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cherokeesummer

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  1. Policy on leaving AMA w/baby?

    cherokeesummer posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Hey all, just wondering - what does your hospital do (if you've ever had this occurence) if you have a patient that wants to leave AMA (on delivery day) and wants to take baby. Does the ped allow the...

  2. Postpartum comfort

    cherokeesummer replied to JB0901's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Our unit has the peri pad ice packs that you twist and activate. They only last about 30 mins but the moms like them. They do not absorb blood well so it makes the bleeding look worse sometimes....

  3. Didn't know I'd have to do additional jobs besides mine!

    cherokeesummer replied to SoundofMusic's topic in First Year After Licensure

    On our unit we don't always have a secretary or they are so swamped that we have to do our own stuff. We rarely if ever have aides. We do all the moms care, babies care, change linens, pass and pick...

  4. Does anyone just work Mother/Baby??

    cherokeesummer replied to QTBabyNurse's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Where I work we do couplet care. L and D is staffed by their own nurses and they have Antepartum responsibility however they can pull us to ante. Mother/Baby has mother/Baby and admissions nursery...

  5. Question on a post being closed now?

    cherokeesummer posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Hey all, I was enjoying a thread last night about Rules of the OB Unit and I went through like 8 pages of it and was going to the next page and all of a sudden I got the screen saying that I probably...

  6. Policy on leaving AMA w/baby?

    cherokeesummer replied to cherokeesummer's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I think (not sure here) but think that maybe the reason why our docs and peds are so wary against sending moms/babies home is the fear of legal ramifications. I mean with mom she signs out AMA but...

  7. Policy on leaving AMA w/baby?

    cherokeesummer replied to cherokeesummer's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Very cool information, thank you for sharing with me. I really and truly was wondering what the process was all about. I guess I was thinking like way back old days LOL when moms had babies on the...

  8. Policy on leaving AMA w/baby?

    cherokeesummer replied to cherokeesummer's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I've heard this before but I'm unsure on something, feeling really stupid here LOL but...what would they need insurance for? Meaning if they were at home having a baby on their own with no doctors...

  9. Is this all there is?-revisited

    cherokeesummer replied to nurseby07's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Congrats! It is nice to find a good spot that you are happy with! I'm happy where I am now, some days more than others of course but at least at the end of the day I'm not crying! (I was

  10. What is your unit's Uniform Policy

    cherokeesummer replied to 1994OBRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Currently where I work our uniform policy is very...general LOL at least it was in nursing school when we did a project on whether nurses should wear white LOL! Anyway, from what I have seen our L...

  11. Hep B shot on newborn

    cherokeesummer replied to emptybee's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'm glad you mentioned this, I had never heard/seen this practice before and then someone taught me this when I was on orientation. I'm a diabetic and you know had alwyas used the same needle to draw...

  12. Policy on leaving AMA w/baby?

    cherokeesummer replied to cherokeesummer's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Our's is generally 48 hours for lady partsl and 3-4 days for c-section, occasionally vag moms will ask for 24 hour discharge and c/s moms will ask for 3 day discharge and generally no issue. I've...

  13. FUN thread! how many months are you into your first year?

    cherokeesummer replied to labrador4122's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I passed the boards on 8/22/07, started working as an RN on 9/10/07 and am working in

  14. L and D Job Concerns

    cherokeesummer replied to zahryia's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I work PP and newborn nursery and have yet to have an orderly day or lunch in the cafeteria. I'm lucky to pee most days LOL. So I can't even imagine what L and D is

  15. Refusing "Hospital Protocal"

    cherokeesummer replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in Ob/Gyn

    This has been a wonderful topic for me. I'm learning a

  16. Will my feet/legs always feel this way?

    cherokeesummer posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hi all, just wondering if I will always feel this way?!?! I've been working as a nurse since September and my feet are miserable, my legs cramp up and by the time I get home from work I have blisters...

  17. Well baby nursery at night

    cherokeesummer replied to akacyndi's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We do care for two patients, our care is couplet care. I usually have 4 couplets (and new admissions go to each of us in turn) except on busy days we get more couplets. Anyway we have nursery but we...

  18. what to know for pp

    cherokeesummer replied to crazylilkelly's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Well I can't say I'm experienced as I've only been in PP for about five months now but I'd say knowing the terminology (fundus/lochia/etc.) and understanding labs (hep, GBS, CBC) is important. Know...

  19. Need Encouragement!

    cherokeesummer replied to jodyangel's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I don't have much to add as I'm a PP nurse and not L and D but the struggle of being a new nurse and prioritizing and multitasking is one I'm still working on too. Just wanted to offer a good pat on...

  20. L and D Job Concerns

    cherokeesummer replied to zahryia's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I don't work L and D but I do work PP and I can say that yes its a demanding job being anywhere near moms and babies LOL. So many people think its a breeze job b/c they think most patients are...

  21. Expected lab results for Pregnancy/Labor/Postpartum?

    cherokeesummer replied to BBQvegan's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Yes I need to learn more about these things too! At work when a baby's blood work comes back they are like oh he has 8 bands and I'm like ok what does that mean?! I really don't understand it, we...

  22. When the mother is type O and the infant is type A blood.

    cherokeesummer replied to oramar's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I don't know the specifics but I do know that whenever we have a mom with O pos, O neg, and any kind of neg we send baby cord blood to the lab for coombs and rh

  23. My Life with a Nurse: A Man's Perspective

    cherokeesummer replied to StatBlues's topic in Nursing Humor

    Hilarious!

  24. What would you do in this situation?

    cherokeesummer replied to camay1221_RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'm a new nurse but I'm a woman first and I have lost a child and I would be DEVESTATED if I was put on a floor with new moms and babies after losing my child. I can't even imagine. I think in our...

  25. Is it like this everywhere? Ratios and such

    cherokeesummer replied to cherokeesummer's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Yes sadly imagine my suprise today when I came in and we had wayyyy more than 4 couplets. But thank goodness we actually had an aid today to help us with the trays and vitals. Shew. Yeah we...