Awesome day -I, a lowly RN student "helped" deliver a baby!

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I'm an RN student, and today I was in LDRP, and my patient came in about 5:15 a.m. and was dilated to 2cm. By 7:15 she was a 4, and the RN I was shadowing had to insist that the resident admit her to the hospital. Her water and broken, meconium-stained, but the strip didn't change color, so I guess the resident didn't believe she was ruptured. :mad:

So I take my patient from triage to her room, the nurse and I get her in bed, and the nurse goes next door to check on her other patient. Not 1 minute later, my patient says "I have to take a s**t!" :eek: I told her to wait, don't push while I grab the nurse. I grab the nurse, and as I go back in less than a minute later, my patient is bearing down with only her husband in the room! So I get on one side of the bed, and the nurse tells me "Lay her down so I can check her." I glanced down first, and said "She's crowning!" So I held her leg, one push later, baby was all the way out!" It was awesome!!! The resident finally came in to deliver, and I thought he was gonna pass out when he saw the baby on the bed, hollering. Baby ended up being fine (and beautiful!). The patient went from 4cm in triage to delivery in less than 30 minutes.

My instructor said "I'm glad you didn't take her to the bathroom to poop!" I jokingly asked her "If I had, would I have failed for the day?" And she said "Yes, on SO many levels! LMAO! I don't love OB, but today was great! :yeah:

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Specializes in mental health + aged care.

Wow!!! That is soooo cool!!! :dncgbby:

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Congrats!!

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Specializes in pedies and er.

incredible! n awesome for you!!!! congrats on being in the right place @ the right time, and doing the right thing!

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Specializes in Medicine.

I loved your last line lol. Awesome experience.

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Specializes in OB/GYN, Peds, School Nurse, DD.

Good save! :up:

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Specializes in CNA, Nursing Student.

That sounds incredible! Congratulations for keeping cool in a stressful situation. :yeah:

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That sounds like a VERY exciting moment. Congrats on thinking on your toes and let more amazing shadowing experiences come your wayyy. I'm really lucky when it comes to shadowing and volunteering something always happens so I feel you. CONGRATSSSSS! :)

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Specializes in NICU.

If I was you... I would've been the one to poop... in my pants!!

Way to go!

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Specializes in ER/Acute Care.

You go girl!

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Specializes in Med/Surg.

Yay! Good job! So how many children does this woman have? She must be a multip to have gone so fast...

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This was her 3rd (and last, according to her! LOL). She said her last labor was 5 hours start to finish. Can't believe the stupid intern wanted to keep her in triage. Good thing the nurse stood her ground! It was really fun! :D

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