LDRNMOMMY BSN, RN

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    Flamed during report.

    LDRNMOMMY replied to gentle_ben_RN's topic in PACU

    Not a PACU nurse, but I am an L&D nurse who spent 1 yr doing OB-recovery we did 2-4 c-sections a day with a post partum tubal or two as well. My job was to do nothing but pre-op and recover those...
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    How long will it take you to admit a new patient to L&D?

    LDRNMOMMY replied to Jiayou's topic in Ob/Gyn

    It usually takes me 20-30 minutes. But I work in a military hospital where the med techs start the IVs and send labs. It takes me about an hr if I don't have a tech available to start IV, etc. However...
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    oral fluids in labor

    LDRNMOMMY replied to kouklakis's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I worked at a hospital that only allowed women ice chips once they were admitted for labor. Where I work now our ladies get clear liquid trays for breakfast, lunch, and dinner when they are admitted...
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    Question! Best and Worst departments to work in @ the hospital?

    LDRNMOMMY replied to chasemelony's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with you on that one. We don't have a separate L&D triage so the L&D unit I currently work in is very much an ED for pregnant women >20 weeks. No one day is the same, which I love!...
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    Baby Advocate @delivery-nursery nurse or L&D nurse???

    LDRNMOMMY replied to MomX2andNurse's topic in Ob/Gyn

    A fellow L&D nurse and Air Force or Army Med tech who are NRP trained are there for baby. NICU (RN and NNP or neonatologist) will be there if meconium, vacuum, forceps, or at the discretion of the...
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    Online Midwife Programs

    LDRNMOMMY replied to mickey72's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I think you will do just fine if you don't have any L&D experience. The midwife that I am seeing with this pregnancy has only been a midwife for about a year. She became a midwife without any...
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    Dual military question

    LDRNMOMMY replied to jennifer7010's topic in Government, Military

    I was in the Air Force and am currently an Air Force spouse. I'm not gonna lie, being Army and Air Force dual military would be extremely difficult. IF you were to get joint spouse they can only...
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    confused on 0-10 w.prepidil and events last nite

    LDRNMOMMY replied to greenykilt's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I can only speak for me personally....Unless I am in the bathroom, I always have my eyes on the monitor. I do go in my patients room to chart q 30 min, if my patient is high risk and requires q15 min...
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    confused on 0-10 w.prepidil and events last nite

    LDRNMOMMY replied to greenykilt's topic in Ob/Gyn

    The central monitoring will show the contractions and the fetal heart rate. Some central monitors will also show maternal pulse if she has a pulse ox on. My old facility did, the facility where I...
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    What do you start IVs with in your OB unit?

    LDRNMOMMY replied to LNDRN2's topic in Ob/Gyn

    18 ga unless we just cannot get an 18 ga we will put a 20 ga in. I will sometimes start with a 20 on a triage patient who comes in for IV hydration with
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    Post c/section diet

    LDRNMOMMY replied to Elvish's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Our orders are clears, advance as tolerated provided pt is not nauseous and has bowel sounds. I don't take care of c/s post partum past initial recovery unless they are staying in L&D on Mag, but...
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    Applied for nurse residendy, how do I get them to pick me?

    LDRNMOMMY replied to destin3g99's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I have no words of wisdom since I applied for one at my local hospital when I was graduating from nursing school, but I didn't get it. I did end up getting a job in L&D, which is what I wanted so...
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    anyone done indiana wesleyan university online bsn???

    LDRNMOMMY replied to CRTtoRN's topic in Indiana Nursing

    As DayOhioRn said it is completely written work including papers, discussion boards, and group work. Most classes require a group project with powerpoint presentation. I worked full time and was able...
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    Pain medication in Postpartum

    LDRNMOMMY replied to LuvofNursing's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Most of our C/S pts get spinal with Duramorph. Toradol q6x24 then percocet and Vitamin M (800 mg Motrin, the military's wonder drug). Vag deliveries will get Vitamin M q8h prn and if 3rd or 4th degree...
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    Cape Fear Valley Hospital residency program

    LDRNMOMMY replied to amanda.'s topic in North Carolina Nursing

    I worked at CFV when I lived in NC, but did not participate the in nurse residency program. I wish you the best of luck! What unit will you be working
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    New grad RN Fayetteville employment- non-exsistent?

    LDRNMOMMY replied to AndreaM's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    I don't live in Fayetteville anymore, our family moved in late 2007. As of that time Womack required a year's experience. I am not sure if that is still the case. As far as HR goes, I can't help you...
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    Farmington CT?!?!

    LDRNMOMMY replied to auntsas82's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    I grew up in Bristol and later Farmington! I LOVE LOVE LOVE it! If I wasn't married to a military man I would probably be living in CT again. I have no personal experience with working at John...
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    anyone done indiana wesleyan university online bsn???

    LDRNMOMMY replied to CRTtoRN's topic in Indiana Nursing

    I just graduated from the on-line RN-BSN program at IWU. I only needed two electives and took one during my core classes and took a DANTES exam to obtain my required 6 hrs. I live overseas so I did...
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    OR -C/S QUESTIONS

    LDRNMOMMY replied to ldcmw1's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We have a med tech don a sterile gown and gloves who "catches the baby" with a sterile towel and brings the baby to the warmer. There is a dedicated L&D nurse for the baby or a NICU RN or...
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    Cook catheter for cervical ripening

    LDRNMOMMY replied to ldcmw1's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Yes, a liter of fluid! It was horrible. There was only one doc who insisted on doing it that way because she saw it in residency, much like the residents that ragingmonster
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    Cook catheter for cervical ripening

    LDRNMOMMY replied to ldcmw1's topic in Ob/Gyn

    ITA! Totally barbaric! Where I worked at previously there was one doc that would INSIST on Foley balloons to gravity with the liter of fluid. A little bit of tension and cloth tape works just as well....
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    found ANOTHER one :(

    LDRNMOMMY replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Not quite the same, but at both L&D unit's I have worked in they always seem to come in clusters of about 3 in a shot period of
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    found ANOTHER one :(

    LDRNMOMMY replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'm so sorry. Two so close together. My heart aches for the family and for
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    fentanyl in labor

    LDRNMOMMY replied to ldcmw1's topic in Ob/Gyn

    It's our drug of choice! The docs write for 100 mcg q1hr x 6 doses. It doesn't seem to work for very long, 1 hr tops. That is what's pretty good about it as well, as long as you don't give it within...
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    Desperate to switch to L and D

    LDRNMOMMY replied to ShyButterfly07's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I also went straight out of nursing school to a high risk L&D unit. Like HappyNurse said, not every L&D unit requires experience. Good luck in your