leannek90

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1. How long to wait for Madame Placenta??

   leannek90 replied to Elvish's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Our docs will wait 30 minutes. Some of them are impatient, and pull and tug on the cord, but for the most part, it either comes on it's own, or at the 30 minute mark, they will start to think about taking the patient to the OR for curettage or manual...

2. Anyone An Hippa Expert Re: Hospital Staff Access To Charts??

   leannek90 replied to ginger58's topic in General Nursing

   I agree with you. The private information that is included in a patient chart should only be seen by the people who are responsible for their care. I am dealing with this issue with one of our unit secretaries. I work on a labor and delivery floor,...

3. Hurry up and wait...*sigh*

   leannek90 replied to WickedRedRN's topic in NCLEX

   Hang in there, I know that the waiting game can be really tough. One trick that you can try, is to go to your BON's website and search to see if you have been issued a license yet. Supposedly, once the computer shuts off, the BON already knows if y...

4. OB T-shirt slogans?

   leannek90 replied to JoniL&DRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

   One of the Midwives where I work had a mug that said "Midwives help people out". I thought that was really cute. I realize that you are not a group of midwives looking for a slogan, but I wanted to share it!

5. Pitocin induction-pit rates

   leannek90 replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

   We do the same for our pitocin inductions. I try to keep it as low dose as possible, making sure I bolus her first with LR to get rid of any contractions due to dehydration. I also let more than 15 minutes go by before I increase it quite often. I at...

6. Grief Counseling

   leannek90 posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   i work on a busy l+d floor and occasionally we do get mom's who have a fetal demise. i've only been a l+d nurse for 1.5 years, and don't have a ton of experience working with these patients and their families. i was talking to my manager about beco...