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  1. nursing policy on handling infant that is not bathed

    birthrevolution replied to kms6417's topic in Ob/Gyn

    The policy at our hospital is to not bath the babies (or separate them from mom) for at least six hours after birth. Then the bath is done in the room with the parents and the baby is rewarmed by...

  2. Frontier in 2012

    birthrevolution replied to BabyLady's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    I'm planning to apply in 2012! I'm excited! I'm just trying to figure out exactly how I will pay for it

  3. how do you chart your prn narcs

    birthrevolution replied to mozella's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    We have to chart in the (paper) MAR and in the actual (electronic) chart in the pain assessment. It's double charting, but they will probably do it this way until we switch to electronic MARs Oh, I...

  4. (Postpartum) Are babies counted in your census?

    birthrevolution replied to wife&mommyRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I have no idea how your hospital could not count babies in its census! Our floor counts newborns and moms, they each have separate charts and MRNs. I don't understand your concern about moms...

  5. NOT going to the pinning ceremony

    birthrevolution replied to CaliforniaRNnow's topic in General Students

    Our graduation was just the School of Nursing, I might have had a different opinion on "pinning" if it was the whole University. Then I definitely would not have gone to

  6. NOT going to the pinning ceremony

    birthrevolution replied to CaliforniaRNnow's topic in General Students

    I didn't want to go to mine, but they combined it with graduation. Walk across the stage, shake the Dean's hand, get pinned by a faculty member, go back to your seat. I probably wouldn't have gone to...

  7. Labor and delivery vs. Postpartum

    birthrevolution replied to michellesebert's topic in Ob/Gyn

    The units where I am right now get along pretty well for the most part. We have gone through a lot over the last year with the transition to couplet care, which impacted L&D more than expected. I...

  8. Cultural Competency Training

    birthrevolution replied to Cmatt13's topic in General Nursing

    Awesome! I ran a similar program almost ten years ago (!) except we did 3 hour in person trainings. We could never really get the time to train clinical staff like RNs and MDs, and focused mostly on...

  9. code blue question

    birthrevolution replied to maiohmai's topic in General Nursing

    Perhaps you should consider taking a BLS or ACLS refresher course. I would also become familiar with my hospital's protocols for Rapid Response and Code Blue-if you are still in orientation do you...

  10. Looking for a resource on natural childbirth...

    birthrevolution replied to KT17's topic in Ob/Gyn

    She should definitely look in to getting a doula for the birth. The Birth Partner is a great book and pretty much any book by Penny Simkin would be useful. Ricki Lake put out a book called "Your Best...

  11. Mother/Baby VENT!!!

    birthrevolution replied to BaByNuRsE07's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Reading your post I was thinking "Wow this sounds like X hospital!". I went and checked your profile and based on where you say your location is, I'm pretty sure I've heard complaints from Mom/Baby...

  12. Confused on how to start a career in OB

    birthrevolution replied to clemoi's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Generally you do, I have a pretty significant background in women's health and health-care and feel comfortable applying without it at this point in time. The programs I'm interested in all say they...

  13. Confused on how to start a career in OB

    birthrevolution replied to clemoi's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Thanks! I'm thinking that I will probably just go straight to midwifery school and not do L&D since I think being an L&D nurse would drive me . The "plan" is to work my Adult Medicine job for...

  14. baby not keen on breast and jiterry..what to do

    birthrevolution replied to raynienatasha's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Yup, it's pretty awesome! Some moms are like "ew, why would I give some strange woman's milk to my baby?" We bite our tongues, but I really want to say "and you're okay with giving some strange cow's...

  15. Confused on how to start a career in OB

    birthrevolution replied to clemoi's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I had the same questions, but in the end it didn't matter! I applied to all the open L&D/Maternity Care New Grad positions that I could, but didn't get an interview for one. I also really only...

  16. baby not keen on breast and jiterry..what to do

    birthrevolution replied to raynienatasha's topic in Ob/Gyn

    For a baby with hypoglycemia we do skin to skin with moms and hand express colostrum. The colostrum can be fed in a spoon or via syringe. Colostrum works better at bringing up blood sugar than...

  17. Ear Candling

    birthrevolution replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    It was probably the warm water flush that did it, not the candling. I got the same results after noticing a complete impaction in my partner's ear and just flushing with warm water. Man, was that...

  18. Anybody new gearing up for Frontier?

    birthrevolution replied to tablefor9's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    I'm looking at next winter term. I'm also considering ECU since it's in-state tuition for me and WAY cheaper. However Frontier will consider "other significant experience in healthcare" if you don't...

  19. Can't decide which graduate degree to pursue...

    birthrevolution replied to karleigh's topic in Post Graduate Students

    What organization is supposed to accredit them? I know of at least two Executive MHA/MPH programs that are well respected and the majority of the work is online. This allows career professionals to...

  20. Which nursing assessment takes priority?

    birthrevolution replied to wannabmidwife's topic in General Students

    Airway Breathing Circulation In the case of elevated BP and elevated HR intervening in one would impact the other. I can't think of a time when I've been asked to choose between BP or HR as a...

  21. In progress MSN... can't stand nursing theory... switching to PA school ASAP

    birthrevolution replied to algebra_demystified's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I too find nursing theory dumb and I'm pretty into theory. I rolled my eyes through most of our lectures on this stuff. I also bit my tongue until it bled wanting to scream "that's not theory!" or...

  22. CNM Programs at Frontier and Stony Brook

    birthrevolution replied to *slm*'s topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    When you say "you can't work at the same place where you do your clinicals" does that mean same unit? floor? hospital? I am considering Frontier for next winter term, I'm starting on a medicine unit,...

  23. leading upto midwifery....

    birthrevolution replied to cookderosa's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    I would go for the BSN route, that will leave less work to do when have to get your MSN! Not to mention that the BSN program just sounds like a better program in general. You want good clinical...

  24. dual ANP or FNP/WHNP MSN degree programs

    birthrevolution replied to Leah236's topic in Post Graduate Students

    UNC does: http://nursing.unc.edu/degree/msn/wh.html I also think that you could qualify for in-state tuition through the Academic Common Market:...

  25. New Grad moving to Raleigh, NC and need advice, please!

    birthrevolution replied to newgraddec's topic in Nursing Career

    I do know that hospitals are hiring new grads, they're just slower than they used to be. I wouldn't get discouraged! From what I understand about Duke is that they have a ranking system where they...