at your cervix

at your cervix has 10 years experience and specializes in OB, Post Partum, Home Health.

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1. Skin to skin contact

   at your cervix replied to at your cervix's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Have you found any studies that support higher bilirubin levels? I did a project on delayed cord clamping and I was unable to find any studies that supported the idea that delayed cord clamping leads to higher bilirubin levels. I found many, many s...

2. Why is it so hard?

   at your cervix replied to Nishababy23's topic in Ob/Gyn

   It is difficult for new grads to get positions in these areas, just as it is usually difficult for new grads to get positions in the ER or the ICU. My suggestion would be to "do your time" so to speak in a med-surg unit-you may hate it but your expe...

3. Skin to skin contact

   at your cervix posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   I have started putting all babes skin to skin with mom and I've even convinced almost all of the docs that I work with to let the cord stop pulsating before clamping. I take the bag and mask to the mom's bed and hook it up, I've even given PPV on the...

4. Everything I do is wrong!

   at your cervix replied to teensmom's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Sometimes you need to take conrol of your own experience. Don't take it the wrong way but, you should NOT have been doing the baby bands, if you are orienting to L&D you need to find every experience that you can-filling out baby bands is not a ...

5. Do birth plans grate on your nerves?

   at your cervix replied to cradlecrewer's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I must say I don't agree with you at all and I worry that you have some issues with wanting to be in total control. I once read a comment from a patient that I will never forget and I have thought of it often to guide my practice, the patient wrote ...

6. your favorite way to stay in shape

   at your cervix replied to mark3274's topic in Stress 101

   Last May, I signed up for the New York City Marathon. I was so excited for it and I KNEW everyday that I HAD to run my mileage for the day or I wouldn't be ready for the marathon and I really didn't want to go all that way to DNF! Since a friend and...

7. how do you relax outside work

   at your cervix replied to aussiemags's topic in Stress 101

   I run. I love it! Some days I'll take off from my house and run around the farm fields near where I live, other days I'll drive somewhere new to run. Some days I'll load up the iPod with upbeat music, some days I'll just run with my own thoughts. M...

8. South Beach Diet anyone??

   at your cervix posted a topic in Stress 101

   I've done the South Beach Diet a few times in the past and I've always lost 10 lbs in the first two weeks. It has always worked well for me to get a jumpstart on weight loss. I have tried to restart it a few times in the past couple of months and t...

9. Ever have a day like this???

   at your cervix posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   Every room is full, you empty one room and two patients come in..you know the kind of day...then, a doc calls and tells you that he has a patient that's scheduled for a c-section in three days but she's in labor now...and here's where the real fun b...

10. Funny OB things people say

    at your cervix replied to at your cervix's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We had a patient last week call in to see if we had a bed open for her "inducement"

11. Need ideas-perks for patients

    at your cervix posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    We are in the process of trying to develop some little "perks" for our patients. Some ideas have been a steak dinner for the new parents or a gift certificate for them to use at a resturant at a later date, sending home a "picnic" type meal for the ...

12. Funny OB things people say

    at your cervix posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'm sure we all have stories about patients requesting their "epidermal" and the likes of that, let's share some here. Now, while I never encourage laughing at or making fun of patients, this is a safe place among other nurses where we can find the ...

13. OB Tech duties

    at your cervix replied to kajama's topic in Ob/Gyn

    AWHONN has a positioning statement on the use of non-licensed personnel that is very good, it is the model that our hospital uses.

14. Refusing "Hospital Protocal"

    at your cervix replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I agree with what everyone else is saying....if it's not harmful to the patient or the baby, no biggie. If it is harmful or potentially harmful, I have them sign an AMA form and document very extensively the teaching that I have done. For example, ...

15. Taking referrals

    at your cervix replied to BubbleRN's topic in Home Health

    In our agency the RN takes the referrals whenever possible. In the situations where an RN is not available, the office staff will take basic info (patient's name, MD's name, hospital being dc'd from etc) and then they have a list of info to ask to b...