MotherToPeanut

MotherToPeanut has 4 years experience and specializes in LDRP; antepartum.

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1. What time do you do vitals at night on mother baby

   MotherToPeanut replied to BSNbeauty's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Our facility requirements are once per shift for the mothers. Baby vitals depend on which pediatrician is on - one is fine with once per shift and the other wants Q4h. Personally, I do vitals Q4h on...

2. Magnesium sulfate question

   MotherToPeanut replied to Kdavisobrn's topic in Ob/Gyn

   According to our policy, patients on mag sulfate are to be on bed rest. Physician may order bathroom privileges. Diet can range from NPO to sips of clear liquids depending on the patient's...

3. Weekend Call time

   MotherToPeanut replied to obrngbpackers's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I worked in an OB department that had it written into their contract that if a nurse called off for a weekend shift, he or she would have to make up that shift within the next 2 weeks at the manager's...

4. New nurse, cervical checks, HELP

   MotherToPeanut replied to AmberK9386's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Baby can be sitting low in the pelvis but the cervix can still be "high." If you're not absolutely positive, it may not be a bad idea to check if the cervix is posterior. I know OB nurses with 10...

5. Just Got an Offer in L/D...Advice Please!

   MotherToPeanut replied to sarahRN828's topic in Ob/Gyn

   "Also, I used to work in an ICU on nights and the experience nearly destroyed me. I never really got used to nights and the ICU setting was so incredibly sad that it really wore on my soul." This is...

6. Up the Pit or stop it?

   MotherToPeanut replied to APL&D's topic in Ob/Gyn

   The previous hospital I worked at had a pit protocol that all nurses and providers had to follow. In the event of an ineffective pattern of uterine activity that the provider felt would resolve with...

7. Do you have an OB in the hospital 24/7?

   MotherToPeanut replied to adpiRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I work in one of these hospitals. Our entire facility, not just the OB department, has 25 beds. We do about 180 deliveries per year. (No, that was not a typo.) We have three OB physicians to cover...

8. Tell me about your L&D unit

   MotherToPeanut replied to adpiRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I work in a rural acute care hospital. We have one triage bed, three LDR rooms, and four postpartum/GYN surgery rooms. We also take other clean surgical patients or infusion patients when needed....

9. Salary?

   MotherToPeanut replied to __patiently_waiting's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I work in northern Michigan. Our OB unit has six LDRP rooms, one triage room, two observation rooms, two rooms for gyn-surgicals (although we no longer handle gyn-surgical patients on our unit), one...

10. Do you scrub and/or circulate c-sections?

    MotherToPeanut replied to cosmicmama's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I work in a Level I community hospital. We have around 350 deliveries annually. Our OB unit has its own dedicated OR. Fully oriented nurses are required to act as baby nurse, circulate, and scrub....

11. "prereqs" or "coreqs"?

    MotherToPeanut replied to BelleNscrubs04's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Have patience, Stefany. When you're busy with classes, the time seems to go a little

12. "prereqs" or "coreqs"?

    MotherToPeanut replied to BelleNscrubs04's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I attend a very small community college that can only accommodate 30 nursing students per year. As of this year, our curriculum now has 10 prerequisite classes that MUST be completed prior to...

13. Need suggestions about schedule/direction

    MotherToPeanut replied to OBplease's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I agree. My little one and I were involved in a bad fall when she was 8 weeks old. She suffered a brain injury and spent a week in the PICU. That was why I chose nursing, so that I could help...

14. Need suggestions about schedule/direction

    MotherToPeanut replied to OBplease's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I live in a rural area myself. Winter here reminds me of The Shining. =) I'll be working on some of my general education classes for my BSN while I'm waiting to get into the ADN program. I'm lucky...

15. Spring 2011 Physio AND Micro

    MotherToPeanut replied to DarkBluePhoenix's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    That's pretty similar to how I did it. I took Chemistry and A&P I during the fall then took Micro and A&P II in the spring. It was a pretty similar workload so if you're managing it now I...