tablefor9 RN

ICU, Home Health, Camp, Travel, L&D

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About tablefor9

tablefor9 has 16 years experience as a RN and specializes in ICU, Home Health, Camp, Travel, L&D.


Home-educating Mom to 7 great kiddos, enjoying my 30's, RN since age 20, Love hiking, running/walking, cooking, reading, music and gardening

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    Med surg patients on OB floor

    I'm the women & children's day shift charge RN. Either the director or I interview and chart review each proposed overflow pt before that pt is assigned a bed on our units. Dementia, psych issues, total cares, febrile illness, infections, wounds,...
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    Lotus Birth...What do yall think about this?

    Lol! I thought the same thing. My oldest would say, "Mom, you really should not smoke crack"
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    Tips or suggestions for Postpartum New Grad

    1. Read the recommended books on the sticky at the bottom of this forum. 2. Join AWHONN. 3. Remember that although the peripartum period is not risk free, it is a state of health, not illness. Use your time wisely to encourage healthy behaviors, fami...
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    Blood draws are driving me crazy...

    Shop around...and not for the transilluminator. Look at both sides,hands to ACs, just like you do for IVs. Try starting your blood draws an hour early, like right after 3am VS. For some LOP, very fragile veins, the tourniquet may be what the problem...
  5. Rare to get a call on my day off, and we are a closed unit (no one floats...in or out...of our unit). It's not that we have a ton of staff, either. It's that we all have a mandatory call shift once a pay period....which started (you guessed it) becau...
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    Duramorph and foley removal...

    PCA Morphine/Dilaudid postop
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    Where does all the money go?

    Money go? At our facility, it's not a black hole in the CEO's office as much as it's an entitlement mentality and an abuse of the ER, EMS, and the healthcare system in general. Quote from this week: "I want x, y, and z...because it's free, well, at ...
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    Can Male RNs get jobs in Maternity Nursing?

    Rare, especially in the South. That being said, the one I've worked with has been great, and the patients didn't have issues with him. Besides my life as a labor nurse, I'm also a grand multip. I wouldn't have cared who helped me during my labors or ...
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    Why is it always "Fire the nurse"

    I don't like the fire first and ask...well, don't ask, ever...mentality, either. And, I believe any nurse mgr worth their skin will take other action. However, many times, especially in situations like the one you describe, the root of the patient's ...
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    Following Dr.s Orders

    As a nurse, you are the advocate for your patient. You are also expected to follow MD orders, when those orders are not harmful to your patient. That's basic. As an employee, you're expected to follow the protocols put in place by your employer, and ...
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    The OB ICU - Does It Exist?

    Our L&D will admit a patient that is OB-ICU to our L&D unit or one of our ICUs and work collaboratively with ICU staff to manage patient care. We also open our high-risk OB inservices to the ICU RNs. Perhaps you could work to develop a simila...
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    L&D vs Med Surg for a first job after graduating.

    The only way I would recommend a new grad moving straight into specialty area, even L&D, is 1. the specialty is her/his passion and 2. the orientation will be extensive and supportive. While L&D is a law unto itself in many ways, after severa...
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    Do you have gifts for your new moms??

    Steak or grilled fish dinner, water mug with Women & Children's Logo, diaper bag, baby hat with quilt or blanket, blanket with baby footprints added at delivery, and still pass out the gift bags. For BF moms, we give packs with lansinoh, medela s...
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    intrauterine pressure catheter(IUPC)

    At my current facility, RNs may insert FSEs once trained (AWHONN class) and signed off (3 successful observed insertions). IUPCs are CNM/MD only. Last Florida facility was RN FSE and IUPC, same requirements. Yearly AWHONN course/competency and skill...
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    Straight cath or foley cath for labor patients??

    Since our average primigravid pt gets her (very dense) epidural about 10 hours prior to delivery, we place foleys. If we have a multip at 5-6, we proceed on a case by case basis.