verock

verock

Member

  • Content

    29

  • Visitors

    1,777

  • Followers

    0

  • Likes

    0

All Content by verock

  1. GBBS to treat or not to treat

    verock posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Just wondering...If a GBBS culture was done at 31-32 weeks and result was negative, and mom delivers at fullterm do your OB's usually treat w/ antibiotics? I was told that a culture this early can be...

  2. GBBS to treat or not to treat

    verock replied to verock's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Thanks for the

  3. newborn assesment

    verock posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    hi everyone! I need your opion. I admited a healthy male newborn to our MB unit, and everything was wnl...one thing I noticed was that the head of the member was slightly curve. the color, skin and...

  4. newborn assesment

    verock replied to verock's topic in Ob/Gyn

    thanks for your replies! I actually called the unit and spoke to the nurse taking of the baby. She assesed baby said it was normal, told peds and said it was normal..baby then got a

  5. New to level 3/OB unit

    verock posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Hi! I recently got hired to work at a level 3 hospital for mother/baby and L and D. I have 5yrs of experience in both depts. but worked in a level 2 hospital. I would help stabalize high risk...

  6. extubating for terminal patient

    verock posted a topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Hello, just wondering what are the standard practices when extubating a pt who is terminally ill. My family member is in multiple organ failure, and currently has been intubated for 2+ weeks. We...

  7. scrub nurse

    verock posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Hello, does anyone have any suggestions on reading material or tutorials on learning how to scrub for a c-section? In a few weeks I will learn how to scrub but I would like a head start.

  8. scrub nurse

    verock replied to verock's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Thanks for your

  9. Pay rate

    verock posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi! I need some suggestions on how I should approach this. I am an OB nurse for almost 3 yrs, came in the dept. as a new grad. I've never had any problems a work, I am a charge nurse and have also...

  10. Retained placenta

    verock posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    How long can a retained placenta stay in? Yesterday one of our pt's miscarried

  11. Positive for Barbiturates

    verock posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Hi everyone. My cousin had her baby yesterday morning- term and healthy. She ended up going to a nearby hospital instead of the hosp. where she was receiving pnc. Well this morning her nurse came...

  12. Rush University Medical Center

    verock replied to ClassOf2004's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Sorry it took me so long to respond my computer was down. Shift differential was about 2.50-3.50, I don't remember. I now work in a level 2 community hosp. (southside) in LD- and I love it! I am a LD...

  13. Rush University Medical Center

    verock replied to ClassOf2004's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Hi! I graduated from Rush about a year ago. New grads start at about $21.__, and there is shift and weekend differential. During that time there was no room for me in LD so I decided to go...

  14. Vaginal Birth After Cesarean questions

    verock replied to mdavidSN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Hi Mandy. I work at a small community hosp. and most of the docs are fine w/ VBACS. I've had about 4 or more VBAC patients and all were successful but I have seen 2 VBACS that were unsuccesful-1...

  15. OB procedures

    verock replied to mathew's topic in Ob/Gyn

    D and C aka dilatation and curettage, VBAC and cerclage insertion just to name a

  16. Does your staff do C/S's or does OR team??

    verock replied to babies_r_us's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I work in a small community hospital where we average about 60-75 deliveries a month. Our L&D nurses circulate and we usually have an OB tech who scrubs or a nurse that scrubs. We have a nursery...

  17. New Mama Baby RN

    verock replied to MeMaRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Hi I also work at a small community hosp and we are assigned to 4 or 5 couplets. We do both hearing screens and PKUS in the nursery, and baby's stay out w/ mom the whole time. We try to always have a...

  18. Torch Panel

    verock posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Hello. Today I had a patient dx-fetal demise @ 20 wks and I was just wondering what is a torch panel (ordered by doc)? I would like to know what labs it consist of and ranges. I looked trough the...

  19. Torch Panel

    verock replied to verock's topic in Ob/Gyn

    thanks so

  20. pregnant

    verock replied to mbelle's topic in Ob/Gyn

    hi! Call your doctor or make an appt. asap- try not to be scared of being judged. I've met other patients w/ similar situations and the last thing I or the rest of the medical staff would do is to...

  21. New hire. Any advise?

    verock replied to rpbear's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Congrats! I also got hired 6 months ago as a new grad in L&D, and it can be very overwhelming at times- so be prepared! I really love L&D because there is so much to learn plus you help...

  22. Ama-

    verock posted a topic in Psychiatric

    Hi everyone! I am a L&D RN that works in a small community hosp. which doesn't have a psych. floor. Well today I had a pt. who came from the ER during the night shift w/ a hx of schizophrenia...

  23. Meds during labor

    verock posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    What are some common medications & dosages ( for pain) that are given during labor besides an epidural? I am a new L & D nurse, and haven't administered that many since most of my patients...

  24. Pitocin after placenta delivery

    verock posted a topic in General Nursing

    How many units of pitocin are placed in a IV bag w/1000 LR? Is it 20units or 30units. When there is an IOL 30 units is used, is this correct?

  25. What is HESI??

    verock replied to kwagner_51's topic in General Nursing

    My school required that students pass w/ 85% on the Hesi, if the student didn't meet this percentage you had 2 more chances- if he/she did not pass on the 3rd time they had to stay an extra quarter or...