MercyAngels

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1. New grad in OB/L&D? Opinions please.

   MercyAngels replied to Rileycat's topic in Ob/Gyn

   My personal experience was going straight from a BSN program to working in L&D; there have been some cases where more med/surg experienc would have been helpful, but on the whole I'm glad I just jumped right into OB!! If the unit offers a 3-mon...

2. Deposition

   MercyAngels replied to SL@Metro's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I personally have never been involved in a deposition, but I work with a nurse who has, and she felt her best resource was the risk manager at the hospital(she's also a nurse). Hope that helps; good luck!!!

3. information on L&D Nursing!

   MercyAngels replied to purplevik's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Personally, I went the BSN route. It was tough, but I'm glad I did! It helps to have a broad base of nursing knowledge; you don't have to remember EVERYthing, but it's nice to know it's lurking in your subconscious! In AR, there's not really a pa...

4. Job Description for L&D nursing

   MercyAngels replied to purplevik's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Good question, and good replies!! I find it interesting that your research paper is based on defining a job description. IMHO, here's another one (tongue in cheek, of course LOL): A LDRP nurse should be of above average intelligence, multilingu...

5. Misoprostol

   MercyAngels replied to Nino's topic in Ob/Gyn

   It was quite interesting to read all the posts re: Cytotec!!! Where I work the general consensus among the docs is that they love it; they don't have to "deal" with a laboring client as long. Among the nurses, however, different story!!! We've had f...

6. ACLS CERTIFICATION in OB

   MercyAngels replied to Caseyrnbsn's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Where I work ACLS (:eek is not required for LDRP nurses; we are CPR and NALS certified. I know that in states such as Texas, you are required to be ACLS certified. It's never been mentioned at the hospital where I work; hope it doesn't come!! Hav...

7. intact perineum

   MercyAngels replied to Lindaj's topic in Ob/Gyn

   There are things that can be done to help decrease/prevent trauma. One of our CNM's encourages her clients to do perineal massage beginning in about their 32nd wk (either themselves or their SO); it really makes a difference, both physically and men...

8. Pitocin

   MercyAngels replied to binky's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I agree, pit does make labor harder (speaking from both professional and personal experience )! A lot of the doc's I work with are starting to use Cytotec as the primary induction agent...which is a lot worse than pit!! At least with pit, you can t...

9. mother baby nursing- how do you do it?

   MercyAngels replied to jama's topic in Ob/Gyn

   We have 19 LDRP rooms and 3 observation rooms. Although all RN's are supposed to be crosstrained to do everything, there are some who aren't, which makes it more difficult for others!! We have between 1500-2000 deliveries a year, so when our unit is ...

10. nursery or rooming in

    MercyAngels replied to jama's topic in Ob/Gyn

    The hospital where I work has rooming-in, but it's not continuous. Most of the pediatricans want the babies in the nursery by 0530 or 0600, and if they're not, Heaven help you!! There are a couple of pedi's who will go out to mom's room, but for the ...

11. deliveries who attends

    MercyAngels replied to jama's topic in Ob/Gyn

    "Policy" is that two nurses are to attend every delivery, but in the real world sometimes it's just one nurse! If mom is preterm, or there's meconium, etc, then sometimes a nursery nurse will attend (sometimes even the pediatrician). We're seriously ...

12. A joke

    MercyAngels replied to OB4ME's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Quite hilarious!! I've worked L&D for a LONG time now, and having a primip deliver that quickly is RARE!!! I know exactly what you mean about the ER sending up anyone who's pregnant; what's really entertaining are those phone calls "We're sendin...

13. sterile vaginal exams

    MercyAngels replied to Pamela67's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Where I work, we use sterile gloves. If they're ruptured, and especially if the mom is GBs+, we limit the number of exams. (But we do have one physician who does exams with clean gloves.)

14. L/D Nurses Please Vent Here

    MercyAngels replied to Caseyrnbsn's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Most doc's (and a lot of OB nurses!) can't fathom that someone would want to labor without drugs, and lots of medical intervention...never mind that it's usually better for mom, baby, and the family!! We seem to have drifted away from high touch to ...

15. Repeated blood draws in NBs

    MercyAngels posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Hello, everyone! I am interested in knowing the policies of other hospitals, birthing ctrs, etc, re: routine labs for babies. Where I work we're required to do CBG's on all infants, hct, and serum glucoses pending the results of the CBG's, and often ...