cebuana_nurse

cebuana_nurse specializes in OB, Peds, Med Surg and Geriatric Nsg.

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1. What's the craziest thing a patient or family member has said to you?

   cebuana_nurse replied to monkeybug's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I had one patient who happened to be a nursing student (not sure how far she is in the nursing program). She was already fully dilated and she fairly did well for being a primip. I went over the...

2. becoming rusty with vaginal exams

   cebuana_nurse replied to cebuana_nurse's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I checked those lady parts in a box and the cheapest I could find is $425!!! Maybe I could ask for it this coming Christmas.

3. The most ridiculous birth plans you've had the pleasure of reading

   cebuana_nurse replied to PeepnBiscuitsRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I've had instances that patients come in with lengthy birth plans, I go over them with the couple to see which are applicable and not as well as emphasizing that as long as the baby is breathing and...

4. Workflow of Labor & Delivery Nursing

   cebuana_nurse replied to Cottontop365's topic in Ob/Gyn

   To: shadow This is pretty much the same scenario at my current hospital. They ended up doing on-call schedules for nurses and we have a calendar full of requests for vacations so that our manager...

5. becoming rusty with vaginal exams

   cebuana_nurse replied to cebuana_nurse's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I work at a small community hospital that only averages less than 100 births per year, so practice with limited patients is really hard. I was looking for like dummies or study materials to know more...

6. "Not allowed" to perform vaginal exams

   cebuana_nurse replied to Kayla.J.RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I agree with Fyreflie. Ask your co-workers if there's any written policy regarding this. I think that as a nurse working in L&D, you should be ready for anything. Labor and Delivery is known to be...

7. becoming rusty with vaginal exams

   cebuana_nurse replied to cebuana_nurse's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I currently have my Bachelor's so enrolling for master's won't be a problem since it's in my plan anyways in the future and my hospital reimburses for it as continuing education as long as I keep my...

8. becoming rusty with vaginal exams

   cebuana_nurse posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   any ideas where I can enhance my knowledge with lady partsl exams? training? continuing education? enroll in midwifery

9. OB "Goodie" Bags for Moms

   cebuana_nurse replied to mommy2boysaz's topic in Ob/Gyn

   My department gives out a lot of free goodies just to boost our census. So far, we only average up to 100 births per year which is really sad. We give out a diaper bag from Gerber (only given to WIC...

10. Internal Fetal Monitoring

    cebuana_nurse replied to Carlos1's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I agree with NurseNora. In addition to that, most babies would either get a small laceration due to to electrode placement but very minimal. We usually treat it with Polysporin ointment

11. DEMEROL ... does Your unit use it?

    cebuana_nurse replied to jodyangel's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I have never heard of Demerol can be used for shivering. Good thing I bumped into this topic. Most of my post C-sec patients gets IV Toradol x 6 doses. They either get Demerol or Morphine in the PACU....

12. cebuana nurse!

    cebuana_nurse replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    UPDATE: Its been almost a year since I got a job at the OB dept and I love it! I think this is where I definitely belong. I'm also picking overtime and my co-workers are amazing and definitely took me...

13. Study in the Philippines or U.S.A?

    cebuana_nurse replied to tootsyroll's topic in International Nursing

    I agree with above posts. It's not easy to be in nursing school here in the US. Being a foreign grad, sitting in the NCLEX was nerve wracking as well as the processing took forever. If you go to the...

14. Getting hit on at work?

    cebuana_nurse replied to ToughLover's topic in General Nursing

    It does happen and I agree to take it as a compliment. Smile, be professional and walk away. With FB, thank God, I don't have friend requests from patient's families. I usually ignore them. I had a...

15. On call pay for OB nurses

    cebuana_nurse replied to cebuana_nurse's topic in Ob/Gyn

    @rninwch: I live literally half a mile from the hospital I worked and it doesn't matter for them. They need an RN to staff a department even if it's closed. So I am being used as a number of the...