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  1. Emergency Equipment (Couplet Care)

    RNmommy posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    If you do rooming in couplet care, what kind of emergency equipment do you have available at the bedside? I just relocated and have only spent one day on my new unit. So I go into the first room and...

  2. If a baby in your normal newborn nursery

    RNmommy replied to BittyBabyGrower's topic in Ob/Gyn

    It seems that the protocol for the baby should be the same as the protocol for an adult patient on your unit. In fact, when we have a mom on precautions, her baby is also considered to be on...

  3. Giving a gift to a patient??

    RNmommy replied to EllenDeeRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I still treasure the small bear with an American Flag on his sweater that my son's NICU nurse gave him on his first Independence Day-the same day they dc'd his chest tube

  4. Would you give birth at the hospital where you work?

    RNmommy replied to luv4nursing's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I have delivered all three of mine on my unit (2 in CA, the last in TX). I wouldn't have it any other way. I was especially glad with my last, who was late pre-term and ended up in the NICU for a...

  5. MRSA screening in OB?

    RNmommy replied to mommy2boysaz's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Yes, unfortunately. We have the same gripes. If isolation is not done properly and strictly, what is the point? Management won't budge, as it is hospital protocol. I don't feel badly though about...

  6. What do you think about a nurse breastfeeding infant at nurse's station during break?

    RNmommy replied to mitchsmom's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'm about as much of a lactivist as one can be. I've attended nurse-ins and still boycott BF unfriendly establishments. That said, I do not think it is appropriate for a nurse on duty to BF her...

  7. Transcutaneous Bilirubins

    RNmommy replied to niccilam's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Right now, I am working at a facility that does not own a TC bilimeter At my previous job, we did a TC bili at 36h with the PKU, that way, if it plotted out to above the 75th percentile on the...

  8. Need help, please

    RNmommy replied to babynursingrn's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Please try to stay away from formula propaganda. How much do you have to spend on each bag/basket? Some nice things that you could probably get for cheap: *A pregnancy journal *A water bottle with...

  9. What do you do?

    RNmommy replied to indiawhitaker's topic in Ob/Gyn

    That is pretty far from true these days. I graduated 5 years ago in a class of over 60. I think 3 went to med-surg while the rest of us went straight to our specialty. Many hospitals take new grads...

  10. How long before you transfuse in PP?

    RNmommy replied to allthingsbright's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I forgot to add that those of whom I have transfused felt a million times better post transfusion and I do think that many more women could use a

  11. Birth in the Media

    RNmommy replied to Nefertari1279's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'm actually more bothered that I have never seen a single woman breastfeed on A Baby Story. They will have the post interview in their home and every single one of the babies, if being fed, is being...

  12. Infant ID procedures

    RNmommy replied to QTBabyNurse's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Our babies get three bands, too. 2 are part of the 4 unique band system with mom, baby and other adult. The third is the infant's hospital band for medication

  13. How long before you transfuse in PP?

    RNmommy replied to allthingsbright's topic in Ob/Gyn

    IME, transfusion is a last resort and only IF a mom is symptomatic. I have discharged women with a Hgb of 6 just on oral iron. I agree with the above poster in that the rationale seems to be that...

  14. How is San Diego State University's BSN program?

    RNmommy replied to slsmithe's topic in California Nursing

    I really don't have anything bad to say about nursing school except ENOUGH WITH THE GROUP PROJECTS ALREADY! LOL Obviously it was easier for the professors to grade 10 projects instead of 75 but I was...

  15. How is San Diego State University's BSN program?

    RNmommy replied to slsmithe's topic in California Nursing

    I graduated from there in 2003. I absolutely loved it. They have a high NCLEX pass rate and I felt VERY prepared for work when I graduated. I'm not sure about other areas but there seems to be a...

  16. New mother baby nurse to be ...would love some advice about what the hardships are.

    RNmommy replied to momma/babyrn's topic in Ob/Gyn

    RR can be as low as 30 and HR as low as 100 at rest. Obviously if the infant has just been screaming crying, the HR and RR will be elevated for a few minutes afterward. I don't know how to put this...

  17. New mother baby nurse to be ...would love some advice about what the hardships are.

    RNmommy replied to momma/babyrn's topic in Ob/Gyn

    IRT= in regards/reference to It's internetese, not medical shorthand

  18. Vitamin K administration legal/ethical nightmare!

    RNmommy replied to IndigoCarmine's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I would tell you to **** right off if you told me you were going to interrupt my breastfeeding and bonding to administer a medication to my child in another room. FTR, I fully support the parents...

  19. New mother baby nurse to be ...would love some advice about what the hardships are.

    RNmommy replied to momma/babyrn's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Learn as much as you possibly can about newborns. I have all too often seen ex-med/surg RNS being sort of blase IRT the babies and really missing some S/S of distress. On the mother baby unit, you...

  20. Teaching Project Ideas, anyone?

    RNmommy replied to crazylilkelly's topic in Ob/Gyn

    PPD or Domestic Abuse

  21. Whatcha know good? ~ McAllen and Round Rock

    RNmommy replied to la bellota's topic in Texas Nursing

    RUN AWAY!!! I would rather return to waiting tables before returning to any HCA facility. The new grad pay is pathetic and certainly not enough to send your kids to private

  22. On-Q Pain Ball after c/sections

    RNmommy replied to BagLoverRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We used them at the lost hospital I worked at. We still had to administer narcotics because the On-Q only works for incisional pain but does not cover afterpains or gas pain associated with...

  23. RhoGAM and Coombs

    RNmommy replied to NeuroNP's topic in Ob/Gyn

    It would be pointless to give a mom with a positive direct and indirect Coombs rhogam, as isoimmunization has already occurred. However, rhogam IS indicated when an Rh neg AND coombs negative mom...

  24. Postpartum care questions...

    RNmommy replied to shortstuff31117's topic in Ob/Gyn

    1. C/S incision is assessed on admit and then q shift and PRN. 2. PP bleeding is assessed on admit, q1h until first spontaneous void, post void x first 2 spontaneous voids, q shift and PRN 3. Perineal...

  25. RhoGAM and Coombs

    RNmommy replied to NeuroNP's topic in Ob/Gyn

    That is not correct. The direct coombs on the cord blood will indicate only ABO incompatibility in the baby. The blood type will indicate the need for rhogam for mom. The question in the OP is...