ShandyLynnRN

ShandyLynnRN BSN, RN

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  1. number of nurses in delivery room

    ShandyLynnRN replied to califrn's topic in Ob/Gyn

    That is definitely scary! Not that you are an LPN alone at delivery, but a nurse alone at delivery!!! I still stand on my belief, and with the current OB standards, that two NRP certified people...

  2. Odd, unusual, or silly events during exams..

    ShandyLynnRN replied to Texagain's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I did a vag exam on a pretermer on mag, and couldnt figure out what it was that I was feeling "extra" up there.... it almost felt like a foot or something. Boy did the nurse that re-checked for me...

  3. 2 Nurses needed???

    ShandyLynnRN replied to BrandieRNq's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I actually am not sure if it is policy at our hospital, but I always call a second nurse to verify insulin. I actually didn'ty know that heparin required two nurses, but I rarely give it, so I always...

  4. fetal monitoring

    ShandyLynnRN replied to obeyacts2's topic in Ob/Gyn

    oh, I didn't take offense to your post at all! I am sorry that you had such an awful experience! As far as I know (atleast in the hospitals that I have worked at) it isn't common practice to not...

  5. fetal monitoring

    ShandyLynnRN replied to obeyacts2's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Just incase you didn't know, a fetal scalp electrode is a small wire with a tiny coiled wire at the end that slips under the babys skin. Sometimes it can leave a very small red mark, but I have never...

  6. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    ShandyLynnRN replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    why????

  7. Perl------a?

    ShandyLynnRN replied to night owl's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    This is what I was taught

  8. number of nurses in delivery room

    ShandyLynnRN replied to califrn's topic in Ob/Gyn

    They help you clean up???

  9. fetal monitoring

    ShandyLynnRN replied to obeyacts2's topic in Ob/Gyn

    definitely true! I have had patients that no matter how I repositioned the toco, or repositioned the patient, I could not pick them up! That's when I would just palpate and give them the remote...

  10. pct debate

    ShandyLynnRN replied to lpnga's topic in General Nursing

    At the hospital I currently work at, we just have CNA's... no blood sugars, they can't even clear the IV pumps for I&O. Just basic ADL stuff. I worked as a PCT in a larger hospital when I was in...

  11. Double entendres

    ShandyLynnRN replied to ayemmeff's topic in Nursing Humor

    lol!!!

  12. number of nurses in delivery room

    ShandyLynnRN replied to califrn's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I think that there should ALWAYS be two nurses at delivery. There are too many "what if's" that could happen too quickly to call for assistance. With one nurse in delivery, what happens when the...

  13. number of nurses in delivery room

    ShandyLynnRN replied to califrn's topic in Ob/Gyn

    in our hospital, we always have 2 RN's in vag deliveries, and if there has been fetal distress or mec we also call RT in, just in case, and then if everything is OK, RT leaves. Then one RN cares for...

  14. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    ShandyLynnRN replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    That's what you call dirty money!!!! Did she get to keep it? If she did, I wonder what she paid for with it, and if the poor sould taking the cash noticed anything strange about it.... and better...

  15. er vs. ob the battle goes on sort of

    ShandyLynnRN replied to imenid37's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We don't put our IUFD's on a different floor. We try to move them as far away from the postpartum occupied rooms as possible, but our docs want them on our unit, where we know how to care for them....

  16. Should nursing charges be separate from the room charges?

    ShandyLynnRN replied to deespoohbear's topic in General Nursing

    in our unit we have started doing our own charges... well part of them anyway.... for our OB patients, we charge individually for monitoring room, external monitor, internal monitor, sterile speculum...

  17. er vs. ob the battle goes on sort of

    ShandyLynnRN replied to imenid37's topic in Ob/Gyn

    well, I haven't seen any actual MEDICAL emergencies sent to OB. The one time I can think of was a 31 weeker with seizures, turned out to be eclampsia, but they just called me to the ER and treated...

  18. Anxiety and low self-esteem

    ShandyLynnRN replied to IloveSnoopy's topic in General Nursing

    I have struggled with self confidence too. I have found what makes the most difference is to think about the things that I do RIGHT instead of the things I do wrong... I have also made it a practice...

  19. er vs. ob the battle goes on sort of

    ShandyLynnRN replied to imenid37's topic in Ob/Gyn

    our policy is anyone over 20 weeks, no matter WHAT the prob is, is to come to OB. If it is not OB related complicated prob... and EFM shows no probs, then they go back to

  20. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    ShandyLynnRN replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    yeah, I was wondering the same

  21. Jessica's family's lawyer opposes medical mal. cap

    ShandyLynnRN replied to Tilleycs's topic in General Nursing

    I can't understand why anyone would need more than $250,000 for "pain and suffering" or whatever else you want to call it.

  22. Checking FHT's?

    ShandyLynnRN replied to ERNurse752's topic in Ob/Gyn

    basically they are anywhere and everywhere. If they are early pregnancy, 20 weeks and less, I have the most luck finding them right at the pubic bone, usually to the patients left slightly. If you...

  23. Any tips on reading EKG's?

    ShandyLynnRN replied to nicoleinphilly's topic in Cardiac

    I am of no help. I started crying during the class over ekg's.

  24. RN's Pronouncing Death

    ShandyLynnRN replied to JennyHHRN's topic in Home Health

    I don't know the laws, and I'm sure that they are different in each state, but I worked for a Skilled facility a few years ago in a hospital setting, but without Doctors there 24/7..... RN's had to...

  25. Radiant warmers

    ShandyLynnRN replied to trish2307's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    hmmm, I'm positive its what our manual, and p&p says to do. Maybe different warmers are different? The last place I worked, where I learned l&d and nursery, told me to put it over any place...