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1. Postpartum Nurses being the Baby Nurse?

   holmesln replied to holmesln's topic in Ob/Gyn

   How does your "flow" work? Do the PP nurses stay in L&D for delivery's or come when needed? Do you do the rest of the admission in L&D?

2. Postpartum Nurses being the Baby Nurse?

   holmesln replied to holmesln's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Interesting. Do they do couplet care on the postpartum floor? Are the transition nurses and the nurses in the nursery also postpartum nurses, depends on the day?

3. Postpartum Nurses being the Baby Nurse?

   holmesln replied to holmesln's topic in Ob/Gyn

   This is how we are aiming to go, however we will have 2 postpartum nurses assigned to L&D that day to stay down there and be the baby nurse. It makes so much more sense for us to just go down an hour after delivery, in my opinion.

4. Postpartum Nurses being the Baby Nurse?

   holmesln replied to holmesln's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I think it's weird to have a NICU nurse doing that role, unless the baby needed special care. The postpartum nurses do couplet care?

5. Postpartum Nurses being the Baby Nurse?

   holmesln replied to holmesln's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Are they also the baby nurse at delivery assigning apgars and resuscitating as needed?

6. Postpartum Nurses being the Baby Nurse?

   holmesln replied to holmesln's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Interesting! Where is the baby actually admitted? Like meds, assessment, vitals, etc., in L+D or up on postpartum?

7. Postpartum Nurses being the Baby Nurse?

   holmesln replied to holmesln's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Thank for all the responses! Still having a hard time finding a postpartum nurse being the baby nurse most of the time though

8. Postpartum Nurses being the Baby Nurse?

   holmesln replied to holmesln's topic in Ob/Gyn

   We have suggested that same process many times and explained how it wouldn't even require an orientation, just a change in our workflow, but it has not been received well. So I am out to find some kind of similar process so we can better understand!

9. Postpartum Nurses being the Baby Nurse?

   holmesln posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   Hi All! My facility is in the process of changing the way babies are handled at delivery and I need your help to find other facilities that do it this way! A little about my facility... We are a 775 bed hospital in NJ, right outside of NYC. We have a...