lisamct

lisamct

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  1. Best practice for Hep B vaccine

    lisamct replied to mugwump's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Can I just ask why the need to give newborns the Hep B vaccine at all? Im a midwife in the UK and have never heard of giving babies the Hep B vaccine. Im guessing its because Hep B is so common in...

  2. French nursing student looking to do some time in the UK

    lisamct replied to karwaille's topic in International Nursing

    Hi Sophie Not sure if your fixed on where abouts in the UK you want to go to but I know that university in Glasgow offers student exchanges which involve you studying at our university and working in...

  3. interview preparation

    lisamct replied to donalsony's topic in International Nursing

    I recently had a band 6 interview, totally different field though as Im a midwife, but the non-clinical component of the interview included questions on; -Qualities of a good leader -Qualities of a...

  4. Number of procedures scheduled per day?

    lisamct replied to L&Doldtimer's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Im in the UK so lots of variables are different here but for comparison; in my unit (@300 deliveries/month) we only have 2 days a week where we do schedules C Sections (mon and thurs) and on those...

  5. Stirrups?

    lisamct replied to CEG's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We pretty much never use stirrups unless its an instrumental delivery. Most of our women deliver on all fours, left lateral or standing up so it wouldn't be an option even if we wanted to (which we...

  6. Induction craze

    lisamct replied to Blizzard's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Im pretty shocked at how early your docs will do inductions in the US. We describe a term pregnancy as anything from 37-42 weeks and women are made aware of that at booking and pretty much told to...

  7. Just having a moan...

    lisamct posted a topic in International Nursing

    Just having a moan really. As a few of you might know Im about to qualify as a midwife (12 shifts to go till I finish!) and Im facing the very serious prospect of having no job to go to. The shortage...

  8. Changes to shortage occupation list in the UK

    lisamct replied to Silverdragon102's topic in International Nursing

    This is totally off topic but I just had to respond to this. Yes, maternity units are desperately short of midwives however the shortage isnt due to their being an actual shortage of available staff...

  9. Ever have a day like this???

    lisamct replied to at your cervix's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Our women are only able to have 1 person with them during labour and birth. That rule is very occasionally relaxed to allow 2 people to come along but that has to be arranged prior to 'the event' and...

  10. Policy on leaving AMA w/baby?

    lisamct replied to cherokeesummer's topic in Ob/Gyn

    For a UK perspective; We usually have women having lady partsl deliveries in for 2-3 days with women having sections in for 3-4 days although this can extend for both groups if there is a need...

  11. Is this birth plan reasonable

    lisamct replied to wulfbourne's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Probably not much use to you but thought I'd give a bit of an international perspective; Overall I think your birth plan is totally acceptable and pretty much standard practice where I am. We also...

  12. Elective Placements...

    lisamct replied to fish3's topic in International Nursing

    Im a 3rd year midwifery student and Im in the process of finalising arrangements for my elective placement in Malawi. We have to research our choice ourselves including, funding, where we want to go,...

  13. the 78 week midwifery course

    lisamct replied to ayla2004's topic in International Nursing

    I'm not sure about the situation with the trusts and funding for the 18 month courses but I do know that a lot of uni's are considering dropping the course and that a few have already done so...

  14. Becoming a neonatal nurse in UK

    lisamct replied to Sun*shine's topic in International Nursing

    Im one week into my neonatal/SCBU placement at the moment (Im a 3rd year student midwife) All the staff in our unit are either paediatric nurses or midwives (although ths use of midwives in SCBU is...

  15. Back to School!

    lisamct replied to hanna-beacon's topic in International Nursing

    Congrats on being accepted onto the course. Im just about to start my 3rd year of the midwifery degree in Glasgow. The course has its ups and downs but you'll love

  16. Degree Vs Diploma!

    lisamct replied to PixieThunder's topic in International Nursing

    I have a different perspective on this as I have personal experience of both ways of training, as well as mentoring students from the new uni based courses. I trained as a learning disability nurse in...

  17. Babies overnighting in moms room

    lisamct replied to crissrn27's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Im reading this thread with interest as we dont have any type of 'well baby' nurseries here in the UK. Healthy babies all stay with their mums from the minute they're born until they leave the...

  18. Creative Pushing Positions

    lisamct replied to LizzyL&DRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Ive had mums pushing on their hands and knees with an epidural if they still have some feeling in their legs. Usually we'll try mum on the bed facing the pillows, head of the bed raised and a huge...

  19. Elective placement help

    lisamct replied to lisamct's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Thanks 'pirap' and 'htrn' for your help. I'll check out both of those places and see if they would be useful. Anyone else have any

  20. Elective placement help

    lisamct posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Ok, I know this is a long shot but I'm looking for some ideas for my elective placement next summer. Right now I'm just about to finish my 2nd year of midwifery training and due to qualify in Sept 08....

  21. Can UK midwives get licensed in the US?

    lisamct replied to lauritasol's topic in International Nursing

    Thought you might like info from an existing UK student midwives perspective. Places for applicants on midwifery courses are being cut at almost all universities at the moment. Mine has gone from 26...

  22. How much pitocin SQ to give after placenta delivery?

    lisamct replied to epiphany's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We give Syntocinon 10iu IM before placenta is delivered with the delivery of the babies anterior shoulder, never heard of it given SC (most of our women dont have IV's in situ). Is it routine to give...

  23. When do you open up your Pitocin?

    lisamct replied to ragingmomster's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Your right, to most women an actively managed 3rd stage is more of 'routine' than an actual choice that women make in most cases. IMO my unit is particularly bad at offering choice to women in 3rd...

  24. When do you open up your Pitocin?

    lisamct replied to ragingmomster's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Just thought I'd drop in a UK perspective. In my unit (Im a student midwife) women usually only have IV cannulas inserted if they're had an epidural sited, if they're recieving IV Syntocinon (which I...

  25. Moving to London--Need OB questions answered

    lisamct replied to AggieNurse2B's topic in International Nursing

    Where abouts in the UK are you Madwife? Just wondering as Ive seen several women having VBAC's in my hospital after previous sections (both single and multilple) Our consultants seem quite willing to...