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Hey, CPT Ison here, PROFIS to the 115th and deployed in the first round to Kuwait. Hope you all are being good over there. Did you go with us? I'm trying to place who you might be.

I am a 46 year old OB nurse who joined the Army 2.5 years ago after 9/11. It has been an interesting experience to say the least. It isn't a career for me but I am extending an extra year. I was deployed at the beginning of the war and worked asa ...

I joined the Army a bit late in life, age 44, and with an employment history of 15 years in obstetrics. I was deployed at the beginning of the war and although it was not easy and I certainly was out of my element, it was an experience that I would ...

I am looking for information regarding stimulating newborns to cry after birth. Some nurses I work with continue to flick the feet or vigorously rub the back of a screaming baby for up to 10 mintues after birth, even though the baby is fine (spontan...

I had one youngster at home and during my 7 year part time schooling for my BSN, was pregnant and nursing twice more! The key word here is "exhaustion". I was one tired person but made it through. I have been a nurse for 16 years, primarily in OB,...

We jokingly call it cytoblast. When it works, it works with gusto. Scary stuff but the docs seem to love it.

I have been trying to find out if there is a maximum number of hours that a facility can schedule/work an RN in a given time period. I know there is a 24 hour limit but what about over a longer period of time. We are currently working about 4-12 ho...

SmlingBlueEyes...wonderful teaching! One suggestion I would add is to hire a doula. I believe hiring a professional labor support person helps not just for TOLACs but for just about everyone. I'm not a doula but a L&D nurse. I have been impre...

I am an Army Officer so I can give you a little info. I came into the Army with 16 years of nursing experience, primarily as an OB nurse. I was given an identifier, which means a specialty area, of OB/GYN nursing. I work in a small Army hospital, ...

GO Airforce! :rotfl: I have deployed with the Army. Yikes!

You must be BSN prepared for the Army.

Minimum is 3 years but they offer a bonus, it was 5K but may be more, for an additional year. Prepare to be deployed for a year to Iraq or Afghanistan. The Army deploys for a year or more however the Air Force deploys for 3 months of so. Something...

Who responds from within the hospital if you call for help? What is their experience in L&D? In the little hospital in LA that I worked at, I was the lone L&D nurse at night. However, the postpartum nurse would come if I needed her and alt...

Wow, lots of questions here. I may not be able to address all but I'll give a shot at a few. Yes, each states BON sets the scope of practice for RNS. Our professional organization, AWHONN establishes standards of practice recommendations. Becomin...

Hindsight nursing here, but contractions every minute/lasting a minute even without cervical change is not something you send home. It is something that causes one to say, "is this an early abruption"? I think I would have opted for a little stadol...

Being the lone ranger in L&D is never a good idea. What kind of back up system for help is in the hospital? I worked alone in L&D but had postpartum/newborn nurses at close proxmity. Also, the night nursing supervisors came if needed. How...

It is interesting that no one has replied....I guess I will take the plunge here. I am a military nurse but that really has little to do with how I will vote. I am conservative so I will most likely vote for GWB although I have to admit, I'm not ec...

I have seen it once in 16 years and the mother did great. I was there as baby catcher and just couldn't tear my eyes away from the mothers face, wanting to see her reaction. Her post operative recovery was fantastic. Sounds scary but a calm, confi...

I have been in the Army for a little over a year and I have to say the docs have been marvelous compared to my 14 years as a civilian nurse. I have worked with one of the best OB docs of my career but unfortunately he got out. As a civilian nurse I...

....and to add to mitchsmom, the tremendous feeling of empowerment from birth a mother gets when she gets the birth she chooses. I struggle, daily, with the interventions we load onto pregnant women and their babies in my hospital setting. It makes...

Count me among those who have stopped counting how many babies I have caught. It just happens. All L&D nurses should be skilled at baby catching because it WILL happen. At my very first job, I had a wonderful group of OB docs who would teach ...

Cytotec earned the nickname Cytoblast at one hospital I worked at. If it worked, it tended to work a little too well. I have seen a fair amount of hyperstimulation with it and also tend to carry terb in my pocket. I have used it intravaginally and...

2:1 patient nurse ratio in first stage of labor, 1:1 second stage is ideal. Sometimes, situations like yours will occur but that is the "full moon" days. I cannot imagine having only 6 weeks of orientation to labor and being cut loose! NRP is the ...

A little twist from my end....In all the places I have worked, the mandatory call system had the most negative effect on staff morale. One of the primary problems was call-ins because people knew there was a backup. I convinced the head nurse to tr...

A "method" works as well as the woman believes it will work. I don't think there is any one magical method for labor and birth. Individuals experience and cope with pain so differently. I always felt bad for the diligently prepared mom who is ov...