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1. sp C/S diet

   indynurse replied to whiterobin's topic in Ob/Gyn

   When I went from Med-surg to post-partum nursing, I could not believe that some of the OB's would allow pts to start on a regular diet immediately after the c-section. However, I found a research article in the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology th...

2. Quick question for you OB nurses...

   indynurse replied to deespoohbear's topic in Ob/Gyn

   The earliest I have heard them was 10 weeks. To be honest, I never tried to find them before 10 weeks. The only reason I tried on the 10 weeker was because she was highly anxious about the baby because another nurse tried and didn't find them and t...

3. fundus checks

   indynurse replied to zacarias's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Whenever I am precepting a new nurse who doesn't have any OB experience, I try to find out from the previous shift which moms have the best fundus. Some of the really small women have a fundus you can practically see before you even palpate for it. ...

4. IUFD policy?

   indynurse replied to ShandyLynnRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

   My hospital's policy sounds very similar to sbic56's. 20 weeks is the defining line in our state for when the IUFD receives a death certificate and must be treated differently from tissue or POC specimens. After 20 weeks, the family must contact a ...

5. aspartame anyone?

   indynurse replied to nursetobe-babe's topic in General Nursing

   It gives me headaches so I avoid the stuff and don't let my daughter have any. When I was in college, my organic chemistry instructor showed us the various stages of metabolism of aspartame. It goes through something like 20 stages and at one point...

6. Looking for info on intrathecals & labor...

   indynurse replied to jmcrn's topic in Ob/Gyn

   1) We use mostly duramorph and fentanyl. I think one of the anesthesiologists uses bupivicaine sometimes. 2) All of our labor patients have CBC's drawn on admit and anesthesia will look at the platelets first. Unless the patient has something i...

7. RN floating as a CNA

   indynurse replied to ohbet's topic in General Nursing

   I've worked as a "tech" twice since I became an RN. The first time I was a fairly new RN and got pulled from my med-surg unit to a gero-psych unit to be used as a tech. When a tech they had missed seeing on the schedule showed up, they decided to s...

8. Unit staff meetings...

   indynurse replied to deespoohbear's topic in General Nursing

   Been there, done that, received the e-mails and it didn't work so well. While we were free to e-mail our comments or concerns, most of us felt like our concerns weren't being addressed as well. Now, we are back to the monthly "live" meetings.

9. drugs by area

   indynurse replied to brenzgrove's topic in General Nursing

   For the newborns, we also have Vitamin K, hepatitis B vaccine and tylenol infant drops. We give the first dose of the Hep B vaccine if Mom consents and some of the peds order Tylenol pre-circumcision.

10. drugs by area

    indynurse replied to brenzgrove's topic in General Nursing

    ...more post-partum...Revex, Tylox, Vicodin, Anaprox DS, Zofran, Colace, Procardia, Labetalol, Iron Supplement, Tucks, Benzacaine Spray, Epifoam, Lansinoh breast cream, ibuprofen... Of course it depends on what is in your formulary... Pain meds, anti...

11. Need help for clinical project!

    indynurse replied to MelRN13's topic in Ob/Gyn

    http://www.acog.com is another source of OB/GYN info.

12. Alternative suggestions needed, please!

    indynurse replied to indynurse's topic in General Nursing

    The tongs are plastic with no sharp edges and a washcloth cut in half covering the ends so that if things slip she will come into contact with washcloth and not plastic.

13. Alternative suggestions needed, please!

    indynurse replied to indynurse's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the suggestions. She is going to try the bar-b-que tongs with the wet wipes and see how that works. As of late this PM she hasn't had to use them , yet.

14. Maternal death.....

    indynurse replied to deespoohbear's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Every time I have a patient or family complain about the nurses are "bothering" her too much, I want to tell them this. I try very hard to not interfere with this family event, but I have had a few "near miss" patients and I was there the day the po...

15. Alternative suggestions needed, please!

    indynurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello, I hope someone here can help me. My mother was involved in an MVA on New Year's Day. She has some fractured vertebrae which apparently aren't serious enough for any kind of back brace, but still painful. She has also suffered a fractured ri...