BETSRN

BETSRN

Member

  • Content

    1,378

  • Visitors

    9,729

  • Followers

    0

  • Likes

    1

All Content by BETSRN

  1. Need advice: non-hospital birth?

    BETSRN replied to mm1021's topic in Ob/Gyn

    L&D, I am curious why (if you believed so much in knowing what's wrong) you did not stay home to give birth? Lots of woman labor at home and arrive near the birth time.Judging from some of the...

  2. transfusions/preg/refuse?

    BETSRN replied to cwazycwissyRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Anyone has the right to refuse anything. You donl;t need a P&P for that. Just use a refusal

  3. + Uds

    BETSRN replied to RN,@yourCervix's topic in Ob/Gyn

    A meconium drug screen is far more accurate than a uds anyway. We always send the mec as a first line. The drugs will be in the med even if she hasn't taken drugs in long enough for it to be out of...

  4. Grading Meconium

    BETSRN replied to Tiki_Torch's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We just do thin, thick, pea soup, particulate. Most of our babies do well regardless of the consistance of the mec. I ahve never heard of the other

  5. Need advice: non-hospital birth?

    BETSRN replied to mm1021's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I am an L&D RN and I would not deliver at home. I am all in favor of low intervention birth but I also know that at the right facility, you can have that and still have the necessary back-up right...

  6. Possible to transition to L&D from PP?

    BETSRN replied to mandykatrn's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Get your NRP certification out of the way and go for it! If you already have some M/B experience, that's a great start. then you can learn L&D. Then, if you like both, go find a unit that does...

  7. Want to know positive and negative feedbacks about working in Maternity Unit

    BETSRN replied to inna's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Where else can you be part of a miracle and part of the beginning of a true family unit? Everyone has already said most everything I would have said. When working in L&D you are responsible for...

  8. How do you encourage rooming in???

    BETSRN replied to at your cervix's topic in Ob/Gyn

    RNTG, I have seen more than one baby completely screwed up by that line of thinking. You were lucky, that's all, not to mention the fact that you ahd a confidence that most new moms do NOT have. Sorry...

  9. How do you encourage rooming in???

    BETSRN replied to at your cervix's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Get a social service consult or a Parent Aide in on your teen. That's what we would

  10. Need Help to Figure this Thing Out

    BETSRN replied to RN2B1003's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I don't think I understand your question. The only people who work on our LDRP unit besides us RN's are our techs. They scrub for sections, do vitals, draw blood, do runs off the floor, move patinets...

  11. accepting a job on mother/baby?

    BETSRN replied to RNmomma's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'd look elsewhere. It sounds like the manager has a problme herself if she has no idea why you would want to talk to the staff. Sounds like a place NOT to work. When we hire a new nurse with no...

  12. Dealing with doctors.....

    BETSRN replied to fourbirds4me's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Docs are paid big bucks to have the responsibility. Remember that the next time one of them gives you grief. Remind them that they have the responsibility. You, of course, have yours, too, but...

  13. Birthing positions

    BETSRN posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    I am just curious as to what birthing positions you all are encouraging. Do any of you still routinely use stirrups or have you gotten your practitioners away from that barbaric practice? We use the...

  14. Can nurses report MD;s and to who

    BETSRN replied to angelbear's topic in General Nursing

    He should be reported to your risk manager and the ECMS (some version of the Executive Committee of the Medical Staff). Of course you can report a physician!!!! You may have better luck getting one of...

  15. Probably posted on wrong board

    BETSRN replied to Ortho_RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Bladder infections and dehydration are the two most COMMON causes of preterm labor. 1 cm and 20-30% is like nothing at all. I wouldn't be worried about that. Tell her to drink lots of water every day,...

  16. Dealing with doctors.....

    BETSRN replied to fourbirds4me's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I LOVE the "code pink" idea. If more nurses stuck together and did not let MD's become obnoxious, we'd all be better off. Nurses have to remember that MD's are just people like the rest of us and NO...

  17. Birthing positions

    BETSRN replied to BETSRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Women do NOT have to be flat after an epidural: in fact they should RARELY be flat ever. Women with epidurals can sit right up, squat, go on hands and knees: lots of things. The squat bar is a bar...

  18. Birthing positions

    BETSRN replied to BETSRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Those of you out there still usuing stirrups and lithotomy positioning, come into the present. It's so much better WITHOUT all that stuff! I

  19. Waterbirths

    BETSRN replied to *Ferty~OB~RN*'s topic in Ob/Gyn

    Who the heck do these docs think they are to frown on someone's birthing choices? I love the comment about a "more controlled birth". Sounds like a doc, doesn't it?

  20. Waterbirths

    BETSRN replied to *Ferty~OB~RN*'s topic in Ob/Gyn

    To the docs who want to do the "sterile lithotomy thing"....go home and take your scissors with you. Do you guys have some docs or CNM's who will help encourage a change in practice? I know midwifery...

  21. Any male nurses on your OB unit???

    BETSRN replied to *Ferty~OB~RN*'s topic in Ob/Gyn

    I am sad to see that a charge nurse would purposely hand you Muslim patients to embarass you. Sounds as if someone needs to do something about that charge

  22. Dealing with doctors.....

    BETSRN replied to fourbirds4me's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Speaking of not breaking the bed. We rarely break the bed for any doc or CNM. It's much safrer that way, for the most part. There are always sitautions that warrant breaking the bed, but it does not...

  23. NRP classes

    BETSRN replied to ohfeelyafundi's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Why would you offer NRP to the general public? It is not appropriate for lay people. Infant CPR maybe but not

  24. Lotus births.

    BETSRN replied to dawngloves's topic in Ob/Gyn

    This is a ridiculous thread! We do have many Hispanics that want to keep the cord clamp and will keep the cord stump when it falls off, but that's about it. Never ever had a "Granola Nut" (sorry if I...

  25. Dealing with doctors.....

    BETSRN replied to fourbirds4me's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Why does he get mad? Because docs want you in BACK of them until the you-know-what hits the fan and then they want you in FRONT of them protecting them. I would just mention to him next time that you...