northwoods6pack

Hi, I've been nursing for 10 years, in labor and delivery for 4. Last night we had a pt come in with her doula. I work in a smallish hospital and I nor any of the other unit staff on had worked with a Doula before. I felt really insecure! The Doul...

Just had this happen to me TWICE in the last week. First was a grand multip x7 admitted at 3cm's epidural at 5cm's. Of course I THOUGHT I was watching her like a hawk. Noticed some decels in the strip and lifted the sheet to check her and was gree...

I have one. pt comes in c/o contractions. Showing on the monitor every 8-10. Mom is moving around a lot so we are having trouble getting a good tracing on baby. OB comes in and asks pt if she's ruptured her membranes, pt denies. Doc decides to pu...

I am new here but I have a funny one. Pt comes in 35wks and change. I put her on the monitor while I'm getting a history and she shows no ctx in 15-20 minutes. I asked her if she thought she was ruptured.... nope. Contracting? nope. Ask her why she t...