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  1. Will never forget last night!

    I had the most crazy precip last night. I had a pt. with a dense epidural. She was snoring away. I was seeing some early decels and thought I should check her. She was complete and at 0 station and not feeling any pressure at all so I planned on ...
  2. Everything I do is wrong!

    I feel bad for you because I'm sure it's very frustating to feel like you are not getting it, but if the pt. was bleeding "across the room" then absolutely you should have been rubbing her uterus not doing baby bands. Especialy if the was a baby nur...
  3. Pitocin use

    Reading through many threads, many people have made staterments that "everyone gets pitocin" It's just made me curious as to why? At the hospital I work at we only start pitocin if needed. Like ROM without labor after 12 hours or so. Or progress s...
  4. Pitocin as a secondary on a pump?

    We have 3 channel pumps. maint. iv is the first channel. Pitocin is 2nd. 3rd only used if pt is on mag or insulin. We hook the mant. in one port of the hep lock and the pitocin in the other. If we need to bolus we just take the maint. off the pum...
  5. How long to wait?

    Has anyone had a pt. refuse intervention and have a good outcome. I had a pt who had been srom for 17 hours and still refusing interventions when I left. I haven't had anyone do that yet.
  6. How long to wait?

    I was wondering how long you wait to start Pitocin or other interventions when someone is ruptured but not laboring? What is your usual corse of action?