shebbie

shebbie has 10 years experience and specializes in ob.

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1. Are you forced to get Immunizations?

   shebbie replied to HighNursingGoals's topic in General Nursing

   my employer has never made it mandatory but this year they did apply a little more pressure. if you are off work with the flu and took the flu shot you will get your sick pay

2. Cheat sheets

   shebbie replied to LDRnurse1978's topic in Ob/Gyn

   nice

3. What do you start IVs with in your OB unit?

   shebbie replied to LNDRN2's topic in Ob/Gyn

   We too require 18g on all our laboring pt's just in case they should have to go to surgery or need blood. But with a hard stick we will sometimes use a 20g. No extention set-surgery says they cannot...

4. Visitation/Control

   shebbie posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   Do you have set visiting hours? Is the number of visitors limited? if so, how do you control this? Do you have locked

5. Circulating c-sections

   shebbie replied to shebbie's topic in Ob/Gyn

   what staff attend the c sections and what are their duties? Does a RN come from the nursery to care for the baby? Where and who preps the pt? Does she go to a PACU and who does the recovery and for...

6. Circulating c-sections

   shebbie posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   :confused:We are wanting to start to circulate our own c sections. For those of you out there who already do this could you give any input on how to start the process? How your facilities work the...

7. jacuzzi use during labor

   shebbie replied to shebbie's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Our Drs are the ones who are really pushing for the jucuzzi's. It seem if it is up to them we will be using them. They say ROM is not a contraindicator for use. As far as the cleaning goes, the ones...

8. jacuzzi use during labor

   shebbie posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   Does anyone out there use jacuzzis for pain management during labor? If so, what is your hospitals policies reguarding its use? We will be moving into a new facility in late summer equiped with...

9. What's your favorite pair of nursing shoes?

   shebbie replied to changeofpaceRN's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

   I've been wearing Easy Spirits for years, I've tried nearly every brand out there and find myself coming back to my old faithfull Easy Spirits. They may not be the best looking shoe on the market but...

10. OB TraceVue and Meditech

    shebbie replied to ShellyRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    we use obtv for l&d charting currently and paper for pp and newborn charting. we love obtv as it is and are very excited that we are in the process of upgrading our obtv systen to include the pp...

11. Does your facility use PBDS testing?

    shebbie replied to introspectiveRN's topic in General Nursing

    I Work For A Chi Hospital, Yes We Have Just Implimented Pbds Testing For Ob Nurses Last Year. We Will Be Tested Yearly. We Also Use It For New

12. Specialty Pay for Ob Nurses

    shebbie posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    I work in a small hosp in ky and we receive no specialty diff. we are curious to know if other hosp pay specialty diff and if so how