Stefdelrn RN

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1. Stretching of Cervix

   Stefdelrn replied to Dayray's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I actually was one of those moms that had scar tissue from a LEEP. When I was a primip (and a nursing student). I went in to early labor Sat morning, went to the hosp. Sun for labor check was FT/70/0, they sent me home. Had the worst labor of my li...

2. We lost a mom

   Stefdelrn replied to LauraLou's topic in Ob/Gyn

   When I was fairly new on L&D, I was inducing a 40yo G2 mom who's daughter was 13. She had beta thalasemia, and had been cleared by cardio for some heart problems. I had her at the beginning of her induction and she had this soft spoken peace ab...

3. Nursing Assistant patient ratio on OB

   Stefdelrn replied to kotys's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Our OB Techs mostly are CNA's but we have one that is actually an LVN. They do the interviewing of patients, get thier vitals, put them on the monitors and dip the urine. Most of them scrub for c/s, and they stock the rooms and do other general stu...

4. How often do you document fht's?

   Stefdelrn replied to at your cervix's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I know that once active or on pit we're supposed to do it q15, but noone does. We just do q30 until complete then doc FHT's q5 unitl delivery.

5. monthy birth rate

   Stefdelrn replied to finallyRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

   We used to do around 150 a month. In the last year or two we've increased to 250 a month. I remember when we got a pizza party from the admin for doing 200 in one month. Ha, now we're always doing at least 250. We have 8 LDR's and about 6 triage ...

6. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

   Stefdelrn replied to yazisizit's topic in Humor

   ? One of the attendings told me that she was called to the med-surg unit because the nurse said that fluid was coming out of a patents ear. She went to the unit and looked in the guys ear and saw some maggots coming out. When she took a closer look s...