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...
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...
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...
tntblonde replied to shortstuff31117's topic in Ob/Gyn
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...
tntblonde replied to mommy2boysaz's topic in Ob/Gyn
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...
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...
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...
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...