF-NRS replied to Buggs's topic in Ob/Gyn

   what part of central america is your 'corazon' in?

6. mag sulfate bolusing

   AF-NRS replied to Buggs's topic in Ob/Gyn

   we do 125ml/hr.....strict I&O's and DTR checks q1h.

7. mag sulfate bolusing

   AF-NRS replied to Buggs's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Every hospital i have worked at has had the same Mag protocol---done only on labor and delivery and must have continues monitoring of both maternal and fetal heart rate, VS q5min during the bolus itself and then q15min X4, q30X2 and then hourly for t...

8. Cutoff for admission to NBN (or room c Mom)

   AF-NRS replied to Elvish's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I think this incident definitely needs to be written up and let the higher-ups battle it out---the protocol states 35weeks and up not 34+6 weeks and up....i'm with you, that baby should have gone to the NICU or SCN for a minimum of 24hr obs....

9. OB T-shirt slogans?

   AF-NRS replied to JoniL&DRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I really like "OB Nurse: At your Cervix!" --- i think it's really cute. I once saw a plaque in a nurse practitioners office that had a mounted speculum onit with that same saying on it......