Jill10191130

Jill10191130 has 7 years experience and specializes in OB.

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

   Jill10191130 replied to Janinern84's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I make $22.53/hour with 7 years OB experience in Alabama. I make an additional $6.00/hour shift diff on nights.

2. They did a c-section without anesthesia

   Jill10191130 replied to Mrs.S's topic in Ob/Gyn

   At the small rural hospital where I used to work, we had a case where a section was done without anethesia. There was a mixup with the CRNA's on call. There was a stat section and baby was dieing. I think first hearttones were inthe 60's. They tol...

3. OB T-shirt

   Jill10191130 replied to lapink55's topic in Ob/Gyn

   You know your an OB nurse when... You can estimate the weight of a baby within ounces just by looking at it. You've seen more vaginas than Elvis. You wash your hands BEFORE you go to the bathroom. You break your pointer and middle finger and can no l...

4. Bovie settings????

   Jill10191130 replied to L&D caligirl7's topic in Ob/Gyn

   In the facility I worked before we used 45/45 and in the one where I work now we use 50/50.

5. New L&D Nurse and Overwhelmed!!!

   Jill10191130 replied to NurseHeather's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Defintely takes a good 2 years before feeling comfortable. Even then there may be things that you don't get to see as often and have to refresh yourself on. When I first started I wrote EVERYTHING in a small notebook that I kept in my pocket. It w...

6. Song lyrics that remind you of nursing...

   Jill10191130 replied to grace90's topic in Humor

   Alicia Keys "I Am Superwoman" This is for all the mothers fighting for better days to come and for all the women sitting here trying to come home before the sun. All my sisters coming together saying Yes I can, Yes I Will Because I Am Superwoman Yes...

7. Let's hear your best birthing stories!

   Jill10191130 replied to micmac's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I've been doing OB nursing for almost 7 years now and at times I'm still moved to tears. One of my favorite memories was of a couple who had been married for 18 years. She was 42 and he was 46. They had been trying to have a baby since they had go...

8. May I speak to Dr. so&so?

   Jill10191130 replied to Alibaba's topic in General Nursing

   OMG! That is awesome! Good for her!

9. Fluid Warmer

   Jill10191130 replied to joeb1's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I saw a doctor place bottles of sterile water out of a warmer and place directly against a patient to warm her post c-section. She also had some burns. She was the daughter of nurse there.

10. Epidural management in RN scope of practice?

    Jill10191130 replied to Selke's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I recently started at a larger hospital where the nurses manage the epidurals as well. I had never had any type of experience with this as the CRNA's did this at the hospital where I had previously worked. At the new workplace, the nurses get the m...

11. Move from small hospital to large hospital

    Jill10191130 replied to ADreamersWife's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I went from a very small community hospital, about 30 - 50, deliveries a month, to a hospital that does about 140 - 160 deliveries a month. It's a much smaller number than what you are talking about but I've seemed to finally after 3 months adjust t...

12. pain med...

    Jill10191130 replied to stephera's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We use Stadol 1mg and Phenergan 25mg IV q 4 h. At the facility where I used to work, we gave Demerol 50 - 75 and Phenergan 25 IV q 3 - 4 hours or Stadol 1 - 2 mg q 2 - 3 hours. I much prefer the Stadol. It seems to help with patient's pain much ...

13. How to do 12 hour shift and raise a kid??

    Jill10191130 replied to mp2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Working 12's has it's advantages. One is that you only have to work 3 days a week. So that means a sitter for only 3 days a week. You get 4 days every week with your child. Our unit does all kinds of shifts, 12's, 8's, 16's, 7 on, 7 off, etc, etc...

14. What's the weirdest baby name?

    Jill10191130 replied to teresab_2000's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Abcde and her brother was named Fghij

15. man holding wife still during epidural dies!

    Jill10191130 replied to smk1's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I had a patient's sister stay in the room for an epidural one time. She was standing against the wall on the opposite side of the CRNA. I was holding the pt up and she was behind me against the wall. She couldn't see anything. When we finished as...