Elvish BSN, DNP, RN, NP

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    Are You a Member of the allnurses.com Grammar Police?

    Elvish replied to PacoUSA's topic in Nursing Humor

    Lunah - some South Americans speak their Spanish with the same kind of sing-songy accent, as there is a fair amount of Italian influence in that region (Argentina, Chile, Uruguay). So you can pretend...
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    Are You a Member of the allnurses.com Grammar Police?

    Elvish replied to PacoUSA's topic in Nursing Humor

    I notice a lot of typos here and elsewhere in my life...but then I go back, read some of my own posts, and realize how bad they sound. Double or triple that if I've posted while sleepy or mad or...
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    OB

    Elvish replied to SNELM's topic in Ob/Gyn

    What have you come up with so far in thinking about it? That will help us answer your question better. :) Moving to Ob/Gyn nursing
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    big babies...

    Elvish replied to futurenurseheather's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I am almost positive my grandma had undiagnosed GDM with my uncle - pretty sure they didn't routinely (if at all) test for it 47 years ago. She had the classic metabolic-syndrome body type, and went...
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    Hospital Infant Security Systems

    Elvish replied to BABYRN916's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We use the Hugs bands, and we used to use the Kisses as well until they became more of a liability for our unit than an asset - false alarms, and storing them became a PITA because if you stored the...
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    big babies...

    Elvish replied to futurenurseheather's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Largest lady partsl birth I've seen was 13lb, 4oz. The mom was okay - 2nd degree tear, but the baby's humerus was badly fractured. Biggest baby I've seen born on an intact perineum, 10lb 3oz, mom's...
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    Diagnoses you never thought you'd see?

    Elvish replied to KarafromPhilly's topic in General Nursing

    We've had a few babies born - always to migrant farmworkers - with no
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    What do patients say that irks you?

    Elvish replied to NurseforPreggers's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I used to work in a community health center where we did a LOT of peds nursing, and this used to twerk me off so much. I got to the point where I responded to the parents - in front of the child - "We...
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    Separating Gynecology from OB nursing: Is it time?

    Elvish replied to Texan_Gal's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We take overflow GYN pts as well, and sometimes we take the less complicated med-surg pts too - choles, pyelo, etc. (who sometimes turn out to be more complicated than we expect....oh well)....
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    Volume parameters for feedings

    Elvish replied to FlutterbyNurse's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Our pedis don't get too worked up about it, as long as weight and output are appropriate. Some kids just seem to have different feeding patterns than
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    A new student with questions!

    Elvish replied to ready_to_learn's topic in Ob/Gyn

    With a friend, I think it depends on the hospital policy, the staff at the time, and your relationship with the person giving birth. My hospital's policy is two people besides the baby's father...
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    Question for Electronic charting for Labor, Delivery and beyond

    Elvish replied to CarrieRNC's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Obix for L&D charting, and eventually mother/baby will go to Obix as well, but currently still using paper there. Obix does not interface at all with the rest of the hospital's charting, which...
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    Question for m/b/nursery RN's

    Elvish replied to 2Degs's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Moved to Ob/Gyn forum for discussion
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    Adoption

    Elvish replied to Gabby_101's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Our place is much like what's already been described. Birth mothers are allowed as little or as much contact with their babies as they'd like, and adoptive families are also involved as much as...
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    Interview for Mother Baby unit! Help with learning postpartum nursing.

    Elvish replied to geekgolightly's topic in Ob/Gyn

    VDRL test is a syphilis test. The letters stand for Venereal Disease Research Laboratory, which is kind of outdated but the abbreviation has stuck. (That lab is now called the Treponema Pathogenesis...
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    Cervidil by labor nurse

    Elvish replied to rickdon19's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I think it depends on the nurse practice act for your state. In my state, we can't place any cervical ripening
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    Are patients more likely to be honest with the nurse or the doctor?

    Elvish replied to sparklie.lady's topic in General Nursing

    I've seen it work both ways; some will tell the truth to the doc, some to the nurse. I think it depends on whom the patient trusts - or, whom they think they can fool most easily. I used to work in a...
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    dealing with a fetal demise

    Elvish replied to babymamaRN6's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Some FDs hit harder than others, and there may not be any rhyme or reason as to why. It's normal, and allow yourself to feel whatever you feel. I've found that families appreciate a few tears shed in...
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    NICU letter to parents

    Elvish replied to rickdon19's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Storage/transport of pumped breastmilk Support groups for NICU parents (in-hospital, or outside groups) My hospital gives parents a binder as well, as NICU found that a letter wasn't enough to cover...
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    Tightness in chest with uterine contraction

    Elvish replied to Citrine44's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Our Terms of Service don't allow us to dispense medical advice. We do encourage you to check with your obstetrician for any questions you may have, and we wish you well with the remainder of your...
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    What makes a good L&D nurse?

    Elvish replied to knittingmonster's topic in Ob/Gyn

    That is great advice that I wish someone had shared 10 years ago!!! I still remember the family, the doctor's name, how much the baby weighed, everything. I stood there blubbing like a fool, and the...
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    What makes a good L&D nurse?

    Elvish replied to knittingmonster's topic in Ob/Gyn

    A good strong backbone doesn't hurt either.
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    Glucose Levels

    Elvish replied to MikeyBSN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Assuming this is a fullterm kid (or near-term, even), anything under 40 in the first 24 hours, we report. After 24 hrs of life, we report anything under
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    who transports your babies?

    Elvish replied to jne828's topic in Ob/Gyn

    From L&D to nursery after delivery, an L&D nurse or, very rarely, a tech. If mom wants to room-in, we don't transport at all. Otherwise, nurse takes baby out for the first visit, and...
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    Help with Presentation on PRECIPITOUS DELIVERY

    Elvish replied to AnnieOaklyRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Guys.... Hospital nurses have a hard job. Paramedics and EMTs have a hard job too. Unless we do both, we have no idea what the other guys have to deal with. It's scary as hell to see clots the size...