elanddeenrs replied to ragingmomster's topic in Ob/Gyn
we have one. it's called adult icu, even though we're a women's hospital. our pp mag pts go there, anyone who's received blood, like after a pp hemorrhage or HELLP, one pt i know of had to be there to receive IgG. pts also go there sometimes if they'...
maybe just a coincidence, employee health is doing some investigating, but myself and another person at work have come up with shingles a couple of weeks after receiving h1n1 vaccine (IM). anyone else heard of this? like i said, maybe just purely coi...
this is so interesting to me... at my facility we're not allowed to push Fentanyl IV because it is considered conscious sedation, and they have to be monitored via EKG, which we don't have the capability of in our L&D. We usually use Stadol of Nu...
elanddeenrs replied to ibambamama's topic in Ob/Gyn
you can check clonus in the fingers/ hands. have the pt face their hand toward you like they're going to give you a high five, but have them relax their fingers. then, thump the end of the ring finger. if clonus is positive, their fingers will "beat"...
Has anyone ever been at a birth where the parents thought their baby was gonna be one sex, but ended up being the other? I'm not talkin' about those parents who chose to be surprised, but those who saw the girl or boy parts on the u/s... And, what we...
elanddeenrs replied to Sarah LnDHopes's topic in Ob/Gyn
this will be a great opportunity for you. the techs on our unit set up delivery tables, so they are very familiar with the instruments used. definitely a leg up.
I was watching "The Doctors" a few days ago, and they sent out one of their producers to prove how easy it was to get a medical marijuana license... ridiculous... all she had to do was tell the doc she had problems sleeping at night!!
I'm just starting out and went straight to L&D. It annoys me beyond belief when I hear people say you need to start out in Med Surg first to "get experience":yawn:. You'll be getting basic nursing experience no matter where you start out. Don't t...
we also use ephedrine for these cases. but, i do have to say-- sometimes you could bolus your little heart out and some BPs are just going to end up in the toilet.
I am green at this and have mostly pts with epidurals, so this is really not an issue with them, but what about the ladies going all natural? can you labor them down?
My nurse manager has said something similar to the previous poster: she likes hiring new grads so she can "mold" them, as opposed to nurses with experience in other areas who've already found their own ways of doing things-- it's harder to change old...
Well, the fact that you have previous experience as a nurse at all gives you a leg up. I interviewed for a postpartum position (the NM was also over hires for the nursery), and was welcomed with open arms as a new grad. Is there any type of orientati...
elanddeenrs replied to Tolle_lege's topic in Ob/Gyn
a really cool (and probably pretty spendy) show of appreciation we received was when a pt hired a masseuse to come and do 5 min chair massages for a 2 hour block. i was pregnant at the time, so she gave me an extra 5 min!