jhhrn68

jhhrn68

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  1. Do you have to be on-call?

    jhhrn68 replied to christine_chapel's topic in Ob/Gyn

    On my unit, the pay for being on-call is $5 and time and a half for a minimum of 3 hrs. if you do get called. Call is 24 hrs. at a time but you might not be on call except once every 6-8 weeks. More...

  2. New mother baby nurse to be ...would love some advice about what the hardships are.

    jhhrn68 replied to momma/babyrn's topic in Ob/Gyn

    L&D is very fast paced (or dull) but post partum is not usually hectic unless all the beds are full, pts. are delivering elsewhere and you are trying to get people discharged to get the beds clean...

  3. How far would you travel?

    jhhrn68 replied to nursebrandie28's topic in Agency Nurses

    I just finished my first agency job. I traveled 48 miles one way and it took about an hour to get there. One of the other nurses had a 1 1/2 drive and she sometimes stayed over and slept at the...

  4. Pitocin admin via infusion pump

    jhhrn68 replied to CarrieRNC's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I am a little confused by this question. Is this Pitocin being given for induction or augmentation or are you taking about post-delivery? For induction, you would absolutely need separate pump, but...

  5. Curious about PP Methergine use

    jhhrn68 replied to JaneyW's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We certainly do not use po Methergine as a routine. I have only seen it used for excessive bleeding and then it is given

  6. Natural Birth Friendly Nursing?

    jhhrn68 replied to missjennmb's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Unfortunately, where I work, too many of the pts. are uninformed and will do whatever their doctor says. They don't question anything, have not thought about pain control, have not attended even a...

  7. forced vaccines

    jhhrn68 replied to crissrn27's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I didn't get a flu vaccine this year and I got the flu. And so did everyone else I know, even the ones who had the vaccine. No flu vaccine can protect one against all

  8. Need Answer About Postpartum !!!

    jhhrn68 replied to Jan RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    The thing about postpartum is that you are mostly dealing with a young healthy population. Because of the increase in c-sections, you will need to know some post-op care. And there will be the 14...

  9. Well baby nursery at night

    jhhrn68 replied to akacyndi's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We don't do couplet care. We have a nurse for the nursery and a nurse for postpartum. We try to encourage mothers to keep infants in the room with them but many of them want to send the baby to the...

  10. What is your unit's Uniform Policy

    jhhrn68 replied to 1994OBRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Our hospital supplies the scrubs in a certain color for our birthing center employees. We change into them at work, keep shoes at work just to change into and the scrubs are laundered by the...

  11. Ever have a day like this???

    jhhrn68 replied to at your cervix's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I have certainly had days like that. We have that strict rule of only 2 visitors at the bedside when a pt. is in labor and a total of 5 visitors - 2 at the bedside and 3 in the waiting room and they...

  12. Coaching women during childbirth has little impact

    jhhrn68 replied to URO-RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    There is so much more to coaching a woman through labor then telling her to push. The coaching starts way before the pushing part. For our second, my husband and I tool Lamaze classes because we...

  13. Increase in Hep B refusal?

    jhhrn68 replied to chaitea7's topic in Ob/Gyn

    My children are older so the Hep B vaccine was not out when they were babies. However, I waited to start my younger daughter's vaccinations until she was 2 months old. I was breastfeeding so I...

  14. Need Encouragement!

    jhhrn68 replied to jodyangel's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I oriented to L&D for 6 months, then the nursery and a couple of days in PP. When it came time to learn to circulate (after I had been working for awhile), I got 2 days. It took me years to...

  15. L and D Job Concerns

    jhhrn68 replied to zahryia's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I started in OB at the ripe old age of 54. I did L&D for 6 months before orienting to the nursery and postpartum. L&D can be very stressful, but we get to do all three (not at one time, of...

  16. Vaginal Table set-up

    jhhrn68 replied to essej2's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We usually set up our tables right before delivery and don't cover them unless we have guessed wrong about how long Mom is going to push. We have a sterile drape to cover the table with if necessary....

  17. C/S and delivery table set ups

    jhhrn68 replied to spirit917's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We set up our C/S tables right before the section and do not cover. The circulator sets up the table wearng mask and cap. Gloves are not worn because she is just dumping stuff on the table. The...

  18. Advice needed

    jhhrn68 replied to smiletoday's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I would say, why not ask if you can shadow a L&D nurse for a shift or two and see what it is like. L&D can be very fast paced and stressful. We haven't had many slow periods at our hosptal...

  19. Report sheet mom/baby

    jhhrn68 replied to Janinern84's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We have one we use at work - legal size paper printed both sides so room for 12 pts. This is the postpartum sheet. We have a different one for L&D. Anyway, it has a space for mother info and...

  20. I never imagined...

    jhhrn68 replied to CrunchyLaborRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    The really sad things is that most of the stress is caused by medical interventions in what should be a perfectly natural process. Just imagine if all women came into L&D already in labor...

  21. Interview

    jhhrn68 replied to BirthBabes&Boobs's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Be prepared with questions to ask. Dress professionally. Get a tour of the unit so you can see things in action. And realize that this is a specialty unit and you will need a lot of orientation and...

  22. Advice from all L&D nurses

    jhhrn68 replied to Amorypaz22's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We have many nurses who come to our L&D unit right out of nursing school. It takes a long time to get them through orientation but luckily our unit will spend the time and money to get these...

  23. Did anyone read the People story about Christina Aguilera?

    jhhrn68 replied to rph3664's topic in Ob/Gyn

    It is never better for a woman to have a c-section just for the hell of it. It is not better for her and it is not better for the baby. What happened to women giving birth the way nature intended?...

  24. RhoGAM and Coombs

    jhhrn68 replied to NeuroNP's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Here is all I know about it. A pregnant woman who is Rh negative gets Rhogam during her pregnancy. After birth, if the baby is Rh neg. also, we don't give Rhogam, but if the baby is positive, we

  25. Birth Control Pills and Fertility

    jhhrn68 replied to LaeDeesNP's topic in Ob/Gyn

    My youngest sister and my daughter both got pregnant almost immediately after stopping the BCP. My daughter got pregnant with twins the first week-end she tried to get