FemmeRN

FemmeRN has 2 years experience and specializes in mother/baby.

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1. what's the most deliveries you've done in a 12 hour shift?

   FemmeRN replied to adpiRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Working in the newborn admission nursery today...we had 14 delivered babies; 12 of them came between 0700 and 1300. It was myself and one other nurse. I'm not sure if it was a record, but it sure felt like one this morning! I'm blaming the Superbo...

2. Catheter Advice!!!

   FemmeRN replied to LDR-RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

   In post partum women, at least, I've found that the key to finding the meatus is really just getting the vulvar/labial tissue out of the way. For me, the best way to do this is to pinch the thumb and index finger of my "dirty hand" together, and then...

3. NRP, nursery nurses & attending c sections

   FemmeRN replied to FemmeRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Thank you all for your replies! :) Klone...What I meant was the M/B and well baby nursery nurses at my hospital are only taught and tested on the material in chapters 1-4 of the NRP book. The L&D and NICU nurses complete the full course of infor...

4. NRP, nursery nurses & attending c sections

   FemmeRN posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   Hi, I work on a mother/baby unit (about 45 postpartum beds; about 4500 deliveries/yr), we do couplet care and have a well-baby nursery that basically does admissions, and watches a few babies while mom naps/showers, etc. The nursery is staffed by so...

5. Couplet Care/Postpartum

   FemmeRN replied to guiltysins's topic in Ob/Gyn

   My hospital does about 3500 deliveries/yr. We have 45 postpartum beds, with occasional overflow to the antepartum unit. We do couplet care. Each nurse has between six and ten patients, which usually means 3-5 couplets (but it varies, as we have mo...

6. Epidural and DTR

   FemmeRN replied to ibambamama's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I check the brachial reflex rather than patellar in women who've had an epidural, for the reason you cited. However, I just realized in reading your post, that I still check for clonus in the ankle by dorsiflexing the foot....did the article you read...

7. Has anyone attended the 'high risk obstetrics' seminar?

   FemmeRN replied to 1996RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

   It might be too late for the one coming up next week, but if you go to PESI's website, there is often a position available to be teh "registration coordinator". You have to get there early, cover the registration table before the conference, sell any...

8. DVT protocols

   FemmeRN replied to lleamon's topic in Ob/Gyn

   We do SCD's on all c/s patients. Our standard computer order is "SCD's--continue until discharge". So, according to our manager, if the patient is in the bed, the SCD's must be on. However, many of the doctors come around and tell the patients, oh...

9. Traditional postpartum care?

   FemmeRN replied to eifan115's topic in Ob/Gyn

   We do couplet care also, but have an "admission nursery" staffed by one or two RN's, depending on the pt census. The nursery nurses admit and transition the babies for an hour or two. They also take care of babies that are retained if mom has been d/...

10. Georgia State Nursing

    FemmeRN replied to swimmomga's topic in Georgia

    @ FDLink085...I took abnormal psych online from GPC, and it transferred to GSU without a problem. Good luck to you. GSU's program is great.

11. Lesbian L and D nurse

    FemmeRN replied to AudreyHurston's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Audrey, I'm so glad you're feeling better, and I encourage you to stick with OB nursing, if that is where your heart lies. I'm a lesbian who recently graduated, and am working on a postpartum floor. I have had no problems. I was worried at first ...

12. Acuity Based Staffing Tool in Mother/Baby?

    FemmeRN posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Hi all, I've been reading about tools that are used to measure pt acuity and determine staffing needs on med/surg units, and I'm curious if anyone has seen or used a tool like this to staff a mother/baby unit? I realize there isn't the variablity o...

13. Question about Newborn History and Physical Form

    FemmeRN replied to lmt2000's topic in Ob/Gyn

    lmt2000, The G stands for "gravida", which means pregnant; the P stands for "para", which means birth. Latin, I think. It's an abbreviated system we use to describe a women's history of pregnancies and births. So, with this child, the G4P4 means you...

14. Nursing, midwifery, and patient/practitioner relations

    FemmeRN replied to AnthroGirl's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Anthrogirl, First, congratulations on your pregnancy! Second, I'm so excited that you are interested in this topic, and hope you get some good input from this wonderful community. I'm new to nursing (graduated in May), but was raised by an anthropolo...

15. Trends in Post Partum, Nursery, Special Care after budget cuts?

    FemmeRN replied to bestbabynurse's topic in Ob/Gyn

    In the postpartum unit where I work, we've seen a big cut back in the hours for lactation consultants. We've also lost the ability to pay time & a half for people coming in to fill shifts when we're short staffed. There seems to be in an increa...