JenDenRN

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1. Do you scrub and/or circulate c-sections?

   JenDenRN replied to cosmicmama's topic in Ob/Gyn

   The hospital I am at we do the pre-op, circulate & PACU. We have either a scrub tech or OR to scrub. I wish they would train us to scrub, however. It is always a little stressful when our scrub tech calls in sick & we have to rely on the main...

2. How to cope when you had a bad delivery

   JenDenRN replied to winter_green's topic in Ob/Gyn

   It is always so hard to deal with a bad outcome. In 14yrs I still remember the one where I felt the same as the other two nurses. My 3rd year as an L&D nurse. "Am I qualified to do this? Did I miss something that could have prevented this?" I al...

3. Cytotec

   JenDenRN replied to JenDenRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Wow!! That "miso-bullet" sounds great. It is so time consuming to open each little 100mcg tablet container & then make sure that all 8-10 get inserted. Especially when time is of the essence. I agree that the horrible GI side effects of hemabate ...

4. Cytotec

   JenDenRN replied to JenDenRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

   The first hospital I worked at in L&D would use 1,000mcg cytotec rectally only as a last resort. It would go pitocin, methergine hemabate, then cytotec. The hospital I'm at now seems to use the cytotec even less. Until this new MD arrived. It see...

5. Cytotec

   JenDenRN posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   We have a MD that is fairly new to our area that routinely will insert 800mcg of cytotec rectally post delivery. he will do this both after delivery of a pt with either a "boggy" uterus not firmed up with pitocin or methergine or a pt that has increa...

6. Mag Sulfate

   JenDenRN replied to KYgirlRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

   The Perinatologists we work with now only use MgSo4 for neuro protection. In cases of severe PIH, it is for the Mother's neuro protection. In cases of imminent deliveries of babies below 34wks, they will infuse the MgSo4 for only 24hrs for the fetal ...

7. Mag Sulfate

   JenDenRN replied to KYgirlRN's topic in Ob/Gyn