Zhlake

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  1. Somalian patients

    Zhlake posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    I am wondering if any of you have experience with Somalian culture and childbirth. I work LD/postpartum/nursery and our small town has had a huge influx of Somalian workers. This transition has been...

  2. Somalian patients

    Zhlake replied to Zhlake's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I wondered the exact same thing about PPD. It is just very aggrivating for many of the nurses. We are so used to the women getting more and more independent before they leave. And then this...

  3. Somalian patients

    Zhlake replied to Zhlake's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Oh they are very modest even with us also. And it is nearly impossible to do a fundal check. They grab our hands and say no. And I don't mean the aggressive massaging to get blood to flow, I mean...

  4. Somalian patients

    Zhlake replied to Zhlake's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Our experience has been different than yours so far! They have kept their hijabs on but have taking off the rest of their stuff. All of them so far, (we have had quite a few) have had the female...

  5. Bradycardia in newborn and link with maternal Lupus

    Zhlake posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    I was talking with a nurse on the OB floor the other day and she was telling me a story about a baby who had been in special care for bradycardia. She just kind of mentioned that when some babies are...

  6. Reviewing stillbirth strips

    Zhlake posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Yesterday I had an annual OB skills day and one of the things we do is review strips of interesting cases throughout the year. Every year there are a couple of stillbirths that are reviewed. Does...

  7. When did you take off for maternity leave

    Zhlake replied to MSMCnurse2004's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I clocked out 20 min before I was a patient (clocked out for an appt and had to go straigt back due to bad NST) and 7 hours before I delivered. I was 6 cm dilated when I was first checked. Couldn't...

  8. Breastfeeding after c-section

    Zhlake replied to camay1221_RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I am a lactation consultant at my hospital. We did a process improvement on getting babies to the breast. After some education, our average time for vag deliveries was 28 min from birth until first...

  9. Family Sues After Woman Dies From Mistake At Military Hospital

    Zhlake posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    http://www.thehawaiichannel.com/news/4469470/detail.html

  10. What do patients say that irks you?

    Zhlake replied to NurseforPreggers's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Sorry to nitpick...but you can drink coke while breastfeeding. Some babies are very sensitive to caffeine, but I always advise moms to drink caffeine in moderation if desired, just like during...

  11. How many deliveries a day?

    Zhlake replied to Marissa22's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Yeah we don't have nurses who only do labor. We all do labor, special care nursery, well nursery, postpartum and gyn surgical. And if we float to all other areas of the hospital if needed. Now that...

  12. How many deliveries a day?

    Zhlake replied to Marissa22's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Well that is what happens when you work in small hospital!! There are many many hospitals that deliver far less than

  13. Pushing with a foley in place

    Zhlake replied to midwife2b's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We never do foleys

  14. How many deliveries a day?

    Zhlake replied to Marissa22's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We have something like 500 deliveries a year, so some times we go several days without any new babies and then of course we have other days when we have 4-5. Either feast or famine. You know how...

  15. Doulas?

    Zhlake replied to asher315's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I am a labor nurse and I doula with my second labor. She was worth her weight in gold!!! I loved the support I got from her and would highly recommend a doula to anyone. We worked together...

  16. breastfeeding and breast reductions

    Zhlake replied to new_mom26's topic in Ob/Gyn

    ITA with Bets. I have seen some with reductions breastfeed with very little difficulty at all, and then others that have had to supplement quite a bit. Hook up with a good LC so that you can have...

  17. What choices did you make for L&D?

    Zhlake replied to ER1010's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I had a birth preference sheet with #2 after I had worked in labor for 3 years (yes, it was a preference sheet--you can't "plan" labor!!) Some of what was on it.... *after initial NST, doppler every...

  18. Checking perineum during assessments?

    Zhlake replied to sparkiern's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We do this too. The first three times that someone voids after a vag deliery a nurse helps her to the bathroom and we measure the void. After those 3 times then they are free to go by

  19. Do you parents bring car seats in the hospital?

    Zhlake posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Another message board I am on had this post..... "when I did my maternity rotation in Nursing school one of my classmates took a new mother down to the car when she was discharged....the hosp policy...

  20. Routine newborn blood glucose testing?

    Zhlake replied to bbnurse's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We don't do routinely do BS either. Only for babies at risk. We did do them routinely but stopped a few years

  21. Do you parents bring car seats in the hospital?

    Zhlake replied to Zhlake's topic in Ob/Gyn

    You let people leave who do not have car seats?? Occasionally we will have people who do not have car seats--we just tell them they can't leave until they have one. Our health dept rents them, so...

  22. Lactation/ Breastfeeding educator/consultant?

    Zhlake replied to Bruucebuff's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I still have to disagree with you on this point. I am refering to: http://www.iblce.org/pathways.htm "Pathway B At least two (2) full years of post-secondary academic credit; or an Associate degree...

  23. Lactation/ Breastfeeding educator/consultant?

    Zhlake replied to Bruucebuff's topic in Ob/Gyn

    You do not have to be an RN or have a 4 year degree to become an IBCLC. Unless something drastic has happened in the last year or

  24. How much control do mom's really have during birth?

    Zhlake replied to WhatToDo's topic in Ob/Gyn

    20 years of research has demonstrated that tearing naturally reduces perineal trauma, pain, discomfort, sexual dysfuntion and urinary/stool incontince postpartum. I "absolutely" refused an...

  25. Stirrups? WHY???

    Zhlake replied to RNLaborNurse4U's topic in Ob/Gyn

    ITA. I think the better question is "Laying on her back???