I had the most crazy precip last night. I had a pt. with a dense epidural. She was snoring away. I was seeing some early decels and thought I should check her. She was complete and at 0 station...
I feel bad for you because I'm sure it's very frustating to feel like you are not getting it, but if the pt. was bleeding "across the room" then absolutely you should have been rubbing her uterus not...
Reading through many threads, many people have made staterments that "everyone gets pitocin" It's just made me curious as to why? At the hospital I work at we only start pitocin if needed. Like ROM...
We have 3 channel pumps. maint. iv is the first channel. Pitocin is 2nd. 3rd only used if pt is on mag or insulin. We hook the mant. in one port of the hep lock and the pitocin in the other. If we...
Has anyone had a pt. refuse intervention and have a good outcome. I had a pt who had been srom for 17 hours and still refusing interventions when I left. I haven't had anyone do that