Baby1nurse

Baby1nurse has 20 years experience and specializes in OB - L&D, M/B & Nursery.

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1. Oglevie" syndrome

   Baby1nurse posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   Has anyone ever had a patient develop Oglevie syndrome after a C/S? We had one the other day and it was the scariest thing I ever saw. Within hours the patient died of ruptured bowel and massive sepsis. According to everything I have read on it (a...

2. Epidurals & Foleys

   Baby1nurse replied to RNBelle's topic in Ob/Gyn

   When we DO use a foley it has to be a written order from the physician and we have to put it in our order entry computer as foley placed and what time, when it is removed it has to be put in with the date and time removed. If you go to the research ...

3. Epidurals & Foleys

   Baby1nurse replied to RNBelle's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Where I work it is strictly the physician's preference as to whether we put in a foley or not. Most order foleys although research has shown that even multiple straight caths have a lower rate of infection than one foley. We also put the patients o...

4. I'm looking for a GN/RN posintion in L&D

   Baby1nurse replied to shorty24's topic in Ob/Gyn

   We do our hiring in June when the nursing students graduate. We do hire GN's - usually three or four per area, L&D/M/B, or Nursery. I live on the East Coast and nurses are scarce. We will pay your nursing school debts and then you owe the hospi...

5. cytotec question

   Baby1nurse replied to garfieldrn's topic in Ob/Gyn

   You didn't mention how long the Cytotec was in before the hyperstim began. Sometimes when first inserting Cytotec or Cervidil I have noticed and increase in contraction frequency which levels out after about an hour. If it has been longer than an h...

6. Speciality Pay

   Baby1nurse replied to mom2bnrs's topic in Ob/Gyn

   We do not get specialty pay where I work. I work in a union hospital and your pay is bases on your number of years as an RN. We also have clinical ladders where you can increase your pay according to your certifications and education. This can add...

7. postpartum/couplet staffing ratio

   Baby1nurse replied to lmc512's topic in Ob/Gyn

   The hospital where I work, we do about 125 deliveries a month, considers a couplet to be one patient but our ratio is usually 3:1 on day shift and 4:1 on night shift - we work twelve hour shifts. We also have techs who do vitals, stock rooms, help w...

8. Writing on Fetal Monitor strips

   Baby1nurse replied to teriadn2004's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Check with Michelle Murray. She is the monitoring guru. She can give you the best advise. Her fetal monitoring courses are awesome.

9. Writing on Fetal Monitor strips

   Baby1nurse replied to teriadn2004's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Take a Michelle Murray course. If you are doing your documentation electronically, she tells you to NEVER write on a strip because then it becomes a legal document. Once you document on it, you cannot throw it away, it should become part of the patie...

10. About how long is an L&D orientation?

    Baby1nurse replied to shorty24's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Shorty, Don't give up, okay? There is always a place for a new grad who is motivated. Try to sign up for a basic fetal monitoring course or some kind of seminar relating to OB (nothing advanced, just basic) - that will give you a leg up on the compet...

11. Question about union and ancillary staff

    Baby1nurse replied to cherokeesummer's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We consider our ancillary staff part of our "family" and treasure them. The only time one of them is fired is for serious infractions of the rules. I have only seen one tech fired in all the time we have had them. Also, we do not consider a couple...

12. Question about union and ancillary staff

    Baby1nurse replied to cherokeesummer's topic in Ob/Gyn

    The 4:1 M/B couplet is not a union mandated ration it is an AWHONN guideline. A union has nothing to do with it. AWHONN recommends safe guidelines and it is up to the hospital to enforce them. 5:1 is not acceptable except in situations where you a...

13. About how long is an L&D orientation?

    Baby1nurse replied to shorty24's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Where do you live? I'll hire you! We are always looking for motivated GN's, especially ones who will have some loyalty to the hospital. A lot of cause for hospitals not hiring GN's is that, because they are young, they "job hop". We don't like to...

14. What's the weirdest baby name?

    Baby1nurse replied to teresab_2000's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Oh, Boy! What a great thread! I have seen some real doozies in my 20 years. When I first started in OB we used to just write the sex of the baby and last name of the mother (male smith, etc.) On one ID card we wrote the name Female Jones. The mo...

15. How much do you make as an RN in Labor and Delivery where you work?

    Baby1nurse replied to Janinern84's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I work in South Jersey and our pay rate is determined by the number of years you have been an RN. We also have "ladders" where your pay can increase depending on your certifications, CEU's, ability to be a preceptor or charge nurse, etc. Level I is...