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does anyone do low dose pit inductions? we use it often they bring patient in a 5 pm we start pit a 1mu go up 1mu every 30 minutes stop at 2 or 4 mu depending on doc.do this all nightthen at 5 am start regular pitocin induction. what do you think ...

i guess this kinda goes along with my other post. I our discussion the topic came up that some older nurses do not seem to believe males should or can be nurses. especially in the ob areas. how could their opinions be changed or do you even think it ...

I work as a L&D nurses and would love to hear others experiences, advice and opinions on males in this area. My patients love me and am told often by them that i am the best nurse they ever had. I love my work and believe males should be treated ...

can any one tell me why cabbage leaves work for engorgement? some say they release an enzyme that helps. others say it is just the effect of the coldness from the frozen cabbage leaves.does anyone know for sure?

hi, does anyone still use prostaglandin gel to ripen cervix and induce labor any more we have not used it in about a yr or so. someone told me it was not being manufactured anymore.Is this true?

Is fundal pressure ever an appropriate nursing intervention? we are having a little debate over this, some are saying that it is never to be used . what do you think? do you use it?

I was wondering if anyone had any helpful advice with dealing with loss of a patient. I recently had a patient that i was her nurses a while back for first delivery. she was going to be induced and asked me if i would come in and had told her no i co...

thks, I am have spoke with and participate in such support and groups. I am feeling much better. but still think of her often. she and her family are terrific, they are handling it well. her and her husband came to visit me she wanted to show me how...

you should call your doc ASAP. it may be nothing but it is best to check it out. congradulations on your new baby:)

thanks heather:) that is what i am tryin g to do.just not very easy for me to forget this

had patient complaint of increase vaginal discharge, discribed it as kinda thick and white.says it only happens after intercourse ( s*x) with her boyfriend:) can anyone tell me what that could be:)

closed,thick,firm,posterior,and sky high = bishop score 0 and they would get it:) myself I am comfortable with cytotec. but still believe we should only induce for medical necessity not social inductions:)

you should be very very afraid. no way should you be left alone like that! hope you never find out why,things can go bad very fast and one nurse with 3 patients is just down right dangerous and crazy:)

but we have to breath your second hand smoke which is worse than your filtered smoke! hard to find a smoke free restraunt or bar, not to mention just trying to walk through the smoke from people at the entrances to hospitals as well as other public e...

congradulations on your test:) 75 questions is goodthing. only 2 ways to get 75 questions one is to do really well the other is to do so bad you had no chance. I am sure that is very unlikely:)

wel erin let me say: You as well as everyone SHOULD BE PROUD OF THEIR EDUCATION WHAT EVER LEVEL IT IS. I just believe we should encourage each other to further our education and not belittle people for it. which I see all to often. I wish i could ...

it is a great way to assess adequacy of labor and monitorinr for hyperstim. if we have a patient that is not progressing welll despite what appears to be adequate labor. we may place IUPC and do MVUs to your suprise a lot of the time you will find w...

same old biased arguments still prevalent on this topic:) I for one have seen no advantage of having a BSn in the work place. while i may agree with the study quoted here and believe BSN should be the entry level of nursing for many reasons. I see no...

that is your right as a patient and your choice. to me it is important that each person has the opportunity to have the birth of their choice if possible. that includes who attends your birth. some prefer males some prefer females others it don't ma...

it takes determination and work but it can be done. it consists mostly of lots of pumping and or nursing. some herbs have been found helpful as well as reglan. hope that helps:)

that is a concern but few realize that the most sued gender is in ob in a recent study is female. so it only makes sense if one is worried about lawsuits that they require females as well as males to use escourts during exams:)

man I been away fro months and come back to this topic again.It feels like the movie ground hog day:) I am a male L&D rn and my patients really like me:) when i have more time i would be glad to share experiences with anyone interested. it i...

I was just wondering if others think i am crazy for making the following decision. I was offered a job as Director of maternal child unit at another local hospital about 10 minutes further away from my house than current hospital, pay was approx ...

Do you give the ephedrine for low bleed pressure, or do you call anesthsia and have them come up and do it?

another question? do you use cytotec for bleeding after delivery? if so. what route and dose do you use. i have heard 200-300mcq PO and 800-1200mcq rectally.