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  1. Neoventa...very interesting

    JenTheRN posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    A co-worker of mine pointed out this website: http://www.neoventa.com/US/Articles/ST_Analysis/default.html I guess it's a type of monitoring they do in Sweden (my co-worker is from Sweden). It is...

  2. sterile gloves

    JenTheRN replied to crissrn27's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Same as above. We only wear sterile gloves for

  3. Funny OB things people say

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

    I had one gal who called jaundice "bilijaun". I guess she was just saving time by combining the two words! I thought it was

  4. Complicated Staffing Question

    JenTheRN replied to JenTheRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Thanks for all your replies! To the poster who asked who gets blood (we do), gives breaks (we eat in the unit), answers the phone while we are in a room (we bring the cordless phone in there). Let me...

  5. Doing the Happy Dance!!!

    JenTheRN replied to Tweety's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Congrats Tweety! I always look forward to your posts, you are very knowledgeable and will make a great

  6. Typical rate/dosage pitocin after C-Section

    JenTheRN replied to TooterIA's topic in Ob/Gyn

    It seems like waaaaaay too much. We usually have 20 u in a 1000ml bag that runs at 150 an hour. Sometimes faster than that if a uterus is boggy. Why in the world would you need 80

  7. Umbilical Cord Blood Donation

    JenTheRN posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Have any of you seen this happening? We would like to get started with it. The main question I have right now is this: Do the parents always have to send away for their own kit? I think it would be...

  8. Umbilical Cord Blood Donation

    JenTheRN replied to JenTheRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Now the cord blood donation is different. It is totally free to the parents. It's like blood donation, it goes to whomever needs it the most. But the parents need to set things in motion before 34...

  9. Sharps Containers in Public Restrooms?

    JenTheRN replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    We have a large population of diabetics in this area, I see those containers everywhere. From restaurants to the public bathrooms in the hospitals. It's really a great thing to

  10. epidurals

    JenTheRN replied to babyktchr's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We have a new anesthetist who has them stay in bed for two hours after epidural is out. The CRNAs usually say when they have full sensation in their

  11. PKU testing

    JenTheRN replied to doglover21's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Our state laws (Michigan) say that newborns must be tested between 24 and 36 hours. They can be tested earlier, but they will need to be retested once they are over 24-36 hours. I would think that...

  12. ACLS Question

    JenTheRN posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'd like to do a little informal poll... Does your hospital require you to be ACLS certifited? (If you don't mind including some background ie: number of births per year, size of hospital, what unit...

  13. 10 things you say at work lay people could get arrested for

    JenTheRN replied to sharann's topic in Nursing Humor

    Two things I said today: "I need a screw right here"...Well, I did. And maintenance still hasn't put it up! (Oh lord, that sounds even worse!) "I have a discharge" (Been said here before, but I...

  14. Jaundice skin color and labs

    JenTheRN posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    I just have loads of questions today! We have a baby in the ny who is very yellow/orange in color (eyes clear tho). Her bilichek level is like 14 to 15, but lab is only 11.9. We have replaced our...

  15. Closing the unit

    JenTheRN posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    We are stuggling with management in our small hospital about "closing our unit" when it is slow. "Closing" would mean no nurse (or any other staff) would be on the unit. A unit, by the way, which...

  16. Closing the unit

    JenTheRN replied to JenTheRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Deb: they do want us to float to other units. My beef is that we have no one to answer the phone and no one to be here if someone comes in unanounced. Our patients often just kind of 'wander in'...

  17. Closing the unit

    JenTheRN replied to JenTheRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We would rarely need to do this...we have 200+ deliveries a year plus we see non-complicated antepartum, NSTs, and we also have post-op GYN patients. Plus our numbers are coming up. In my opinion this...

  18. Closing the unit

    JenTheRN replied to JenTheRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    If it helps, I know we are a Critical Access

  19. Closing the unit

    JenTheRN replied to JenTheRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Also, how do I find out what 'level' we

  20. Why so many interventions ??????

    JenTheRN replied to Mooncricket55's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Oh, I also forgot to add our pt's do get clear liquids, can walk around (not epidurals obviously) and if there are no problems can be monitored

  21. Why so many interventions ??????

    JenTheRN replied to Mooncricket55's topic in Ob/Gyn

    At our hospital we don't usually induce without a good reason. Same for C-Sections. Regarding the epidurals, I think its great that women have this and other choices (including no pain meds) in...

  22. I Need Some Help...

    JenTheRN replied to hoping to be an rn's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Small hospital here, about 200 to 280 deliveries a year. We have two staffed RNs on the unit. (No desk clerk, no aid) We have three docs that deliver with us. When we have a laboring patient...

  23. Nurse tracking devices

    JenTheRN replied to PattonD's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Um, this is a joke, right? I mean we're nurses, not prisoners! Who needs to know EXACTLY where I am at all times?!? I can see having them on babies...but not the

  24. "You're a nurse...how wonderful!" (rant)

    JenTheRN replied to arizonanurse's topic in General Nursing

    Alright, I have to stir things up. I love my job because I love my patients. I work in OB, and I find my interaction with patients and families very fulfilling. I get to share a very important part...

  25. Vent: I absolutely HATE stupidity! Not ignorance.....STUPIDITY!!

    JenTheRN replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

    Actually in Michigan, the law states you CAN take your baby out of the corificeat to nurse while someone is driving. Not saying it's smart, but it's not against the