misty1998

Those of you who currently work in L & D and/or newborn nursery as a CNA...can you tell me some of your job duties? I am a CNA in a small rural hospital in L & D and newborn nursery/postpartum..and we are updating our standard..just curious w...

If you don't have toothpaste around, we use vicks vapor rub! Its small enough to keep in your pocket and all you have to do is rub a little under your nose and no more stinky smell :) We use it ALOT in OB :)

I work in ob and thank goodness we have locked doors, but that still doesn't help! We have family ringing the annoying door bell constantly, and if we don't answer right away they literally LAY on the bell so it buzzes continously. Or when a G1 "thin...

What I normally do, is when the cuff is inflating, I empty the trashcan,foleys etc. To get respirations I either check the pulse manually and at the same time count resp or when I'm taking their temp I count resp for 15 sec and multiply x 4. I asked...

I work in rural hosp in MO as a PCT ( CNA) and we are allowed to get O2sats along w/ blood sugars, vs, I & O. I work in OB/Nursery, so I'm allowed to do all the above on moms and babes. All my RN's know that I am the first to come get them if so...

All of our babies get a bili done day of discharge. We obtain it, while we are getting their PKU. Since they are already poked and bleeding might as well do it. Some of our docs will order one sooner if babe looks jaunice or if + coombs.

our clinics put together a book has answers to common pregnancy questions ( like what otc meds are ok to take, common aches and pains during preg that are normal). you might also include a magnet with the numbers to your clinic and the local ob dept....

our clinics put together a book has answers to common pregnancy questions ( like what otc meds are ok to take, common aches and pains during preg that are normal). you might also include a magnet with the numbers to your clinic and the local ob dept....

I work in a small rural hosp. During labor we offer FREE doulas for every mom who wants one ( all of the techs are trained doulas). We also give the free formula bags. Patients have told us ( who have delivered elsewhere in the past) that we do more...

Hello! We are re-doing/updating our protocols and since I'm on that committee ( lucky me!) I was wondering if anyone has a copy of their actual protocol they can send me? I looked up some info on the web, just wondering where everyone got their info ...

the hospital i work at, no matter if you work days or nights, on sat and sun you get double time the last 4 hours of your shift if you work your full 12 hours. kind of a nice incentive!

I work in a small rural hospital and we use it alot. I would say about 99% of our inductions start out this way. Usually the docs bring them in at 10pm, get a reactive strip on baby, place cytotec vaginally, have them lay down for 1 hour to monitor, ...

At the hosp I work at, it all depends on why the Pt is 1:1. Usually we are somewhere in the room, how close we stay to the pt depends on if they are a fall risk an/or confused or if they are on suicide precautions. I work night shift, but I know d...

In response to the poster above me, at the hospital I work at we do TVH all the time. Our docs try that before TAH. It has a much faster recovery time and less time in the hospital. I would say 99% of our TVH goes home the next day. Most of our abbr...

Every hospital is different but here are a few of our abbreviations: FSE: Fetal Scalp Electrode G4 AB1 P2 means she has been pregnant 4 times had 1 miscarriage/abortion and has 2 children, not including the one she is preggo with now BTL: Bilateral T...

I work in a small rural ob dept and i know that most of my coworkers love taking care of fellow coworkers. we are a close unit and most of us socialize outside of work. its great to be there when they deliver their little miracle. usually we are one...

Wow! I can't believe your doc won't approve your birth plan. I work in a small rural hosp and we have 2 obs and a midwife. 1 of our docs is very much into the "unnatural" ( epidural, pit, arom)but even he has loosened up over time but our other doc...

A girl I work with did this program. She was already an LPN and got her RN. She is an OB nurse in MO. They sent her all the books and she did some tests online and others she had to go to another city ( about 90 min away) and have her tests proctered...

I got floated to a geripsych unit the other day and it was 1 RN and ME..thats it. For 8 pts 3 of which were wanderers, all were fall risk, 2 of them needed to be 1:1. and the house sup didn't care. i complained to her, made her mad, and i let my...

It's not considered a holiday at my hospital either. But as a unit we "count" it. We take into consideration who has worked last year and such. Actually we do that for all holidays. Most everyone in our dept is good about rotating. We even try to r...

The reason alot of our nurses have to come back to chart is, we don't have central monitoring yet so they have to chart their strips. If you are back that night, you can try to chart then, but if its another crazy night, then you'll just get farther ...

Not sure if your hospital allows this, but ours does. We havent gone to central monitor yet...in a couple months we are!!!! anyway, most of our night nurses have to get kids to school, so they leave around 730ish and come back after they take the ki...

Hello! I work in a small rural hospital and we use the AQUAEZE. We call it "the boat" because it kind of looks like a big boat! It has enough room that dad/support person can get in it if they want. Ours doesnt have jets but it does have a handhel...