MommyLauraRN

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1. Real tips for patients

   MommyLauraRN replied to JRapha'sRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I love taking care of nurses! It's your time to relax (well--you don't have to do any charting or the like, though you will be doing very hard work :) ) and be cared for...enjoy it! Be yourself,...

2. The Circumcision Discussion

   MommyLauraRN replied to jmspeach's topic in Ob/Gyn

   to the op...please read the case against circumcision as a starting point...you owe it to your baby to be completely informed before you even consider putting him through this procedure....

3. on call hours for L&D

   MommyLauraRN replied to moon25's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I think each hospital does it differently. At my hospital, all L&D RNs who work full-time or part-time are required to sign up for 8 hours of OR Call each 2 week payperiod. They are to be called...

4. Question about pitocin after delivery

   MommyLauraRN replied to MommyLauraRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

   That's interesting Fergus..I'll have to share the info with our NM and docs. Our low risk patients with no IV access (CNM pts with no epidural, kept po fluids down during labor, GBS neg) who are...

5. Question about pitocin after delivery

   MommyLauraRN posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   I was taught to run the pitocin (20units/1000ccLR) after the placenta delivers with the theory being that you don't want it to run in before the placenta delivers because you don't want the cervix to...

6. new BSN in postpartum nights?

   MommyLauraRN replied to SpecFuz's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I did high risk AP, NB, PP (combined unit) before I switched to L&D...I can't imagine going straight to L&D, it was sooooo helpful to know the terminology, diagnoses etc. because L&D is...

7. Sterile Water Papule--have you ever heard of this?

   MommyLauraRN replied to rnmi2004's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Yup, but I've never seen it done (or offered for that matter) as of yet. Our nurse educator (also a CNM) said that she has used it and it works

8. Good future L & D nurse?

   MommyLauraRN replied to cookie78's topic in Ob/Gyn

   You should tell her Siberia has high pre-ecclamptic, breech, & C-Section rates!

9. How far am I?

   MommyLauraRN replied to oceanblue's topic in Ob/Gyn

   The further along in a pregnancy the less accurate an U/S is in determinating gestational age. It sounds like your daughter will have to go by her U/S dates since she didn't know her LMP or when she...

10. Epidurals and hypotension

    MommyLauraRN replied to reprise's topic in Ob/Gyn

    There are several reasons why your daughter could end up needing a C-Section that wouldn't necessarily mean "emergency or stat C-Section". CPD for instance (which could present as not dilating...

11. Umbilical cord care

    MommyLauraRN replied to AlaskaKat's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We now teach parents not to use it. There is one pedi who insists. We teach no full baths until the cord falls off...I wonder if we'll be changing that

12. How far am I?

    MommyLauraRN replied to oceanblue's topic in Ob/Gyn

    First of all congratulations! I wouldn't go by your beta since there is such a wide range of normal for each week of pregnancy. I would go by your LMP like mentioned by the above poster, or if you...

13. Epidurals and hypotension

    MommyLauraRN replied to reprise's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Epidural or spinal anesthesia is usually preferred over general anesthesia for C/S unless it is a true emergency C/S and there is no time to do a spinal. (General anesthesia depresses the baby and...

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

    MommyLauraRN replied to babies_r_us's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I think we do between approx 2500 deliveries per year. We have 2 ORs on L&D. Our own nurses scrub and circulate on all

15. Question about checking for rupture of membranes (and LONG, about my birth, sorry)

    MommyLauraRN replied to tuppence's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We do an NST when a mom comes in for SROM check. We assess her "Story"--basically what she felt, how much came out, color, odor etc and other symptoms. She gets a SSE to look for pooling (have her...