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  1. Vaginal Birth After Cesarean questions

    bam_bam replied to mdavidSN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    At my institution we don't encourage or discourage. Our patients are presented with the risks/benefits and make there own decision. They have to sign a VBAC consent form to attempt a VBAC. I...

  2. Questions about Clonus

    bam_bam posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Do you check for clonus when doing a preeclamptic assessment? Where I first started L&D, it wasn't done and I had no idea what it was. When I was a traveler I had to ask someone about it because...

  3. Pushing before complete

    bam_bam replied to winterblue's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Primips no way! Multips, if they have the urge to push we let them gently bear down with contractions. When my sister was having her 5th baby and was 8cm she had a very strong urge to push but they...

  4. Epidurals and hypotension

    bam_bam replied to reprise's topic in Ob/Gyn

    epidural/spinal in my opinion is the only way to go. Like she said above meds can be given to increase b/p. Also usually patients are given a iv fluid bolus prior to epidural to prevent a...

  5. Umbilical cord care

    bam_bam replied to AlaskaKat's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Bringing up this thread to see if anyone has new information on this topic. We still use alcohol TID on our cords. I would love to have some concrete info against alcohol to show our docs since I...

  6. Personal malpractice insurance....yes or no?

    bam_bam posted a topic in General Nursing

    We had this discussion at work the other day. One of the points against it was that lawyers will go for the person(s) with the most malpractice insurance. Also I know, I've been told that the...

  7. OB procedures

    bam_bam replied to mathew's topic in Ob/Gyn

    amniocentesis

  8. what is the youngest mi that you have seen

    bam_bam replied to kcrnsue's topic in General Nursing

    Back in the 70's my cousin died at age 18 from an MI, his father died at age 38. I have a huge family history of CVD. 5 of 7 of my mom's brothers all wtih cardiac, 2 of the died in theair late 30's...

  9. What is your workplace's policy on jewelry?

    bam_bam replied to hippienurse's topic in General Nursing

    posts only for earrings no other visible piercings allowed only 2 fingers with

  10. old skills that we do not use anymore

    bam_bam replied to sassykitkatt's topic in General Nursing

    heat lamps for episiotomy

  11. What does your screenname mean?

    bam_bam replied to PMHNP10's topic in General Nursing

    It's my

  12. Does your staff do C/S's or does OR team??

    bam_bam replied to babies_r_us's topic in Ob/Gyn

    250 deliveries a year here....we don't even have our own OR. We have to do C/s in the main OR. We go to catch the babe and that's

  13. old skills that we do not use anymore

    bam_bam replied to sassykitkatt's topic in General Nursing

    I remember as a CNA in LTC a way long time ago, using Barbasol, as our skin care protocol. From what I hear, skin care protocols have come a looonnnnggg way! I work L&D now so I have no clue...

  14. Hello!..and ?s about "Flat baby" & "non-VBAC pain"

    bam_bam replied to Doula4Nurses's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Flat in relation to the monitor strip means a decrease in variability and no accelerations in the heart rate. Normal variability is 5 to 25 bpm variation from the baseline. Constant abdominal pain...

  15. Breach of my confidentiality by unknown nurse-advice PLEASE!

    bam_bam replied to jackson's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think we are jumping to conclusions. She already said in the OP that the neighbor said that it was a nurse who asked about her. Not the wife of a

  16. New Member

    bam_bam replied to Nurse_Educator's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Hi there Marilyn from another relative

  17. Breach of my confidentiality by unknown nurse-advice PLEASE!

    bam_bam replied to jackson's topic in General Nursing

    I would probably report it. Myself, if I have a patient who is a mutual friend or acquantence, like your scenario, I would ask them if it were ok to ask the mutual acquantence about

  18. New Mama Baby RN

    bam_bam replied to MeMaRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We use Sweet-ease brand sucrose. It is a 24% Sucrose solution. it comes in little coffe creamer-like containers. You dip the pacifier or a gloved finger in it and let babe suck for a few minutes...

  19. New Mama Baby RN

    bam_bam replied to MeMaRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    small community hospital here also. Babes stay with moms for the majority of the time but hearing screens and PKU's are done in the nursery unless mom requests otherwise. Do you use sucrose prior to...

  20. Does your hospital give Hep B vaccines to newborns?

    bam_bam replied to bam_bam's topic in Ob/Gyn

    There are two different blood tests, HepBsAG (Antigen) and HepBsAB (antibody). Antigen tells you if you have hepB and antibody tells you if you have antibodies from a

  21. What/Who are duncan and shultz? r/o

    bam_bam replied to alicec1's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I don't know who the names refer to but the placentas sides are refered to as "Dirty Duncan" and "Shiny Schultz". Dirty is the side attached to the uterus, because it is very rough looking. And the...

  22. OB/GYN Medications

    bam_bam replied to mathew's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Also Demerol and Phenergan. My unit doesn't use Demerol during labor but my previous unit used it alot! We use Stadol, sometimes in combination with

  23. Stop in this thread and say hello!

    bam_bam replied to nycNurse2b's topic in New York Nursing

    Home: Central NY Status: RN 12 years Age: 32 Marital Status: Married Kids: 9 year old (today!) boy Current Job: RN in small LDRP unit Wants to be:

  24. Anyone work 20 hour shifts?

    bam_bam posted a topic in General Nursing

    What is up with that? I have heard briefly a few times lately, about 20 hour shifts. Isn't that illegal? What is a schedule like when you work a 20 hour

  25. Frequency of vaginal exams during labor

    bam_bam replied to BETSRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I agree with what was said already. I try to keep checks to a minimum but we do also check before pain