mother/babyRN

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  1. Can you believe this? 13yo and mom both pregnant

    mother/babyRN replied to seanymph's topic in Ob/Gyn

    This is not as common as it used to be in the area I am in but I have to say my youngest preggo pt/mom combo was 14 and 28 respectively...Imagine being older at age 32, as I was then, than the...

  2. Waiting for cord to stop pulsating before clamped & cut

    mother/babyRN replied to becca.utns's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I have never had a pt specifically request

  3. Waiting for cord to stop pulsating before clamped & cut

    mother/babyRN replied to becca.utns's topic in Ob/Gyn

    So they say but we don't do it unless a parent requests it. Our docs don't think it makes a difference nutrient or anemia wise one way or the

  4. I think I am going to crack up...

    mother/babyRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    hi all...recently since just about all my co workers have been out for various reasons from illness to pregancy, i have found myself the lone staff member * there are travelers and perdiem people,...

  5. I think I am going to crack up...

    mother/babyRN replied to mother/babyRN's topic in General Nursing

    Thankyou so much but I have to say I think I just realized how much more I could do and haven't yet done. Money never entered my mind but now that you mention it...Just kidding.....Looking forward and...

  6. I think I am going to crack up...

    mother/babyRN replied to mother/babyRN's topic in General Nursing

    thankyou....your prayers and good thoughts are welcome and deeply appreciated. that is for everyone

  7. I think I am going to crack up...

    mother/babyRN replied to mother/babyRN's topic in General Nursing

    It will be ok...Please PM me if you need to....{{{}}}You were wonderful to take the time to comfort me at such a difficult time when I can see you were feeling as equally overwhelmed...love,

  8. I think I am going to crack up...

    mother/babyRN replied to mother/babyRN's topic in General Nursing

    Hey there all..Just wanted to update. Have seen a therapist who made me realize when things are amiss at home one strives for more control at work..That said, what I didn't realize (duh) with my...

  9. My niece is a few days past 25 weeks and in the hospital....

    mother/babyRN replied to studentdeb's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    It is a difficult thing but there are some instances when baby does ok in the long run. I will pray for her and you. Please let us know how things turn

  10. It's Official!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    mother/babyRN replied to ucandoit's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Ditto!

  11. Just wanted to share...

    mother/babyRN replied to camay1221_RN's topic in General Nursing

    You are wonderful! Isn't that one reason among many when you try and ponder, especially on the tough days, why you became a nurse? So many stories like that along with some similar ones for me, have...

  12. I lost my twins....can anyone help me?

    mother/babyRN replied to OHmom2boys's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I just remembered that my sister in law lost two sets of twin girls, the last years ago at 23 weeks. She now has a company making candles and lotions....I use the lotions in labor and delivery for...

  13. In need of support for potential VBAC

    mother/babyRN replied to Elenaster's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I have to tell you that of the two, my easiest recovery and much less painful, were the three csections I had...Course, it was much easier to hurt in the incisional area than the epis....Just my...

  14. Which should I do first? RN or Midwifery?

    mother/babyRN replied to Emery's topic in Ob/Gyn

    RN...Definitely...We have a nurse midwife who did not and then had to go through nursing school and now regrets that she didn't do the nurse route first...Now she is getting older and working perdiem...

  15. Natural Childbirth and L/D nurse-do they mix?

    mother/babyRN replied to Blackfish's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Certainly.....Many people are under the sad misconception that just because a nurse is working in the labor and delivery department he or she just wants to throw those interventions at a person...In...

  16. No slamming me please!!!

    mother/babyRN replied to jkaee's topic in Ob/Gyn

    .smoking is more difficult to quit than heroin...Proud of you for trying to find a way. I have a friend who was successful with acupuncture...Of course, my husband quit smoking the day his MI forced...

  17. I lost my twins....can anyone help me?

    mother/babyRN replied to OHmom2boys's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I wish I, I wish we could help and I am so very sorry....We always search for answers why and never really find them...All I can offer is hugs and support...{{{}}}}....They are still you're babies and...

  18. In need of support for potential VBAC

    mother/babyRN replied to Elenaster's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Did you all hear that there is a new trend toward elective csections ( and of course Hollywood types don't have to do a trial of labor if they don't want to). Much like in Brazil where an elective...

  19. In need of support for potential VBAC

    mother/babyRN replied to Elenaster's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Yep, it is really too bad, isn't

  20. In need of support for potential VBAC

    mother/babyRN replied to Elenaster's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Our hospital does not carry insurance for VBACs any more. We are supposed to have a VBAC waiver but with the literature out there we don't have any docs willing to do it...So, I think some of our...

  21. IV Toradol?

    mother/babyRN replied to OZ88's topic in Pain Management

    Whew! Thank goodness. I was starting to get a little nervous....Our moms prefer it over morphine iv, which often makes them nauseated....What are your other standing orders? Ours are zofran four mg iv...

  22. IV Toradol?

    mother/babyRN replied to OZ88's topic in Pain Management

    In my experience in OB, we LOVE the drug..I have never in all the years we have used it, ever had anyone develop a problem with it....Isn't it weird how different the experiences are? Seems like OB is...

  23. So what do you keep in your work locker?

    mother/babyRN replied to Marie_LPN, RN's topic in Operating Room

    aleve, tums and pepto bismal these days, along with some tampons and extra pens.....Wasn't always that way...USED to be love letters...Times they are a

  24. Constantly Starting IV's in OR??

    mother/babyRN replied to Nurse Alissa's topic in Operating Room

    In OB we are the ones that start the ivs...We send them to the OR all ready and

  25. Stevens Johnson case

    mother/babyRN replied to vaughanmk's topic in Burn

    If you are convinced this patient is not being treated adequately and do NOT go over the doctors head, you are unfortunately as liable as he will be should a family member elect to sue. I once had a...