cebuana_nurse

cebuana_nurse

OB, Peds, Med Surg and Geriatric Nsg

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About cebuana_nurse

cebuana_nurse specializes in OB, Peds, Med Surg and Geriatric Nsg.


RN from the Philippines and USRN

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  1. I had one patient who happened to be a nursing student (not sure how far she is in the nursing program). She was already fully dilated and she fairly did well for being a primip. I went over the couple regarding pushing and the delivery of the baby w...
  2. becoming rusty with vaginal exams

    I checked those vagina in a box and the cheapest I could find is $425!!! Maybe I could ask for it this coming Christmas. Lol
  3. The most ridiculous birth plans you've had the pleasure of reading

    I've had instances that patients come in with lengthy birth plans, I go over them with the couple to see which are applicable and not as well as emphasizing that as long as the baby is breathing and transitioning well to extrauterine life, I'm more o...
  4. Workflow of Labor & Delivery Nursing

    To: shadow This is pretty much the same scenario at my current hospital. They ended up doing on-call schedules for nurses and we have a calendar full of requests for vacations so that our manager could fairly approve such vacations or reject them due...
  5. becoming rusty with vaginal exams

    I work at a small community hospital that only averages less than 100 births per year, so practice with limited patients is really hard. I was looking for like dummies or study materials to know more about this but so far no luck.
  6. "Not allowed" to perform vaginal exams

    I agree with Fyreflie. Ask your co-workers if there's any written policy regarding this. I think that as a nurse working in L&D, you should be ready for anything. Labor and Delivery is known to be very unexpected. God forbid if you get a patient ...
  7. becoming rusty with vaginal exams

    I currently have my Bachelor's so enrolling for master's won't be a problem since it's in my plan anyways in the future and my hospital reimburses for it as continuing education as long as I keep my full time status. However, I don't think it'll be h...
  8. becoming rusty with vaginal exams

    any ideas where I can enhance my knowledge with vaginal exams? training? continuing education? enroll in midwifery class?
  9. OB "Goodie" Bags for Moms

    My department gives out a lot of free goodies just to boost our census. So far, we only average up to 100 births per year which is really sad. We give out a diaper bag from Gerber (only given to WIC moms) and is already pre-packaged whether they are ...
  10. Internal Fetal Monitoring

    I agree with NurseNora. In addition to that, most babies would either get a small laceration due to to electrode placement but very minimal. We usually treat it with Polysporin ointment application.
  11. DEMEROL ... does Your unit use it?

    I have never heard of Demerol can be used for shivering. Good thing I bumped into this topic. Most of my post C-sec patients gets IV Toradol x 6 doses. They either get Demerol or Morphine in the PACU. Once on the floor, they don't use those. I think ...
  12. cebuana nurse!

    UPDATE: Its been almost a year since I got a job at the OB dept and I love it! I think this is where I definitely belong. I'm also picking overtime and my co-workers are amazing and definitely took me under their wings. They're very helpful and nurtu...
  13. Study in the Philippines or U.S.A?

    I agree with above posts. It's not easy to be in nursing school here in the US. Being a foreign grad, sitting in the NCLEX was nerve wracking as well as the processing took forever. If you go to the Philippines, there's no question of you getting int...
  14. Getting hit on at work?

    It does happen and I agree to take it as a compliment. Smile, be professional and walk away. With FB, thank God, I don't have friend requests from patient's families. I usually ignore them. I had a post surgical pt where his brother was visiting him....
  15. On call pay for OB nurses

    @rninwch: I live literally half a mile from the hospital I worked and it doesn't matter for them. They need an RN to staff a department even if it's closed. So I am being used as a number of the staffing enough needed to be in the hospital per depart...