rnjustld

Can u get any of the more experienced nurses to check with u before c/s is called? She would be better able to stand up to the docs. I have found though that docs either trust your judgement, or dont, or just think their judgement is the only that is true. Lots of lot. I love labor & delivery even with all the ups and downs and extreme challenges that come with it daily.

Last week ER called and said they were bringing down a pt ready to deliver. We are thinking "yeah right, what do they know." Here comes the ER nurse wheeling a pt around into the L&D hall. I look down and see a big bulge in this ladies pants. I run to get a pair of gloves and something to cut the pants with. When I turned back around the ER nurse had already torn the pants open (and apparently these pjs had snaps on the inner side of the thigh area) and was holding the baby in his hands (he was gloved of course). Other nurses got a preciept tray and I clamped and cut the cord. Baby and mom was then taken to an LDR room to deliver the placenta and get the rest of the baby banding and etc done. Now instead of running this pt down the hall in a w/c I would the ER would have placed pt on stretcher in ER and called L&D to come there to deliver the pt. ER nurse claimed pt was walking down the hall when he put her in w/c and brought her to L&D. There is one catch to that though. At night all pts have to enter thru the ER entrance to get in the hosp. So the pt had to be walking thru ER when placed in the w/c. Go figure . Baby and Mom came out without any problems....Yeahhhh!!!!!

I just joined allnurses and think the message board is the easiest way to communicate with other healthcare professionals. I in for keeping it going. heheh:yeah: