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seemerun

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  1. Designated delivery team

    seemerun replied to kejRN88's topic in Ob/Gyn

    It's hard to say without getting a feel for how the unit as a whole runs but that seems like overkill to me too. Here, whoever has been laboring with the patient stays as the mom nurse. Our team lead...

  2. C-sections! When to call em?!

    seemerun posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Before I started in Labor and Delivery I pictured myself being the nurse who was an advocate for natural labors and not rushing to c/s. But reality is...different. Maybe my view is tainted by my work...

  3. C-sections! When to call em?!

    seemerun replied to seemerun's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I don't know what a STAN monitor is? Sorry,still relatively new to this specialty. :-) There always what ifs. I mean we have crashed a patient before and then had 9/9 APGARS, but obviously that's a...

  4. Do you always keep emergency meds on hand for deliveries?

    seemerun replied to perfexion's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We always keep at the bedside throughout the labor and delivery - 800mcg cytotec, 500cc of pitocin, terbutaline and

  5. Question about noisy/open-glottis pushing

    seemerun posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Why is this one hard to come around on? There are so many things that we have come around on. In my facility we have ended all elective inductions prior to 39 weeks, no longer no the pit to distress...

  6. How do you know if you suck? ;-)

    seemerun posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    I have been a nurse for a good while but 5 months ago I switched from the med-surg arena to L&D. I had 8 weeks of orientation and have been on my own for 3 months now. I have spoken many times...

  7. Do you find the flip-flopping of nights easier or harder in the summer?

    seemerun posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have been on nights almost 2 years. Started on 8's and changed to 12's in January. It seems so much easier on 12's - I am more tied when I come home so i get to sleep sooner and the fewer days at...

  8. Random question: Would you wear a $300 watch to work

    seemerun replied to TXRN44's topic in General Nursing

    I definitely would not. A) I hate watches. I mean I like the way they look but I don't like the way they feel and I never remember to look at them anyway. I just use the clocks in the room - they show...

  9. Aren't You just Incredibly Proud?

    seemerun replied to Carpediem1012's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I have been a nurse for 10 years and I can say that I am proud! I mean it is definitely "just a job" many days. I get tired of the BS and tired of being tired. But I worked really hard to get here, I...

  10. How does your hospital handle twins?

    seemerun posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    It seems they are most often planned sections. But if A) is head down they can attempt lady partslly. They are required to push in the OR to expedite a c-section for baby B if they don't come head...

  11. How do you know if you suck? ;-)

    seemerun replied to seemerun's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Thank you all! Every birth is different and a slightly new experience. But I feel a lot better about things. Sorry L&DRegisteredNurse! That was my morning yesterday too.

  12. How does your hospital handle twins?

    seemerun replied to seemerun's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Well that helps a little. I hadn't thought about that. That wasn't an issue, but obviously it COULD have become

  13. How does your hospital handle twins?

    seemerun replied to seemerun's topic in Ob/Gyn

    One placenta/2

  14. How do you know if you are cut out for L&D?

    seemerun replied to ijuanabhappy's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I think you can hate med-surg and yet do really well in L&D. However, in my experience you will need recent hospital experience before being considered for any L&D position. I applied for what...

  15. What is so special about working in postpartum???

    seemerun replied to BSNbeauty's topic in Ob/Gyn

    So glad you got on! I was going to pipe in and say there's really nothing special about PP. Except for the fact that it is low turnover so not as many openings. Plus, it's a fairly "desireable" unit...

  16. How does your hospital handle twins?

    seemerun replied to seemerun's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I had my first twins experience and I have to say I didn't like it much. Once A was born everybody immediately were all over mom. Hands up inside feeling for presentation (mind you no epidural)...

  17. Where do your postpartum Mag patients go?

    seemerun replied to lovemyjoblandd's topic in Ob/Gyn

    They go to our antepartum wing til mag therapy is

  18. Nitrous Oxide use may come back to the US for labor pain management!!

    seemerun replied to klone's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I work at a big busy hospital in WA and we do not have nitrous. However, I just found out that a very small hospital in a rural part of the state HAS started using nitrous with positive feedback. They...

  19. Question about noisy/open-glottis pushing

    seemerun replied to seemerun's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Absolutely true about epidurals. Which is why I like laboring down until hopefully getting some sensation back. I am supportive ofnatural birth if thats what the patient wants but that's not what I am...

  20. Higher Paid Nursing Jobs

    seemerun replied to mbrn1985's topic in Nursing Career

    In my area there is a pay difference between nursing homes, home care, clinics and hospitals but if you are in the hospital it doesn't matter what unit you are on you make the same amount. I seem to...

  21. How do you know if you suck? ;-)

    seemerun replied to seemerun's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Thanks so much. I don't plan on going anywhere. I just really really can't wait for the day when everyone knows me and trusts my judgement. Heck for that matter I will be happy to trust my own...

  22. Foley placement BEFORE anesthesia??

    seemerun replied to jodyangel's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Interesting...Obviously since they are going into surgery it makes sense to place the foley after anesthesia. No need to make things any more uncomfortable then they have to be. That being...

  23. "true knot"

    seemerun replied to LouisVRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I know this is an old thread but I just wanted to chime in. I just started on L&D (4 weeks in) and I just was in on my first C-section. There was a true knot plus a loose nuchal x1. Not known...

  24. Help! New L&D nurse & recently found out I'm pregnant...

    seemerun replied to jzsurf's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I think the first year out of nursing school is always tough no matter what unit you are on. If L&D is what you have always wanted to do I would stick it out. Do not worry about how people will...

  25. My long winded route to L&D.....

    seemerun posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    and January 13th I am there! L&D is what I have always wanted to do - long before ever starting nursing school. I graduated and had to take wherever I could get a job, then I spend 4 years in home...