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  1. Can I find employment at my age??

    palesarah replied to Julie029's topic in Nursing Career

    My dad graduated nursing school at age 52, and just started his 3rd nursing job. He hasn't had a problem getting a job due to his age at

  2. pitocin induction question

    palesarah replied to l&drocks's topic in Ob/Gyn

    we mix our pit in LR, and run it with d5lr at 125/hr, both on the pump. For those of you that mix your pit 10 or 20 in 1000mL, Do you all run a maintenance solution with your pit? Since we mix our...

  3. pitocin induction question

    palesarah replied to l&drocks's topic in Ob/Gyn

    we still mix our own, 30 units in

  4. Have I made a mistake?

    palesarah replied to tryingtomakeit's topic in Ob/Gyn

    (((HUGS))) to you. You've recieved some great advice by some wonderful nurses here already. I just wanted to share my experience- I was hired into an LDRP that does approx 800 deliveries/year right...

  5. ldrp in the high risk ob setting

    palesarah replied to bpobrn's topic in Ob/Gyn

    oh, I should probably add to my above post: I've only worked on this one unit so I don't really know any different, but nurses who have come to us from other hospitals have remarked that we have...

  6. ldrp in the high risk ob setting

    palesarah replied to bpobrn's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I don't know if this will be helpful to you or not- I work on an LDRP (about 50-70 births a month, sometimes more). On our floor, housekeeping usually comes and cleans the floor & bed when we get...

  7. What type of pain med in labor used?

    palesarah replied to Daynamyte's topic in Ob/Gyn

    A few of our midwives do sterile water injections, and they are very effective for some

  8. Ideas for 10 min staff mtg inservice

    palesarah replied to mfshirk's topic in Ob/Gyn

    an ice cream sundae bar wouldn't count as an inservice, would it? :chuckle oops... I posted too quickly, had to come back and edit to finish... we've had a few quickie inservices during staff...

  9. Do you parents bring car seats in the hospital?

    palesarah replied to Zhlake's topic in Ob/Gyn

    our car seat policy is parents have to bring the carrier part in, and we verify that baby is in correctly/straps adjusted properly, and go over car seat laws. One of our secretaries and a few nurses...

  10. does anyone know this answer????

    palesarah replied to cna2005rkfd's topic in Ob/Gyn

    one of our midwives said that the blood test & the earliest/most sensitive home urine tests (First Response, AIM) are pretty accurate about 10 days after conception- so if you have regular 28 day...

  11. OB Nurses....Question For Ya

    palesarah replied to DidiRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    ditto in my place of work. Our Infection Control officer actually states that is preferable from an IC standpoint to straight cath 2-3 times than leave an indwelling cath as that is a direct path for...

  12. Lotus Birth...What do yall think about this?

    palesarah replied to JVanRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    one of my coworkers brought her favorite purse to work today- red, half-mooned shaped and really just looking like a big, healthy placenta.... I stopped short of asking her if her bag was her...

  13. What type of pain med in labor used?

    palesarah replied to Daynamyte's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Mostly epidurals, but also stadol or nubain IM or IV (one CNM orders tiny little doses of nubain subQ sometimes; works surprisingly well on some

  14. Neonate heel pricks for screening

    palesarah replied to dawnbee's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I realized I didn't say much in my post so I though I'd add a few details... RNs (or occasionally, students/externs working with an RN) do the PKUs after baby is 24 hours old, and it is preferred to...

  15. Any high risk antepartum nurses out there

    palesarah replied to mugwump's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'm not (LDRP nurse, and we ship out anyone super high risk) but I'd love to hear some stories! And WELCOME to the

  16. OB charting

    palesarah replied to babynurse123's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Shouldn't all nursing guidelines be based on AWHONN guidelines, since that is the standard to which all OB/GYN nurses are

  17. Neonate heel pricks for screening

    palesarah replied to dawnbee's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Deb's post sums it all up pretty well so I won't repeat, just wanted to weigh in that yes, all PKUs are done by RNs where I work. We use oral sucrose for pain

  18. When circ's go bad...

    palesarah replied to newgrad2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

    lol Fergus, yeah, definitely a typo! Musta been sleepy when I typed that one

  19. When circ's go bad...

    palesarah replied to newgrad2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

    between the hospital costs and pediatrician cost, the procedure ends up costing $300+ in my hospital! We have patients on Medicaid from two states; it's covered for patients from one state but not...

  20. When circ's go bad...

    palesarah replied to newgrad2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

    NO, not a typo. He has decreased sensation and for some reason, goes numb before he can get

  21. When circ's go bad...

    palesarah replied to newgrad2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I also don't believe that routine infant circumcision is necessary, and don't participate in them. Since I work nights it's pretty rare that I would be asked to do so- but we have one awesome ped who...

  22. migraines and nursing

    palesarah replied to Jen,SN's topic in General Nursing

    I was going to recommend doing the same- a few nurses on my floor, including myself, use FMLA for recurrent

  23. Lotus Birth...What do yall think about this?

    palesarah replied to JVanRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    hmmm... in my experience, babies who are severly depressed at birth NEED their cords clamped/cut immediately so that they CAN be resuscitated. It's not a physiological thing, just physics- the...

  24. Telephone Triage... what is your policy?

    palesarah replied to jennobrn01's topic in Ob/Gyn

    we don't do it- pts call their provider's answering service, and whoever is on call for the practice calls them back and triages them. I'm happy with

  25. Favorite part of L&D Nursing

    palesarah replied to RNLaborNurse4U's topic in Ob/Gyn

    there's nothing like telling a "frequent flier" (not meaning that as a negative at all) that she can finally stay and have her baby