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  1. fetal scalp electrodes and groupBstrep

    mark_LD_RN posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    got at a question for ya! Is the use Of a fetal scalp electrode contraindicated when lady partsl or cervical colonization with group B strep is present? A book in my perinatology course says it...

  2. Are you afraid to approach minority staff members? WHY?

    mark_LD_RN replied to LasVegasRN's topic in General Nursing

    where I work now i do not see this as a problem at all while the precentage of black nurses here is small. we do have black supervisors and management one of the best supervisors here is black and we...

  3. Do you wear gloves

    mark_LD_RN replied to mellow's topic in General Nursing

    i try to wear gloves when ever at risk of contacting body fluids but have delivered 2 babies with out gloves . on e was an emergency other was when my wife gave

  4. Medical Assistants in the office

    mark_LD_RN replied to SHELLYBELLYRN's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    ma's servea purpose but they are NOT nurses.ANd shouldnot ever be called anurse. that is false representation.I always make a point to point that out if a ma calls and presents there self as such and...

  5. A surgeon yelled at me...

    mark_LD_RN replied to MollyMo's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    way to go! I never allow a doc to yell at me or dis respect me. venting is one thing but yelling at me is another. I have told docs if they did not like me calling them in the middle of the night...

  6. L&D/NICU hostility!!!!

    mark_LD_RN replied to at your cervix's topic in Ob/Gyn

    mother baby i now how you feel with the short staffing on night shift and the over staffing on days. prime example is about a week ago Iwas only labor nurses on, had fairly experienced rn nusery nurse...

  7. Student Nurses in ICU for clinical

    mark_LD_RN replied to New CCU RN's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    i would not tolerate such a set up, as that the instructor is just dumping her responsibilities on others. I have seen other instructors in my area do just what you mentioned. I explain my view to the...

  8. Student Nurses in ICU for clinical

    mark_LD_RN replied to New CCU RN's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    When I was in school we spent a lot of time in ICU,CCU,NICU and neuro ICU . we were expected to do everthing we were assigned to a nurse that the instuctor had evaluated and had reached an agreement...

  9. CNA's in labor and delivery units

    mark_LD_RN replied to daisy16's topic in Ob/Gyn

    i have only worked at one hospital that used cna's in L&D we donot ,but we do have a surgical tech ondays and on call for

  10. Night Shift ~ Greetings!

    mark_LD_RN replied to incognito's topic in General Nursing

    I like it But dont find it much slower here, we have much smaller staff here at night so we stay really

  11. L&D/NICU hostility!!!!

    mark_LD_RN replied to at your cervix's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I like your post Mother/Baby, I often wonder why it is that dayshift is always slammed and night shift is supposed to be so slow. I have worked both and did not find days any busier personally in...

  12. Any post-partum nurses here

    mark_LD_RN replied to peaceful2100's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Hey peaceful2100--- i find it interesting that you were inspiredto be a nurse for one of the same reasons i was. during our first childs birth i found the L&D nurses so rude and unprofessional...

  13. Terms of endearment

    mark_LD_RN replied to mamabear's topic in General Nursing

    i don't see it as such a big issue. first of all it is NOT meant as an insult or to be condiscending at all. i work in OB area and I call almost all my patients Baby. I am a very caring and sweet...

  14. ideas for special projects

    mark_LD_RN replied to nell's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    i used to give out little hand made felt bears .blue im a boy and pink i am a girl

  15. injections

    mark_LD_RN replied to ohbet's topic in General Nursing

    i dont pinch at all , there is no need to. I also dont map out the site as close as i used to, after so many i can tell . i also do ztrack method most of the time. And change needles after drawing up...

  16. Any post-partum nurses here

    mark_LD_RN replied to peaceful2100's topic in Ob/Gyn

    i also do it all we are a LDRP. I agree with smilingblueeys also. you should know somehing of L&D to be a good postpartum nurse. as far as new grads go i like most of them as long as they come in...

  17. How long on pitocin until C-Section?

    mark_LD_RN replied to Natalieboo's topic in Ob/Gyn

    it not really a clock issue especially as far as pitocin is concerned. It is more related to the lenght of time that the patient ruptured. our docs generally start antibiotics 12 hours after rupture...

  18. Question about xfer of pt from ldr to pp

    mark_LD_RN replied to indynurse's topic in Ob/Gyn

    i agree mother baby, i never send a pt out that has not voided or been cathed, all my pt were taught peri care and how to breastfeed at least once before they got to leave, that is if they were breast...

  19. Question about xfer of pt from ldr to pp

    mark_LD_RN replied to indynurse's topic in Ob/Gyn

    the hospital i was at if the pt was a vag delivery with no complications we kept her 1-2 hours then we would call pp floor tell them we were coming and what room they wanted her in. we personally...

  20. L&D/NICU hostility!!!!

    mark_LD_RN replied to at your cervix's topic in Ob/Gyn

    i wish we could staff for the what if's also. cannot tell you how many deliveries i have been in that it was just me and the doc. so i had to tend to momma and baby, or how many crash c/s i been in...

  21. L&D/NICU hostility!!!!

    mark_LD_RN replied to at your cervix's topic in Ob/Gyn

    yes it must have changed, i have experienced the same things at another hospital, NICU nurses there though L&D nurses were idiots and never missed a chance to say

  22. There is a thread below that advises NOT telling your instrutors while working on..

    mark_LD_RN replied to Roland's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Roland, be aware discrimination is out there! like i said before i had an instructor that openly discriminated against males. example she would let females pick their own patients while she picked...

  23. There is a thread below that advises NOT telling your instrutors while working on..

    mark_LD_RN replied to Roland's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    i have never seen this personally. my instructors when i was in college always encouraged me to do more, had ones tell me to be MD, some told me to become Np or CNM, others encouraged me to go on for...

  24. How often do you document fht's?

    mark_LD_RN replied to at your cervix's topic in Ob/Gyn

    no an epidural does not make them high risk, but we still use continuous fetal monitoring and document q30 but if on pit which most are we document

  25. RN Clinical Teacher- no teaching experience?

    mark_LD_RN replied to Genista's topic in General Nursing

    i read this as an ad for a clinical instructor, with the requirements being RB BSN with recent clinical experience. that is one reason i replied in the way that i did. never saw a thing wrong with a...