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  1. Inpatient OB RNC...what to study???

    luv l&d replied to OBRN2001's topic in Ob/Gyn

    After 30yrs in L and D, I decided to take the RNC. I re-read Williams Obstetrics and took a practice test from 2 or 3 yrs ago. I also attended a refresher class on Newborn care (I strictly do Ante's...

  2. pain med...

    luv l&d replied to stephera's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Ah, nisentil. what a great drug! taken off the market after a couple of older pts died after surgery. We would give it at 3 or 4 cm's and moms would sleep til almost complete. It was before...

  3. ACLS, l&d vs ob-gyn nursing

    luv l&d replied to Live In Balance's topic in Ob/Gyn

    ACLS is required when you do PACU. PACU in labor and delivery would be for post c/s, cerclages, d and c's, anything that requires anethesia. Just re-did my ACLS and for the first time got to do my...

  4. Change in the way we practice

    luv l&d replied to DEB52's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Oh my I remember, circs in the delivery rm. iv (anticubital, no iv access) pit with anterior shoulder. pudentals (wish more would still do them) trying to guess at when to move a mom to the delivery...

  5. 20 week twins PTL

    luv l&d replied to crissrn27's topic in Ob/Gyn

    In my facility, we would have magged, tapped and evaluate for a cerclage. 2-3 is nothing if she is not infected, and we could slow the contractions down. At least we could have tried a delayed...

  6. What age were you when you went to nursing school?

    luv l&d replied to Imissthefall's topic in General Nursing

    17 when I started and 20 when I took my boards. (a 2 day process in the "old

  7. HELP!!! Ob OR Standards

    luv l&d replied to Chrissy24RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We have "caught "a few scrub techs doing this very thing (keeping the OR open "just in case") but they were on the night shift and told the RN's that it was ok. I am a scrub, and an RN and when we...

  8. Watchchild - again

    luv l&d replied to tntrn's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Having used meditech, Watchchild and Qs and then going for a wk to Louisiana and doing paper, I really, really like Qs. I am not a young nurse, and have been doing L and D for aover 30 yrs, but oh,...

  9. You Know You're an Old(er) Nurse If . . .

    luv l&d replied to hollyvk's topic in General Nursing

    Oh,my, paraldehyde!! use to give it in emena form for DT's. The first one I gave, I was an aide at my sm regional hospital at home (between my 1st and 2nd yr of nursing school) and no one told me...

  10. G's and P's question-mom has had twins

    luv l&d replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Sorry for the spelling error, and yes I did mean interval. We probably do 4 a yr and every time we have the G/P discussion. I voted for G1 P 1/2, but nobody else like that

  11. G's and P's question-mom has had twins

    luv l&d replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Let me throw another fly in the ointment. What about inteval deliveries? G1P? LC1 but still pregnant. It is a constant source of discussion on our

  12. Calling all users of QS charting

    luv l&d replied to SmilingBluEyes's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Our Qs only interfaces with meditech in the admission of the pt. We still do orders and labs on Meditech, all else on QS. having used Meditech to chart labors, I will take QS any and all times. We...

  13. 12 hr. shifts vs. 8 hr. shifts.

    luv l&d replied to jamerss's topic in Ob/Gyn

    After a "certain age" I think the productivity of the person doing 12's is compromised. 4/8's are my choice. still 3 days off in the wk, but home in the evening to interact with family and friends....

  14. Computer charting in L&D

    luv l&d replied to evltwnRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    With the QS system we do not, and I repeat, do not do the admission in meditech. Only in QS. Our managers are great to back us up on this, esp. when the rest of the hospital is using meditech.(only...

  15. Computer charting in L&D

    luv l&d replied to evltwnRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    With the QS system we do not, and I repeat, do not do the admission in meditech. Only in QS. Our managers are great to back us up on this, esp. when the rest of the hospital is using meditech.(only...

  16. Computer charting in L&D

    luv l&d replied to evltwnRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Oh my...meidtech for labor charting.. When we first went to computer charting, it was on this %$#%% system. We all had 1-2 hrs of charting at the end of our shift, and the overtime was killing the...

  17. old skills that we do not use anymore

    luv l&d replied to sassykitkatt's topic in General Nursing

    In the "olden days", I could shake a mean thermometer, and take a brachial bp without a

  18. Roswell?

    luv l&d replied to Town & Country's topic in General Nursing

    I have 2 sisters that live in Roswell. It is the biggest town for about 180 miles,about 40,000 people, flat and the wind blows alot. As far as the medical comunity it is really a "good ole boy...

  19. Would your hospitals hire a middle-aged rookie?

    luv l&d replied to jgs284's topic in Colorado Nursing

    Please join us. with your life experiences and previous work history, you will no doubt be an assest to any

  20. University of Northern Colorado

    luv l&d replied to michellemybelle's topic in Colorado Nursing

    Look very carefully at the numbers they say they are going let into their program and what their freshman class acceptance really is. Heard from DD that they had 45 spots (for actual upper level...

  21. Cytotec

    luv l&d replied to L&D_RN_OH's topic in Ob/Gyn

    At our place, 3 cm's means no more cytotec.Thats it, they are done. Also with true pih'ers and pre'eclamptics and hellpers they do tend to blast ( like the body knows the way to get cured is to...

  22. School Choice

    luv l&d replied to Shenandoah's topic in Colorado Nursing

    Greeley is tough to get into. They accepted 180 freshman for a 50 kid program. If money is an issue, get your ADN get a job and most hospitals offer some or most of your tutition paid for. Look...

  23. Any male nurses on your OB unit???

    luv l&d replied to *Ferty~OB~RN*'s topic in Ob/Gyn

    Judy ann, right on!!! Gender doesn't matter. As long as the nurse is caring proffesional, and knowelegable(I know this one is not spelt right) who

  24. Holiday schedule....

    luv l&d replied to deespoohbear's topic in General Nursing

    In my place you are assisgned to a "group". With that group you work one summer holiday and one winter holiday. Doesn't matter if you are wkend or not. You work your holiday or trade to get the...

  25. number of nurses in delivery room

    luv l&d replied to califrn's topic in Ob/Gyn

    In a c/s, we have one nurse for the baby (NNP) and one circulator for the the mom. If it is a normal vag birth (ie no mec or risk factors) one nurse for both. We don't do mom/baby so the transistion...