nurseob7

When I was a new nurse, we would give a medication called Deladumone to suppress lactation. I explained the medication to the new mother, and do you know how she responded? "Deladumone, I like that name. Yep, thats what I'm going to name her"....

The hospital I work at pays overtime for working over 8 hrs in a day -- except to staff that works 12 hour shifts--they get overtime for over 40 hrs in a week. Well, can you believe this? If you work the night shift and have to stay over your shi...

When babies stay with mom all night, how often are you required to document on baby? We are supposed to check that security device is intact every two hours. We are not required to document color or respiratory effort which I think is more import...

Even though it is time consuming for the nurse to chart frequent assesments, many pts do not like bp's to be taken so frequently. Of course, once they have an epidural, I feel frequent bp's are evidence based, but not with pitocin. Many pts are...

We currently are usually starting our pit inductions/augmentations at 1-2 mu/min and increasing by 1-2mu/min every 15 min . We have to document FHR and uterine activity every 15 minutes along with BP and pulse. The care of the pt is not difficult...

Just wondering if any units are able to use preprinted medication sheets? When a pt delivers, most docs routinely order 4 or 5 oral medications to be used prn, and a couple topicals prn. (With a cesearean, the number of routine prn meds increases) We...

We must wait a minimum of 24 hours from birth (Illinois hospital)

What device are you using to get blood from baby for glucose level? We are using the tenderfoot -- same device that we are using for metabolic screening (PKU's) -- I think with this device you usually get more blood than needed for a glucose test ...

I've never seen it before and it made me laugh -- I've been a nurse almost 25 years, and I honestly have to say, most of the things are so true..........Thanks ! Very cute --- I'm printing it and posting it at work. We have 3 new grads on my unit ...

Hello -- Wish I could help you ---I'd like to know the same thing. If you find out, I'd really appreciate if you would let me know....... I'll do the same. Thanks so much.....Tina

Curious.....what size angiocath is routinely used for your labor and antepartum patients? We are using 18 gauges but of course, if we can't get it after a couple attempts, will use a smaller size. Our unit is considering using 20 g routinely, si...

I agree with you totally --- I had a young patient last year that reported my comment to the nurse manager on her rounds the day after I talked with her. She was feeding her baby every 1-2 hours around the clock and baby was drinking way too much fo...

18 G are green -- 20 g Pink --- 22 g Blue I just find we rarely give blood anymore ---- delivering about 2,000 babies a year. In the last few years, I've given blood twice and that was the day after birth (not a true emergency situation) A few...

My unit delivers almost 2,000 babies year year. We use use 40 as our low and then give the glucose and formula --- after feeding, if the sugar doesn't come up, we do a serum level. I would really appreciate if you can let me know the name of the ...

First day on my unit, 20 years ago, a doc delivered a baby by c-section with a nuchal cord X7 ! He was unwrapped the cord saying, one, two, three, etc. I've never seen anything close since! Thank goodness !!

Well, since I've work in L&D for app 20 years, I definitely do not feel there are alot of cons. I love labor and delivery but do not especially like postpartum. Labor and delivery is faster paced and anything can happen. Most shifts doing po...

My unit now puts them everyone prior to the surgery and is supposed to use them until the pt is fully ambulatory. This is a fairly new policy -- the last year or two. Before that, we would only use them after the surgery when the doc ordered the...

I work at a hospital that has a nurses' union. We get paid $3.00 per hour to be on call and time and half when called out with a minimum of three hours pay (at time and half). Usually when called out though we end up staying the full four hours (...

I'd recommend definitely talking to your manager. There is no excuse for a nurse to be unprofessional. I always give my coworkers the benefit of the doubt. I figure everyone can have a bad night every so often. I am not afraid to address t...

At my hospital you get paid for 36 hours when you work three 12 hr shifts a week ---- you do get full time benefits though, so that is nice. I think most of the places that I've heard of are the same way. There are some hospitals offering great ...

Your hourly rate seems a few dollars lower than at my hospital for nurse with 3 years experience (hospital in Illinois) But as far as charge pay, anyone who takes charge gets $1.00 more per hour. There are 4 or 5 nurses on nights that rotate to ch...

I work in a LDRP and we do not assist with circs. The NICU nurses are the lucky ones to do that job........ I watched one as a student nurse and hope to never see another one!

I also have not heard of anything so ridiculous. My unit has certain guidelines but none that say anything about makeup. I am so glad that nurses are no longer allowed to wear any color or patterned scrub jacket that they want. One nurse was wea...

On my unit, in Illinois, we cannot increase an epidural or give a bolus. We can stop the infusion, but we cannot discontinue the epidural catheter. ]I know some hospitals let the nurse take out the catheter. We just started using locked epidur...

We only use spinals for c-sections ----unless the pt already has an epidural in place, then the anesthesiologist will use that for the section. Epidurals are extremely popular on my unit. I would say app 80-90% of all first time moms get an epidur...