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I have had two methadone dependant patients describe acute withdrawal after receiving Stadol while in labor. I haven't been able to find anything about it in the drug book. Anyone else seen or heard about this? Any info would be much apreciated.

From the Az Republic 08/23/02 In 10 short days of life, a cuddly bundle of joy with a beautiful name turned into a crinkly bag of death. Anndreah Robertson's death was senseless and outrageous. To say that it shouldn't have happened doesn't do justic...

Recently we had serveral patient care surveys returned where patient's parents indicated that they were pleased with the quality of nursing care that their newborns received but were uncomfortable because some of the nurses smelled like cigarettes. I...

Where I work we are getting tired of hearing "I HAVE to have Christmas off because I have small children" from the same people every year. Everybody wants Christmas off, we just need to accept the fact that everybody needs to take a turn and make the...

I can remember needing to call a weather station to get an accurate, current barometric pressure so I could figure the tubing compliance on an old vent.

Latex allergies usually take a while to develop. It took me three years. If you have a latex allergy, your ankles will be blotchy and itchie from the elastic on your socks.Also, your mouth may get itchie and iritated after eating tomato products, lik...

As far as injections and IVs go: You will be well trained before you do them on your own, and you will understand why the procedures are important for the babe's wellbeing. Then, after a while, you will enjoy doing them because you will know that you...

I am a newborn nursery nurse in Arizona. In fact, I am writing this as my 2 addicted newborns, newborn on antibiotics, and billi baby sleep :) I love working nights. We take great care of our patients and goof off and laugh all the time (no manageme...

My first child wasa delivered my emergency C section secondary to abruption. My second child was delivered C section due to placenta previa. My third child was delivered VBAC with Pit and an epidural. It was the greatest experience of my life. I had ...

St. Joseph's in Phoenix offers nurse externships in many areas including L&D. They work part time during the school year and full time in the summer for about $11 an hour. You are required to work as an RN for them the same ammount of time that y...

Recently our couple care nurses have been running gent on newborns in the mother's room. They just bring in a syringe pump, set it to run over 30 min and leave. Does this seem like a safe practice?

Ours do not lock.

Wow! thanks for the info. We never thought to consider armboards a restraint device. We check out IVs Q2, but the babes on the floor with their mothers are saline locked, so they only get checked when flushed or receiving a med

In our level two nursery isolettes and cribs must be 18 inches apart. Exept for the kids that are plugged into the wall, we just scoot the others around as needed

It is interesting to see that the couple is refusing to release the weight of the infant. Saying only that the baby weighs less than 13 pounds. 12 pounds 14 ounces is less than 13 pounds. The probable reason that a G7 P6 was able to labor all night, ...

Our babies must be with a Banded individual. We advise mom to close the main door to her room, scoot the crib up to the bathroom, and shower with the bathroom door open. She also has the option of dropping the babe off at the nursery, but we subtly t...

Your friend should have whatever support people she wishes. She may want to take care to chose people that will support her wishes, even if they change (I have seen this many times) My 17 year old niece delivered at the hospital that I work at. Becau...

Like most people, I think this is very sad, but until you have walked a mile in the women's shoes, you just can't understand. If the TABs are unsettling to you, you may want to seek employment at a Catholic hospital.

The youngest new mother that I have ever seen was a 12 year old developmentaly delayed girl. What bothers me the most is, after the screaming of labor and delivery is over, the teenager's girlfriends come in to visit. The look in their eyes as they ...

The hospital I work at is undergoing some major changes that are leaving me fearful for my position. I sent an email to my unit manager explaining my feelings and requesting more information. She replied with scathing comments, then severely repriman...

The meeting was today and it well because of the advise that I received from all of you. Apologies were offered on both sides and misinformation that I received was cleared up. Both sides did not have the whole story. We both felt much better after w...

Thank you so much for all the great advice. I really feel better about this situation. I have decided to deal with it in this way; I will say "I get the feeling that my email has angered you. If so, I apologize because it was not my intent" then I wi...

Unfortunately, the union did not get enough votes. We would have been the first unionized hospital in AZ.

She is a new manager and is very young, late 20s. She has behaved as though she feels threatened by me in the past. Wed meeting is with only me and is set up to discuss the email. I am not sure how to react.

We have a director of Women's Health. A manager for couplete and another for LD and LDR. Each manager has a night and a day supervisor and each shift has a charge nurse. We do 6000 deliveries a year