CarrieRNC

CarrieRNC

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  1. Epidural management in RN scope of practice?

    JWK, Obviously not an OB nurse....proficient nurses have few if ANY unattended
  2. Hurting my chances of being hired? Help

    Listen, Not to beat this down BUT If you have a BSN you have a bachelors in nursing, and an ADN/BS is pretty much the same, if not more, education. When I went back to school I applied to a community...
  3. Hurting my chances of being hired? Help

    Ana1106, Don't forget you have your BACHELORS! I have a bachelors in biochemistry then decided to go back to school for nursing 7yrs after college. I contemplated the same thing you did. It...
  4. Epidural management in RN scope of practice?

    I work in CT, we do about 4000 deliveries/year and have a high epidural rate. We, as nurses, do not prime the tubing, set the pump or give the initial bolus. The pump is programmed by the CRNA or...
  5. An interview with an ob gyn nurse

    hi, i hope this helps you, i am a 39yr old mother of two and married for 17yrs. i have been a ldrp/high risk ob nurse for 8yrs now and have recently passed my certification exam for high risk in...
  6. Pitocin admin via infusion pump

    yes, just for induction or augmentation, we run our pit open after delivery. thank you, i have always been told only to run pit on its own
  7. Pitocin admin via infusion pump

    I'm looking for some thoughts on a question I brought up on a similar forum. I'm currently working at a hospital (i have only been here 4 months) where they are re-writing a policy for pitocin...
  8. Don't know if I'm going to make it as an OB nurse

    I came into LDRP 6yrs ago, right out of nursing school. It was the most stressful thing I could have ever done. I would go home every night and stress, cry and say that there is no way I can do...
  9. Pitocin admin via infusion pump

    This is what my practice is and now I feel that I am being told that I have to do it a different way and this way is not safe!! Any
  10. Pitocin admin via infusion pump

    I have not spoken with her yet but i believe the person who wrote that original thread is the nurse on our unit who is re-writing the policy!!! What are the chances!! But at least I'm glad she is...
  11. Does anyone just work Mother/Baby??

    I just left a smaller hospital where we had LDRP rooms. I spent about 6 years there. I loved it but it could get extremely crazy. There were many times when i would have 4 couplets and then an...
  12. Pitocin as a secondary on a pump?

    After the placenta we have 20u pit in 1000cc LR and run it wide open..there has been talk that we will be giving a second bag of 20u following at
  13. New post partum nurse question

    I bathe a baby in the same way..I take a couple blankets and put them under a chux, then i put 2 towels and put them over the chux. I then wrap the baby in a blanket and wash his head at a sink with...
  14. Pitocin as a secondary on a pump?

    I'm new to this site so forgive me if I'm doing this wrong....I have been an OB nurse for 6 yrs and when I was trained i was told that you always run pitocin through a pump on its own line and always...