LaborLovinRN

LaborLovinRN specializes in L&D, OR, Med/Surg.

Latest Activity

1. Frontier CNEP Class 112 or 113

   LaborLovinRN replied to Kiddie_Nurse12's topic in CNM

   Good luck, I hope you hear soon from Frontier!! I am in Class 112 - CNEP student - and just returned home from Frontier Bound. I have to say it was a great experience and I'm very excited to part of such a wonderful community :)

2. New way to assess pain in laboring women

   LaborLovinRN posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   I came across a very interesting article in the current issue of Nursing for Women's Health. The article featured The University of Utah Hospital and a new way to assess pain - developed specifically in relationship to laboring women. They have deve...

3. Nurse Extern vs Nurse Specialty Tech: Respond quick I go to work at 7pm!!

   LaborLovinRN replied to untamable07's topic in Ob/Gyn

   On our unit there is definately a difference between a Tech and an extern. Our techs function as techs, and the externs are assigned to an RN who they work with the entire shift. Right now I have an extern on a regular basis - 2 days a week, and thi...

4. Labor Nurses Floating to Med Surg.....

   LaborLovinRN replied to crissyc03's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Where I work, the L&D is a "closed unit", meaning no RN floats in or out. It is a matter of training - a med/sug nurse can't just pop in and deliver a baby or circulate and recover a c/s, and I can't just drop in to do a complex wound debridement...

5. Anterior lips and future deliveries

   LaborLovinRN replied to Chixie's topic in Ob/Gyn

   The pt being able to VBAC will depend on facility policy as well as the MD. The hospital policy on VBAC's is usually dictated by the insurance carrier. For our facility, in order for a physician to authorize a VBAC, that MD or the covering MD must be...

6. Introduction & Question

   LaborLovinRN replied to Smurfette752's topic in Ob/Gyn

   If you want to work L&D, I think you have made a great first step in taking the initiative to apply for this position. I'm sure it must be similiar to what our unit calls "OB Tech". Before I was an RN, I worked as a Tech, and it enabled my to l...

7. RNC-OB exam today!

   LaborLovinRN replied to hoppermom3's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Congrats to both of you who passed, this is definately something to be proud of! WOO HOO!! I took the exam Sept 24th, and will not have my results until the end of October I think the exam was the most challenging I have ever taken, even harder t...

8. opinions about homebirthing

   LaborLovinRN replied to momma/babyrn's topic in Ob/Gyn

   This is always such an interesting subject to read about when discussed by other nurses. There are always people who will quote statistics about the fact that things "rarely" happen, or that certain emergencies are "unlikely" to occur. However, the f...

9. Dealing with nasty OB

   LaborLovinRN replied to JentheRN2007's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I had a similiar situation when I first started in OB, and I got lots of advice on how to deal with "the nasty OB". Everything from ignoring him to telling him off. Well, here is how I handled the situation... One day right after a delivery he was be...

10. Number of procedures scheduled per day?

    LaborLovinRN replied to L&Doldtimer's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I work in a medium sized community hospital, we have about 275 deliveries a month. We can schedule up to 3 c/s per day (sometimes 4 if the docs push hard enough) 2-3 AM inductions, and 1-2 PM inductions per day. We also usually have between 8-10 NST...

11. Had my first experience with a fetal demise today (m)

    LaborLovinRN replied to eandgsma's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Fetal demises' never get any easier, you can never fully be emotionally prepared as every family and experience is different. I don't think there has ever been a demise that hasn't made me cry for one reason or another. Whether it is for a family who...

12. How much do you make as an RN in Labor and Delivery where you work?

    LaborLovinRN replied to Janinern84's topic in Ob/Gyn

    New grads in the Central California Valley start at about $38 hour. After 2 years experience $41+ per hour. At my hospital, the night differential is $6 hour more. We work 12 hour shifts, no weekend differential. I know that CA is one of the highe...

13. Ugh! Delivered Baby On My Own The Other Day...

    LaborLovinRN replied to jenrninmi's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I don't know a single nurse on my unit who hasn't precip'd MANY babies. I have done three in the past month alone! We don't have residents, so if someone walks in the door delivering, the nurse is usually the only one there to catch! All of our comm...

14. Funny OB things people say

    LaborLovinRN replied to at your cervix's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I always ask my patients if they have any special requests (like does dad want to cut the cord, etc). The day before yesterday I had a patients husband say "we just don't want you to use your triceps". I looked at the patient and looked at her husban...

15. How do you do your call schedule

    LaborLovinRN replied to mugwump's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We have to take a mandatory 24 hours (split up any way you like-or 2 12 hour days) a month of call on our L&D unit. Our system works fairly well. Every month the schedule goes up along with the call schedule. All the RN's in our dept are divided...