LDRNMOMMY BSN, RN

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    Labor Murse Circulating for C-sections

    LDRNMOMMY replied to Glad's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Small military L&D unit 60-100 deliveries per month, about 70 average. We circulate and recover our own c-sections when it's a labor patient and the section is called. For scheduled c/s we try to...
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    BSN or training certifications? More competitive/competent in L&D?

    LDRNMOMMY replied to SiennaGreen's topic in Ob/Gyn

    This was the motivating factor in me deciding to complete my RN-BSN. I am less than 2 months away from graduating from the program! I am a military spouse so I figured it would be best to pursue this...
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    H1N1 and floating to other departments

    LDRNMOMMY replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Amen! Our ED has the same mentality. If they are over 20 weeks they tend to get tunnel vision and immediately send them up to us without examining them. (9 times out of 10 without calling, no less)....
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    Is immediate, undisrupted breastfeeding needed for long term success?

    LDRNMOMMY replied to SiennaGreen's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Speaking from personal experience I can promise you that it does not magically work out when mom's milk comes in. My daughter had nipple conf....erm preference. She was given a bottle without my...
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    Discouraged L&D RN

    LDRNMOMMY replied to obrn22's topic in Ob/Gyn

    ETA: Discouraged, Is there a military hospital where you are stationed? I can only speak for 2 hospitals mine and one where I lived previously. A large group of nurses where I worked at previously...
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    volunteer abroad

    LDRNMOMMY replied to adpiRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Are you a military spouse? Nurses can volunteer as a nurse with the Red Cross. That is how many civilian spouses find jobs at my hospital. You do all the things a nurse does, you just don't get paid....
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    OB in house

    LDRNMOMMY replied to eandgsma's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Forgot to add we do anywhere from 60-100 deliveries a month, we have anesthesia in house at all times
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    Discouraged L&D RN

    LDRNMOMMY replied to obrn22's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I have only worked 2 L&D jobs since I graduated. My first job was very much like the OP describes. I thought all L&D units ran like that. Then we moved overseas and I got a job at a small...
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    OB in house

    LDRNMOMMY replied to eandgsma's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I work in a military hospital. There is always an OB in
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    Nubain question

    LDRNMOMMY replied to q12RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I had NO idea! Thank you so much for sharing. We do not use Nubain for labor analgesia at my current facility, but we do use it for post op itching. Plus, being a military spouse I know I will end up...
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    CNAs in L&D

    LDRNMOMMY replied to prisicruz's topic in Ob/Gyn

    At my old hospital we had a few CNA's that were unit secretaries. But my old manager decided to not hire any new CNAs. I work in a military hospital now. We have Air Force and Army medical...
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    Patient Compliant...Taking it Really Hard

    LDRNMOMMY replied to Diva7332's topic in Ob/Gyn

    What I have learned is that no matter what a "horrible" nurse a family may think you are, the next family will make you remember why you are a nurse in the first place. So chin up So true! I had a...
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    pulling ob nurses to other floors

    LDRNMOMMY replied to mamaofsix's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Yeah that 's pretty much the mentality where I work as well. Yet, no one floats to
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    Recovery for vaginal delivery

    LDRNMOMMY replied to IrishIzCPNP's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Our recovery time varies. We typically don't transfer mom and baby until mom has showered and voided. It can take anywhere from 1.5-4+ hours. We also try to have baby bathed during mom's recovery...
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    pulling ob nurses to other floors

    LDRNMOMMY replied to mamaofsix's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We get pulled to float all the time! Depending on the house supervisor, it depends on where we go. I have floated to mother-baby, which I am ok with. I was also pulled to the ICU where I was just...
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    What is your schedule like?

    LDRNMOMMY replied to Brandy0331's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I wish PRN was an option where I
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    How does your facility deal with fetal demise?

    LDRNMOMMY replied to anggelRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I searched for the email regarding this, but it appears I have deleted it. I could have sworn that the photographer said it was a policy that NILMDTS had, not the individual
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    What is your schedule like?

    LDRNMOMMY replied to Brandy0331's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I HATE my schedule, but where I live this is the only option for working and I am happy to work. I love my co-workers and the docs, I just hate the schedule. Right now because we just lost a few...
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    How does your facility deal with fetal demise?

    LDRNMOMMY replied to anggelRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We do the same here here. We also have a photographer affiliated with NILMDTS, we are overseas so this is amazing! Unfortunately they will not come to photograph a demise that is less than 25 weeks....
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    Computer Charting

    LDRNMOMMY replied to rnWinn's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I no longer work where I worked when I replied to this thread 2 years ago. I now work in a military hospital that does not use OB tracevue! They use a computer charting system called Essentris. It is...
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    ob patients being evaluated in er

    LDRNMOMMY replied to crazyinalabama's topic in Ob/Gyn

    For the most part we see all patients 20 weeks and greater for all OB related complaints. Non-OB related if it's something we can "fix" and not trauma related we will tell them to come to us first and...
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    The Cervix hunt

    LDRNMOMMY replied to Mary C's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Elvish gave some great pointers! It's one of those things you will learn with job experience. I have small hands and short fingers so sometimes I have a hard time finding a posterior cervix that is -3...
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    RN-BSN online Indiana Wesleyan University anyone

    LDRNMOMMY replied to Magriff3's topic in General Nursing

    I am currently enrolled in their program. Anticipated graduation date December 17 2009. Some classes are more intense than others. That being said, I have maintained a straight A average the whole...
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    Nuva Ring questions

    LDRNMOMMY replied to texasnursingstudent's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I HATED the Nuva Ring! I used it for all of two weeks before I took it out. My PCM did not want to Rx me BCP's d/t borderline HTN and with me being over 30 she thought I should try Nuva Ring. I so so...
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    Mandatory float to ICU?

    LDRNMOMMY replied to Larry77's topic in Emergency

    I work L&D in a military hospital. When our census is low we invariably get pulled to other units to include ICU, which we are NOT crosstrained to do. However we rarely (if ever) get nurses to...