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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 and Labors, no babies). The test was helpful as ...

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 epidurals were common place in the late 70's and ealy 80...

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 BCLS at the same time (something I have been compla...

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 room so they would not deliver in the hall, or you...

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 interval delivery if not infected. but a 20 wks, they a...

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

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 caught wind of what they were doing.... Needless to ...

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, my... Computer charting does take some getting use ...

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 about the" Special" non-plastic enema kits for these ...

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 (HaHA)

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 unit.

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 had "watchchild" prior to qs and it was a good seg...

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. full time benies at 32hr/wk. and if the day goes ...

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 l/d,level 1,ante and pp are using QS) Occasionall...

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 l/d,level 1,ante and pp are using QS) Occasionall...

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 budget. So then they got "watchchild" which was ok a...

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

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 network" and from what my sisters say,(their own person...

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

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 classes) and accepted 180 freshman. would be very int...

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 deliver)

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 into that if money is an issue. might take you longe...

St Joe's is a Kaiser hospital and does about 350-400 deliveries a month. Pres/St Lukes does 150-190. Alot of high risk and antepartum. Sky Ridge is new (opened 8/03) and I hear they are still working out the bugs. Lutheran, the magnet hospital is ...

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 cares???

I too have had the dread ER call with the "ambulance coming in with pt attempting a home birth." Most of these are lousy outcomes, either for mom or babe or both. That being said, I also know that most home births go smoothly and well. We just see...