Ah, Ok. Thanks so much for these responses! :) I get the "strip look" now. I have had a pt come in with the start of an abruption and caught it before it had a terrible outcome (but not based on her strip). Thank GOD the doctor on call believed me...
So, hyperstim or tachysystole?? Then, fix the problem! Cut off her pit or give a bolus or something. Where's the issue? I just don't get why we have to call something simple something not so simple (instead of, "I need to cut her pit down" it's, "o...
Hi, I'm new to this site, but have been an L&D RN for almost 4 years. I'm embarrassed to admit this, but I must get an answer! WHAT IS AN ABRUPTION PATTERN??? I hear nurses say it, and I ask what they're looking at, and they just say, "it looks l...