I am a new poster here and I have read a lot of debates on birth plans....controling dads....refusing this refusing/that ect....so here is my 2 cents. When presented with a 14+ page birth plan I politely expain that "this is a hospital and not a jail...
So my dad had a triple bypass yesterday and is doing very well!! YEAH!! So question to you cardiac nurses....any good gift ideas? I'm leaning towards both funny and/or useful. I looked all over the internet for a t-shirt that says "I had a triple...
Thanks for the ideas....I shouldn't have said "2 week stay." They actually said "in the hospital for Christmas, with the goal of being home by new years." Thanks to you all for the ideas!!
Don't get me started on this one! GRRRRRR! Guess what happens when you start writing up, disiplining, firing nurses over med errors? They stop reporting med errors. Obviously, if you have the same nurse repeating certain errors (like not giving a ...
Once had some EMT guys given a woman who was 10/10/2 50mics of fentanyl on the ambulance en route to the hospital.....she delivered 15 minutes later. What does the baby look like? Like it's talking to Jesus!
I have been an L&D nurse for 8 years. I have NEVER been forced to participate in an abortion. I simply make it known to my employer what my stance is and that's it. Done deal. Let's deal with some other issues. If a patient presented to the ER 24...
So I am going to peer review! Yeah! I don't really want to go into specifics for obvious reasons. So I know that some of you out there on this board have served on peer review boards before. Here is my question.... What kind of things do you wan...
feebebe23 replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in General Nursing
I am not saying it's not possible. You just have to understand that you will be required by your license and legally to be "just as responsible" as a 20 year veteran L&D nurse. The most important issue to me in any job situation is "do you feel...
feebebe23 replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in General Nursing
I started in L&D as a new grad because I got into a formal 6 month training program that combined classroom and preceptor time. I have seen expereinced nurses try and cross train to L&D through a more "on the job" type of training. Seriousl...
feebebe23 replied to eriksoln's topic in Relations
I had the opposite experience of this. My daughter had a terrible case of swimmers ear. I took her to the pedi, got the drops, had been given her motrin, ect ect. She hadn't slept well in 2 days so I asked for something other than motrin. Pedi sa...
feebebe23 replied to eriksoln's topic in Relations
Those are pretty awesome stories....my personal favorite. Had a patient go into the bathroom and sprinkles water on her IV site. Then she throws a hissy fit that her IV was "leaking" and she was not getting her PCA delaudid. So I tell her I am goi...
If it was a true STAT and not just emergent then you wouldn't doppler for FHTs in the OR as long as you know you have a viable fetus. You can also skip the shave, the SCDs, surgical counts, ect....just spash and go. All other C-setions you should d...
They are doing this at my facility also. The Labor Laws state that you are to get 30 min "away from your work area." So the hospital is just trying to inforce that. Which I get. But don't worry, one 20 million dollar lawsuit over lunch breaks and...
I was under the impression (I'm not sure why) that nurses had 24 hours to make/add comments to their nurses notes. It seamed reasonable that after you go home you might remember something that you didn't chart or think of something you might want to...
Wierd question..... As RNs we know we have a duty to report violations of the law when we have reason to i.e child abuse, domestic violence ect... However, working in L&D what are the rules when you have a 15 year old mom and a 22 year old dad. ...
feebebe23 replied to geekgolightly's topic in Ob/Gyn
6 milliunits Q15 is a bit much, I have a few MDs that like to start at 6 and go up by 6 q30, I will usually go 6-12-16-20 (every 30min), depending on what the baby/ctx pattern is doing. The important thing to remember is when it comes to pit the doc...
feebebe23 replied to geekgolightly's topic in Ob/Gyn
"pit to distress" is not a real order that you are going to see written on a chart. It is a slang term used by L&D nurses and docs. The other more commonly used phrase is "pit'em and commit'em" What it really means is if someone needs to be d...
When they call and say that I want to say "When was the last time you saw it?" "Good luck finding it" I even had a lady bring it in a plastic baggie......i wanted to ask if she was saving it for the baby book.....
my hospital has a policy that states if a doc wants to go against hospital policy he/she has to notify the pt that the order is againts hospital policy and have a consent signed by the pt stating as such....... whenever this has been brought up.....i...
feebebe23 replied to Anxious Patient's topic in Activism
I just don't understand this. I am a labor and delivery nurse and I refuse to do abortions. (the only abortions my facility will perform is non compatable with life/quality of life babies) We don't do "convience" abortions. This has NEVER been an...
OK....so here's the deal. I have self diagnosed my self as having gallstones. I know! I know! But you know how we nurses are. It has gotton worse over the last month and I know I need to do something about it. So here is my question. Option #1...
I here what ya'll are saying. However, I have talked to some med-surge and ER nurses at this hospital (I work in L&D) They seem to think that if I do have gallstones that they will take my gallbladder out same day/next day(because I have insuranc...
IN ADDITION!!!! Babies come out the VAGINA!!! If you don't want to see a VAGINA!!!! Then don't come into the room titled "labor and delivery"!!! If you ever find your self standing in a room titled "labor and delivery" and a nurse asks you to le...
feebebe23 replied to RN_in_SC's topic in Emergency
ok.....dental pain......let me tell you!!! My husband had a hack dentist start a tooth extraction.....couldn't get it out....referred to an oral surgon. But guess what...it's 4:00 so he can't been seen until tomorrow. When the numbing wore off at 2...