jward

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1. Please read OB/GYN RNs please help...my last post. I really need some help. Thanks!

   jward replied to GladysStiles's topic in Ob/Gyn

   After nursing school I would make sure I obtained a good solid year of med/surg expierience. I am a manager of an OB department and that is one of the first things I look at; if the person has any...

2. safety/risk in the ob department

   jward posted a topic in Michigan Nursing

   Need help with a risk question. I manage a small OB Dept. We do approx. 200 deliveries a year, low risk status. We have 3 LDRP's, 3 antepartum rooms and a nursery (of course). Our staffing is 1 RN...

3. JCAHO Question

   jward replied to jward's topic in Michigan Nursing

   We give the newborn a hospital ID # but it does not go on the ID bands we put on right after delivery. How does your hospital generate a hospital # that can be put on that id band or does the newborn...

4. JCAHO Question

   jward replied to jward's topic in Michigan Nursing

   We give the newborn a hospital ID # but it does not go on the ID bands we put on right after delivery. How does your hospital generate a hospital # that can be put on that id band or does the newborn...

5. JCAHO Question

   jward posted a topic in Michigan Nursing

   Hello everyone! I am working with our nursing staff getting ready for next year's JCAHO survey. In the safety initiative there is a question on using two identifyers for medication/lab and patient...