KellNY

KellNY RN

High Risk In Patient OB/GYN

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  1. death

    I'm well aware of that...I'm sure I never mentioned not cleaning the patient.I guess we just do things differently here. Here we leave everything in, whether or not they're getting an autopsy. I was...
  2. Please Help Me

    Well, why are you failing? Are you a bad test taker? Do you not know the material? 3 times is a lot, you need to get to the root of
  3. Can or do LPN's teach?

    As an LPN I taught medical assisting. They can also teach CNA classes in many places. As far as childbirth and breastfeeding classes, I'd recommend you get certified in that area 1st-try alace.org....
  4. death

    Why would the nurses remove the IVs and NG tubes etc? Those are supposed to be left in place for the
  5. midwife vs. ob/gyn

    Mnay people want a CNM over a ob/gyn because they don't feel that they need to see a surgeon for their healthy, normal pregnancy. Midwives tend to be more patient, more open to natural remedies, more...
  6. NCLEX today done at 75

    Mine shut off at 75, and I'm about to celebrate my one year anniversary at my current hospital. Employed as an RN, of course. 75 is great, unless it's terrible. Make sense? You either did very...
  7. Ob/pedi Classes!!! Info Please!!!

    I agree about OB/Peds combo being a smooth sailing one. For me it was Med Surg combined with Psych that killed. (not that psych was too bad, but med
  8. death

    Everywhere I've worked, it was the LPNs, if not the RNs who perform post mortem care. Other than stripping and cleaning the beds afterwards (which can get...um, messy). Also if the Pt is very large...
  9. limit to number of csections?

    The baby was already dead. IUFD (or FDIU, depending on your regional
  10. Husbands or S/O's at routine exam

    I'd have a MAJOR problem with any ob/gyn's office (medical assistant, nursing staff, MD/CNM/NP, or just a general office policy) that would not allow my SO to be with despite my wishes. One of the...
  11. Postpartum interview

    They might ask: Why do you want to get into PP nursing? Have you taken any CEUs, classes, attended seminars, etc Re: Maternal/Child Health? Do you have any cross training (post partum doula, lactation...
  12. driving after birth

    There is a very big difference between driving a car and moving a couch. I can see why there would be no heavy lifting or strenuous activities, but sitting in a car, turing a steering wheel? I can't...
  13. I'd just like to add that as a relatively new nurse, I def. think that there are nurses who eat their young. Why, I'm not sure, but I've never confused them with a nurse who genuinely wanted to teach...
  14. Yep, know-it-all new nurses bug me. When I try to show them something (ie: "They're going to extubate Mr. Smith-why don't you go assist?" or "Mrs. Jenkins is going to have a c/s and btl, why not...
  15. Scorned by Maternity

    Wasn't this the "nicer", more upper middle class hospital where you wouldn't have had to deal with all those undesireable Pts? Shame to hear you didn't make it into their
  16. limit to number of csections?

    Having seen too many accretas lately on multip C/Sers, I'm not sure it's a bad thing that docs are trying to limit them. Forcing someone to labor for 3 days with an IUFD? That's
  17. driving after birth

    Honestly, aside from potential discomfort and effects of pain meds, there's no real reason an NSVD should have to wait a certain number of days or weeks to drive. 2 weeks, IMO is excessive--where's...
  18. we're pregnant

    I think it's cute-especially when the FOB says it. Kinda like 'we're in it together'. Oh
  19. Adoption option?

    I agree with mercy and smiling. Please please please keep in mind that adoption "back in the day" was not always a voluntary thing, a selfless act. The young mother was often lied to, tricked,...
  20. what is with this 9 months business?

    It's easier to go by weeks when you're talking with someone who knows about pregnancy (ie in the medical field, self educated, or took childbirth classes). I remember when I was pregnant and a...
  21. clinical question

    Clinicals should be held at the times and dates that they were posted as at registration barring some sort of very special circumstance (ie hospital decides to change time, natural disaster,...
  22. What are the positions in the delivery room?

    Surg tech would help you be *near* the babies and mothers, but you're doing things like passing suture materials, counting out sponges and accounting for all instruments, etc. No baby...
  23. How to deal with nurses who make fun of families

    Wow, that's pretty sucky. I usually play dumb while calling them out with situations like that. Re: The gay thing, I might have said "Really, you think that's gay? Like he'd try to have sex with...
  24. regarding agency??

    Pssst! We have a whole section for agency
  25. Water Births?

    I'd also highly advocate for having a good doula--someone who knows diff. positions, massages, aromatherapy, breathing, etc. I think that can make all the difference in the world. Also re: not hurting...