Had a new dad ask me if they had to wipe ALL of the poop off of the baby's bottom when they change the diaper - seriously made me doubtful about their personal hygiene!!
We started doing bedside report several months ago, but it usually ends up being more of a "meet-and-greet" than an actual report. Either there is a room full of visitors (and even if the patient says she's OK with you talking in front of them, I'm s...
suezan59 replied to PeepnBiscuitsRN's topic in Ob/Gyn
One of the more humorous birth plans I've seen had "code words" that all staff was supposed to use until after the mom delivered. There must have been close to 20 words that staff was forbidden to say around her, and of course, they were all words th...
I'm on the postpartum side so I don't know many of the individual reasons for some inductions, but I do know that there seem to be more when certain MDs are planning to go on vacation - a disproportionate amount of their 37/38 weekers will be sitting...
We use Toradol for post-op C/S all the time; however, they max out at 4 doses because it's rough on the kidneys (or so I was told). The breast milk transfer issue is not taken into consideration because mom is just not making that much milk yet. Same...
Our hospital is currently in the process of going baby friendly (we have about 6 weeks before they close our newborn nursery) and most of the staff is pretty upset about it. Not that we aren't already supportive of breastfeeding and rooming-in, but w...
We have facility scrubs that we have to wear. They are stamped with "Authorized OB Staff" and are part of our "security" system - we tell the moms that if someone comes to take the baby (to the nursery, for an MD visit, or whatever), they should be w...
We recently had a "practice change" at my hospital and are not supposed to aspirate prior to giving vaccinations. Supposedly there is documented research to support this, but I haven't looked it up myself. Most nurses still do it, though...
suezan59 replied to teresab_2000's topic in Ob/Gyn
One of our techs who's been there for years swears that we had a baby boy named "Sh*thead" (pronounced "Sha-TEED"), but actually spelled just like the cuss word. I'm hoping that when the birth certificate was filed they vetoed that one...
suezan59 replied to mooremds's topic in Uniform/Gear
I have a pair of Crocs Bistro (no holes, non-skid sole) that I love - my feet never hurt in these and I've never slipped on a wet floor like I did with regular Crocs. The only drawbacks I've found are that the toes get scuffed and there's no way to b...
During school, we only had one day to observe in L&D - I was one of the lucky ones who got to watch a vaginal AND a c-section birth. Our postpartum rotation was only a few days on the floor and I thought it was really boring (I'm a postpartum nur...
Our hospital policy is to wear gloves when handling breast milk (because it's a bodily fluid), and changing diapers (also bodily fluids). When bottle feeding formula, gloves are not necessary, but if feeding pumped or donor breast milk, gloves are re...
We test the baby's urine if the mom has a history of drug use, late prenatal care (none until after 5 months), or sporadic prenatal care (beware moms who have just moved from out of state and didn't get a new OB doc right away!!). If the baby meets c...
I work on postpartum and we routinely get GYN post-ops - mainly because it's more convenient for the doctors to do rounds. We are also "associated" with (as in we have to share staffing, and are located next to) pediatrics, so it's not uncommon for ...
We use the HUGS system, too. I'm assuming that it's the same one the other posters mentioned - the baby's Hug tag is matched to the mom's Kisses tag. Our baby tag is only about the size of a quarter and a half inch thick. The edges are rounded, so it...
I'm a new grad working on postpartum (still on orientation) and I surprised by the negative attitude towards birth plans. The nurses I work with automatically assume that the patient is going to be a PITA just because she has one! Most of the nurses ...
I work on a mother/baby unit as a "patient care technician" (we used to be called nurse techs). It's very similar to a CNA (which I was for 8 years), but doesn't require state certification, just hospital-provided training. It doesn't pay quite as we...
In response to KinshuKiba - I used to work in a nursing home and saw a lot of death. In the majority of the cases, the earlobes would "lay back" when the patient was close to dying. Most of the time, the skin would start to mottle, too - starting at ...
I think that any nursing job you applied for would understand if you quit a waitressing job to be a CNA, and not hold it against you that it was after only 6 months. There is usually a section where you get to explain why you left, and quitting to ge...