woopcrane

Latest Activity

1. Nasty coworker advice needed

   woopcrane replied to Beachbum2010's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

   What sort of supervisory position are you in? Document her disrespectiful behavior and take her aside. Let her know her behavior is disrespectful and you expect no further discussion about you to...

2. Biggest issue nurses face?

   woopcrane replied to Eponine's topic in General Nursing

   Care Giver Fatigue. New verbage for a sort of burn out... It's not that you don't care, it's just that no matter what you do, or how well you do it, you can't do it as well as you WANT because...

3. Postpartum / L&D Nurses

   woopcrane replied to nurse2be2010's topic in General Nursing

   Myths and reality about breast feeding - How to get a kid to latch and the proper latch is always good. Obstretical emergencies - RN immediate actions and response for pp hemorrage (we had RNs who...

4. Forced Flu Shots

   woopcrane replied to Tinksrn's topic in Activism, Healthcare

   Hey, it's the hospital rules - and frankly, they do not want a possible vector working for them. They have the right to dictate under what conditions you are allowed to work in their facility. Look...

5. baby to the nursery please

   woopcrane replied to jennifers's topic in Ob/Gyn

   We will occationally give mama a break, but not usually - we expect mom and family members to get to know the baby, get the Breast feeding down. We rarey have a new mom with out other family members....

6. Mom thinking about going back to nursing school... NEEDS ENCOURAGEMENT!!!

   woopcrane replied to JenInSchool's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

   As the ave age of nurses is now late 40's we welcolme new young blood!!! Even when I was going through my bsn program,(80'S)the ave student age was late 20's which means, even then, nursing was not...

7. Pain medication in Postpartum

   woopcrane replied to LuvofNursing's topic in Ob/Gyn

   lady parts. She didnt realize what it

8. Pain medication in Postpartum

   woopcrane replied to LuvofNursing's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I Start with the non-medicstions: - ICE packs, Peribottle baths and sitz baths, Closely followed by witchhazel, proctofom, followed by Motrin for the uterine cramping, Tylenolfor inflamation, and...

9. Mother Baby Couplet Care

   woopcrane replied to NSY4ME's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I helped a hospital change to couplet care -= Any sort of change, as you know will cause resistance/depression/etc studies show that for the first 6 months, your staff will not be happy campers as...

10. When a OB/GYN refuses a Doula for the "pt"

    woopcrane replied to Kristen's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'm sorry - the physician cannot prevent a patient from having whomever she wants to attend the delivery, with in the hospital visitation rules. She needs to quietly and calmly inform the physician...

11. More info on EMTALA

    woopcrane replied to at your cervix's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Unfortunately the COBRA law simply states if the women is having contractions.... It does not define active labor vs. latent labor vs. braxton hicks contractions. It simply states contractions as the...

12. When to push with epidural?

    woopcrane replied to MQ Edna's topic in Ob/Gyn

    WOW - just read this thread - brings up a lot of issues doesn't it? So here is my 2 cents As we are learning more about the second stage of labor, we have discovered that often there is a latent...