enfermeraSG

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1. Hi Brand New L & D Nurse in the House

   enfermeraSG replied to DavericaRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Welcome to OB, glad you are enjoying it. My advice is to be plenty patient with yourself. OB is a steep learning curve and it will be a couple of years (at least, and that's if you're in a busy...

2. intermittent monitoring

   enfermeraSG replied to enfermeraSG's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Personallly, I agree that high-risk should be on continuous monitoring - however AWHONN does give guidelines for high-risk intermittent monitoring in the event a pt wants it. (Of course a situation...

3. intermittent monitoring

   enfermeraSG posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   Hi all, I have searched the AWHONN site and their wonderful book but cannot find the answer to this specific question. Regarding intermittent monitoring, it is clear how often FHR needs to be...

4. L&D to ER; how to prepare for transition?

   enfermeraSG replied to enfermeraSG's topic in Emergency

   Wow! Thanks for all of the wonderful tips! I am going to take a PALS, ENPC, and TNCC course by the end of the year. I don't have a date yet but expect to transfer this fall. The orientation in our...

5. L&D to ER; how to prepare for transition?

   enfermeraSG posted a topic in Emergency

   Hi all! I am planning on transferring to the ER this fall, and at that time will have just over a year experience in L&D. I work on a high-risk, high-volume unit and started there as a new grad...

6. ACLS Question

   enfermeraSG replied to JenTheRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

   We have approximately 5-6,000 births per year, and are currently in the process of getting everyone cert'd in ACLS. (See my post regarding "OB ACLS" has anyone heard of this?) Anyway, I think it is...

7. "OB" ACLS?? Anyone heard of this?

   enfermeraSG posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   Hi all, Our dept has finally decided to require all L&D nurses to be cert in ACLS. We slid by without it before because we have an anesthesiologist and CRNA exclusively available to us 24/7....

8. OB Spanish

   enfermeraSG replied to Shappy's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Hola! Always I must pop in on this popular topic and offer my little words of caution. Be careful using online translation because they can be quite inaccurate, even babelfish. Many, many things and...

9. Hispanic patients

   enfermeraSG replied to RNfromMS's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I have to agree with a previous poster (Crocuta, I think) do not use programs, plain ol' online translation sites, dictionaries, or microsoft word, etc to translate. The majority of the time the...

10. Confused about Variability & Decelerations

    enfermeraSG replied to luv2shopp85's topic in Ob/Gyn

    If you look at the top of the OB/GYN forum this subject is a "sticky", the websites are great! Don't feel too much pressure to be able to read strips like a pro, it is a long learning process and can...

11. mag sulfate bolusing

    enfermeraSG replied to Buggs's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Same here, no Mag on AP or PP. We also do all the above, except that BP is q 15 just like for epidurals, and DTR's, lung sounds, recording vitals, and I/O's q hour. Everything double checked with...

12. HELP!!! Ob OR Standards

    enfermeraSG replied to Chrissy24RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Wow, nurse's aides trained to scrub c-sections. Well, a previous poster mentioned that this is no big deal as a C-section is "not hard", at this I had to post-up. You are correct, a textbook, every...

13. HELP!!! Ob OR Standards

    enfermeraSG replied to Chrissy24RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I have never heard of a unit claiming to have "different" O.R. standards than AORN calls for. I mean, it is an OR and the goal is to protect the pt from infection, injury, etc. We are expected to...

14. labor and delivery nurse-patient ratio

    enfermeraSG replied to magz53's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Thanks for all the info! Also, I appreciate Mitchsmom typing all of that for us. I agree with another poster, 1:2 on pit is quite a challenge - mostly because of the charting, but bouncing from room...

15. labor and delivery nurse-patient ratio

    enfermeraSG replied to magz53's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I must learn to navigate that website better! I couldn't figure out where to find that info. Anyway, I'll just ask you instead....is being on pitocin for induction/augmentation bump a pt into high...