emhanojoli

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1. LDRP ~ outgoing or continuing trend?

   emhanojoli replied to dwetherelt's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I LOVE LDRP. That's what I oriented into straight out of school. That was what the 2nd and 3rd hospital's I worked in had. Now number 4 is LDR with separate PP. I really wish one of the hospitals around here had LDRP. I think it's wonderful. Incident...

2. Questions about L&D orientation...

   emhanojoli replied to RNRose's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Wow. Everyone here seems to have gotten a lot of orientation. I got seven weeks. LDRP, so all areas at once. It was full time. When I came in, they gave me a labor patient. Then I stayed with her until I left. That's how they did staffing for all nur...

3. Home birth vs. hospital

   emhanojoli replied to rnmi2004's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Yes, I am in the midwest, and I realize that's 90% of the problem. Worse yet, I'm in Illinois, home of the AMA. I totally agree with you that women have choices. But it makes me sad to hear how many women don't realize they have those choices. When ...

4. Home birth vs. hospital

   emhanojoli replied to rnmi2004's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Maybe I'm jaded, but this sounds really idealistic to me. I love to think that it's true that women have the say you say they have. Yes, patients can refuse any treatment. However, most believe that their doctor is making decisions that are best for ...

5. Home birth vs. hospital

   emhanojoli replied to rnmi2004's topic in Ob/Gyn

   First of all, I wouldn't say they were "lucky." Healthy natural births could be the norm, and in fact, ARE the norm in home births. Secondly, of course pregnant women are experimented on. What is Cytotec? Certainly not developed for induction. Someon...

6. Home birth vs. hospital

   emhanojoli replied to rnmi2004's topic in Ob/Gyn

7. Home birth vs. hospital

   emhanojoli replied to rnmi2004's topic in Ob/Gyn