MKS8806

MKS8806 has 7 years experience and specializes in Labor and Delivery, Newborn, Antepartum.

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1. Funding for continuing education expenses?

   MKS8806 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I am in search of any resources out there for nurses to help with the expenses of continuing education opportunities, such as conference expenses. I have already reached out to the conference...

2. Postpartum Hemorrhage drills

   MKS8806 posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   Hi Everyone! I have recently taken over the education role for unit (L&D) and our sister units (mother baby and women's surgical). I work for a hospital that is owned by a corporation and we...

3. B/P and Seizures

   MKS8806 replied to knufflebunny's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Typically, when you are starting Mag for seizure prophylaxis, you need to be delivered. At our facility, we control BPs, with PO antihypertensive meds and IVP meds as needed. Once the pressure can...

4. difference high risk OB VS L&D?

   MKS8806 replied to ParisAntonel's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I work at a facility where we rotate through Labor, Triage, and Antepartum. We are a high risk Antepartum unit that gets transfers from all over the area. A typical day on that unit would consist of...

5. AWHONN recommendations

   MKS8806 posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   Hey everyone, I was wondering if someone could help me get my hands on a copy of awhonn's recommendations for documenting FHTs during the different stages of labor. I thought I had a copy of it...

6. How often do you document fht's?

   MKS8806 replied to at your cervix's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Does anyone have a link to AWHONN's recommendations?? I've been googling, but can't find what I'm looking

7. No physician in-house?

   MKS8806 replied to winter_green's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I worked at a facility similar to this for about 2 years. We didn't have doctors, anesthesia, or a surgery crew in house at night. Yes, it was scary at times, and there were outcomes that,...

8. Chorio s/s

   MKS8806 replied to MKS8806's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Yes! When I saw the WBC count, my initial reaction was that women in labor generally do have slightly elevated WBC counts. But later (after delivery), I wondered if that should've been a flag. Mom...

9. Neonatal IV question

   MKS8806 replied to NickB's topic in NICU, Neonatal

   We have very nice cushiony arm boards as well. I have put some netting over the site before if I have a grabby baby and I'm worried their going to pull on the IV tubing or if they're out with mom and...

10. Premie/Infant ID Bracelets

    MKS8806 replied to CajunNurseMan's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We attach 2 bracelets to our babies - one on the ankle and the other on the opposite wrist. Our bracelets have the sleeve like NicuGals. We have a printer that prints a sticker that is the right size...

11. Chorio s/s

    MKS8806 replied to MKS8806's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Thank you all for your responses. They did send the placenta and cultured it as well. We also sent the deleed secretions to the lab for culture - the Ped told me that, if that was infected, that...

12. Chorio s/s

    MKS8806 posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    I had a patient recently that spiked a temperature during pushing and the baby was delivered in....not so good shape. The delivering doctor marked on her paperwork that the patient had developed...

13. Delivery Pitocin

    MKS8806 replied to rntmo95's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We bolus the 30ml in

14. NICU visitation policy

    MKS8806 replied to DBellevi's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Level 2 nursery: We allow parents and grandparents and siblings of any age (as long as they are healthy and not sick). All visitors must be present with a parent. We are a little more lenient when...

15. NRP

    MKS8806 replied to Queen2u's topic in Pediatric

    READ THE BOOK!! To know how to react is to understand the algorithm and be able to react based on what's going on. It really isn't too bad. But you do need to