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  1. OB terminology

    CA CoCoRN replied to fleasle's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Not to step on your toes...but para refers to BIRTHS (beyond the age of "viability", 20 weeks)...period. NOT just LIVE births. You're still a para 1 if you've given birth to a 21 weeker or a 38...

  2. FNP's in womens health/ CNM's! PLEEASE READ!

    CA CoCoRN replied to joyrochelle's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Okay....clear. Just makin' sure you know what you're getting into and not risking yourself unnecessarily. Glad to hear that even though you're "confused"...you're not "stupid". But yeah, as long as...

  3. FNP's in womens health/ CNM's! PLEEASE READ!

    CA CoCoRN replied to joyrochelle's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Here in CA, specifically in Los Angeles, we have a very recognized WHNP program. The program (there are probably more, but I'm speaking of one particular, and what I know of those type programs)...

  4. Mount Saint Mary's College??

    CA CoCoRN replied to katiebugg's topic in California Nursing

    Thanks. I'm a Mount Grad!!! 'Tis true, 'tis

  5. Fetal Heart Monitoring Certification

    CA CoCoRN replied to Korina Cole's topic in California Nursing

    I don't know that it is within an LVN (in the state of CA) to make an ASSESSMENT and implement care based on reading a FHM strip. Actually, I KNOW that it's NOT. CA BRN Practice Act is that nursing...

  6. Own uniforms or hospital scrubs?

    CA CoCoRN replied to irehc's topic in Ob/Gyn

    No...any and all shoes which I take to work and which go in the OR or pt's rooms, stay at work. When their useful life is over, they go in the trash. I have at least four pair of shoes which I use...

  7. Own uniforms or hospital scrubs?

    CA CoCoRN replied to irehc's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Yepper...that's what we do. Besides, I go to work and change...then after work, I leave all the patient's germies right there and let someone else wash them and kill the bacteria, etc. I don't want...

  8. Ob-dept Closed

    CA CoCoRN replied to LOVE2DISCO's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'm in LA...and we are feeling the brunt of many of the hospitals in the area either shutting down, limiting their services or not doing high risk. So now we get it all....and it's getting worse....

  9. Nurses wearing white

    CA CoCoRN replied to rnmaven's topic in General Nursing

    True...but back then, we were "hardly" required to think. Let alone collaborate in the care of the pt the way we do now. I'll not go back to the mindless "flunky" of the doctor as our image and role...

  10. Nurses wearing white

    CA CoCoRN replied to rnmaven's topic in General Nursing

    I "wish they would" try to make us wear white in Labor and Delivery.:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: As much Blood and mucous and bodily fluids that I come into contact with every day.... the splatter of IV...

  11. question about ba vs. diploma restrictions

    CA CoCoRN replied to RNIT's topic in General Nursing

    To "co-sign" on the above post: In California, in order to obtain your Public Health Nurse Certification, you must have your BSN. I've often thought about getting some other sort of four...

  12. Are you on pay when giving or recieving report?

    CA CoCoRN replied to oldhag's topic in General Nursing

    Live and work in the US, in CA. I work 12 hour shifts...a.m. I'm supposed to be there at 7 a.m. This is when report is to start. Well, really, we start report at 7:10-7:15 since we have to change...

  13. Anyone going to Mt. Saint Mary's?

    CA CoCoRN replied to Maliatc's topic in California Nursing

    I'm an MSMC alum. But there are a couple of other threads in which MSMC has been mentioned. Do a search using the Mount as a keyword, find those threads, and see if some of your questions are...

  14. Does your staff do C/S's or does OR team??

    CA CoCoRN replied to babies_r_us's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We have two regular ORs and a smaller one that we use for d&c or retained placenta's etc. We've been so busy these last couple of months that we've even had to do regular vag deliveries in two of...

  15. Home birth vs. hospital

    CA CoCoRN replied to rnmi2004's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I am a pugdy Black woman, age 28 at the birth of my second and (last child) who thought about home birth with the last child, with absolutely NO medical issues, whatsoever. I thought better of it, and...

  16. Question about checking for rupture of membranes (and LONG, about my birth, sorry)

    CA CoCoRN replied to tuppence's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Here's the thing that's amazing to me: A lot of women don't seem to understand/know that there are TWO HOLES (well, three actually)....and that they have absolutely nothing to do with each others...

  17. MA's Calling Themselves Nurses?

    CA CoCoRN replied to Sheri257's topic in General Nursing

    I can and DO REALLY get on a soap box about this one. And I can RATIONALLY AND REASONABLY defend my position to the end. CNAs, MAs, and all other UNLICENSED ASSISTIVE persons are NOT NURSES. The...

  18. Nursing student - asking for advice!

    CA CoCoRN replied to cherokeesummer's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Do they do lady partsL exams in nursing clinicals (school clinicals)?? I thought the original poster was talking about PERINEAL inspections (presumably post delivery). When I was in school, we were...

  19. Writing on Fetal Heart Monitor Strips

    CA CoCoRN replied to rdhdnrs's topic in Ob/Gyn

    At my hospital, we use GE Quantitative Sentinel(QS), now known as Centricity (?). They actually always had it and used it in a limited fashion (it was there before I got there), but a couple of years...

  20. is there any use for an LPN in ob-gyn nursing?

    CA CoCoRN replied to Snipb's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Quote: Originally Posted by Cali It really depends on what hospital you are at. I am an LVN and work on a Labor & Delivery unit. Sometimes I work in the triage area. In triage I usually get the...

  21. Surrogacy ? How do you feel about it?

    CA CoCoRN replied to IMTechnology's topic in Ob/Gyn

    A long time ago I said I could never be a surrogate...to carry baby...go through all that you do, only to give that child "away". I think I've since changed my mind. I could be a surrogate...for the...

  22. OB Report Sheets

    CA CoCoRN replied to JenTheRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    That's funny. I see nurses in L&D using report sheets, but they don't do me a bit of good. Most times, even on a good shift, I may change patients at LEAST two or three times, since we don't...

  23. is there any use for an LPN in ob-gyn nursing?

    CA CoCoRN replied to Snipb's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Pretty much....absolutely it's like the rest said. SOME facilities may hire you as a scrub tech role...but in terms of direct patient care...it's an ALL RN LAW in California for Labor and

  24. stupid questions on L&D nurses' function

    CA CoCoRN replied to epiphany's topic in Ob/Gyn

    At our facility we recover the patient for one hour: we don't do couplet care. So after a period of time of bonding, the baby goes to the nursery to be assessed, washed, weighed, vaccinated, etc.,...

  25. Record number of deliveries?

    CA CoCoRN replied to rndani's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I work in a facility with 20 LDR rooms, 3 ORs and and approximately 45 postpartum beds...not including the 5 antepartum beds. WE ARE FULL!!!!!!!!! Last week, we had to close to ER runs because we had...