AmberL&D, The APU that I work on DOES NOT ALLOW CONT monitoring. Those patients stay in L&D until they are STABLE and then they come to the unit for further observation and hopefully discharge. Cervidal inductions are also done in L&D. T...
bbnurse what is your nurse to patient ratio for the stable antepartum pt.? What clinical experience must the nurse have before she works on your unit? Do you monitor these patients at any time?
Amber, I am in agreement that any and all pregnant patients in th e hospital are ticking times bombs. How large is your ob unit? Do you have all these patients on continous monitoring?
Recommended staffing guidelines according to ACOG/AAP states that you have 1 RN to 3"unstable" antepartum patients and 1RN to 6 "stable" antepartum patients. Please define "stable" and "unstable" for me. This is causing confusion. Thanks!