NurseforPreggers

NurseforPreggers

Member

  • Content

    195

  • Visitors

    3,394

  • Followers

    0

  • Likes

    2

All Content by NurseforPreggers

  1. Induction Question

    NurseforPreggers replied to tumblebug's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I don't feel very strongly about this one way or the other. Personally I think that if your cervix is ready the induction will be a success, and if it isn't then it won't be. I just wish more doctors...

  2. Nurse Deliveries

    NurseforPreggers replied to fourbirds4me's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'm not sure how many we have exactly. We do about 300 deliveries a month. I have been at my hospital for 1 year and 3 months and I think I've done 7 deliveries myself. I don't know if you guys would...

  3. Med Error!!!!

    NurseforPreggers replied to AMARTIN1's topic in General Nursing

    I think every nurse who has been in the field for any reasonable amount of time has made one med error or another. I have completely forgotten to give a med before. Oddly enough, the nights that I am...

  4. trying to decide what nursing field to go into

    NurseforPreggers replied to MaeMae43's topic in Ob/Gyn

    A very good list,

  5. trying to decide what nursing field to go into

    NurseforPreggers replied to MaeMae43's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Leave your mind open. You will learn alot more about specific areas of nursing once you begin doing clinicals. That is the time in which most people find their passion. There was a post fairly...

  6. Trying to survive as a new PICU nurse..;(

    NurseforPreggers replied to Elicec's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    That does not sound like a safe situation at all. I would seriously consider changing your atmosphere. That is absolutely ridiculous that you have been there only a week and are expected to care for...

  7. lawsuits

    NurseforPreggers replied to Maisie's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks Siri! I applied online just now, I was impressed at how affordable the rates

  8. Ice Packs?

    NurseforPreggers replied to Aneroo's topic in Ob/Gyn

    :chuckle :chuckle :chuckle :chuckle

  9. Dangerous lessons learned in your first year of nursing

    NurseforPreggers replied to RaeT,RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    AAAAAAAH, that scares the bejeezus out of me. That sounds like the time one of our nurses bolused Mag. Very scary. I'm always very careful to check my

  10. How many deliveries do you have per month?

    NurseforPreggers replied to RaeT,RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Approx. 300 deliveries per month 11 LDR's 2 ORs 3 Recovery beds 6 antepartum beds 5 triage rooms (5a - 8p) and one little strange room that is in the middle of all the LDR's but is the size of an...

  11. Is it really that hard to get a job in L&D?

    NurseforPreggers replied to elphaba's topic in Ob/Gyn

    At the end of nursing school, most schools have you do a preceptorship. This is where you go and spend a certain amount of hours at the hospital, similar to clinicals, except that you are under the...

  12. 17 week gestation

    NurseforPreggers replied to Stephanie in FL's topic in Ob/Gyn

    In the state of Alabama, (I don't know about other places) this would be considered a miscarriage. Many parents do see and hold their babies after delivery. Others don't, its just a matter of personal...

  13. Is it true?

    NurseforPreggers posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Is it true that if you have PIH with your first pregnancy that you will not have it with your 2nd pregnancy unless its from a different father? I think I vaguely remember hearing something like this...

  14. Will a new grad be considered.. if experience is required?

    NurseforPreggers replied to newnurse.rs's topic in General Nursing

    It can be done, I started as a new grad in L&D with absolutely no experience. The worst thing they can do is not call you, right? Give it a

  15. Is it true?

    NurseforPreggers replied to NurseforPreggers's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Thanks

  16. Is it true?

    NurseforPreggers replied to NurseforPreggers's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Maybe it was that if you didn't have it with your first pregnancy, then you won't have it with other pregnancies .... unless the baby is from a different father. Now that I think about it, I think...

  17. You know you've been a nurse for way too long when...

    NurseforPreggers replied to jalvino1's topic in General Nursing

    I went to the movies a couple months ago and there was an add for a local department store that had a picture of a woman in a dress and the words PROM 2005 written out. My first thought? .......

  18. I am in an absolute state of panic right now... need help

    NurseforPreggers replied to NurseCard's topic in General Nursing

    I can't imagine what could have happened to make you feel this badly. Is there any chance you are overreacting? If you truly feel this way you may want to look into doctor's offices, health dept.,...

  19. Meds. off floor taste YUMMY!

    NurseforPreggers replied to NurCrystal22's topic in General Nursing

    When I was in nursing school I saw a nurse drop a suppository on the floor and pick it up and shove it in the pt's butt. Of course he had his back turned to her. I was appalled! She said "honey, your...

  20. What is Triage L&D Nurse?

    NurseforPreggers replied to Renee4christ's topic in Ob/Gyn

    My hospital has a OB Triage unit which is seperate from L&D. They are open from 5 am - 8 pm, M-F. It is staffed by L&D nurses. It doesn't do much good for us nurses on night shift however. At...

  21. Dangerous lessons learned in your first year of nursing

    NurseforPreggers replied to RaeT,RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We always just say someone is "magged out". And yes, SBE I know that lab work or any diagnostic testing of any kind is not a replacement for pt

  22. Nursing Misconceptions

    NurseforPreggers replied to allanina03's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Personally I hate it when someone finds out I'm a nurse and they ask what area I work in .. when I tell them Labor and Delivery they say "Awww, that must be such a happy place" or "Must be fun to play...

  23. Dangerous lessons learned in your first year of nursing

    NurseforPreggers replied to RaeT,RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Sarah, I was just wondering .. do you guys not do routine mag levels? Our Mag protocol includes a Mag level Q 6 hours. I hate it for these pts that they have to be stuck so often, but then again it...

  24. L&D related magazine?

    NurseforPreggers posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    I was looking around on the internet today trying to find a magazine subscription related to L&D nursing or OB nursing. Those are the terms I used to search and I didn't come up with anything. Do...

  25. Question for L&D RN's: Where to place patients?

    NurseforPreggers replied to midwife2b's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Usually when we have all beds full and a pt comes up we triage them in our OR recovery room. Its a room with 3 stretchers that is normally used for recovery after c-sections. This is usually a once in...