cayenne06 MSN, CNM

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    This week, I have learned..... (8/1)

    cayenne06 replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Try out Prezi- you'll NEVER go back to PP and your audience will be super impressed.
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    Maternal assisted cesarean birth

    cayenne06 replied to vickiewenzl's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I agree, and I hope I did not come off as dismissive. It is absolutely appropriate to validate a woman's feelings about her birth. And it is totally normal and okay for a mom to be disappointed in her...
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    post partum hemorrhage medications

    cayenne06 replied to LnDPPRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We have PO methergine as a standing order at the hospital I work at as an RN. As a midwife, I've written orders for prn methergine (I want to abbreviate that to meth so badly lol!) for a pt with a PPH...
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    Do we matter?

    cayenne06 replied to Diesel17's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    We don't use CNAs on the LDRP unit I work at as an RN, because we only do maybe 250 births a month so we don't need support staff. But at my CNM job, I rely SO HEAVILY on my clinic assistants (most...
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    Why am I so depressed?

    cayenne06 replied to freckles23's topic in Health, Stress Management

    It's totally okay to be less than thrilled with your job. The reality of being a grown up is that you have to work, and when you are new to a field (even when you are not!), you aren't always in a...
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    What nursing task do you loathe???

    cayenne06 replied to richardgecko's topic in General Nursing

    Vital signs! SO MANY VITAL SIGNS. I don't know why I specifically dislike this so much! I would be a happy woman if I never had to touch another BP cuff or count another baby's respiratory rate....
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    9 Newbie Nurse Mistakes to Avoid

    cayenne06 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in First Year After Licensure

    1. NEVER skip your 5 rights of med administration! When you get used to the common meds on your unit, it's very easy to get a little too comfortable. When you are used to giving toradol to all your...
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    This week, I have learned..... (8/1)

    cayenne06 replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    1. That working at Planned Parenthood is a mildly controversial career choice (okay, I already knew that. But it's been an interesting couple of weeks, to say the least). 2. That I am absolutely 100%...
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    Is it just me, or is this rude, sexist, and condescending?

    cayenne06 replied to RNdynamic's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I am active on another message board where this term is common- have never heard it used elsewhere except from myself! Butthurt is my favorite saying
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    Sleep

    cayenne06 posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    I am super annoyed at the little ways my LDRP unit (I still work prn as an RN even though I am a FT CNM at a M-F clinic) interrupts much-needed sleep for our postpartum moms. Like, we always do baby...
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    Is it just me, or is this rude, sexist, and condescending?

    cayenne06 replied to RNdynamic's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Except that, when you have 30 seconds to pee, you don't always even think to check to position of the toilet seat. Not fun, feeling your butt cheeks land on the gross toilet bowl Statistically, in a...
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    Early Release of Mom's and Infants

    cayenne06 replied to ladytraviler's topic in Ob/Gyn

    It seems like, for SO MANY of my postpartum moms, that I am essentially checking their bleeding/fundus/vitals once a shift and they hardly need anything else from me at all. Yet, we don't allow them...
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    Maternal assisted cesarean birth

    cayenne06 replied to vickiewenzl's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Just be careful here- a c/s is not necessarily a traumatic or negative experience that one needs to "heal" emotionally from. I fully support physiologic birth (i used to be a HB midwife and had my own...
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    Floating to be sitters, CNAS secretaries et ..

    cayenne06 replied to allegra78's topic in Ob/Gyn

    When I float, we are specifically prohibited from taking care of anyone on precautions, and are supposed to shower and change scrubs when we come back (which, tbh, usually doesn't happen because...
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    Whatdaya think this is?

    cayenne06 replied to adventure_rn's topic in Nursing Humor

    It's tomorrow! Maybe she didn't make it back out of that hallway. .
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    CPM VS. BSN

    cayenne06 replied to FutureNurseKali's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    And there is this idea that midwifery is a calling, and we should be lucky to get any payment for our work because isn't that warm fuzzy feeling enough compensation?! This was actually a big reason I...
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    CPM VS. BSN

    cayenne06 replied to FutureNurseKali's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    I became a CPM in 2006 and a CNM just a couple months ago. Search my posts, I've said a lot on this
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    Whatdaya think this is?

    cayenne06 replied to adventure_rn's topic in Nursing Humor

    That is a wonderful sign. No idea what it means, but I LOVE IT! eta- you really should investigate and post an
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    CNM

    cayenne06 replied to Kasstg's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    Yes, it is highly dependent on your practice. I know midwives who are on call 24/7 for ~7-10 births a month. When I did hospital births, I usually did 1-2 24 hour shifts a week. Back when I was a...
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    Early Release of Mom's and Infants

    cayenne06 replied to ladytraviler's topic in Ob/Gyn

    If I had another hospital birth (my kids were born at home, the surrotwins I carried were born in the hospital), I would probably stay as long as they would let me because it would be a nice break...
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    Maternal assisted cesarean birth

    cayenne06 replied to vickiewenzl's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Our moms are able to use their arms to hold their newborn. Nobody requires them to keep them out on the arm boards. I can definitely see the concern, if that wasn't the case. This is an example of a...
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    Maternal assisted cesarean birth

    cayenne06 replied to vickiewenzl's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I can't imagine that they would be any more at risk of hypothermia if they are s2s with warm blankets on top, as opposed to in a warmer. Our OR was as cold as any other, and we never had a problem...
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    Maternal assisted cesarean birth

    cayenne06 replied to vickiewenzl's topic in Ob/Gyn

    The hospital I worked at during my last semester of CNM school had very family-oriented c/s practices. No one asked for a maternal-assisted birth but we routinely kept healthy babies skin to skin with...
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    Reading Recommendations for a future CNM student?

    cayenne06 replied to triciahoard's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    Mama Sherpas is being released next week! I too found Baby Catcher a little too... idyllic? But loved it nonetheless. And I adored Midwives.I say that as a former HB
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    wrong medication

    cayenne06 replied to badusername's topic in General Nursing

    My first real mistake as an RN (working at a boarding school for teenagers with mental health issues) was giving a pt vyvanse instead of vistaril at bedtime. It's a bad feeling, but we are human and...