NurseforPreggers

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  1. MgSO4 patients on Postpartum

    NurseforPreggers replied to nurjoyce's topic in Ob/Gyn

    None of our Mag patients go to PP. It doesn't matter the reason they are on Mag, they are all either on L&D or Antepartum if on Magnesium therapy. Sorry can't help you

  2. 6 months along

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

    Sounds like you were in a potentially dangerous situation and on the fast track to burn out. I think you did the right thing. Take a break, relax, and start again somewhere else. Be sure to...

  3. Knowing what to do exactly

    NurseforPreggers replied to malusport's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Wow, I feel the exact opposite of you. I have worked in L&D since the day I graduated (a year ago) and sometimes I feel bad that I am so specialized. My best friend is an ER nurse and she knows...

  4. How do I know that I have what it takes

    NurseforPreggers replied to isitforme's topic in General Nursing

    I think the idea of becoming a CNA or similar job would be great for you to find out if nursing interests you. There are lots of nurses that are queasy about certain things, I'm sure you could find an...

  5. Charting ?

    NurseforPreggers replied to student4ever's topic in General Nursing

    I know that generally it is not very common on say a Med/Surg floor to chart the vitals for the exact time you take them. I guess what I was thinking was that if a patient went bad or something and...

  6. Charting ?

    NurseforPreggers replied to student4ever's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a labor and delivery nurse. A couple weeks ago I had a patient come in complete and delivery within 2 minutes of getting in the labor room. The time that she delivered per our fetal monitor, was...

  7. Charting ?

    NurseforPreggers replied to student4ever's topic in General Nursing

    You could make a little note on a piece of paper when you walk into each person's room as to what time it is. Then when you go back and chart put that time as the vitals. I don't see how you could go...

  8. Questions about moms in labor

    NurseforPreggers replied to lee1's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Yes, I had one before...this was w/ #2, my ds. I was induced w/ my dd...contrax were so much worse w/ her. I think she wasn't 'done' yet, but the docs insisted on induction. I was 2 1/2 weeks late,...

  9. No fundal checks for post-op C-sections?

    NurseforPreggers replied to daisybaby's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I've never heard of this, doesn't make sense to me. If c-section patients don't need fundal checks we might as well not do them on anyone. The ONLY thing that I can possibly think of is that because...

  10. When is the right time to push?

    NurseforPreggers replied to NursePamela's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'm not sure if you were directing this statement at me or not. I reread the posts and I don't see anyone saying anything about staffing issues, unless you were referring to my comment about the...

  11. When is the right time to push?

    NurseforPreggers replied to NursePamela's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Most of the times that women are not "allowed" to labor down it has absolutely nothing to do with the nurses. Think about it this way ... as much as you don't want to be pushing for hours the nurses...

  12. Questions about moms in labor

    NurseforPreggers replied to lee1's topic in Ob/Gyn

    :chuckle Wow, I'm amazed that she was able to hold that baby in at a +3 station for 15 minutes while her doc got there. Usually in this situation I end up delievering the baby :chuckle The nurse...

  13. Questions about moms in labor

    NurseforPreggers replied to lee1's topic in Ob/Gyn

    At my facility RNs always perform cervical checks on R/O labor patients as long as the patient is not preterm or bleeding. Sounds like you had a wonderful birth experience with minimal pain. Every now...

  14. What do patients say that irks you?

    NurseforPreggers replied to NurseforPreggers's topic in Ob/Gyn

    This was brought up in another thread but for me it totally fit this topic ... When I explain to a patient that they are not in labor although they are contracting and give discharge instructions I...

  15. Women's Reactions to L&D Nurses Outside the Hospital

    NurseforPreggers replied to FrumDoula's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Thats hilarious. I'm still trying to convince my husband that women do not have one more rib than men. I don't know how to make him understand! I think he reallys knows thats not true, but says it to...

  16. Let's introduce ourselves...

    NurseforPreggers replied to pedi-RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hi, I'm Amanda. I graduated in May of 2004, took boards sometime last June. I'm right at the end of my first year, but I still feel like a newbie. I work in L&D/High Risk

  17. Orientation

    NurseforPreggers replied to amber1142's topic in Ob/Gyn

    My orientation was 12 weeks with a preceptor working on the floor. There was some class time. I took a fetal monitoring strip class and general orientation classes to the hospital. The one thing I was...

  18. IV starts and drawing blood

    NurseforPreggers replied to srknurse's topic in Emergency

    I'm not an ER nurse, but all of my patients get blood drawn on admission. We start the IV and connect a syringe to the catheter of the IV and draw blood, remove the syringe of blood and connect the IV...

  19. Patients knowing medical lingo

    NurseforPreggers replied to lpnstudentin2010's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe its because I am a fairly new nurse, but this bothers me alot. I don't talk down to my patients, but I dont assume that they have any knowledge of medical lingo. I have heard way to many times...

  20. How do Doctors treat nurses

    NurseforPreggers replied to IWANT2BEEANRN's topic in General Nursing

    Different doctors treat nurses differently, just as some nurses are nicer/meaner to each other. I think the biggest problem is that alot of them have God

  21. What do patients say that irks you?

    NurseforPreggers replied to NurseforPreggers's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Thats a good

  22. Baby Formula to irrigate bladder????

    NurseforPreggers posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Ok, I have only been a nurse for a year and I know I don't know everything. Last night we did a C/S and the doctor told me he wanted me to irrigate the bladder through the foley with baby formula. I...

  23. Baby Formula to irrigate bladder????

    NurseforPreggers replied to NurseforPreggers's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I just asked my mom who was a labor nurse for 23 years at a different hospital than I work at. She said she has done it too and that it won't hurt anything. Still really weird to me. The doctor must...

  24. Baby Formula to irrigate bladder????

    NurseforPreggers replied to NurseforPreggers's topic in Ob/Gyn

    She's doing fine, thankfully he had not nicked the bladder so no formula spilled into her abdominal cavity. Thats kinda along the lines of what I was thinking too. I was thinking also about if she had...

  25. How many deliveries a day?

    NurseforPreggers replied to Marissa22's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Nothing at all against that, because God knows I love a slow night whenever I can get one, but do you get bored? Or do you do PP or nursery or something if you have no L&D