nursechar

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1. OB Hospitals in Grand Junction

   nursechar replied to BabyRN2Be's topic in Colorado Nursing

   Hello, This a little late, and the lady may have already delivered, but I can tell you all about St. Mary's Hospital. The NICU is excellent and a level III, they have awesome NNP's and Neonatologists....

2. Activate this forum...Anyone have to take call?

   nursechar replied to JMinCO's topic in Colorado Nursing

   At the hospital I work at (L&D), we take a minimum of 3 call shifts a month. The call shifts are 12 hr shifts and most of the nurses are getting really burnt out. Many times we are getting called...

3. Cytotec

   nursechar replied to Brookesmom's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Our facility has pt.'s sign a consent form stating the risks of the med and that the FDA has not approved cytotec for use in this manner. We usually use 25-50 mcg pv, and 100-200mcg pv for IUFD....

4. pitocin protocol

   nursechar replied to mommanurse's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Valene, Just wondering if your babies have a lot of blood sugar probs from the Pitocin mixed with the D5LR instead of just plain LR, and if your facility has many uterine ruptures from the Pitocin...

5. Manual dilatation of cervix

   nursechar posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   We had a pt. on our unit,G5, P4 , who had all SVD's previously and was term , came in having uc's q 2-3 min x3-4 hours, palpated strong, but never had any cervical change over 3 hours and was given...

6. cytotec & lubricating jelly

   nursechar replied to moz's topic in Ob/Gyn

   :) Most of our providers use Cytotec 50 mcg lady partslly for inductions. Occasionally, some of them use 50 mcg p.o. if the patients cervix is really favorable. For fetal demise, we usually use...