We did foley inductions in NC. They were often placed in the office and taped to the thigh with a little bit of tension and the pt was told to come to the hospital when the balloon fell out. Where does the liter of fluid come into play? Have never se...
MistyBlue replied to AudreyHurston's topic in SRNA
My story is similar to Sicuotcrna. I went to nursing school knowing that I wanted to work in L&D and I did for over 5 years and I loved it. When I felt it was time to move on and advance my career I went to the PICU and an adult SICU and now I am...
I considered the CNM route as well. The art of midwifery is dying (at least in GA). The CNM's that I worked with were like "call me when she's crowning" and all but one wanted everyone to have an epudiral. I didn't like the MD/CNM relationship at ti...
I have gone through the switch from paper to computers twice and I can honestly say that it is horrible in the beginning, but give it a little time and you will find your days a little easier. Good luck!
This is interesting because usually it's just the MDA and RN in the room so it seems impossible to do EFM and hold position and chart at the same time if the pt is sitting up. We remove EFM and toco because the bands would be in the sterile field. We...
You put too much time into becoming a nurse and have endured too much to throw the towel in now. There are so many things that you can do as a nurse so you shouln't have to torture yourself. I have worked in the ICU - both peds and adults. Teamwork i...
I included my shadow experience in my purpose statement and I did not mention what level hospital I worked in but the various units were listed on my resume
In my facility the trough is drawn 30 minutes prior to the dose being due and the peak is drawn one hour after completion of the dose. The generic rule of thumb for us is to draw the peak the same number of minutes after completion as it took to infu...