jward

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 med/surg expierience, especially if they are a new graduate. Specializing is okay but if you want to change a good med/surg background is the best thing you can have. Jane

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 and 1 LPN or UT. On the day shift I am here so there is actually a backup nurse available to assist. On the weekends and at night there is not a nurse in house that is qualified to assist in OB. Does anyone have any information on staffing guidelines in an ob unit from a risk stand point? If you do please send me the name or e mail address where I can get some information. Thanks. jane

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 have two id bands?

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 have two id bands?

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 identification. It appears a lot of hospitals are using name and date of birth. But, on a newborn in the OB Department what is everyone using? If medications or lab come to the floor nothing but the birth date matches the newborns ID band. Does anyone have a suggestion?:balloons: Thanks Jane