DarcieRN

money spent anywhere in the hospital is a good thing. Having a baby is a happy time and it brings money into the hospital. You have a choice where to birth your baby, for the most part, so why not try to bring people in to your hospital by giving away a few things to make the experience more enjoyable and make word of mouth better? I don't see it as not giving to the trauma patients. In my hospital we have arrangements for families of the ones in ICU for sleeping, phone calling, food etc....its not a diaper bag, but its what they need to make a bad time maybe more comfortable.

I have an Ultrascope that I just love.

Im not sure. My first reaction is that the hospital I work at would probably fire her too. There are only a few nurses who are trained to use the u/s on my floor and they need Drs orders and it has to be charged in the computer to the patient. I am not sure there is a way to scan a person who isn't a patient and I am sure there would be a paper trail anyway. I think it was careless of her to do it, if only for the reasons stated before... what if something was wrong?

we band babies in the LDR. Baby and mom get one with identical info. Sex, full name of mom, date/time of birth, MR#, delivering Dr. After baby leaves the LDR and goes to the nursery the very first thing is the admiting nurse checks all the numbers, letters and dates for complete correctness, then the baby is admitted to the nursery. After baby is ready to go to mom, baby get another band with babies info...sex, moms full name, baby MR# mom MR# and admitting numbers. That band is on the leg. Bands are check each and every time the baby is brought to mom or dropped off at the nursery and baby must ALWAYS have both bands on.

I dont think there is anything wrong with formula, but try to avoid promoting just one. Maybe coupons for several brands with educational material on breast feeding. I like the idea of a journal for pregnancy and baby, magazines and info on baby safety and products for nursery and what to expect while expecting.

We used to 'loan' car seats till they stopped coming back. Now with all the liability we aren't even allowed to help make sure the one they have is installed correctly. We have to direct them to the fire dept for that. No fancy dinners for our patients either.

We give all moms a diaper bag filled with goodies, coupons, formula, teaching materials and other odds and ends. We also give every mom a phone card for 30 minutes so they can spread the good news. There are tons of volunteers who are always bringing stuff to the floor like handmade blankets and things for the new moms too, but they arent official gifts. but they are cute.

Hi I am a mother/baby nurse who works nights now, but did work days until recently. I work at one of the most fertile, lol, hospitals there is in NC and we are usually very busy. A given day (12 hr shift) we can have as many as 14 babies delivered and on my unit, we have up to 7-9 nurses on the floor and 2 in the nursery days and usually 5-7 floor and 2 in nursery at night. We admit and assess all the well babies and do all the teaching about them to the moms. We do all of the recovery for vag del and c/s moms as well as care for antenatal moms who are there for a variety or reasons. There is a lot of teaching with mother/baby nursing. Lactation, safety, feeding, not mention diabetic and b/p issues and nutrition teaching to the antenatal. Its a busy floor, its a different kind of nursing as these are not 'sick' patients, but well patients. There is a lot of drama on occasion with 'whose the daddy.' but that goes with the territory.