tntblonde

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  1. I was just looking for some information. How long do most nurses have to orient to labor and delivery? Our unit orients birth center nurses for 6 months with a preceptor, then they are considered as...
  2. Question about med surg to OB

    In our hospital it used to be a practice to have 5 years med/surg experience before allowing anyone to work in any speciliaty area. A few years ago that changed and we started orienting new grads to...
  3. curious about length of orientation to labor and delivery

    I am not orienting to the birth center...lol... I'm the preceptor! I have worked in l&d for 15 plus years and postpartum for the 5 years before that, being in nursing for 25 years total..I agree...
  4. Tips for reaching a posterior cervix??

    I agree with all, first off lay patient flat as possible and ask her to lift her hips up, like a pelvic thrust exercise... but basically if the cervix is that posterior the dilation makes little...
  5. Staffing woes...LDRP

    Our unit has about 500 deliveries a year. We staff L&D with two RN's, we are not a locked unit, we do not have an aide or secretary. We have a postpartum unit that is not attached to our unit and...
  6. we have 500 deliveries a year, OB oncall must be within 20 min. of hospital unless we are running pit anesthesia also on call, we have a new anesthesia group at our hospital they are much more ready...
  7. Foley Balloons for cervical ripening?

    sorry this was my first post and duhhh didn't realize there were previous discussions... after reading through them... this sounds like a pretty old practice! we use pit, cervidil and cytotec. mostly...
  8. awhonn guidelines

    I have not seen any info from awhonn regarding numbers of couplets, I find it unusual that your email made that statement as awhonn doesnt usually attach numbers like that to their guidelines it seems...
  9. Foley Balloons for cervical ripening?

    someone tell me exactly what a foley ripening is, we don't do them at our
  10. epidurals

    we get the up as soon as they have sensation and the ability to move there own legs generally pretty quickly after delivery within an hour or