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  1. NARCAN - what's your policy

    33-weeker posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    I have been a nursery nurse for many years, but have only had to give Narcan a very few times. However, I have had to give it twice this week and the question of policy has come up - when exactly to...

  2. Amniotic Band Syndrome? Heard of it? Seen it?

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

    My midwife told me she had a client that always ate a high-protein diet during her pregnancies. All 3 of her babies were born 'in the caul' (in their bag). Not sure if this is an ideal outcome,...

  3. NARCAN - what's your policy

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

    When I last took NRP, the new books were just out but we were taught with the older ones. I am due soon for a recert. I have since asked around at work and found some answers, although I am still...

  4. Rules for the ER (long)

    33-weeker replied to EDValerieRN's topic in Emergency

    I like hork, but I have heard it used to mean bolt or gulp food down - i.e. 'hork it down', not to mean throw it up. What a versitile little word it

  5. Amniotic Band Syndrome? Heard of it? Seen it?

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

    Seen it a few times - both amputations and strictures. One was a right arm BEA of the son of a tennis pro. Once had a preemie with a strange stricture completely around her waist below the level of...

  6. amniotic fluid embolism

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

    We recently had one. I wasn't involved but heard about it later. The mom was very ill, went into DIC, had some strokes and was not initially expected to survive. The nursery nurse who took the baby...

  7. Precipitous Second Stage Question

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

    When you get a multip comfortable and she relaxes - look out! LOL It happens all the time. The L&D nurses here deliver a lot of babies - esp. on night shift. We are pretty relaxed about it...

  8. STABLE exam

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

    For what it's worth, STABLE is a one day class. It was very informative. The book you get is great. Of course, I am a nursery nurse, so it was more suited to my specialty. I do agree with the...

  9. OB nurses, what do you do in adoption situations?

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

    I've had birth moms who took care of their babies and others who didn't want to see them much if at all. One social worker once said that the birth mom should see and hold her baby 'so she will know...

  10. Looooooong rant... Condescending nurse... advice please!

    33-weeker replied to alkaleidi's topic in Emergency

    First I would read over your facility's policies about staff relations in the workplace to familiarize yourself with them. Next, I would pull her aside and calmly explain to her that you want to...

  11. Painless Injections

    33-weeker replied to joanne helfer's topic in Emergency

    Lidocaine burns because it is made acidic to increase shelf life. Some places that use it often enough to make this cost effective buffer their lidocaine with sodium bicarb. This way is doesn't burn...

  12. Tattoos and epidurals

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

    'Tramp stamps'..... LOL... hadn't heard that one... ROTFL !

  13. Deliveries <20 weeks...Need opinions please!

    33-weeker replied to dansmom6's topic in Ob/Gyn

    At our hospital the ER may save lots of lives, but they don't get it when it comes to OB. Once they brought a women up after she miscarried with the plastic bucket that contained her baby in her lap!...

  14. Cleft Palate

    33-weeker replied to pagandeva2000's topic in Ob/Gyn

    There are Haberman feeders like the ones pictured and Cleft Palate Nursers that are big soft plastic bottles with longer nipples that you squeeze gently as the baby sucks. I've even had luck with a...

  15. twin delivery...vaginal or c-section???

    33-weeker replied to samsmom95's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We have a couple of docs that will attempt vag twins if both are vertex. Most get sectioned, though. Mine were vertex and I delivered lady partslly. 6 & 7 Lb. boys... Husband caught twin A as...

  16. Uterine Inversion !!!!

    33-weeker replied to magz53's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Geeez... how hard did that doc pull on the cord? I've never seen one of those and I've attended countless deliveries over 16 years. I did see a baby coming out with the mom's cervix tight on his...

  17. Seriously considering

    33-weeker replied to septoct7401's topic in Ob/Gyn

    You might want to consider being a midwife. You would not be dealing with nearly as much 'sick people' because they would not meet the criteria for midwifery care/home or birthing center birth. You...

  18. Funny OB things people say

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

    I brought a new dad carrying his newborn son to transition the other day. Dad spoke some English. I was explaining in my 'Spanglish' about the plan of care & unwrapping the baby under the warmer...

  19. No more VBACs

    33-weeker posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    our ob unit has just stopped doing vbacs. now all previous c-sections will be repeats and those showing up in labor (unless precipping in the bed) will be stat sections. apparently anesthesia is tired...

  20. 17-lb Russian baby

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

    I took care of a 13 lb. 6 oz. baby born lady partslly. It was a shoulder dystocia with deep epis./tear. Mom's previous two had been 10 and 11 lbs. Too long ago to remember about diabetes, but she...

  21. Oh what they've done now!

    33-weeker replied to littleRNthatcould's topic in Emergency

    LOL...Yeah...Haldol

  22. Funny OB things people say

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

    We had a mom say something kinda funny. The nurse was getting consents signed. When they came to the one for Hep B vaccine, the mom said, "That's the one where you poke the foot, right?"...

  23. Silly Question

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

    L&D calls them ladies. When talking about babies, we say Girl Smith or Boy Jones - unless they are a long time baby in NICU, then sometimes by their first names to the other nurses. When giving...

  24. on-call practices and compensation

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

    I work level I & II in outlying Houston hospitals. One had mandatory call (about 3 per 4 weeks) and used to pay $2/hr to be on call, then switched to only paying $50 bonus if you came in -...

  25. Neonatal seizure outcomes

    33-weeker posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I've been a level II nursery nurse for the better part of 16 years. I have probably only had 4 or 5 babies in all that time have seizures while actually in my care (some had them after being...