mitchsmom

mitchsmom

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  1. wannabe lactation consultant

    mitchsmom replied to maggijo's topic in Ob/Gyn

    You are correct that it's not something that can be done quickly - it took me about 5 years to get the hours and the other requirements to sit the exam. That generally seems to be a minimum for the...

  2. The cheerleading is NOT helpful

    mitchsmom replied to waterfall99's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I feel your pain... I try to gauge my approach depending on the patient and the situation and I don't really get into aggressive coaching unless I think the mom wants or needs it but I hear some...

  3. wannabe lactation consultant

    mitchsmom replied to maggijo's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I am employed as an RN in an LDRP unit but I'm an IBCLC also (labor delivery recovery postpartum - my hospital is smallish and doesn't yet have an IBCLC position). I'll try to answer your questions:...

  4. Elective Primary C/S

    mitchsmom replied to Gem97's topic in Ob/Gyn

    i don't know if anyone already brought this recent study up, but here's a synopsis: infant deaths after c-sections rise even in low-risk pregnancies ..."researchers at the u.s. centers for disease...

  5. Lactation Consultants - need your advice

    mitchsmom replied to gwenith's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Ummm.. I am tempted to just leave it at that!!! But, I am a lactation consultant so I'll just chime in by saying that first of all I had never even heard of this! I looked it up in my general...

  6. Caught my first yesterday!

    mitchsmom replied to mitchsmom's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Can I have a crystal ball, too? My ESP is broken, so it might

  7. Decel Interventions

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

    I guess we don't do amnioinfusion... I've been at work since July (+ the month of April)... I haven't seen it done at

  8. Pre-printed forms?

    mitchsmom replied to JenTheRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We have computer charting but some things are still paper. I think many of our forms we have custom printed, but I don't know who does

  9. Lactation consultants - has anyone taken BreastEd/Health E-learning courses?

    mitchsmom replied to klone's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Yes, I took a bunch of them before sitting the July 2005 exam but can't even remember which ones specifically without looking back. Rather than picking the broadest subjects, I chose the ones that I...

  10. Caught my first yesterday!

    mitchsmom replied to mitchsmom's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I definitely hear ya there!! This mom did bleed kind of heavily just for a moment (didn't turn into anything) and I was like, OMG, I know we're not going down this

  11. Caught my first yesterday!

    mitchsmom replied to mitchsmom's topic in Ob/Gyn

    thanks :) steph... just to clarify- i am not at all interested in catching without a provider at this point!!! that said, precips do occasionally happen where i work and nothing is going to stop...

  12. How do you explain decel situation to pts?

    mitchsmom posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Just curious... what do you say to your patients so they don't panic when they have something ugly happening on their strip and you have to give

  13. circulated my first delivery off orientation

    mitchsmom replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Congrats! I remember being nervous about when to call the provider right when I got off orientation (I have only been off for a month or two as it is!)... not too early, not too late... it does get...

  14. have you delivered a baby on the ob unit you work on?

    mitchsmom replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

    2 of my 3 were born at the hospital across town, BUT my OB MD and two nurses that I had for the births there work at our hospital now. :) I have a picture of one of the nurses from 7 years ago... when...

  15. Is this normal for most L&D/OB units?

    mitchsmom replied to Jo Dirt's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We do everything in the room if a baby is normal/healthy. The only exception is that sometimes the baby is taken into the nursery (where it's quiet) for the hearing test. That is usually the day after...

  16. Elective Primary C/S

    mitchsmom replied to Gem97's topic in Ob/Gyn

    OMG... I did not catch this line before! There is NO way you could take care of your new baby after this... great priorities if you ask

  17. Elective Primary C/S

    mitchsmom replied to Gem97's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Good

  18. Elective Primary C/S

    mitchsmom replied to Gem97's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Yes, they are. Why has it become acceptable? That's the question... my quess would be that it demonstrates the power of the MD's &/or fear of litigation. We'll see if the power of insurance...

  19. Does your facility do VBAC's?

    mitchsmom replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

    ...and it also doesn't help when some docs are quick to cut primips ...we have one that is so bad (and no pts question him; of course none of our docs walk in the room like there is ever an option...

  20. Does your facility do VBAC's?

    mitchsmom replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

    No VBACs - I think we quit doing them about a year ago. I'm in FL and I was thinking it was pretty hard to find a VBAC facility here but I don't know how true that is (we don't have in-house...

  21. Emergency C/S with local anesthetic only

    mitchsmom replied to kathiecnm's topic in Ob/Gyn

    No in-house anesthesia after hours and on weekends or we would be happy to do quick general. We do use general for emergent c/s when anesthesia is present, or if regional doesn't

  22. cover gowns

    mitchsmom replied to tammki5g's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We do that too; aside from that we can wear hospital scrubs (that most of us take home) or our own scrubs. 99% of our c/s are on our unit now so we don't leave the unit much (although we've started...

  23. Pt/Nurse staffing ratios

    mitchsmom replied to Melgajo's topic in Ob/Gyn

    There is a chart in one of the AWHONN books, I'm 95% sure it is this one: AWHONN's Perinatal Nursing: Co-Published with AWHONN: Books: Kathleen Rice Simpson,Patricia A Creehan I have a photocopy of...

  24. OB RN for 1 month and LOVING IT! :o)

    mitchsmom replied to jenrninmi's topic in Ob/Gyn

    chiapet... if I were you I'd at least wait out your preceptorship, you may learn more in the next 6 weeks than you think! Although of course, you will still have a lot to learn. Various ramblings:...

  25. what did you do in your former life?

    mitchsmom replied to 3rdgenRN2B's topic in General Nursing

    I've been a middle school, and high school teacher, also worked at a children's mentoring agency as a case manager, & a few other part-time jobs. Then I was a stay at home mom for several years...