NurseforPreggers

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  1. Pushing with a foley in place

    NurseforPreggers replied to midwife2b's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Wow. Just last night I had to straight cath my patient because she was too numb to walk to the BR about 3 hours after delivery. She did have an epidural redose right before delivery however. Alot of...

  2. How many deliveries a day?

    NurseforPreggers replied to Marissa22's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Just yesterday from 7a-7p we did 8 c-sections, and atleast 5 vag deliveries. And from 7p-7a we did 5 vag deliveries, and 1 c/s. So ... thats 19 yesterday atleast. It was hell night. All this with 4...

  3. question for those in L&D

    NurseforPreggers replied to sdzta's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Sure. One never passed boards, has taken them 3 times, and is working as a PCT. One left to work as a school nurse, she was a very quiet shy type and I honestly think the staff scared her off. One did...

  4. question for those in L&D

    NurseforPreggers replied to sdzta's topic in Ob/Gyn

    My hospital hired 5 new grads last year when I graduated. Unfortunately of the 5 only 2 of us are left. This may be part of the reason L&D doesn't often hire new

  5. i was wondering what steps i should take to become a neonatal nurse.

    NurseforPreggers replied to EDM's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Complete nursing school and you can be any kind of nurse you want, thats the great part. If you want to work in Neonatal Intensive Care you will have to go through an RN program, either ADN or BSN...

  6. I Graduate TODAY!!!

    NurseforPreggers replied to Adam D. RN2005's topic in First Year After Licensure

    :balloons: Congratulations!

  7. Pushing with a foley in place

    NurseforPreggers replied to midwife2b's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Very interesting how practices differ. I would think the risk of infection would decrease by putting a foley in to begin with rather than possibly having to straight cath someone 2 or 3 times. Then...

  8. What do patients say that irks you?

    NurseforPreggers replied to NurseforPreggers's topic in Ob/Gyn

    OMG YES YES YES!!! What is particularly funny is when the mom is watching the monitor and says something to the effect of "Wow, that must be a strong one!". Well I don't know ... you tell me, is it? I...

  9. Pushing with a foley in place

    NurseforPreggers replied to midwife2b's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We remove the foley before pushing. After delivery we keep a close watch for bladder distention and encourage the pt to void as soon as possible. If the patient is unable to void, or unable to walk to...

  10. What do patients say that irks you?

    NurseforPreggers replied to NurseforPreggers's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Oh ... I can't believe I almost forgot this one, I hear it almost every day: "Do you have kids?" When I answer no, most either reply with "I'm sorry" or "Then you don't really know what this labor...

  11. What do patients say that irks you?

    NurseforPreggers replied to NurseforPreggers's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Very interesting Stevie. I really don't know why this phrase annoys me so badly. Everytime I hear it I want to say "take the baby where?" I guess its a good thing I was not alive in the 70s.

  12. What do patients say that irks you?

    NurseforPreggers replied to NurseforPreggers's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I appreciate your post. The important thing to realize is that I nor most other nurses I know would never degrade a patient for lack of knowledge. I would certainly never try to make my patients feel...

  13. What do patients say that irks you?

    NurseforPreggers replied to NurseforPreggers's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I cannot stand it when patient come in and throw a complete temper tantrum over having their IV started. I know people can be deathly afraid of needles but I always want to say : "If you think this is...

  14. What do patients say that irks you?

    NurseforPreggers replied to NurseforPreggers's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Thanks for saying that so eloquently. I started to reply but I couldn't think of anything nice to say, so I didn't say anything at

  15. Patients knowing medical lingo

    NurseforPreggers replied to lpnstudentin2010's topic in General Nursing

    What I find funny is when patients or their family members have a very small knowledge of medical lingo, but will find a way to throw the few words that they know around. I had a pt's husband ask me...

  16. Benchmarking Cytotec

    NurseforPreggers replied to ttt's topic in Ob/Gyn

    At my hospital the first dose is administered lady partslly by the MD and the subsequent doses are administered usually in the PO form by the nurses. A few doctors will use either sublingual doses or...

  17. if only for one day......

    NurseforPreggers replied to babyktchr's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I like the "put your own gel on your fingers" thing. I think that quite often. No one helps me when I go to do a SVE! Grow

  18. if only for one day......

    NurseforPreggers replied to babyktchr's topic in Ob/Gyn

    One doctor I work with is considered very dangerous by every single nurse I work with. When he is doing a delivery NICU automatically turns a warmer on. He has pulled many babies out of 7-9 centimeter...

  19. New Grad about to be interviewed at ICU...Needs advise!

    NurseforPreggers replied to mye614's topic in General Nursing

    Alot of these questions you asked would be excellent to ask at your interview. Keep in mind that not only are they interviewing you, but you are interviewing them as well. Be sure to ask how long of...

  20. Nurses Who Shouldn't be Nurses

    NurseforPreggers replied to bobnurse's topic in General Nursing

    My husband makes 3x what I do sitting at his computer in his undies all day. Nuff

  21. Can I use LPN in a newspaper ad for childcare openings?

    NurseforPreggers replied to jennanlpn's topic in General Nursing

    I don't see why you

  22. CNA Abuse??

    NurseforPreggers replied to TreetopAngel_RN's topic in Nursing Humor

    LMAO! Sounds like something I would

  23. Advice please! Beginning L&D internship next week

    NurseforPreggers replied to nutsaboutOBnursing's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I graduated in May 2004 and started working in L&D in June 2004. While I was in school I did a short preceptorship (50 hours) in L&D. Starting as a new grad in L&D I was given a 12 week...

  24. Who mixes pitocin and mag?

    NurseforPreggers replied to bbnurse's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We also mix our own Pit, or Mag is premixed. We use 30 u of Pit in 500 cc of D5LR, we usually start our Pit on 2 (2mu/min) and go up by 2 every 30 mins for inductions. We normally use 4gm bolus of Mag...

  25. PP Hemorrhage (long)

    NurseforPreggers posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    I responded to an earlier thread re: experiences in 1st year as an L&D nurse and this got me thinking about a PP Hemorrhage situation I was involved in a couple months ago that I still have some...