littlemack

It may be "old school" to verify insulin and heparin, but it only takes one mistake to ruin your future and also the life of the patient you are providing care to. Most definitely heparin and insulin should be verified with another nurse and the orders should be as well.

I have been certified in Inpatient OB for close to 15 years. It was a good decision and I was supported by the university after I achieved the certification. Each year I was alloted a large sum of money to use for either education, CEU's or conferences. With budget cuts it was eventually dropped. And since I work PT at another area hospital, they are very respectful of all nurses that work to maintain certification and are rewarded with pay increases. As far as studying for the exam, I started studying 6 months before taking the exam and studied for about 2 hours each day except for Saturdays. My favorite book was my OB text from school and also the guidelines for perinatal care. It helps with those issues related to patient management. Good Luck!!!

"Been there and done that." I was lucky to be working at a teaching hospital at the time. A red head was bleeding profusely from an abruption and we received a call from the fire department who was transporting her to us. FHT's in the 40's. From admission to the unit to delivery it was 11 minutes. We were lucky that first the unit was not busy, had a nurse to spare, and secondly both anesthesia and both OB residents were up on the floor at the time of the initial call. Baby did well, and transitioned in level 2 nursery for about 12 hours. We were lucky!