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1. Has anyone worked at Washington Hospital Labor & Delivery in Fremont, CA?

   winter_green posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   Hi all, Just wondering if anyone can give me feedback on their work experience at Washington Hospital Labor & Delivery in Fremont, CA? Curious about the work culture, work flow, doctors, and any...

2. Wondering...

   winter_green posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   Just wondering, at your hospital, are you given any education hours or even a dollar amount that you can use to take classes or conferences? If so, how many hours and what dollar amount? I know...

3. New Nurse, New Job in Postpartum...Worse Than I Could Have Imagined

   winter_green replied to Holdsteady11's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Just read you first paragraph and it sounds like hell. We only do at most, 3 couplets

4. L/D RN learning to scrub for c/sec

   winter_green replied to massbaby's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Our FBC (LDRP) , nurses are assigned to either learn PACU or scrubs. It works out fine because if an Rn is the scrub for our shift, the scrub Rn only takes mother baby couplets for patient care and if...

5. L&D gals

   winter_green replied to Graduation2016's topic in Ob/Gyn

   At my current hospital, there is no limit in the number of visitors. However most patients choose to only have the significant other there only, sometimes that is also because they are military...

6. Do you always keep emergency meds on hand for deliveries?

   winter_green replied to perfexion's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Yes. It's standard at our hospital we have emergency medications at every delivery. You never know when you really need them, always good to have them. And if you don't need it, you can always return...

7. Should I donate all my scrubs?

   winter_green posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   I've been in L&D at this new facility for about 2 years now. Here, they provide our scrubs for us and they wash them for us. My previous hospital did not provide scrubs for the nurses. We had to...

8. How to cope when you had a bad delivery

   winter_green posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   I hate the feeling... Can't stop thinking of what else I could have done... Or what I should have done... Even moments of "maybe this isn't for me anymore"... Even as far as" i think I should quit......

9. Who out there is doing standardized pitocin orders?

   winter_green replied to ragingmomster's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Standard order, start at 1 mU then increase by 1 - 2 every 30 minutes to a maximum of 20

10. Philadelphia Hospitals - Charting/Pay

    winter_green replied to guests929's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    I would call HR, they can give you a general idea before you decide to apply and whether its for you or not. Let us know what you find out

11. Median pay for L&D RNC-OB with 4 years experience

    winter_green replied to jennycorn11's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    I've thought about moving to PA but the pay for RN is very low. I believe CA and NY are the top paying states for RN. I don't mean to brag and please don't take it wrong but I have 2 years of...

12. LDRP vs L&D/Postpartum

    winter_green replied to knufflebunny's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'm in CA, at a baby-friendly hospital. We average 100-110 births per month. Active labor, always 1:1. Mother baby always 1:3. Charge RN never takes patients. We are pretty well staff, which I'm...

13. Help Becoming Baby Friendly

    winter_green replied to debsgreys's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We are baby friendly, and we do LDRP. Recently one of the major change to baby friendly is skin to skin immediately after birth for one uninterrupted hour! That means no baby weight, no meds, nothing...

14. What do you chart when you have a normal vaginal delivery?

    winter_green posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    At this new facility, they are very short...just "SVD female" then "placenta delivered". I was trained to be more detail from my old facility.... "Spontaneous lady partsl delivery of viable...

15. Perineal Prep Solutions?

    winter_green replied to dkrRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    My old workplace, and currently where I am at.... always