OzMW

OzMW

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  1. Help!!

    OzMW replied to dodgemama's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Maybe someone should suggest she come in and provide continuous care for her patients if she doesn't trust the nursing staff. I would absolutely refuse to inflict this crap on patients. If she has...

  2. Best practice for Hep B vaccine

    OzMW replied to mugwump's topic in Ob/Gyn

    No mine didn't get it at birth either and very good point about the lack of knowledge in regards to long term effects! There have got to be better ways of eradicating this disease, The world has gone...

  3. Best practice for Hep B vaccine

    OzMW replied to mugwump's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We do it here in Australia unfortunately...its because neonates are high risk for Hep B - you know all that newborn IV drug use and promiscuous sexual

  4. Best practice for Hep B vaccine

    OzMW replied to mugwump's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Giving Hep B just after birth annoys the hell outta me - we do it too! Its a load of rubbish - but having said that BF is a great pain reliever - so skin to skin with mum and attached at the breast is...

  5. IV policy

    OzMW replied to 2curlygirls's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I've seen nasty PPHs too - although more commonly in women who have had lots of intervention and thus more likely to have an IVC. Still have had no problem getting iv access - one just needs to be on...

  6. IV policy

    OzMW replied to 2curlygirls's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Nope. I'm in Australia and only high women get them, a cannula that is. There is no evidence to support cannulating a birthing woman just because shes birthing/labouring! And we don't have women...

  7. Hold that Push!

    OzMW replied to moz's topic in Ob/Gyn

    what the hell is the go with these drs carrying on when women birth and they miss it? It's childbirth dummy! It

  8. Any help w/ station?

    OzMW replied to mom2bnrs's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Noice explanation Nora! feeling for the spines is part of pelvic assessment and shouldn't really be guesstimated - turning your fingers around so they point down helps to get the angle. As Nora said...

  9. Protocols for birthing tubs?

    OzMW replied to crysobrn's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Which is silly really cos they were both recognisable obstetric variances that would have occurred despite the tub! And great for the primip who birthed a breech! I'd say that was a positive outcome...

  10. Nursing magazines and journals for Labor and Delivery nurses

    OzMW replied to Woman_in_love's topic in Ob/Gyn

    You could also try some midwifery journals. Birth, MIDIRS midwifery digest, Midwifery, The Practicing Midwife....all have stuff in them relevant to all who work in maternity

  11. Stirrups?

    OzMW replied to CEG's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Have you asked them exactly what the 'safety reason' is? They are actually causing more harm potentialy!!!!!!

  12. Stirrups?

    OzMW replied to CEG's topic in Ob/Gyn

    What she

  13. Stirrups?

    OzMW replied to CEG's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Lithotomy has been shown for some years now to be detrimental to women and fetus'! It should only be used for intruemntal birth (and then thats debatable!). Try getting woman off the bed....works alot...

  14. L&D nurses? Are you all for natural births?

    OzMW replied to MIcrunchyRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Yep its easy to see how women get so peeved off with all the poking and prodding that they do feel the need to lash out! Labouring women who do this aren't doing it on purpose they are getting...

  15. L&D nurses? Are you all for natural births?

    OzMW replied to MIcrunchyRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    The confined private space of a bathroom is the perfect place for a labouring woman! May not be so convenient for the attendant, but it is easy to think outside the square and work around it. I...

  16. L&D nurses? Are you all for natural births?

    OzMW replied to MIcrunchyRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'm intereseted in the thought that normal birth is more work. To me the epidural/oxytocin infusion/ CEFM etc is far more work than being with a woman and encouraging her to do what her body is meant...

  17. L&D nurses? Are you all for natural births?

    OzMW replied to MIcrunchyRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Thats right-there is actually no evidence that the second stage needs to be 'confirmed' by VE. Listen and look at what the woman is doing and you mostly don't need to do one. Patience and time and...

  18. anyone seeing this maneuver?

    OzMW replied to ragingmomster's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Ughghghg.............someone tell em to keep there bloody hands off altogether and leave the woman to push at her own pace...yuck:down::down: quote the HOOP trial......poking and prodding lady...

  19. Coaching women during childbirth has little impact

    OzMW replied to URO-RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Ha ha! Hey Elvish.....how about wearin'....nuthin' in labour! Now thats hippy!!!!!!!! God forbid! All those bodily fluids flowing all over the place!

  20. Coaching women during childbirth has little impact

    OzMW replied to URO-RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Yep me too.....hospital gowns are awful; and are for women who are going to OT. Its funny really, if I had a woman with SROM and a high head I'd encourage her to be upright to get the damn head down...

  21. Coaching women during childbirth has little impact

    OzMW replied to URO-RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Big load of crappola sorry - cords DON'T just fall outta women coz they stand up!!!! I can't believe nurses actually accept this rubbish and confine women to bed coz thats what the orders are! Fairy...

  22. Fetal death after maternal death

    OzMW replied to WorkofHeart8's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Yer I thought it was 5 minutes...not just for the baby but for the mum to improve circulation with CPR. 20 minutes the kid would be long gone.Think about a kid during cord prolapse where there is...

  23. C-Sections on the rise.

    OzMW replied to Halinja's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Well they do profit don't they ....in time. You pay x amount of bucks for a 30 minute section and a few 10 minute visits postpartum. Or you pay the same amount of money for he or she to see you...

  24. Coaching women during childbirth has little impact

    OzMW replied to URO-RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    and what women need more than formal "coaching" and fancy birth beds and high tech equipment; is the space and support to do what they need to do to get their babies

  25. Vitamin K administration legal/ethical nightmare!

    OzMW replied to IndigoCarmine's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Places all over the world have had these concerns over the years, it is NO EXCUSE! These kids should be with their mothers. Biohazard...eeeck! The bloody mother should be the only one whose picking...