FERTMYRTOBRN

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1. Nurses caps!

   FERTMYRTOBRN posted a topic in General Nursing

   does anyone else out there have the desire to wear the old fashion nurses caps and would you dare do it??? i have always wanted to wear one...first because i earned one....2nd, because i think they look great and distinguish us from the rest of the ...

2. Were u required to have experience before doing OBGYN nursing?

   FERTMYRTOBRN replied to Anagray's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I was hired into the OB unit from working the past six years in Long tern care!!! I just got lucky and our hospital had just changed it's policy from having to work on M/S for 2 years before you could cross train!! ALso it really helped that I had ...

3. Cytotec for PPH

   FERTMYRTOBRN posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   just wondering if other facilities are using cytotec for pph. we have one of the new docs in our facility that routinely orders 400-600mcg's of cytotec after all of his sections, and will order it for his nsvd's that are bleeding a little bit more t...

4. Pitocin before placenta?

   FERTMYRTOBRN replied to ceecel.dee's topic in Ob/Gyn

   WE give it IM or IVP depending on the pt. IV pt's on a pit drip for labor get it cranked up to 300cc/hr just after delivery then we wean it. Our older docs give the pit after placenta, but the new ones just out of residency give it AFTER THE HEAD AN...

5. L&D On Call

   FERTMYRTOBRN replied to CIVICgalz's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Ours is a rural facility that averages 150- 200 births a year....we're working on increasing that number with our waterbirth program! We only have a 12 hour on call person on either Sat or Sun. THe rest of the week, we have to call around to find ad...

6. Just Found This Site...newbie Here..intro

   FERTMYRTOBRN posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   THOUGHT I WOULD INTRODUCE MYSELF. I JUST FOUND THIS FORUM LAST NIGHT AT WORK AS I WAS LOOKING UP SOME INFO ON INFANT IV STARTS. MY NAME IS PAULETTE AND I'M AN OB NURSE. I WORK IN A SMALL RURAL HOSPITAL WHERE WE DO IT ALL....ANTEPARTUM/LABOR/DELIVER...