At the small rural hospital where I used to work, we had a case where a section was done without anethesia. There was a mixup with the CRNA's on call. There was a stat section and baby was dieing. I think first hearttones were inthe 60's. They tol...
Jill10191130 replied to lapink55's topic in Ob/Gyn
You know your an OB nurse when... You can estimate the weight of a baby within ounces just by looking at it. You've seen more vaginas than Elvis. You wash your hands BEFORE you go to the bathroom. You break your pointer and middle finger and can no l...
Jill10191130 replied to NurseHeather's topic in Ob/Gyn
Defintely takes a good 2 years before feeling comfortable. Even then there may be things that you don't get to see as often and have to refresh yourself on. When I first started I wrote EVERYTHING in a small notebook that I kept in my pocket. It w...
Alicia Keys "I Am Superwoman" This is for all the mothers fighting for better days to come and for all the women sitting here trying to come home before the sun. All my sisters coming together saying Yes I can, Yes I Will Because I Am Superwoman Yes...
I've been doing OB nursing for almost 7 years now and at times I'm still moved to tears. One of my favorite memories was of a couple who had been married for 18 years. She was 42 and he was 46. They had been trying to have a baby since they had go...
I saw a doctor place bottles of sterile water out of a warmer and place directly against a patient to warm her post c-section. She also had some burns. She was the daughter of nurse there.
I recently started at a larger hospital where the nurses manage the epidurals as well. I had never had any type of experience with this as the CRNA's did this at the hospital where I had previously worked. At the new workplace, the nurses get the m...
Jill10191130 replied to ADreamersWife's topic in Ob/Gyn
I went from a very small community hospital, about 30 - 50, deliveries a month, to a hospital that does about 140 - 160 deliveries a month. It's a much smaller number than what you are talking about but I've seemed to finally after 3 months adjust t...
Jill10191130 replied to stephera's topic in Ob/Gyn
We use Stadol 1mg and Phenergan 25mg IV q 4 h. At the facility where I used to work, we gave Demerol 50 - 75 and Phenergan 25 IV q 3 - 4 hours or Stadol 1 - 2 mg q 2 - 3 hours. I much prefer the Stadol. It seems to help with patient's pain much ...
Working 12's has it's advantages. One is that you only have to work 3 days a week. So that means a sitter for only 3 days a week. You get 4 days every week with your child. Our unit does all kinds of shifts, 12's, 8's, 16's, 7 on, 7 off, etc, etc...
I had a patient's sister stay in the room for an epidural one time. She was standing against the wall on the opposite side of the CRNA. I was holding the pt up and she was behind me against the wall. She couldn't see anything. When we finished as...