cherokeesummer

cherokeesummer

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  1. Recovery for vaginal delivery

    cherokeesummer replied to IrishIzCPNP's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Where I work our LD nurses keep moms for one hour after delivery time i.e. if baby is born at 1800, mom usually comes over to MB at 1900, sometimes later but usually not, and they come numb or not,...

  2. What do patients say that irks you?

    cherokeesummer replied to NurseforPreggers's topic in Ob/Gyn

    as a side note with the baby away from mom issues, 70% of our patients are telling us to keep the baby in the nursery, not the other way around. We have tried to encourage rooming in and bonding but...

  3. What do patients say that irks you?

    cherokeesummer replied to NurseforPreggers's topic in Ob/Gyn

    LOL at the baby weight question... FOB or Gramma or whomever is at the delivery, is present the entire time, has not left the baby's side and then asks me in the transition nursery - how much does the...

  4. Emergency Equipment (Couplet Care)

    cherokeesummer replied to RNmommy's topic in Ob/Gyn

    PS - someone has even stole boxes of

  5. Emergency Equipment (Couplet Care)

    cherokeesummer replied to RNmommy's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Exactly what you said - ditto... Sounds like we work in the same place

  6. NRP certification?

    cherokeesummer posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    How many of you are NRP certified? Is the class hard? I've got the book from my educator and am trying to get started on reading it, I take the course in about 2.5 weeks. She said to read the whole...

  7. Need input from other postpartum/mother-baby nurses!

    cherokeesummer replied to BarbNY's topic in Ob/Gyn

    On any given shift I generally have 4-5 couplets, we try to keep it no more than 5 though on occasion we have had more. We do not have PCA's or CNA's or anything like that anymore so we do all...

  8. Acuity Based Staffing Tool in Mother/Baby?

    cherokeesummer replied to FemmeRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Our LPN's and RN's do the same tasks and have the same assignment load with the exception that LPN's cannot have a Mag

  9. How many couplets are you responsible for?

    cherokeesummer replied to zoo*moon's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I agree with you 100% I wish we could make our admin see that this is the

  10. Acuity Based Staffing Tool in Mother/Baby?

    cherokeesummer replied to FemmeRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I want to come work where you are! :):) I don't know if it is our region or what but it doesn't matter if we have a fresh section, we still have the same number of couplets. Most days we start with...

  11. Acuity Based Staffing Tool in Mother/Baby?

    cherokeesummer replied to FemmeRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I wish so much that we had staffing based on acuity but we don't and it stinks! As charge nurses we try to distribute the wealth like you mentioned above, if we know someone is on mag or abx or blood...

  12. How many couplets are you responsible for?

    cherokeesummer replied to zoo*moon's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We start the day with 5 couplets usually and then get new admits as we are hopefully discharging. 5 is the norm but we do get up to 6. In the past I've had up to 7 couplets but that was/is very rare....

  13. Am I the only weird one that does this LOL

    cherokeesummer posted a topic in General Nursing

    Am I the only weird one that signs her name with RN at the end even when I'm not at work? It's like a strange habit and almost automatic LOL. I don't sign my full name at work all the time, I will...

  14. Am I the only weird one that does this LOL

    cherokeesummer replied to cherokeesummer's topic in General Nursing

    LOL I'm glad I'm not alone in this! I thought maybe the novelty would wear off after awhile, its been almost a year and a half since I became a nurse LOL but yup still doing it LOL! while we are on...

  15. Eating at the nurses' station

    cherokeesummer replied to nursebrandie28's topic in General Nursing

    I do eat at the desk occasionally if I'm super busy, particularly if I'm charge b/c I have to do secretary and charge. For those that always take a break, how do you manage? Trust me, talking to...

  16. Absolutely the most entertaining birth plan I have ever read....

    cherokeesummer replied to Mermaid4's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Love

  17. Christmas Babies

    cherokeesummer replied to jodyangel's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Some of my coworkers purchase little santa outfits and such and put them on the babies born on Christmas day, I put santa suits on the babies I admitted today. It was very cute, I did ask if it was...

  18. Any Mother/Baby Nurses? If so, do you only deal with postpartum?

    cherokeesummer replied to Renee4christ's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Hi! I am a post partum nurse and we only work with mothers/babies. We used to work Antepartum when needed but do not any longer. We also can float to NICU if we want to and if they need help. We...

  19. Am I too sensitive - new charge

    cherokeesummer posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am new to being charge and while I was not wanting to do it so soon (just a year of experience) I am ok with doing it now, but its very busy because we are almost always understaffed and I do...

  20. unsafe staffing in LDRP

    cherokeesummer replied to eden's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Eden, I am sorry you are dealing with this. I don't know what people are thinking now a days. It's like really a major thing has to happen to get some input. We don't have an LDRP but we have l...

  21. Gobble Gobble! Happy Turkey Day!!

    cherokeesummer replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    Happy Thanksgiving to you

  22. Am I too sensitive - new charge

    cherokeesummer replied to cherokeesummer's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly I totally understand what you are saying - I vent and blow off steam too but I do it out loud while talking with my coworkers but I don't give it to the charge like when I'm getting the next...

  23. venting: fetal demise

    cherokeesummer replied to redhedgoddess's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'm sorry, how very sad. I'm a type I diabetic and it took many years for me to conceive so I assure you this when I did, (after 9 years) I was the best diabetic I've ever been in my life, wish I...

  24. How do L&D nurses REALLY feel about natural birth?

    cherokeesummer replied to WVUturtle514's topic in Ob/Gyn

    100%

  25. A year in review

    cherokeesummer posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Wow, so I've been a nurse a little over a year now. I have to say that it is the hardest physical labor job I've ever had in my life and I worked fast food for years and thought that was tough on the...