We always do 1:1 with all active labor or section patients. We circulate and recover our section patients, but they are our only patient at the time. We have 2 or 3 at the most "watcher " patients in L and D..PTL or Mag..etc. No PCAs in L and D. Usu...
I have SEEN a fetascope...but never had to use one!! We do intermittant monitoring at times but it consists of hooking them up to the EFM for a 20 minute strip. We do still have one on one nursing care though :monkeydance:
hmmm.. I think so...??? We only have RNs on our floor, but we used to have an LPN and I can't remember her not being able to start an IV, we do IVs every day...
Never thought about a photo...great idea. No, I would not tell them the baby had died. Even when I was telling my friend that our other friend lost her baby at 10 weeks in utero, I said that the baby no longer had a heartbeat. I just imagine the poor...
I am a L and D nurse and I do not have any personal experience with loss. I appreciate you all sharing and letting us know what helps you all in your times of need. I think at times I don't know what to say, and I feel inadequate because I cannot ima...
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I have actually had a patient once tell me half jokingly but I think she was serious..that she wanted a different nurse when she found out I had six kids! I really think she thought I was going to have a "been there done that" attitude and not "feel ...
We have standing orders for it for the first time, if we need a second dose the order reads to call anesthesia (although they just say to give another dose usually)..the third time they will come LOL..
yeah...they do tend to kill off any brain cells you have. I tell everyone my children must be geniouses cause they sucked all the "smarts" right out of me!
We mix up 30 units in 500cc LR, start at 1mu and increase by 2 q15 until we gt ctx q 2 to 3 minutes. THAT is what the order reads. NO max written. Our docs dont really have a max, they all have different preferences. We usually just ask what theri l...
Just an aside, but our policy states our doc must be in the hospital in order to start pit on a patient anyway...is that not a standard in most hospitals? Just curious... I was wondering the same thing about US too...they ask us to do them before a s...