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  1. IV meds for Labor, what do you use?

    rdhdnrs replied to OBNurseShelley's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Demerol/Phenergan, Fentanyl 100mcg q hr, very rarely Stadol. I guess our epidural rate is probably 75% ---love

  2. AROM- do you do it?

    rdhdnrs replied to mark_LD_RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Not us either, thank

  3. L&D/NICU hostility!!!!

    rdhdnrs replied to at your cervix's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We don't have a problem in our teaching hospital between nursing units; it's more with the residents. My chief called the neo resident today to tell her to expect a 26 weeker who was 4-5 cm and the...

  4. Pick Up Lines!!

    rdhdnrs replied to trishaLVN's topic in Nursing Humor

    betts, Congratulations, you're a lucky gal, and your husband is lucky

  5. L&D staffing

    rdhdnrs replied to bvb's topic in Ob/Gyn

    University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Little Rock 1200-1300 deliveries/year We never go below 4 RNs on the deck. We have 11 LDR rooms, a four-bed triage unit staffed 24/7 by a triage nurse (not...

  6. What or who was your inspiration for becoming a nurse?

    rdhdnrs replied to fedupnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I had the most wonderful labor nurse with my first daughter. This was when they still sat at the bedside with pitocin and she was with me all night. I remember she stayed after her shift to see how my...

  7. LDRP or LDR? What are the pros and cons?

    rdhdnrs replied to teresab_2000's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I work in LDR and LDRP both. I personally like LDR better, just because I don't enjoy postpartum that much. LDRP is very hard to staff, and the unit I work in is always short-staffed. Plus, if you're...

  8. ob superstitions

    rdhdnrs replied to moz's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Hey shay great to hear your voice. Also, pt whose dad is administration at the hosp....wil always end up with 24-hour labor then c/sec. Or if her family member is a

  9. ob superstitions

    rdhdnrs replied to moz's topic in Ob/Gyn

    All so true!! What about when a thunderstorm comes through? We always say "water's breaking all over the

  10. What do you do when you are assigned patient is a someone you know?

    rdhdnrs replied to shavsha's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think you should take care of family members under any circumstances, but I have taken care of many of the staff and resident docs at my hospital when they were having babies. I took care of...

  11. spooky spooky spooky

    rdhdnrs replied to babynurselsa's topic in General Nursing

    I work in a university hospital in highrisk OB and we have a ghost on the antepartum floor. It used to be the postpartum floor and a woman got really sick and coded up there after having her baby. She...

  12. Manual dilatation of cervix

    rdhdnrs replied to nursechar's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Labor is pretty uncivilized to begin with, don't you think;) I, too, have reduced an anterior lip, and just the other day worked with a doc who really reamed this girl out when stripping membranes....

  13. pitocin protocol

    rdhdnrs replied to mommanurse's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Our protocol allows up to 42mu/min of pit. There's no reason to be afraid of pit if it is used appropriately. Increasing pit is a nursing judgement, so if you are monitoring your patient closely, you...

  14. Please help with Time management techniques

    rdhdnrs replied to cornelia's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Work in OB, not LTC, but here are a few ideas: Prioritize. Remember in nursing school how we learned that the actual takes precedence over the potential? All those nursing diagnosis excercises...

  15. HELP my dry hands!!!!

    rdhdnrs replied to OneChattyNurse's topic in General Nursing

    When my daughter had atopic dermatitis really bad, we used Aveeno Oatmeal baths, Aquaphor cream and Eucerin cream. Hope you find something that

  16. cytotec & lubricating jelly

    rdhdnrs replied to moz's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I would think that it would; I'd be afraid to crush the pill. Has anyone seen any studies or protocols about

  17. Lunch breaks

    rdhdnrs replied to moonshadeau's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    We get 15 minutes for breakfast and 30 minutes for lunch. There are many, many days when we can't take either. Then we claim our 30 minutes' lunch pay. What do you all think is the solution to

  18. Help on Med Surg from OB dept.

    rdhdnrs replied to Ekaye's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I agree with Kday. Why don't med-surg floors cover themselves with call like we do in OB? And yeah, why not float over to us to "keep your skills up"? What skills do you mean? As a high-risk OB...

  19. Help with SVE's

    rdhdnrs replied to ShannonB25's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Part of the problem I used to have with this was not getting posterior enough. Sometimes, especially fingertip-4cm you have to really go for the tonsils!!! Don't be afraid to get the tissue with your...

  20. Nurses.... Our Own Worst Enemies??

    rdhdnrs replied to MaineNurse67's topic in General Nursing

    Hi Tim, You have given us all a great deal to think about, and we welcome you. You sound like a thoughtful and insightful manager and I wish there were more of you!! As one of the members said, we're...

  21. Cytotec

    rdhdnrs replied to Brookesmom's topic in Ob/Gyn

    In our teaching hospital we use cytotec for inducing non-favorable cervices or closed and soft. No cytotec after ROM, and generally none for PIH. VBACs don't get it either. We use it lady partslly or...

  22. SVE's HELP PLEASE

    rdhdnrs replied to lgowan's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Kday you're so crazy! One of our attendings tells the story of the intern who came rushing in the call room saying, I've killed the baby, I just put the IUPC in the fontanel!! Well, you can guess that...

  23. Listen, Nurse

    rdhdnrs replied to panda_181's topic in General Nursing

    Steph, I understand your question about the importance of the patient. The post that followed about refusing workloads made me think...we, as nurses, are in a vicious cycle. We are in a caring...

  24. Staffing concerns

    rdhdnrs replied to all alone's topic in Ob/Gyn

    These posts just infuriate me, especially when we read them along with the "how much do you make?" postings!!!! We're paid not much more than fast food workers yet put ourselves on the line everyday...

  25. venting: fetal demise

    rdhdnrs replied to redhedgoddess's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Demises, especially full-term, are always devastating to all concerned. It is especially hard on the nurse or doc who actually discovers the absence of heart tones. One thing to keep in mind in your...