NITEOBRN

NITEOBRN specializes in med-surg OB.

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1. LPN's working L&D or postpartum

   NITEOBRN replied to 2bnurselove08's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I work in NY on an LDRP unit. Here RNs only for labors LPNs do mother-baby couples a couple of them have trained to scrub for c/s and some are trained to work in our special care nursery with the RNs there LPNs do not put pts on the monitors or reall...

2. LOW patient satisfaction scores...

   NITEOBRN replied to MalgaBSN's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I Have To Say I Attended A Seminar By Fred Lee And Read The Book If Disney Ran Your Hospital All Very Good Stuff.sometimes We All Run Short Staffed But I Doubt That Is The Only Reason Patients Are Unsatisfied. Look At The Questions On The Press Ganey...

3. Bipolar Manic After Delivery

   NITEOBRN posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   I have noticed over the years that women diagnosed with bipolar disorder are manic the first couple of days after delivery. These pts are on the light all night despite sending baby to the nursery and dad asleep at bedside. benadryl, vistaril, ambien...

4. Unapproved abbreviations

   NITEOBRN replied to FroggieLiz's topic in Ob/Gyn

   flk=funny looking kid

5. ED sending patients to L&D

   NITEOBRN replied to PattonD's topic in Ob/Gyn

   we have had the same problem with our ecc sending anyone pregnant to our ldrp unit. they have sent up "unclean" pts (vomiting ,diarrhea, open sores etc..) over and over again have re told them we are a closed unit and have newborns with limited immun...

6. Most RN's first borns?

   NITEOBRN replied to lvs2nrs3535's topic in General Nursing

   second girl born etoh with dad yes maternal g'ma was also a nurse

7. do you team nurse?

   NITEOBRN posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   looking for how others are staffing their units and doing team nursing. We are an LDRP unit approximatley 1200 births/year. We are staffed with RNs LPNs and nurse aides. We are trying to do team nursing with our postpartums so that every Mom and baby...

8. L & D OR team?

   NITEOBRN replied to ragingmomster's topic in Ob/Gyn

   We have LPNs and aides on 7-3 and 11-7 shifts who srcub. The day girls do the scheduled c/ss and of course on nights (if staffing on our unit allows) we try to do our own. If our unit is busy and the trained persons have a heavy assignment, then we c...

9. team nursing

   NITEOBRN posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   hi there all new to site and am looking for information. I work in OB we do about 1200 deliveries/yr on an LDRP unit. We have RNs LPNs and nurse assistants on our unit and are trying to switch over to team nursing.Any of you that are doing this now a...