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  1. How does your facility utilize pitocin for post-3rd stage?

    33-weeker replied to klone's topic in Ob/Gyn

    baby to breast works best. had a mom deliver fast in the er. she was planning to bottle feed, but placenta wasn't coming (no iv). i asked her if she was willing to put baby to breast just for the...

  2. RN to Midwife

    33-weeker replied to Claire_Fraser's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    yes - i should add that some l&d nurses do a very good job of trying to maintain normalcy in birth in the hospital setting. kudos to those of you who

  3. hot packs to sternum for post partum shaking?

    33-weeker replied to MIA-RN1's topic in Ob/Gyn

    i got the shakes after daughter was born drug-free. it caught me off-guard. i remember commenting to my midwife that i thought only women who got epidurals shook like that. she chuckled and said...

  4. Do you have Male Nurses in your OB Unit

    33-weeker replied to Annointed_RNStudent's topic in Ob/Gyn

    we have a male lvn in level i nsy. he does very well with the babies. he was our clerk for a while before becoming a nurse. the mothers respond well to him. he let's the breastfeeders know right up...

  5. Have you ever had a patient with a uterine rupture?

    33-weeker replied to rbytsdy's topic in Ob/Gyn

    the one uterine rupture i knew the stats on was a g3/p2, attempting second vbac (first vbac successful). she came in and got an epidural, which slowed her contractions, so then pitocin augmentation...

  6. RN to Midwife

    33-weeker replied to Claire_Fraser's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    this is probably not the advice you're looking for, but, for what it's worth... don't stay too long, otherwise the midwives will have to do a lot of correcting bad habits/un-teaching wrong...

  7. Stadol Screamers

    33-weeker replied to 33-weeker's topic in Ob/Gyn

    because of the risks of an epidural dropping mom's blood pressure to the point of fetal distress when it is first started, and thus the potential need for a stat section, they want the docs in house....

  8. Stadol Screamers

    33-weeker replied to 33-weeker's topic in Ob/Gyn

    much to my dismay, at our hospital they don't encourage the mothers to walk - docs want them on the monitors. the l&d staff (save a few) don't bother to teach non-pharm. pain relief measures. we...

  9. I didn't know this actually happened

    33-weeker replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

    People abuse the system all the time. We've had a woman call 911 (AND was actually given a ride!) - the story? - she lost her mucous plug. Term. No contractions. Just lost the plug. Go figure......

  10. infant loss- keeping baby in room

    33-weeker replied to tinyscrafts's topic in Ob/Gyn

    we don't have a level iii, just i & ii, so we rarely deal with death in the nicu. we do have demises from time to time in l&d. together, the nursery & l&d team (whomever has time)...

  11. Stadol Screamers

    33-weeker replied to 33-weeker's topic in Ob/Gyn

    i worked in a place that used nubain. the babies were often sleepy and wouldn't nurse well for a good while. to the lady who had nubain & crash section -- i am assuming you had a general with...

  12. Stadol Screamers

    33-weeker replied to 33-weeker's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Bless Your heart! and His!!! I am so glad I had my babies at home with no drugs. (I would do it again if my tubes weren't tied. LOL) Too many health problems - doc says no more for me. BOO HOO....

  13. Stadol Screamers

    33-weeker replied to 33-weeker's topic in Ob/Gyn

    No. I know NEVER to give narcan to a baby of an addict. These are regular moms and vag. deliveries. We test all drop-ins for drugs. This is just the effect of the Stadol it seems. Not every baby...

  14. why was Dr. so upset? (long)

    33-weeker replied to RNinNWGA's topic in Ob/Gyn

    You have to toughen your skin with docs like that. I would have simply stated (when you could get a word in edgewise) that you were called away to a crisis in another room and that you called him as...

  15. Is there any significance to a two vessel cord?

    33-weeker replied to Lisky90's topic in Ob/Gyn

    You see 'a lot' of babies with 2-vessle cords? That's odd. I've been a nsy. nurse for nearly 16 years. I could probably count on one hand the # of 2's I've seen. The few times I have seen it, the...

  16. Protocol

    33-weeker replied to Spatialized's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    so sorry for your loss. your heart must be breaking. i think your note would not do harm, but rather good for those nurses. i only work level ii, so when we lose a baby its a real shock. i can't...

  17. Night shift naps

    33-weeker replied to NiteRocker's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    i think naps on break time should be allowed as long as you are back on time and alert. i know some places don't tolerate that, though. i find that a power nap of anywhere from 15-30 minutes, if i...

  18. do people say this to you?

    33-weeker replied to ftr_bb_catchr's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I just say that 'babies make great patients, actually. They don't complain much and they don't hurt your back when you lift them.' That usually gets a chuckle & a nod and moves the conversation...