vwenzl

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1. flow charts

   vwenzl replied to vwenzl's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I mean like if you have a35 weeker come to L&D because she is contracting, I want to have a flow chart that tells the nurse that yes she is early so are ctx strong admit to L&D, does she have a UTI admit to triage, has her water broke, admit ...

2. worked L&D last night

   vwenzl replied to ohmeowzer RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

   she was lucky that her doctor let her go on so long. We have docs in my community that would of did a c/s about 5pm. (office hours are over you know). anyway, as long as she was progressing and the baby wasn't in distress I think she was ok. Did she ...

3. flow charts

   vwenzl posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   Hi all i was wondering if anyone out there has a flow chart for the admission of labor and delivery patients to triage. It would really be helpful and give me somewhere to start, as I try to make one for my own unit. Thank you very much

4. jacuzzi use during labor

   vwenzl replied to shebbie's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I have seen many water births, and they are less messy than beds. The biggest problem is that if the tub doesn't get cleaned right away, and things dry in there. So we have learned to clean out the tubs as soon as the mom gets out and back into bed. ...

5. OB triage

   vwenzl replied to vwenzl's topic in Ob/Gyn

   so how many deliveries do you do a month. We only do about 2400. Do you have policies and procedures in place for this unit. Is it on your ob floor, or is it somewhere else. thanks for your help

6. Pharmacology

   vwenzl posted a topic in General Students

   Help I am taking a graduate course in Pharmacology and have just started and am scared to death. The professor said it is a lot of memorization, and I don't do that so well. Any hints on how to take this course and learn something and remember it?

7. OB triage

   vwenzl posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   help we are trying to revamp how we triage our patients when they come to the hospital. Does anyone have a triage unit, how does it work, What do you like about it, what would you change if you could? We have lots of patients that walk in and take up...

8. jacuzzi use during labor

   vwenzl replied to shebbie's topic in Ob/Gyn

   we use jacuzzi's all the time, and as a matter of fact we have 13 birthing rooms and all but one have a jacuzzi in it. We also have 6 midwives that practice and they do a good number of water births. Some of our doctors have even done a few water bir...

9. floating and new admits to ccu

   vwenzl posted a topic in CCU

   help, I am a student nurse doing my management leadership class and my preceptor a director of CCU/PCU has given me an assignment to find out how other CCU handle direct admits from the OR or if they do, bypassing PACU and also what happens if you ha...

10. Nursing student needs help.

    vwenzl replied to KOCMOHABT's topic in Student Assist

    I am not sure what you are asking about, but if you want a magazine that deals strictly in womens health try JOGNN. It is the Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, & neonatal nursing, that is full of research articles on any and all of the different...

11. Can LPN's work in Labor & Delivery Or in the Nursery?

    vwenzl replied to Ateal17's topic in LPN/LVN

    absolutely we started a new program for our LPN's about 3 years ago, and it is wonderful. they do not take a laboring patient, but are kind of a stat nurse, where they do and go where we need them. They finish up recoveries, they help turn the patien...