KTMendonca

I know this post is kinda old, but considering you are still a new OB nurse, I would highly recommend the L&D bootcamp course from Triple S Review services. I just took her RNC-OB prep webinar and it was so good and thorough. I wish I had taken her boot camp as a new L&D nurse.

Checking during a contraction vs. in a relaxed state can affect the SVE as well. You have to get to know your docs. Some are universally generous with their exams. It pisses the patient off for you to call her 3 and the doc come in a minute later to call her 5. With those docs, I tend to be very conservative and chart to the lesser of the degree of cervical change. In other words, if they could be a "stretch to 4", I will call them three. If the provider checks after me, WOW! they are making progress. LOL. Conservative checks rarely piss the doc off. Generous ones do. With nurses with less experience, I also see them evaluating outer rather than inner OS. That can throw off your check significantly. Make sure you go all the way through and assess the opening closest to baby's head.

Sophia.org is also free right now. Has a stats class (2 actually) for ACE credit

I am enrolled in Business Statistics with Straighterline right now. I could not recommend it. While I am 1/2 way through the class and have a 89 average, it is way too hard to "teach yourself" stats with nothing but a textbook. The SL stats class is very very math/calculation heavy. My understanding is the WGU stats class (I'm doing RN to BSN) is more knowledge/concept based. I will probably cut my losses at SL and just take the class at WGU, unless anyone knows anything about the Sophia.org stats and if it will transfer?