KimEveRN

Our nurse manager is planning on changing things around a bit...we are an 11-bed LDR with 8 triage beds, 2 OR rooms, 12-bed Antepartum unit, and 48-bed Postpartum unit. We do ~ 5000 deliveries a year. We are currently all becoming ACLS certified and have moved our C/S recoveries to hospital PACU while ours gets revamped. The plan is for the nurse recovering the mom in our OB PACU to also recover the baby...and we all feel as if this really isn't safe! Does anyone work on a unit that recovers mom & baby s/p Cesearean??? Would love feedback from anyone!!

I work at a teaching hospital in PA that delivers ~ 4800 babies a year. Our seperate 12-bed antepartum unit is staffed by L&D RN's only. My question is...what is your unit policy re: FHR monitoring of antepartum patients? We do 24 hours of continuous monitoring (24 weeks & up), irregardless of the reason for admission (PTL, kidney stones, etc..) This seems excessive at times....your experiences??? Thanks!

I am in PA (suburbs of Philly)...we use terb initially and then procardia as needed. We no longer use Mag. Sulfate (many years now), being that it is no longer recommended for use in cessation of preterm labor

1 - catheterize or maybe Dermatome Level or Bromage Score 2- fundal pressure (which I was always taught that we should never do) 3 - yes, kick counts is correct Good luck in your program!