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crysobrn

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  1. Threatened preterm labor

    crysobrn replied to rnWinn's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Our protocol for preterm labor is terb .25mg SQ and then may repeat after 5 min if necessary and not contraindicated. Hydration, usually a 500cc of LR followed by 125 per hour (also unless...

  2. Bling on the job?

    crysobrn replied to Haunted's topic in General Nursing

    I wear my wedding set all the time. I do make sure to scrub with a toothbrush everyday and I get it cleaned at the jeweler and checked for loose stones etc regularly. I don't like to take it off ever....

  3. Evidence-Based practice re: Pitocin Inductions

    crysobrn replied to HazeKomp's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I too have a doc that says to "double the pit" Sometimes if a mom is not pushing effectively enough for his liking or if contractions are more than a minute apart he'll tell the nurses to double at...

  4. Evidence-Based practice re: Pitocin Inductions

    crysobrn replied to HazeKomp's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We are mixing 10 in 1000, I hate the 6 times tables LOL... We have a conversion cheat sheet on every monitor that says 1mu=6ml/h etc... I'm curious about the fast pit inductions too. Our docs are VERY...

  5. Who consents for the underage where you work?? long

    crysobrn posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Seems like lately we've had an increase in our teenage population in our OB... I've had several young ladies in their mid teens in the past month. Not that they are all delivering but they have come...

  6. Childcare

    crysobrn replied to missyl670's topic in General Nursing

    My dh is also in healthcare. He works a set schedule, everyother weekend, 12 hr nights. I work in OB and we self schedule. I'm only budgeted for 1-12hr shift per week so it's not hard to schedule...

  7. "At will employment" have you heard of this?

    crysobrn replied to holdensjane's topic in General Nursing

    I work at a "hire at will, fire at will" employer. It means there is no contract, they can hire who they want and terminate without a reason (or they can provide a reason). I too would be apt to go...

  8. Advice anyone...PLEASE?

    crysobrn replied to JessicaMarie's topic in General Nursing

    Hey there... I want you to know that what you are doing can and will happen for you. It will be hard work and maybe not fun but you can do it. I got pregnant my freshman year of college. I delivered...

  9. Hypnobirthing?

    crysobrn replied to Christi321's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I have seen some really great hypnobirths, including a coworkers... and I have seen some hypnobirths from hell as we referred to them later. Births that everything seemed to go wrong. In retrospect we...

  10. Just had a baby on the unit I work on (my thoughts on this...)

    crysobrn replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Congrats on the birth of your baby... even if it didn't go as planned I'm sure that your coworkers still respect the results LOL...:balloons: I have a history of large babies (10-4 and 9-13) and when...

  11. Coworker as pt??

    crysobrn replied to miko014's topic in General Nursing

    We are a small hospital and I work in OB, I've been the nurse for doctors, docs wives, many nurses (nursing assistants, housekeepers, kitchen staff etc) from mine and other units. It is a bit...

  12. Spin off of dating patients. RN's dating docs?

    crysobrn replied to GeminiTwinRN's topic in General Nursing

    After reading thru some of the more recent "reality check" posts I'm a little depressed and I'm already married LOL... I met my husband at the hospital during a rotation of clinicals in nursing...

  13. Prn

    crysobrn replied to crb613's topic in General Nursing

    When I went to prn after my daughter was born not a day went by that the phone did not ring. I also work in a smaller hospital. When I moved to OB one of my coworkers cut down her hours and I was...

  14. RNs-Doctors, Mother/Baby Vs. L&D, and other Questions

    crysobrn replied to HopefulMichelle's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I just thought I'd give you a little insight from my point of view as far as the working in hospitals as opposed to an office. In the area that I work in the pay is MUCH less in an office. I'm talking...

  15. Spin off of dating patients. RN's dating docs?

    crysobrn replied to GeminiTwinRN's topic in General Nursing

    That sucks. Maybe he feels weird at work?? I'd try to give it a week and then maybe call

  16. post c-section pain control

    crysobrn replied to L&DRNJenn's topic in Ob/Gyn

    It depends on who's on for anesthesia... Some use duramorph and then we get orders for toradol q6 for 24h then go to motrin, usually after that it's prn vicodin/norco or even tylenol #3 depending on...

  17. Mophine IM vs IV

    crysobrn replied to MrsMommaRN's topic in General Nursing

    If there is IV access then go with the IV. I think our docs sometimes write it IM or IV incase we d/c the IV then we can give one more dose of pain meds without starting another

  18. Waiting for bed- start floor orders sooner or later?

    crysobrn replied to RNcDreams's topic in Emergency

    It's been a while since I have worked on the floor but when I did it was annoying (or poor nursing whatever you want to call it) when patient had orders for the floor in ER and they were disregarded...

  19. Nursery nurses....what do you think about this?

    crysobrn replied to labcat01's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We do have a few nurses that were supplementing without consent on the night shift when the moms would send the babies back to the nursery screaming after they had already nursed. Now we don't (or...

  20. Do you envy 1:1 sitters?

    crysobrn replied to Sassybottom's topic in General Nursing

    When I worked on the floor there were times that I definately envied the "sitters" on our floor BUT when I was the sitter (especially on nights) I envied those that had something to do besides SIT!!...

  21. How many RNs in a delivery?

    crysobrn replied to Montessori Mommy's topic in Ob/Gyn

    If the doc isn't going to make it and I know that then I try to have THREE nurses in the room LOL... More hands to "catch"

  22. How many RNs in a delivery?

    crysobrn replied to Montessori Mommy's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We always have two nurses present in a vag delivery (unless as said above it is crazy busy). If we are expecting trouble we do call in a third nurse. We don't have a NICU and our RT's aren't even NRP...

  23. I dread working on Med/Surg

    crysobrn replied to Neferet's topic in General Nursing

    I started in med surg and thought I'd "hate" it too. But it really got me to where I am today. I decided to give it a year as most nurses do and after a year I had a baby went to part time and stayed...

  24. HELP HELP!! BABY born not breathing

    crysobrn replied to nurse79's topic in Ob/Gyn

    My nightmare experience was when I had a patient that had cervidil placed by someone else. I pulled it because she was contracting regularly and getting uncomfortable, checked her, she was very...

  25. Best states for nursing - salary vs. housing costs

    crysobrn replied to centralflorida's topic in General Nursing

    We think of moving TO florida about every jan/feb when it's freezing cold. But then the euphoria of spring hits and I realize how nice seasons are. I can't imagine xmas without snow or fall without...