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  1. Rules that make you go Hmmmmm...

    camay1221_RN replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    We have a list of on call spots every month because of our constant fluxuating census. Now, when we are on call and called in, we get time and a half. However, if we are not at all scheduled, not on...

  2. Infant IV's for abx: IVF TKO or capped IV?

    camay1221_RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Okay, I put this in the general thread because I wish to have any and all who have experience with neonatal and or infant IV's. Currently, any infant who is getting IV abx has a running IV with...

  3. Formula Companies & Big Tobacco

    camay1221_RN replied to futureTMA's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Our Birth Center is working on Baby Friendly status, and we don't have anything on our floor which endorses formula companies. We do offer a diaper bag, but it looks like a backpack and it has the...

  4. Taking an infant's temp.

    camay1221_RN replied to kbclary4's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I work in maternal child and we do all of our temps axillary. Once upon a time we did rectal to check patency, no more. The pediatricians I used to work for always want a rectal temp on infants under...

  5. Transitioning babies

    camay1221_RN replied to Humbled_Nurse's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I am a mom/baby RN, and we have a Level II nursery we send the babies to for transition if they are showing signs of distress. All of our c-sections are attended by an NICU team, and they decide...

  6. Formula Companies & Big Tobacco

    camay1221_RN replied to futureTMA's topic in Ob/Gyn

    When I had my first child, I was not a nurse. I planned on breastfeeding, however, he was born when there was still only a 24 hour stay for moms, so, my help was extremely limited. After I got him...

  7. ? About not breastfeeding

    camay1221_RN replied to Schmoo1022's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I, too, work for a "Baby Friendly" hospital, and in spite of all efforts to be baby friendly, many times I find it is not at all 'mom

  8. ? About not breastfeeding

    camay1221_RN replied to Schmoo1022's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'm with you

  9. Postpartum Self Medication Program

    camay1221_RN replied to midwife2b's topic in Ob/Gyn

    The previous hospital I worked for gives self med packs with Motrin, stool softeners and simethicone. My current postpartum unit does not offer self med

  10. GBS Status: Unknown

    camay1221_RN posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Just curious, does your L&D treat GBS unknown pts with prophylactic abx? If not, what is your protocol for your newborns of GBS uk

  11. GBS Status: Unknown

    camay1221_RN replied to camay1221_RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Please don't apologize! I'm sorry if I sounded like I was being snippy. I have a hard time expressing what I am looking for sometimes, and after reading my OP, I can see my question was kind of...

  12. GBS Status: Unknown

    camay1221_RN replied to camay1221_RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I know what the management of positive GBS is, however, I have found that some hospitals in this area do not treat unknown GBS. So I was just curious to find out what other hospitals are

  13. I was horrified today!!!!

    camay1221_RN replied to nursejennie76's topic in Emergency

    AMEN! Not to mention the favor you may be doing for other pts in that facility getting the same atrocious

  14. Pitocin to control bleeding of laceration

    camay1221_RN replied to susi's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Our OB's want the pit wide open immediately after delivery of the baby, but to help the uterus contract, not stop laceration

  15. real bed baths on classmate?

    camay1221_RN replied to nurseabc123's topic in General Students

    This is how we 'dressed' for our bed bath

  16. Rooming-in Vs. Nursery Care

    camay1221_RN replied to isemalo's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Oh, I know! It was always a joke with me and my RN coworkers. It's funny though, my eight year old son recently asked me if I breastfed him and when I told him no, his response was, "Thank God,...

  17. Rooming-in Vs. Nursery Care

    camay1221_RN replied to isemalo's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I previously worked at a hospital that was just at the start of the "Baby Friendly Initiative", and the whole concept with me and the other RN's went over like a lead balloon. I ended up quitting...

  18. Rooming-in Vs. Nursery Care

    camay1221_RN replied to isemalo's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Excellent post,

  19. When did you take off for maternity leave?

    camay1221_RN replied to MSMCnurse2004's topic in General Nursing

    I was induced with all of my children and I worked up until the night before my inductions. Mind you, I was only part-time, so it wasn't awful having to go into work. I think had I worked full-time,...

  20. Breastfeeding after c-section

    camay1221_RN posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    How soon after mom gets to the RR, are they able to breasfeed at your respective facilities? Do babies have to go to observation nursery for a length of time? Are babies whisked away right after the...

  21. Watch Your Language - Breast Isn't Best!

    camay1221_RN replied to FrumDoula's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Beatifully said,

  22. Elective Cesareans/On Demand

    camay1221_RN replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in Ob/Gyn

    What gets me about the whole elective primary c-section, is that these women are doing it because they think it is best for them. What about what is best for their baby? I have a question to pose...

  23. Elective Cesareans/On Demand

    camay1221_RN replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I can't help but think even women with c-sections are predisposed to incontinence just d/t having the weight of the baby on the

  24. Elective Cesareans/On Demand

    camay1221_RN replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I have only heard the 26%. Our director informed us of this at one of our staff meetings, just to let us know we are below the national average at

  25. IT's A GIRL!!

    camay1221_RN replied to LeahJet's topic in Ob/Gyn

    congratulations!!!:present1: