EllenDeeRN

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1. new grads entering L&D

   EllenDeeRN replied to stelarRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I was lucky enough to be hired right out of school. I work in a high risk L&D unit at the biggest hospital in my city. I did my preceptership on my unit and I think what happened for me was that they were really short on nurses and needed more s...

2. What the most protein you have seen in a 24hr urine??

   EllenDeeRN posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   I had a pt last night w/ great BP's, occasionally a 140's/80's. No s/s Pre-E. Uric acid was 5, LDH was slightly elevated, Creatinine was 0.9, all other labs were fine. The results of her 24hr urine had 10,790mg of Protein/ 24 hrs!!! 10 Grams of Prot...

3. Giving a gift to a patient??

   EllenDeeRN posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   I work in L&D. We had a patient who had been in and out of our unit for 6wks. Her baby had a rare antibody and we had done 3 intra-uterine blood transfusions by the time she delivered. I had her on her first night in L&D, the night before h...

4. A funny thing that happened at work

   EllenDeeRN posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   First I must admit that I did not witness this, but heard about it the night it happened. Thought you all would get a chuckle. They took a laboring mom to the OR for an urgent c-section. One of the nurses told the father to grab the blue pack on th...

5. do you allow visitors to leave or enter a delivery room during a delivery?

   EllenDeeRN replied to mangorita123's topic in Ob/Gyn

   We do not allow people to come and go once a patient starts pushing up until the time that any perineal repair is complete and the pt is somewhat "put back together". Nothing grates on my nerves more than people going in and out while someone who ha...

6. Graduate in August- Want to go into L&D. Advice?

   EllenDeeRN posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   Hi all, I will be graduating in August with my BSN. I start my precepted clinical at the end of this month hopefully in L&D. (I've qualified and turned everything in, but am still waiting on my instructors to find a preceptor) The thing is that ...