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  1. What's your most interesting/scary case?

    LizzyL&DRN posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    We all know that working in this field can be exciting, touching, heart warming as well as heart wrenching. We know that strange and exciting things happen everyday. But every now and then something...

  2. Doula services for Fetal Demise, Miscarriage, Stillbirth

    LizzyL&DRN replied to SuzieQ_Scrapper's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I've never heard of such services available now, but I think it would be a perfect addition to services available to grieving parents. Maybe you could talk to a local social worker or some type of...

  3. What's your most interesting/scary case?

    LizzyL&DRN replied to LizzyL&DRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We had this happen once in our OR. I don't remember the gestation, but it was very early (22-23weeks???). After the c section the doc put the baby and the placenta in the basin and set it all aside....

  4. HELP!! Becoming discouraged....

    LizzyL&DRN replied to LDJRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    A lot of getting into OB is the hospitals staffing and education issues. If you live near a hospital that is hurting for L&D nurses, chances are they might have a training program or will send...

  5. What's your most interesting/scary case?

    LizzyL&DRN replied to LizzyL&DRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Okay, some has to tell some funny stories too. We don't want to lose our loyal readers......due to all depressing

  6. What's your most interesting/scary case?

    LizzyL&DRN replied to LizzyL&DRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    This is the most frustrating part of OB nursing for me. Why don't pts get PNC!!! You can get it at free clinics and they help you sign up with MediCAL. I had a 17 yr old pt the other day deliver a...

  7. What's your most interesting/scary case?

    LizzyL&DRN replied to LizzyL&DRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Exactly! And that's exactly what happened. What puzzles me is at her last ultrasound several days before this horrible incident her AFI was 59. It was for sure more when she came in. Of course with...

  8. Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy

    LizzyL&DRN replied to RNLaborNurse4U's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I haven't had a pt with this condition(yet). I say yet, because in the 3.5 years i've been doing L&D at a high risk facility i've seen some pretty crazy things. I have a question...... How did...

  9. Have started nights on my L&D...

    LizzyL&DRN replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

    WOW!! Six nights in a row!! How do you do that?!? There's no way I could have done that. After 3 nights I was hurtin and it took me at least 24 hours to recover. I also couldn't sleep during the...

  10. What doctors do that bugs you...

    LizzyL&DRN replied to 33-weeker's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Don't know if this happens at other places..... Docs that sleep in the chair in the corner of the room waiting while mom pushes. We had one doc that did this all the time. Frequently the nurse...

  11. Have started nights on my L&D...

    LizzyL&DRN replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Happy, Just a little piece of advise from one night shifter to another. Put your name on the list for days now even if you don't want it now. At my hospital I felt the same as you after my...

  12. Rules that SHOULD exist and be enforced in OB...

    LizzyL&DRN replied to nursejenrnc's topic in Ob/Gyn

    7. If you come to the hospital less than 37 weeks and having a lot of braxton hicks contractions that are not changing your cervix, you are not allowed to scream at the nurses and doctors for not...

  13. Mistakes held against you

    LizzyL&DRN replied to mugwump's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I made an error that I didn't report until a day or two after. We had this long term antepartum patient and our docs were routinely ordering 10 mg of Ambien every night for sleep. I had taken care...

  14. PIH Rx

    LizzyL&DRN replied to nurse79's topic in Ob/Gyn

    PIH- I knew exactly what the OP meant, but just for clarification she means: Pregnancy Induced Hypertension. Anyway to answer the OP's question: I have seen pts seize due to PIH. The immediate...

  15. In what instances would you use your chain of command

    LizzyL&DRN replied to mugwump's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I can only offer two instances that both happened to me. One time I needed the physician to come to the hospital to evaluate the patient following a C section who was bleeding into the fascia of her...

  16. Breastfeeding Question for L&D nurses

    LizzyL&DRN replied to Lovely_RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    The only hospitals i've worked in are in the process of becoming "baby friendly" hospitals which DO NOT promote formula feeding unless the parents choose to formula feed. Before my hospital started...

  17. Meds used to stop preterm labour

    LizzyL&DRN replied to mom2Alina's topic in Ob/Gyn

    The article you referenced is exactly correct. There are some pretty scary and uncomfortable side effects associated with Mag Sulfate therapy for PTL. But I think the "side effects" and conditions...

  18. What would you do?

    LizzyL&DRN replied to Nice2MeetU's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Is the only reason you decided not to have children because you are scared of childbirth? I don't mean to pry, some people just don't want kids in life, it sounds as though maybe you are one of those...

  19. What doctors do that bugs you...

    LizzyL&DRN replied to 33-weeker's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We had a doc that "popped off" 7 times. Baby was severely injured due to his negligence. I heard the baby was having uncontrollable seizures and i'm not sure what else. But it was really bad. I...

  20. What doctors do that bugs you...

    LizzyL&DRN replied to 33-weeker's topic in Ob/Gyn

    1. Doctors that make a huge mess during a delivery and refuse to clean up the mess. Including leaving their sharps on the table and not telling you how many there are on the table. You're left oh so...

  21. Is there any significance to a two vessel cord?

    LizzyL&DRN replied to Lisky90's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I have a good friend who delivered a baby with a 2 vessel cord at 32 weeks. She was delivered due to oligo and IUGR. Baby had a cleft palate, imperforated orifice and has turned out to be...

  22. Postpartum depression

    LizzyL&DRN replied to nurse79's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I can't say i've ever come across a pt suffering due to the fact we don't see them for long in the hospital. Maybe 2-4 days max on our floor then they d/c home. Anyway, I only experienced the PP...

  23. Doulas in l+d,hospital setting

    LizzyL&DRN replied to babysfingers's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I support whatever kind of birth the mother to be has decided for herself. If she would like a completely interventional labor with epidurals, pitocin, AROM, etc. etc. I will support her decision and...

  24. Do you continuously monitor pregnant surgery patients?

    LizzyL&DRN replied to debbiernbsn's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I have been in the OR during surgical procedures on mom when the fetus is over the age of viability. In one case it was a mom 32 weeks along undergoing a bowel resection due to obstructed bowel....

  25. Red Headed = increased bleeding risk?

    LizzyL&DRN replied to MIA-RN1's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I've heard this too, many many times. Of all the "true" red heads I've taken care of, I have yet to see a postpartum hemorrhage or increased bleeding. I think i've heard there is an increased risk...