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we do 500 del/yr-does it seem safe if there are 0 babies in the nursery and no patients on the pp floor to allow 1RN to staff the labor room while the other RN is floating outside the unit on med/surg? there is a nursing assistant, but if the patien...

check online, they have acls cert online at certain companies, i'm suprised the travel company doesn't have a way to hook you up with nrp class:coollook:

SAH=subarachnoid hemorrhage SDH=subdural hemorrhage;)

The terminology goes like this (in this order of progression) confusion=> lethargy=> obtunded=> stupor=> coma

calling nursing instructors: they are starting a new hand held paperless medication scanner at a hospital that i teach in. any suggestions on how you have safely incorporated this into the medication administration of the curriculum. there is no pa...

Question for clinical faculty: do any of your nursing schools have a policy regarding student safety ie: safety on the clinical unit from patients who have already demonstrated violence towards nursing staff? it is one thing when the student graduat...

you have an awesome background!! I worked a long time in ob before becoming an educator and i have a great interest in LNC. do you have any resources that may be helpful in developing a policy for this, or something that may drive that concept home...

what creative ways do your nursing schools use to market their schools?

Deb, Good luck on your exam. It is indeed something to be proud of, to hold a specialty certification in your specialty area. Your credibility and confidence will be affected greatly. ?

I have been reading more articles about women who elect to have cesarean sections even when they are not medically or obstetrically necessary. I would love to hear from my OB peers as to their opinion on this. Does the patient have the right? Is ...

i just started, but i plan on getting one every 3 weeks, would get one every week if i could afford it. it is a matter of enhancing my health.

I support Bush-Cheney as do 73% of the members of our armed forces

inquiring as to whether you have a formal pharmacology course in your diploma program. if so, how is it formatted and how many lecture hours does it entail? where does it fall in the program? thank you :rotfl:

for those of you in a diploma or ad school, do they have a pharmacology course? would you find it helpful? if you do have one, how is it structured?

for those of you in a diploma or ad school, do they have a pharmacology course? would you find it helpful? if you do have one, how is it structured?

inquiring as to whether you have a formal pharmacology course in your diploma program. if so, how is it formatted and how many lecture hours does it entail? where does it fall in the program? thank you :rotfl:

what do you do in your hospital? how often do you document fetal heart rates during the second stage of labor? do you do them as frequently when the patient is 10 cm and is not pushing because she has no urge? We do them q5min second stage regardle...

on those rare occasions that membranes are intact when the patient is complete, would you encourage pushing? something in the back of my mind says no? amnioitic fluid emboli risk? risk of delivering with bag of water over the baby head (aspiration)...

amazing, i have been rn for 16 yrs, 14 in Ob and am certified in inpt ob. i also want to pursue education both at a school of nursing and perinatal ed in my department. I think you should pursue option #1, i am tempted to pursue that option as well...

i thought it was a good article. a pamphlet highlighting some of those key points for the family would be great to give to family when their relative is admitted. forming a "partnership" with the patient, family, and staff should in most cases impr...

Mother: in OR after CS: as per anesthesia in LR after vag del: after delivery, and then every 15 minutes for 1 hour unless unstable (this includes fundal check, lochia, bp, p, r) on pp unit...

what are you flushing your locks with? heparin or pres. free NSS? and how often thanks:chuckle

the nurse that lost her job needs to consult an attorny as soon as possble to find out if she has any recourse. there are corporate compliance laws against harrassment of any nature.

thanks for all your replies. i think it is important to designate what type of ob nursing we do. we do low risk l&d, nursery level I and II, and post-partum. we do not circulate, scrub, or recover c/s. what we do have to be competent in is fou...

we currently do walking epidurals in l&d, our director now wants us all to have acls to care for epidurals in l&d (note we do not recover our own c/s) we all have nrp, many of us have cerification in inpatient ob, and many of us do an extraor...