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  1. Phototherapy

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

    Photo readings of 30-40??? We get bilimeter readings of 80's to 90's with just a single Drager bank! What are you guys

  2. When Is Enough Enough?

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

    There are worse things than dying. Just go to any level III nursery and you'll see that is true. Hats off to you guys. I don't know how you put up with those tough

  3. OB foreign language

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

    LOL LOL ROTFL!!! Isn't that the truth! PNC = prenatal care Terb = terbutaline (sp?) IDGDM = insulin dependent gestational diabetic mother IDDM = insulin dependent diabetic mother PTL = pre-term...

  4. NSVD with a vulvar hematoma

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

    I'm a nursery nurse, but worked PP for about a 1 1/2 years as a student. Had 1 lady develop one of these PP vag. As it got worse, she just kept squirming and shifting - couldn't sit still in the...

  5. Do nurses do it all?

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

    We catch em all the time. We have lots of drop-ins that come in at the last minute. We also have docs that don't make it - no residents here. If the babies are coming that fast, they usually do...

  6. Annoying Doctor Award

    33-weeker posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    I am still fuming from a delivery I just attended. This particular OB is really annoying! I'm about ready to refuse to catch any more of his babies. First, he comes in fussing because the L&D...

  7. What's wrong with eye drops?

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

    The ointment doesn't hurt the child. It's a small price to pay to prevent blindness. In an ideal population - sure, let 'em choose. But when half the moms you get drop in with little or no prenatal...

  8. Annoying Doctor Award

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

    With this doc, saying that would have only furthered the argument/discussion and made it worse. We've learned just to shut up for the most part when he does this. He eventually stops when he has no...

  9. Bradley method?

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

    There is a valid argument to be made since pregnancy is not an illness and birth (for the vast majority) is not a crisis. Applying a medical model of care to a natural body function can and does...

  10. My 2 cents on natural birth/birth plans

    33-weeker replied to feebebe23's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I have no problem with speaking the truth if it is done with respect and in a professional way. I'm the first person to speak up for true informed consent. I'm also the nursery nurse who makes it a...

  11. Bradley method?

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

    I took a Bradley class for home birth. Overall the Bradley method of childbirth is great. I really like that it involves the father and gives him a (short) list of things he can do to help, instead...

  12. What's wrong with eye drops?

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

    In Texas they cannot refuse this, it is state law. They can refuse the vitamin K, but not the erythro. We used to give it in the delivery room (I hated it for bonding), but with our new computer...

  13. My 2 cents on natural birth/birth plans

    33-weeker replied to feebebe23's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I see nothing wrong with listing things like wanting baby placed on abdomen, or going to breast, etc. I want parents to let me know of things like this because I don't mind doing it if I know that's...

  14. Who does your newborn screen/bilirubin labs?

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

    Lab comes around 4 or 5 am and does morning labs. We have them do most of the NB screens then, unless the baby is not close enough to 24/36 hrs. of age - then the day nurses do them later on....

  15. My 2 cents on natural birth/birth plans

    33-weeker replied to feebebe23's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Not sure about the AMA forms. It think the best you can do is document what the patient refused and that you discussed the risks and options, notified the doc, doc discussed risks w/pt., etc. and...

  16. Stupidest reason to go to ER

    33-weeker replied to DachRN's topic in Emergency

    debit card all the way,

  17. Stupidest reason to go to ER

    33-weeker replied to DachRN's topic in Emergency

    OB patients coming by ambulance for stupid things - Once we had someone come by ambulance because she lost her mucous plug. No contractions, water didn't break, no bleeding, nada. Then her visitors...

  18. Young, Unfit, Drug Addicted, etc. Mothers

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

    As a nursery nurse, I have watched this so often and had to deal with my feelings about what kind of home the babies are going home to. It is hard. The sad thing is that the system is getting...

  19. My Kingdom for some linen!!!

    33-weeker posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    we're having trouble with frequently running out of linen in the nursery. sometimes its due to a surge in the census that suddenly makes the par levels inadequate, but we are aparently the top user in...

  20. Fibromyalgia

    33-weeker replied to veetach's topic in Emergency

    As someone who was diagnosed via an 8-hour GTT with hypoglycemia, I can attest that it is REAL (not to say someone can't claim to have it who doesn't). Shall I come pass out in your unit from a BS in...

  21. stillborn births

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

    When I called my midwife because I wasn't feeling twin A move much that day, she actually left her Christmas shopping and met me at her house/office to listen with a doppler. He turned out to be ok -...

  22. Is L&D for me????

    33-weeker replied to Toots71506's topic in Ob/Gyn

    True. When I was younger and less likely to just speak my mind and tell off a doctor or give the patient too much information about what bad things their doc was doing the them, I might have been...

  23. What do patients say that irks you?

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

    I hear you. I must admit, though, that I have been on both sides of this issue. Bottom line, I agree that we should give people the benefit of the doubt when they ask us questions and continue to...

  24. What do patients say that irks you?

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

    Baby warmers are great for premies, resuscitations and extended observations, when we need to observ or work on the baby naked (or with just a diaper), but they are not neccessary for the vast...

  25. Is L&D for me????

    33-weeker replied to Toots71506's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I am an ADN/RN. I got into an acute care women's health residency right out of school (like an internship). This allowed me to work in specialty areas as a new grad. We rotated through the whole...