lisamct

lisamct

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  1. Nursing to be all degree in England..

    lisamct replied to madeleine's topic in International Nursing

    I think its interesting that Midwifery became a degree only profession in 2008 and didn't receive one inch of media coverage but it happens in Nursing and its widely reported. Im genuinely interested...

  2. UK Hospitals Policies ???

    lisamct replied to Mia33's topic in International Nursing

    Our hospital policy is still no mobile phone use and still has all the signs up banning the use of mobile phones and Im pretty sure the main medical building keeps to this ban. However in maternity,...

  3. Do you have restricted visiting hours in labor and delivery?

    lisamct replied to babyktchr's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Very true. Im sure our home birth and 6hr discharge rate is due to womens reluctance to be admitted to the post natal wards and I dont blame them. On several occasions Ive had to transfer women from...

  4. Do you have restricted visiting hours in labor and delivery?

    lisamct replied to babyktchr's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I totally agree, quite often it doesnt feel safe either. They do try to have 2 midwives on a night shift but often that can be 1 MW with a support worker or, on occasion one MW on her own. Only the...

  5. Do you have restricted visiting hours in labor and delivery?

    lisamct replied to babyktchr's topic in Ob/Gyn

    No nursery's here, babies and mums are together 24/7. Us midwives do try to help out at night on the post natal wards as much as possible but often on a night shift there is only 1 of us to up to 16...

  6. Do you have restricted visiting hours in labor and delivery?

    lisamct replied to babyktchr's topic in Ob/Gyn

    For a UK perspective we have no visitors in labour ward at all. Women can have 1 support person with them during labour/birth or on occasion 2. but only with special permission from whoever is in...

  7. Midwife pay progression

    lisamct replied to expatnurse's topic in International Nursing

    Ive just qualified (Sept 08) as a midwife in Scotland, sadly what band you start on and how long it takes you to progress up the ladder depends greatly on where geographically you plan to work (AfC...

  8. Elective Primary C/S

    lisamct replied to mamafeliz's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Fantastic to hear, good for her! I think statistics still show that Moxibustion is just as effective, if not more so, at turning breech babies than ECV as well as being less interventional and...

  9. Elective Primary C/S

    lisamct replied to mamafeliz's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Being in the UK we dont have the financial issues you guys in the US have with insurance etc but one of the big things recently where I am that has reduced the amount of elective c/s in general has...

  10. Pain Meds and Epidural's during laboor

    lisamct replied to Act238RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    There was some research noted in the BJM recently which suggested that the earlier in labour an epidural was sited the less of an effect it had on the duration of labour itself, if I can find the...

  11. Elective Primary C/S

    lisamct replied to mamafeliz's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Im sorry but to say C/S is not detrimental to babies or mothers (which Im assuming your also suggesting) is pretty inaccurate. C/S puts babies at risk of respiratory problems, diabetes, hypertension,...

  12. How often are your postpartum vital signs and assessments?

    lisamct replied to babyktchr's topic in Ob/Gyn

    lady partsl deliveries - In labour ward; Once within 30mons of delivery and again prior to transfer - Once in in-patient ward; Once daily C/S - In recovery area; 5mins x4,...

  13. Baby in a bag!

    lisamct replied to elizabells's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Ive supported a couple of women birthing babies still in intact membranes, I just leave them intact until the baby is born and then rupture them then if they havent gone spontaneously during the...

  14. amount of time alotted from recovery to pp unit

    lisamct replied to rnElaine's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Our expected time limit to transfer to post natal ward is 2 hours from delivery (regardless of type of delivery) This doesnt always happen however, either due to labour ward issues (difficulty...

  15. Postpartum hemorrhage kit

    lisamct replied to Elvish's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We do manual removals of clots here too but just using the usual mid-forearm length sterile gloves. We do have full arm length gloves that we use in the birthing pool so it might be an idea to stick a...

  16. Postpartum hemorrhage kit

    lisamct replied to Elvish's topic in Ob/Gyn

    The unit I trained in had one (this is in the UK so contents might be a bit different) Ours contained; IV fluids (Harmanns, NaCl etc) Gelafusin Venflons Venflon dressings Tape IV tubing sets Blood...

  17. To Bulb Sxn Or Not?

    lisamct replied to LD123's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Before I start Im aware that I seem to be always posting "we dont do that" type of posts but just want to give a different perspective so here goes... We never suction on the perineum, in fact those...

  18. fundal checks

    lisamct replied to short1978's topic in Ob/Gyn

    For our post C/S women our routine assessments include BP, Pulse, Temp, Resps, O2 sats, lochia, pain, leg/calf pain, itching, nausea, alertness, urine output. We do these every 5 mins x4, then every...

  19. Does your hospital have a policy on no walking after ROM?

    lisamct replied to paintedbison's topic in Ob/Gyn

    If their membranes rupture and they're not in labour, babies head is engaged and all is 'normal. our women are sent off home to do whatever they can to get themselves into labour and brought back...

  20. fundal checks

    lisamct replied to short1978's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I guess here its just that its another intervention thats generally not needed so why make all women go through what can be a very painful experience if there's not a clinical need to do it. Most of...

  21. fundal checks

    lisamct replied to short1978's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Im in the UK. Where I am we dont do any routine fundal checks on post CS women unless there is a clinical indication to do so (pain, increased lochia, temp, abdo changes etc) We also dont routinely...

  22. Branch conversion

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

    Might be worth contacting your local uni to ask what options you have available. Before I retrained as a midwife I considered converting from my original Learning Disability nursing qualification to...

  23. is there a major difference between ob, midwife, and l&d nurses?

    lisamct replied to able2009's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Just being picky because its a bug bear of mine but just wanted to say that there are no 'midwife nurses' in the UK. Here nursing and midwifery and 2 totally different individual professions we have...

  24. Post-Grad Midwifery in Edinburgh

    lisamct replied to makeogh's topic in International Nursing

    Hi Firstly where in Ireland are you from? If your in Southern Ireland and therefore not a UK national it will be pretty difficult for you to get into uni over here and you will need to fund yourself...

  25. Anterior lips and future deliveries

    lisamct replied to Chixie's topic in Ob/Gyn

    An anterior lip isn't an indication for section so there must have been other factors going on that you maybe didnt pick up on. Babies position may have been a factor although there are often maternal...