KimBicRN

KimBicRN has 8 years experience and specializes in NICU, LDR.

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1. Recovering newborn in OB PACU???

   KimBicRN posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   Our nurse manager is planning on changing things around a bit...we are an 11-bed LDR with 8 triage beds, 2 OR rooms, 12-bed Antepartum unit, and 48-bed Postpartum unit. We do ~ 5000 deliveries a year. We are currently all becoming ACLS certified and ...

2. FHR - antepartum units?

   KimBicRN posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   I work at a teaching hospital in PA that delivers ~ 4800 babies a year. Our seperate 12-bed antepartum unit is staffed by L&D RN's only. My question is...what is your unit policy re: FHR monitoring of antepartum patients? We do 24 hours of cont...

3. Threatened preterm labor

   KimBicRN replied to rnWinn's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I am in PA (suburbs of Philly)...we use terb initially and then procardia as needed. We no longer use Mag. Sulfate (many years now), being that it is no longer recommended for use in cessation of preterm labor

4. terms in OB

   KimBicRN replied to lilredbedhed's topic in Ob/Gyn

   1 - catheterize or maybe Dermatome Level or Bromage Score 2- fundal pressure (which I was always taught that we should never do) 3 - yes, kick counts is correct Good luck in your program!