Regional differences in OB terminology ....

k_cole21 · Mar 25, 2006

AC - almost complete or anterior cervix lol (Wichita, KS)

AL - Anterior lip (Oklahoma)

instead of % for effacement, 1/2 cm, 1cm, 2cm

NCB - natural child birth (Washington)

Local - (Oklahoma)

SmilingBluEyes · Mar 25, 2006

Lordy I lived in OK and never heard those terms!

palesarah · Mar 25, 2006

LOL, sometimes I think it's more of an individual hospital thing, than a regional thing. I'm in NH, and at 2 hospitals about an hour apart- at my old hospital, we said "fully"; at my current, they say "complete". Old hospital, when talking about misoprostil, we pronounced it "meeso". New hospital, they pronounce it "miso" (the I sounding like "eye" instead of like a long "e" sound). Little things.

allnurses Guide · Mar 25, 2006

I'd probably just keep saying "complete".

I have never really understood how we can use percentages on effacement. It doesn't seem very precise - or even true, depending on whether you checked a woman's cervix when she was not dilated at all to get a comparison.

steph

RNnL&D · Mar 25, 2006

It's complete here in southern Ohio. We also use NCB for natural childbirth. And when talking about Miso (meeso), we just call it Cytotec. :lol2:

allnurses Guide · Mar 25, 2006

We USE cytotec.

steph

Selke · Mar 25, 2006

I'd probably just keep saying "complete".
I have never really understood how we can use percentages on effacement. It doesn't seem very precise - or even true, depending on whether you checked a woman's cervix when she was not dilated at all to get a comparison.
steph

I confess I sorta, kinda "guess" at effacement ... it is so imprecise. Not every cervix can be the same thickness! I think the important thing is for the same person to check the pt and compare sequential exams.

Selke · Mar 25, 2006

It's complete here in southern Ohio. We also use NCB for natural childbirth. And when talking about Miso (meeso), we just call it Cytotec.

We called it cytotec in CA, although we understand Miso (meeso). It's a tofu based Japanese soup! :lol2: I suppose one could call Miso soup cytotec soup and see if anybody got the joke.

k_cole21 · Mar 25, 2006

BUFA - baby up for adoption

tntrn, ASN, RN · Mar 25, 2006

in 30 years:

anterior lip: both california and washington

local: both california and washington (referring to local anesthesia for episiotomy)

for anything under 60 % effacement: thick both states. although some of our familly practice residents in california were phenomenal. they could measure effacement at 37.5%. no kidding! hahaha

rim: both states, to indicate that "almost complete" cervix

NCB: in washington, please tell me where. it seems no one here knows how to do that anymore:(

imenid37 · Mar 25, 2006

You'd be fully here in PA. We use percentages for effacement. "Dutchified" is something or someone who is local and maybe a little backward too depending on the context. Can we feed someone who's hemmorhaging the "cytotec soup"?