Jessica76

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1. 12 hr. shifts vs. 8 hr. shifts.

   Jessica76 replied to jamerss's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I currently do 3 12hr night shifts. For nights, I prefer it. Less days to have to mess up your sleep schedule. That said, I'm going to days in a couple of weeks. I have to do 12hr shifts when i go to days until some people get off medical leaves,...

2. Positions of taking blood pressure in PIH patients

   Jessica76 replied to mugwump's topic in Ob/Gyn

   in normal pts, I just take it when they're sitting in the bed. If it's elevated, I will tilt them off their back and retake it. If it's better when they are off their back, I'll just let the physician know, hey, the BP was this on her back, on her s...

3. Lpn in L&D?

   Jessica76 replied to new_mom2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

   We have two LPNs on our LDRP unit. One has been there a very long time and she only does postpartum. She also is a scrub nurse so we use her for c/s's also. Another one was one of our tech's and she went to school to get her LPN and now is in schoo...

4. Who mixes pitocin and mag?

   Jessica76 replied to bbnurse's topic in Ob/Gyn

   We mix our own pit, 10u pitocin in a 500cc bag of D5. Our Mag comes premixed from the pharmacy, 40g in a 1000cc bag of H20. We bolus anywhere from 4-6 gram load, then usually start out at 2g/hr.