tamrnmomof4

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1. Evidence-Based Practice by Nurses for Nurses: Encouraging Waiting Spontaneous Labor

   tamrnmomof4 replied to AHRQ's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Great Article!!! Thanks!

2. I am DONE!!!!!!

   tamrnmomof4 replied to tamrnmomof4's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Just an update....I left my job in March...and have never looked back. I have no regrets and just had a great Thanksgiving with my family, not afraid of being called in, or having to think ahead that if I had Thanksgiving off that would mean I would ...

3. I am DONE!!!!!!

   tamrnmomof4 replied to tamrnmomof4's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Im done too!! I have done L+D only three years and I recently have been out on maternity leave and am looking for a job away from the bedside. Im done with having to challenge the doctors decisions everyday, being told by management that its my job t...

4. Worn Out

   tamrnmomof4 replied to ladylabor's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Are you kidding you said exactly what I am feeling. I am done.....I have gone PRN. I have a viseral reaction to having to go to work. I am tired. Things are unsafe, they do not really care, patients suffer...I am done!

5. I am DONE!!!!!!

   tamrnmomof4 posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   Have any of you gotten to the point where you are done??......that is where I am at! I am exhausted!!! Sick of being put in postions that are unsafe, watching physicans make decisions out of exhaustion, watching patients die. I am done! I have a h...

6. My sister is on life support

   tamrnmomof4 replied to realnursealso/LPN's topic in General Nursing

   I am crying and praying for you right now.....I held my Grandfather's hand while he died last year....It is still hard. May God Be With You!!!

7. montevideo units

   tamrnmomof4 replied to hoping to be an rn's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I wish...we always have 2 pts....send people home it everyone does not have 2.

8. infant loss- keeping baby in room

   tamrnmomof4 replied to tinyscrafts's topic in Ob/Gyn

   You need to che ck out this site Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep Infant bereavement photography allowing families to honor and cherish their babies, and share the spirits of their lives. TAMMY

9. montevideo units

   tamrnmomof4 replied to hoping to be an rn's topic in Ob/Gyn

   every 15 min...how many patients do you have at a time?? I can see fht q15 min but mvu's. every 15min???

10. montevideo units

    tamrnmomof4 replied to hoping to be an rn's topic in Ob/Gyn

    The reason I ask is We think that this can be too much...just think FHR Q15 min, BP Q30 min, MVU's Q30 min and anything that needs to be doucmented. Now double this .... 2 patients, pit, epidural, iupc!!! this gets overwhelming. Calculating MVU's ta...

11. montevideo units

    tamrnmomof4 replied to hoping to be an rn's topic in Ob/Gyn

    MVU's How often are you calculating your MVU's, we are being to told to document every 30 min...:wavey

12. Time outs for C sections

    tamrnmomof4 replied to Suebee6's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We also have to do "Time-Outs" for epidurals...but this seems a little over the top! I guess we just have to get used to it.

13. What's the weirdest baby name?

    tamrnmomof4 replied to teresab_2000's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I work with a Dr. Vennum...he does our anes.!!!

14. nurse to patient ratio in labor halls

    tamrnmomof4 replied to MATER's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We do about 3000 births a year, We staff 4 to 1 in our triage, 2 to 1, in active labor, 3 to 1 for anetpartums....we only have 1 nurse in an uncomplicated delivery. I come home most days exhausted.

15. Triage Abuse!!!!

    tamrnmomof4 posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    I am sooooo tired of the ob offices sending pts to triage that have called them during office hours...so they could be seen there....and sending them over for routine things that they could handle at the office. We have 1 group that is worse than the...