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  1. "OB" ACLS?? Anyone heard of this?

    rpbear replied to enfermeraSG's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I took ACLS that was taught by a former L&D RN and was mostly L&D RN's. First we did all the normal ACLS stuff, then we did some specific drills for OB, like chest compressions on a pregnant...

  2. What's your favorite type of patient?

    rpbear replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    A married couple having thier first baby, with a stable life, who want the baby, who knows that labor hurts, and that the baby they are about to have is the most special gift they will ever get. Love...

  3. Help Imediatly!

    rpbear replied to futgirl's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    IV-L hand NS 75 ml/hr This is an IV in the left hand with normal saline infusing at 75 ml/hr. Explain procedure? I think this means to assess the IV site and check the IV fluid for the proper fluid...

  4. Long but desperate for advice

    rpbear replied to nursekelly217's topic in General Nursing

    Her possible expossure needs to be discussed with her civilian MD. As for help with transfer, I would contact the red cross or the VA for help. It sounds as if she is not stable enough for transfer,...

  5. Short and thin..WHERE can I get scrubs that FIT?!!

    rpbear replied to CT Pixie's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I am about 5 ft 1 and about 110 lbs and I have found that dickies scrubs fit well. I have the "hip flip" kind and the tops are smaller and the pants fit well. I think they have petite size also. I did...

  6. Colorado Springs nurses?

    rpbear replied to Elizabeth Hanes's topic in Colorado Nursing

    I am also new to the springs and am looking for a job. Right now I am waiting for the BON to process my license then I can start interviewing, most places wouldn't interview until I had a license in...

  7. Decel Interventions

    rpbear replied to hoping to be an rn's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I think that you did everything fine. The best intervention I learned as a new nurse was if you are not comfortable with the situation, get some hlep. Get another RN in the room get the charge nurse,...

  8. Water labor &/or birth

    rpbear replied to kathiecnm's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We do water labor at my facility, they MUST be low risk, no pit, no mec, reactive NST with doppler monitoring. We do NOT do water birth. We have accidently done water birth though. I don't want to be...

  9. POLL: How many births/yr and do you have in-house anesthesia / OB providers?

    rpbear replied to mitchsmom's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We do 6000+ deliveries per year. Atleast 3 OB's in house, and 2 CNM's in house. A third OB in house if his group has a pt. and a parinatalogist on call but not in house unless needed. Dedicated...

  10. Anyone else learning the first touch program?

    rpbear posted a topic in General Nursing

    Our hospital is starting to use the first touch program. Our unit was the first to be trained and it has been so successful that the rest of the hospital is using it too. Anyone else using it and how...

  11. Triage

    rpbear replied to mitchsmom's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We have a 8 bed triage unit that is staffed by one RN most nights 2 if it is really busy, there are also triage techs that can do a lot, but it still hard having only 1 RN if it is really busy. You...

  12. PP mag patients-go to PP floor, or stay on L&D?

    rpbear replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

    They go to our maternal special care unit, staffed by l&d it is all high risk pp and

  13. What's your most interesting/scary case?

    rpbear replied to LizzyL&DRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We are all sitting around the nurses station one slow night and we hear screaming and pounding at our locked unit door. We all jump up to see a mom clawing at the door. We then open the door, she is...

  14. 60# weight gain throughout preg

    rpbear replied to blee1's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I don't think this is excessive wt gain. She is very small to begin with and twins is a lot to carry. I was 105 lbs when I got pregnant and was 155 at delivery, my midwife was not concerned because of...

  15. Those Baby Shows

    rpbear replied to LiveZen's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I do watch bringing home baby as I am falling asleep in the AM (night shifter) I think is is funny also. I love how they have every family member and friend over the day they come home form the...

  16. clinical question

    rpbear replied to blee1's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Any drop in maternal bp can cause problems with baby. The body tries to keep itself alive first, if mom isn't alive then baby wont be either. You answered you own question. If mom doesn't have enough...

  17. Where are the daytime L&D jobs?

    rpbear replied to introspectiveRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I am moving to Colorado Springs soon. (military wife also) There are several L&D jobs at one hospital, 2 of them are day shift. Good Schools, great community, cost of living is slightly high...

  18. Do you have Male Nurses in your OB Unit

    rpbear replied to Annointed_RNStudent's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We have 3 male OB nurses on my floor. And MANY male OB docs. The only people that the male OB nurses are not assigned to are those that specifically request no males at all. I don't think any of them...

  19. The patient's family members

    rpbear replied to Foxfour's topic in General Nursing

    Good Thread. Beacuase I work L&D I have some different family issues. I love family to be around it adds a whole other demention to birth, however we too deal with difficult family. Family that...

  20. Raeding the strips

    rpbear replied to mkracquel's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I work with Gayle Huelsmann, She is awesome!!! She does so much education on our unit, she precepts new grads, teaches classes, and still has time to be one of our flight nurses adn write a book! I...

  21. do you allow fetal demise infants to stay with mother in her postpartum room?

    rpbear replied to unikuelady's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I am not sure that you can totally relate a stillbirth with that of another death. With a stillbirth one of the few memories that the family will have of that baby is the moment of birth and the few...

  22. Patient Sitter

    rpbear replied to hopefornursing's topic in General Students

    I wouldn't count on getting any studying done while on the job. It is not only impossible if you have a pt that is confussed, but I think it is very unprofessionsal to show up to work with a bookbag...

  23. do you allow fetal demise infants to stay with mother in her postpartum room?

    rpbear replied to unikuelady's topic in Ob/Gyn

    On our unit families are allowed to keep the infant for as long as needed, usually a few hours then the baby is either taken to the morge, the funeral home comes to pick up the baby or the baby is...

  24. OK I need help -- what is a .9 position??

    rpbear replied to chiapet's topic in General Nursing

    A .9 employee works 3 12 hr shifts at my job. That is 36 hrs per week and 72 per pay period. There are also .6 who work 2 12 hr shifts per week and .3 who work 1 12 hr shift per

  25. L&D RN moving to Colorado Springs

    rpbear posted a topic in Colorado Nursing

    Hi, I just found out this week that we will be moving to Colorado Springs at the begining of next year. I currently work high risk L&D and want to stay in that field. I am looking for any advise...