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  1. NCC Maternal Newborn Nursing Certification

    the main one I love, my Bible for OB, Perinatal Nursing by Kathleen Simpson. Also Straight A`s in Maternal Neonatal Nursing, and Maternal Newborn Reviews and Rationales. These two gave me practice questions. I also used CE direct for practice. I hav...
  2. Postpartum couplet care

    We usually have three couplets, or two couplets an ante and NICU mom. We try to stay at five or six patients. Right now I work day shift so you may go over while your one discharge has not left yet. We have no CNA or tech. It definitely keeps you mo...
  3. Anyone switch from L&D to MB?

    I could have written this topic! I have been in the OB field for 33 years! It found me, after working on a GYN floor part time, I returned to work to find out I would be working in the nursery every other weekend. Back then orientation was 2 shifts....
  4. Admitting newborn at the bedside

    We always have an admission nurse at each delivery. We are in the process of becoming Baby Friendly ( I do not like the term). She does meds, admission asses. etc. Our moms stay in L&D for 2 hours.They both are transferred to our M/B unit. The ba...
  5. Moving back to L+D

    Go back to your true love and life with your family will work out, because you will be happy in your career choice.
  6. The best excuses for positive drug screens

    A UDS is done on every patient that is admitted. Oh yea I have heard many excused. Positive for cocaine, I think I used the straw that was up my boyfriends nose (gross )
  7. Baby Friendly- getting a tad over the top

    WoW, I could have written the question asked. We are 3/4 through becoming Baby Friendly, how I hate that term though.We just went back to doing couplet care, which I love when we have the proper staff. I agree the education needs to begin during pren...
  8. gloucester county college 2014

    I am so happy to see nursing students living in my area. I will retire in about five years. I went to GCC out of high school, and completed the program in two years. I believe we had three students out of class about 75 complete in the two years. But...
  9. SNF Post-Acute rehab to OB

    We hire nurses with no previous OB experience. They have a an orientation to WBN, M/B. If they are hired for L&D they orient there for quite a while. Sometimes when nurses bring there experience it may be different, say from a teaching hospital t...
  10. learning resources

    Is any literature given to mom on admission to floor? We give a big folder with lots of pamphlets regarding newborn care. Blood work we do, car seat safety, SIDS, Also contains a small booklet about feeding, using bulb syringe, taking temperature, et...
  11. What's the funniest most unusual baby name?

    My brothers' name is Forrest Wood named after my dad, my grandfather middle name is Brick, thank God my mom did not name my brother Forrest Brick Wood
  12. Am I just being a baby?

    Sounds unsafe. We do postpartum / nursery at present. Usually 4-5 moms, no techs. We are working on becoming baby friendly so we are suppose to go to couplet care, praying for 1-3 not 3-4. Especially on day shift with so much teaching to be done and ...
  13. AWHONN Guidelines for staffing

    that is what I am afraid of, crazy&cuteRN,how can u give good care, all the teaching on the care plan, etc. with 10 pts??
  14. AWHONN Guidelines for staffing

    I would love to know where you work melmarie23! LOL
  15. AWHONN Guidelines for staffing

    At this time we are Postpartum/Nursery, with 5 moms, no CNA or tech.We are in the process of becoming " Baby Friendly", and realize we need to go back to couplet care. The staff has expressed their opinion on ratio numbers with all the care and teach...