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Wifey wants me to ask..... Ruptured Mom tested positive for group B strep and pit was started as the doctor was being called. Antibotics are supposed to take 4 hrs. to work??? So the question is: Is it beneficial to get the baby out faster to avoid b...

How do you guys feel about wearing tracking devices on your person? Your location displays on a computer screen where you are at inside the hospital at all times. Thanks

A new hospital is being built here and supposedly they are going to have magnet status. All the research I have done online indicates nurses are NOT in favor of the way it is currently implemented. How do you guys feel? http://www.nursingadvocacy.org...

Ok so won't do it. But I would still like to know what makes one patient more difficult/challenging than another. Jolie, can you at least tell me that?

My wife will be moving to their brand new facility soon. They are moving from an old small facility to a HUGE one. They will be taking on more doctors so therefore their patient load should increase dramaticly. They are conducting practice drills...

Are there really professional mock people? If so where can I find them? Is there like a mock association?

I'm not a nurse (wifey is) but I am an air quality specialist. What I want to know is why new moms take their babies home and put them in the room they have prepared for them with fresh paint and brand new furniture? What they don't realize is that f...

Please help, I am so confused. My wife wants to further her education in nursing and wants to take the "Inpatient Obstetric Nursing" exam. It will change her credentials from RN to RNCOB (I think). My role as hubby will be to gather study materials ...

https://allnurses.com/ob-gyn-nursing/has-anyone-recently-329206.html I read this post, pretty helpful. Also are there any testing angles I can shoot for like: Answering all easy questions then go back later for the hard ones.....etc.. Answer all ques...

My wife (L&D Nurse) asked me if we could have a Christmas party at our house for staff at her hospital. I was wondering if anyone has attened such a party where they had a great time because of some unique, fun thing they did, like playing a cert...

Other than the obvious FOOD I want to get a gift to leave up at the nurses station. Something like a book, puzzle, game, etc... PPL are always bringing food, I want to do something different. Help me think here.....

This probably doesn't even exist but I am looking for a computer program to help out with nurses scheduling. What I am looking for is to input staff names, times they available (7a-7p Fri-Sun for example). Then have it keep track of who is on call, w...

I love all these ideas, you gals are so smart. Thanks!

I think what we are talking about here is the misunderstanding/ignorance of the "Amiable" social style. NOT personality, but rather social style! http://www.hearingreview.com/issues/articles/2007-11_05.asp Here are a few tips from me: 1. Learn what...

Have a sister-in-law in the hospital as we speak. I don't think the sitation is going the greatest as she is headed closer and closer toward a c/s. Are doctor's c/s rates public information?

Update: In three hours she went from a dialation of 1 to a 10! Delivered vaginally with no complications. Everyone is doing fine. Whew...I did all that worrying for nothing.

So maybe c/s rates should be public information then? Huh?

SIL's age is early 20's

Maybe you're right and she doesn't want my input but if I were in the hospital in a potential critical situation I would want someone watching my back..... Sorry but after learning the motives behind L&D I don't trust the doctors...at all. Maybe ...

These are my questions, not hers. She is a 40 week primip and has no idea what goes on behind the scenes. She came in last night (not ruptured, no bloody show) with contractions every 3 min apart & fingertip dialation. Doc was in a c/s on anoth...

So I guess that is a NO about the c/s rate being public information? If it matters this is all happening in Oklahoma.

according to webster: vanity - having or showing undue or excessive pride in one's appearance or achievements : conceited arwen, i'm having a hard time making the connection from vanity to pain relief.

Thanks for your candor Awren. Actually I would love to come to work with you for a few nights :)....for real. I had no idea fluids are squeezed out of a babies lungs durning a vag delivery. Makes sense now. How many moms know this?...percentage wis...

From a first time mom's point of view they probably can't imagine pushing a baby out vaginally. Whereas they see surgeries done all the time. You are put under, get cut, get sewn back up and take awhile to recover... Sure there is some pain during re...

At what gestational age does the average Emergency Department (ED) send a mom to L&D? Does the ED always stick to hospital protocal?