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  1. 17 lb baby!

    Mermaid4 replied to ayndim's topic in Ob/Gyn

    In Brazil , csections are on demand....I have had more than one Brazilian patient be shocked at not being able to have a csection vs a lady partsl delivery. That is because they often want to avoid...

  2. Athlete's version of labor

    Mermaid4 replied to Mermaid4's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I have not seen a difference with elder, mid range or young people in labor with their first child...I have, however, noticed that sometimes the older first time parents, having become accustomed to a...

  3. Shocked and angry. Need new job.

    Mermaid4 replied to jrring1019's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I have had this sort of quick thing happen in a case where the hospital was thinking about ( and actually working on) a merger. We had no idea...Good idea to check out the contract since probably with...

  4. International Traveling

    Mermaid4 replied to JaneyW's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'm confused too but this has been very interesting...Wonder what we labor and delivery folk would be working as if we were in England if we could even work there at

  5. Athlete's version of labor

    Mermaid4 replied to Mermaid4's topic in Ob/Gyn

    As one of those ancient creatures, I am not exactly thrilled with it, unless someone also introduces the partner or husband as "elderly expectant dad." Notice that NEVER happens. Since I brought this...

  6. I feel like a terrible nurse, what should I have done?

    Mermaid4 replied to breastfeedingRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    You are a patient advocate and the best sort...One who speaks for those who can't speak for themselves....Kudos to

  7. Shocked and angry. Need new job.

    Mermaid4 replied to jrring1019's topic in Ob/Gyn

    OH yes! Inner city and teens are not always icky...Icky crosses every line in my opinion...And I would imagine there is more money and less litagation in bariatric surgery, especially with the influx...

  8. The Know-It-All nurse

    Mermaid4 replied to BETSRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    It is NOT against the law for a nurse to deliver a baby (consider the nurse midwives). The rest of us don't do it routinely but people do show up pushing on the unit or even ten feet from the call...

  9. The Know-It-All nurse

    Mermaid4 replied to BETSRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Oh yes...One of them is a very good worker who just seems to want to tell us everything we do "wrong" or omit, never thinking that she also makes mistakes that the night nurses discover on...

  10. 17 lb baby!

    Mermaid4 replied to ayndim's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I would like to know what the biggest baby delivered lady partslly weighed. I just saw some history show which mentioned a woman in Russia in the seventeen hundreds who gave birth to significant...

  11. Stuck at 9cm

    Mermaid4 replied to JenTheRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    In my experience after all the position changes have been tried, it is often asynclitic, as has been said, and in a couple of cases an undiagnosed face presentation, which is a good thing to be stuck...

  12. Athlete's version of labor

    Mermaid4 replied to Mermaid4's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Bully for us world class (finally, in my case) ELITE

  13. Okay OB nurses All about a cesearean?

    Mermaid4 replied to xmaxiex's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I can't imagine why they would just decide to compel you to have a csection as you have a proven pelvis.....And ultrasounds are NOT positive indicators of what a baby will weigh, at least in my...

  14. Navy Nursing-I'm so confused!

    Mermaid4 replied to jhawk07's topic in Government, Military

    Exactly..One active duty member works best if you need all those choices met. If it is between you and the Navy, they are first. Recall, there is a war so one or both of you could be diverted without...

  15. Navy Nursing-I'm so confused!

    Mermaid4 replied to jhawk07's topic in Government, Military

    You have a better chance than many as a nurse with two active duty people BUT as a military "brat" and wife of a Coast Guardsman all I can say to you is good luck with that! It will work but it will...

  16. Thumb sucking adults

    Mermaid4 replied to RNLaborNurse4U's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I always thought it was funny to describe sucking a thumb as infantile, when to me it looks much worse to have a ciggarette hanging out of your mouth, but thats just me. I also don't smoke or drink...

  17. Thumb sucking adults

    Mermaid4 replied to RNLaborNurse4U's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Well, never thought I would have a reason to admit this but I was born sucking my thumb, and my parents made such a fuss over it including painting my thumbs with some horrible stuff, that when it...

  18. If Martha Stewart was a nurse.....

    Mermaid4 replied to saintcheryl2002's topic in Nursing Humor

    Ah yes, and the patients would flourish on 7 million thread count Egyption cotton sheets that are probably HAND washed by the alreay overworked nursing staff, who of course will be INGORED by Ms....

  19. Narcan at Delivery

    Mermaid4 replied to JaneyW's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Oops! Thats right! Forgot to mention the thing about narcotic addicted moms....If I even have a hint of suspicion that I might need it, I keep the stuff in my pocket! (not the narcotics, the narcan!)...

  20. Narcan at Delivery

    Mermaid4 replied to JaneyW's topic in Ob/Gyn

    In our unit, narcan is a nursing decision but if we are in delivery then we are trusted to make the correct choice..Usually you have to time to consult either pedi or the OB, but if I get a really...

  21. Narcan at Delivery

    Mermaid4 replied to JaneyW's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I haven't used it unless it is obvious that the baby is depressed. I keep it in the room just in case....That is neonatal protocol..I have also had to use it in a mom who was overwhelmed and very...

  22. a quick question

    Mermaid4 replied to uk_nurse's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Good for you but at 33 weeks and being a multip, I don't think I would reccommend walking around with those contractions since they could turn into the real thing, which wouldn't be a problem except...

  23. Computer charting in L&D

    Mermaid4 replied to evltwnRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    The unit I currently am working in is not computerized with regard to patient charting and the like. We do use the computer to put in orders and such...The last place I worked we did hollister...

  24. thinking about switching from OB to dialysis...

    Mermaid4 replied to ChristineO's topic in Ob/Gyn

    You are welcome! Sounds like I would love to work with you as well. Come play with us here on Cape Cod! Seriously, if you have an opportunity that sounds good why not go for it? If it doesn't pan out,...

  25. TLC Special Duggar Family

    Mermaid4 replied to alphafe's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I am sure you are right since I haven't seen it but would like to...I can't imagine sheltering from this new world. How scary for them when they have to be on their own. I will have to watch for the...