I am not an OB nurse but it gives me chills when I hear moms to be say they want c-sections to keep from pains of labor, chose due dates. I want to scream hello major abdominal surgery....
PamperedRN replied to scrmblr's topic in Emergency
Most of the time if a family member wants to know what an emergency drug does they want a simple answer. Dopamine raises BP, heparin thins blood, succ's paralyes pt briefly, morphine usually for...
If the pt is from a unit at our hospital a nurse must go with the pt. I usually wait in the tech room with the monitor facing towards me. If one needs to at the pt side, we use lead aprons to shield...
I went straight from nursing school to critical care. One of the reasons I was hired was because I had also been a student extern in CVICU. I had had some experience with critical care. Also my...
PamperedRN replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in Ob/Gyn
My husband thought he would pass out during my c-section. He told me this before the day so I told my nurse. They got him a stool for in the OR.Funny thing was I wanted pictures of the doc holding...
My 5 week old was 10lb 1oz born via c-section. He was two weeks early. I would have hated to see how much he would have weighed had I waited 2 more weeks. My first baby was 8lb 15oz born lady...
I am currently on maternity leave. When I was pregnant my doc let me lift but told me to always ask for help. She did put me on lifting restrictions for a month when I started bleeding at around 13...
Graduated from CSCC Columbia campus in 2005. Nursing school was HARD. Instructors were HARD. Seemed like it wasn't fair at the time. Am a better nurse today for it. CSCC nursing is very hard and...
PamperedRN replied to peace_solace's topic in General Nursing
This was a task that I cringed at when I first graduated nursing school. My first experience when I placed one was horrendously awful. But I tried. The next time it was easier. I always have to...