OB_RN

You are responsible for your pt when you are assigned, no matter where they are. If they are down smoking, inject something interesting in thier IV, it interacts with thier PCA med, or potentiates it, and they die, whose fault do you think it is? In my hospital, you may not go to smoke because our campus is smoke free. That does help with this issue. Before the ban, we used to allow postpartum pts to go in a w/c, accompanied by family, when the nurse deemed her condition safe to do so. If they had an IV, nope. So now we simply do not allow anyone to leave the floor. End of report.

It hit BIG time!!!!! Anyone wanna make some OT??? I hate the feast or famine!

I had a pt come in with "greenish vag discharge" , which was dx as trich. (Of course it was like 3 am and she has had this for several days) Npw the funniest part: The pt asked me to explain " how she got that" since she and her sig other had been using condoms since they found out she was pregnant!!! I said " isn't that like closing the barn door AFTER the horse has escaped??? I DEFINATELY provided some education on that one.

We had been pretty busy until about three weeks ago, we have been handing out low census almost every shift now. We usually average 120 births a month in summer and slow down about this time, however last year we had 130 births in Oct, 120 in November. So in comparison we are slow! Right now everyone is just waiting for the "other shoe to drop".

[color=#483d8b]respone to post by ruby vee_ [color=#483d8b]"we explained to the daughter how ill grandma was, how she needed to rest so her heart could heal, and how she needed to be protected from any stress. daughter replied that she'd talk to her mother any damned way she wanted to. she then left while i was taking grandma's blood pressure (with the old-fashioned syphgmomanometer). she left the kids there for grandma to watch. " do that on my watch and i call cps. i hope that is what you did- that is considered child abandonment.

How about this- in LTC, you could place a color code on a door that staffing understands, which does NOT give away any info to outsiders, along with a sign to see the nurse, for anyone ( visitors) who do not know what the color code means. Would that work?

I did it too, full time worked aft., with a 3 month old and two year old. My Husband was not working d/t illness and I had a teen age stepdaughtrer who was an absolute treasure, as well as her friends who would pitch in when my hubby was hospitalized or after he died when I was in the middle of school. Really, you just have to be very organized. Good luck to you, as you can see , many of us have done it therefore, you can too!!!:)

This is NOT how preceptors act at my hospital( or at least one floor on a sister hospital). My med surg preceptors were with me every step of the way ( and I was an LPN for 12 years before becoming an RN 6 years ago), as were my OB preceptors. You need to approach your Nurse Manager, and if you are not satisfied with the outcome of your conversation, either switch floors or switch Jobs!!! You need the mentoring that comes with a preceptor working along side of you!!! DONT short change yourself!!!

My Dad always says: Hotter 'n a popcorn fart! Hes' really carrying the mail (running, driving etc fast) Slicker'n catsh#t wish in one hand, s##t in the other and see which gets full faster. I say- Busier than a one legged man in a butt kicking contest Dumber than a box of rocks 2 dumbs DONT make a smart ( as in parents = child)

All right, look, my only intention was to point out that "coming to America to have your baby" could have later repercussions. I realize now that my opinion was not anything to do with the intent of the one who began this thread. I surely did not intend to take anyones bait and enter (or begin, for that matter), a pi$$ing contest. I now I will be accused of back pedalling here, but what the heck... I should have been more direct, not saying "Arabic speaking", but maybe use the term "short term visitors from the Middle East"? I only mean to say that there is a security issue here. The plan to blow up the WTC wasn't formulated on 9-10-01. If you want to infiltrate our country, this is one way. Maybe I am too cynical.

What I SAID was "we have a terrorist threat here." I never called anyone anything. YOU did.

I guess you are all assuming I meant ALL patients. Everyone knows there is no such thing as ALL pts, right??? Whatever. Believe whatever you like. My pts always like me. Thats who I care about. Think about it. If you can receive good care in your own country,then why would you come on a long plane trip to come here, to deliver and go home in 6 weeks? Those of you who choose to label me (incorrectly I might add) cannot seem to offer any other ideas about why someone would come to have their baby here, when their family, spouse and Dr are all overseas.

The thread being titled "come to America... caught my eye. It is not my intent to be accused of racial profiling- I am suggesting, (under the thread title -again-) that there are many reasons why someone from another country would wish to fly in nd give birth. BTW- the bill is almost ALWAYS footed by- you guessed it- medicaid. Get angry if you like. Racial profiling and the medicaid issue aside, what we have here is a real terrorist threat. Those people are patient.They will wait for these kids to grow up. Their children will be able to come and go as they please, do as they please, etc all under the govt's nose because they are CITIZENS. Is anyone else concerned???? Or are you more concerned that I profile my patients? PS/ No matter what, I am always a very gracious hostess to my patients, white, black, arabic or other.

How about those from the Arabic speaking countries??? They come, deliver and go home with thier little American citizen, who will be raised in the middle east, and possibly sent back here as an adult with all the priveleges/ rights of any other US Citizen. Am I concerned???? Oh yes!!! Is our govt concerned? Apparently NOT!