RNnicu42

RNnicu42 has 2 years experience.

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1. homework help ? postpartum hemorrhage

   RNnicu42 replied to ericninetwo's topic in Student Assist

   Interdisciplinary care and team work is so important during emergency situations, especially PPH. Have you heard of teamSTEPPS? Do some research on this. It is a program that helps staff learn to work together in emergency situations. During a PPH, R...

2. Do you scrub and/or circulate c-sections?

   RNnicu42 replied to cosmicmama's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I've worked 2 hospitals in CA in L/D. Both hospitals required L/D nurses to prep, circulate and recover. We have our own ORs and our own dedicated OB scrub techs. Some of the nurses are trained to scrub but most just circulate.

3. Post op recovery of regional C-section

   RNnicu42 replied to planny's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I work in a large teaching hosital. We have our own OB OR's and our own recovery rooms. Unless there are problems with extubation, we recover our own general c-sections, and we definitely recover all of our own regional c/s. ACLS is not required for ...

4. Antepartum Nurses

   RNnicu42 replied to RN_BSN09's topic in Ob/Gyn

   The EFM course will definitely help. If an antepartum patient has a bleed and needs to be rushed to OR will you be the circulator in the OR. I work high risk perinatal and we care for antepartum patients who are chonic abruptors, placenta previa, di-...

5. Infant admission at bedside

   RNnicu42 replied to s.maire.2126's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I work at a large teaching hospital and we have a dedicated baby nurse in L/D. Most of us are trained as perinatal nurses so we rotate between L/D nurse, PP nurse, and baby nurse. We are trying to be a baby friendly hospital so we encourage rooming i...

6. Foley placement BEFORE anesthesia??

   RNnicu42 replied to jodyangel's topic in Ob/Gyn

   For scheduled C/S's and non-emergent C/S's, we always put foley in after anesthesia. There is no need to put mom through that when there is no urgency. If it is an urgent case that has time for a spinal, we will sometimes put it in before we move the...

7. What do you wish you could/would have done while still orienting?

   RNnicu42 replied to mitral's topic in New Nurse

   I had a 6 mo orientation and after it was over I wished that I had been more aggresive about seizing opportunities to practice skills. Not just on my patients, but on other nurse's patients. There are so many skills that I was still learning and some...

8. To those that applied to several New Grad Residency Program AND got in...

   RNnicu42 replied to NevadaFighter's topic in New Nurse

   I got electronic copies of my reference letters and then just attached them to all of my resumes. One of my professors felt better about giving me a hard copy, so I just scanned it into my computer and saved it as an electronic copy. They should all ...

9. Teaching hospital vs regular hospital for new grad?

   RNnicu42 replied to procrastinator911's topic in Job Hunt

   I got a job in a teaching hospital as my first acute care. I have been working at the hospital for about 10 months and I couldn't be happier. I really like working with the residents. I work night shift so having someone around 24/7 to consult with i...

10. Switching jobs so soon?

    RNnicu42 replied to RNnicu42's topic in New Nurse

    Thanks for your reply GrnTea. I am a plane ride away, so chance for him to move closer and both keep our jobs. The reason he hasnt moved to where I am is because he knows that I want to come home. Even if we lived together and I kept my job, we would...

11. Switching jobs so soon?

    RNnicu42 posted a topic in New Nurse

    I got the job of my dreams about 10 months ago. I had to relocate for the job and left my husband and my family behind. I am so thankful for the opportunity the hospital has given me but it is SO hard to be away. I really just want to move home. My q...

12. how long did it take for you to get into L&D nursing?

    RNnicu42 replied to NurseJessie2's topic in Ob/Gyn

    My first acute care RN job was a perinatal nurse (PP, L&D and antepartum). The only other nursing I did before this was home health flu clinics. It took my a year after graduating to land the job but I couldnt imagine myself working anywhere else...

13. UCSF NEW GRAD RN Training Program!! 2012

    RNnicu42 replied to michelichka914's topic in California

    Did anyone get hired into L&D or perinatal? I currently work at UC Irvine and I would like to transfer back to the bay area. How is the unit?

14. Perform Leopold's Maneuvers

    RNnicu42 replied to winter_green's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We are also ecouraged to preform leopolds at triage and when admitting a patient. It helps determine where exactly to put the doppler because you can feel the fetal back. We do not have to document that it was preformed, but it is expected.

15. Men in OB/Peds Nursing....Any thoughts?....

    RNnicu42 replied to Wild Irish LPN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I was recenetly hired onto a perinatal unit (L&D, post partum, antepartum) with 4 other new grads. One is a male. During our classes he does get asked frequently why he chose OB and his answer is always that he has the passion for this field. Wh...