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to the op - just putting in my i've been a nurse for 33 years, i work with all ages of nurses in our very busy unit - i can see both sides of this - i see some of the "more experienced" nurses get totally frustrated by the computer and take forever ...

Our anesthesiologist will not place an epidural through a tattoo. Their attitude is that they do not know what is in the dye, and will not take any chances on bringing that tiny amount of dye into the epidural space. In this time of "sue everyone", t...

Right now we still use QS for our fetal monitoring, We have a doc that has bwwn able to add what we need to it for our L&D charting. He keeps adding different items so that it is almost all we need for the L&D part of it - has taken forever. ...

There is a reference for OTC (over the counter drugs) that may have Tucks on it....

I asked when I interviewed at one hospital and was told that "you don't have a choice, you have to", and I didn't take the position. Where I am now, a tiertary hospital, after I worked there and I realised that they did do terminations, I submitted,...

I've been birthing babies for 30 years ( I can't believe it's been THAT long!) I still love it as much as when I started, though I do feel more comfortable... It's the happiest place, and sometimes the saddest. I often say there are no atheist i...

Many of the more "seasoned" nurses aren't comfortable answering questions online- why I don't know... Perhaps it's because they want you to be able to ask someone face to face....see their body language - or even to be able to ask a f/u question. ano...

RN here, Be glad to Help,

Our unit does hire new grads but we it has it's difficult moments, as I will detail later... We usually hire nurses who have done a student extern program with us, which gives them a sense of what the unit is about,we get a sense of the student's att...

I usually don't interfer whena patient tells me the name of her newborn, however....I did voice my opinion when a patient told me she wanted to name her baby Meconium. She had heard the doc and the residents talking about meconium throughout her labo...

I've been doing L&D for 24 years and have not yet witnessed a "splash and slash" under local. We have 2 anestheisia docs and a CRNA on our unit 24/7, so I guess we're luckier than many. I've seen them put a patient under general and go, and many ...

I think anyone who has been in L&D for an extended time gets to "catch" a baby - Hey I think that is the fun part of it! I've even had docs stand by and let me do the delivery because the pt requested me to. ( and the manager let me know that she...

I have sat down with and given my managers a letter explaining that I would refuse to take care of patients who decide to have a termination,( based on my religious,moral beliefs). I also made it clear that I would not have a problem taking care of a...

I have prayed and will continue to pray with and for patients if asked.( often do it even when not asked , just not publicly) I pray to God, as each religion believes in a "higher power" I just feel that this is part of who I am.

Lets see.....I remember the scopalamine pt's - some of them were wild! they had a "cocktail" seconal, scop and demoral...and we used to sit there and count the respirations....the babies usually needed to be watchedc carefully, once they were "woken ...

we usually do about 6,000 births a year. but have been so busy since June of this year (post 9/11 babies for sure!) last month we did 652...I've spoken to other L&D nurses in our area and their numbers are also up (located in NY)

I am so sorry at the result, It does sound like she stroked out. We always maintain the Mgso4 for 24 hrs post delivery - they can seize up to 2 weeks postdelivery A good point was made -- we should ALWAYs know a pt's usual BP - 120/80 is high for a p...

I'm glad to hear that you have an open mind regarding your anticipated labor. GOOD LUCK! . Keep moving , remember just don't exhaust yourself. Stay hydrated- you will need something to keep your strength up. If you need some relief, and don't have...

I hardly ever call in sick - after all they will give us a choice come Nov, if we want to "bank" our sick time , or take unused sick time in pay ( at our regular rate). It makes my holiday shopping easier to take the $$ The last time I called in was...

Most of the nurses on my unit don't do anything but complain when we miss our breaks. The Director of nursing has announced that all nurses are entitled to breaks and if we don't get them it's because WE aren't organized in getting our work done ( ye...

If you are asking how many births I attended (and had to chart on!) that would be 6 in a 12 hour shift. If you are asking how many total deliveries on our unit in a 12 hour shift it would have to be 21....and that rate continued onto the next shift....