HappyNurse2005

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  1. Bye Bye Discovery Health

    HappyNurse2005 replied to amya215's topic in General Nursing

    Multiple pregnancies, obese patients and birth shows, with a few trauma shows thrown in. I do love the DHC though. I wonder if Oprah will keep the shows on there, or change

  2. What is considered a "busy" L&D unit?

    HappyNurse2005 replied to fsaav's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We do 3500 deliveries a year, have a 12 bed antepartum unit as part of labor and delivery (not a separately staffed or separately located unit), a triage that has 500 visits a month. We are the...

  3. intermittent monitoring

    HappyNurse2005 replied to enfermeraSG's topic in Ob/Gyn

    First of all, high risk should be continuously monitored. WHere I am, intermittant monitoring is only for low risk moms. We do listening to FHR before/during/after 2 ctx q30min. Dont have to strap...

  4. IV in Emergency?

    HappyNurse2005 replied to CEG's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Personally, no, i haven't had a low risk woman wihtout an iv who then needed an iv in a life saving emergency. as someone else said, ther eis always im/pr meds for pph, docs/anesthesia who can do a...

  5. Your personal delivery experience- what happened

    HappyNurse2005 replied to DEB52's topic in Ob/Gyn

    baby #1-i was 19, wanted a natural delivery, but was unprepared for it. I had NO IDEA how bad it would hurt. I was 41w2d, ctx at 3am, tried getting in bath, i tried taking tylenol (LOL) to make it...

  6. Night Shift

    HappyNurse2005 replied to BiologyNerd's topic in General Nursing

    YOur busy-ness on nights vs days prob will also depend on what type of unit you are on. I work l&d, and we have admissions/labors/deliveries/c-sections/transfer to another...

  7. breastfeeding woes

    HappyNurse2005 replied to Rhee's topic in Ob/Gyn

    [QUOTE]Then you can tell the parents... the hospital policy or our pedis suggest ____________fill in blank with type of supplementation after ______________number of hours, or unsuccessful attempts at...

  8. things you wish you could tell the doctor

    HappyNurse2005 replied to celery's topic in General Nursing

    -I am not "your nurse". I am the patients nurse. I do not work FOR you, i work WITH you. Don't say "where's MY nurse" or "who's MY nurse" etc. -If a patient is having a baby without an epidural, you...

  9. Amniotic Band Syndrome? Heard of it? Seen it?

    HappyNurse2005 posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Had a baby delivered today with known club feet. Was also found to be missing 3 fingers on one hand-that was not known until delivery. MD said it was likely amniotic band syndrome. Had never heard of...

  10. Precipitous Second Stage Question

    HappyNurse2005 replied to TarheelRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    when i was on orientation there was a g2p1 with epidural, 8cm at last check, which was fairly recently. We don't do routine foley's w/ epi, but periodic i&o caths. nruse i was with inserted cath...

  11. OB's that push epidurals on patients

    HappyNurse2005 posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    :angryfire Had a primip last night, thought she wanted as little pain medicine as possible, wanted to start with just IV meds. didnt want the epidural if she could help it. the resident kept pushing...

  12. Floating=dumping bad patients

    HappyNurse2005 replied to lmc512's topic in Ob/Gyn

    well, she is an antepartum patient, right? so its appropriate. if you need help, ask. you might have a patient on your mother/baby unit someday with a picc line or tube feeding-like hwen this lady...

  13. Working night shift on daylight savings day-paid for 12 or 13 hours?

    HappyNurse2005 posted a topic in Nursing Career

    So say you work 7p-7a. It's daylight savings time, which is coming up soon. At 2am, it kicks back to 1am (or does it switch at 3?). So then, you are working 13 hours total, even though its a 12 hour...

  14. G's and P's question-mom has had twins

    HappyNurse2005 posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    OK, lady yesterday was coming in to our l&d via ems. ems called to give report. said she was g2p2. my first thought was huh? but then they say first pregnancy was twins, then this singleton...

  15. 17-lb Russian baby

    HappyNurse2005 replied to Elvish's topic in Ob/Gyn

    yeah and i thought my 10 1/2 pounder was a big one to birth.

  16. STUDENTS: what do you want out of staff nurses? NURSES: vice versa....

    HappyNurse2005 posted a topic in General Nursing

    student nurses: What (realistically) would you like to see from the staff nurse you are with(either following, or you just have their patient) Nurses: what would you like to see from "your" student...

  17. Fentanyl & extrapyramidal sx

    HappyNurse2005 replied to Elvish's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Had that happen to a lady to whom I'd given Phenergan. She began to twitch like mad. her legs and arms were twitching violently. she was tired, had the phenergan,and was on mag, so she was pretty...

  18. Who consents for the underage where you work?? long

    HappyNurse2005 replied to crysobrn's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Had a 15 year old patient once, the registration folks came up and had her mother sign the generic consent for treatment. Though, when the anes. came up to do her epidural, he got all upset when her...

  19. very first day in L&D...

    HappyNurse2005 replied to mirime's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I dont think anyone can find a cervix on their very first day-don't worry about

  20. Just had a baby on the unit I work on (my thoughts on this...)

    HappyNurse2005 replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

    vtbabynurse- thats me :) and yes, my baby was very cute-his pic is on the online nursery, first name of the baby is Cooper. (he doesn't have my last name, so don't go by that) now i must think about...

  21. Just had a baby on the unit I work on (my thoughts on this...)

    HappyNurse2005 posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Don't know if i ever shared that I was expecting a baby, and aws going to deliver on the unit I work on. Delivered on Monday morning, a 10lb 7oz baby, lady partslly-shoulder dystocia, fetal...

  22. My 2 cents on natural birth/birth plans

    HappyNurse2005 replied to feebebe23's topic in Ob/Gyn

    but she did say that, in the OP. to quote hte

  23. My 2 cents on natural birth/birth plans

    HappyNurse2005 replied to feebebe23's topic in Ob/Gyn

    see, when you say "14+ page birth plan" that comes off as snide and unsupportive, or maybe as just making fun of it. and, they have to sign AMA for intermittant monitoring? really? i would only think...

  24. Just curious...Do nurses hate Birth Plans?

    HappyNurse2005 replied to chnc1024's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I like birth plans. I like that people have thought this out and want to be prepared to make this a memorable experience. It is the unreasonable ones that get bad...but, by unreasonable, i should say...

  25. Assessing FHTs on pregnant hospitalized women not on L&D

    HappyNurse2005 replied to kathiecnm's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Those patients are often on our antepartum unit, and we take care of them (mixed l&d/antepartum unit here). We've had many med surg type pt's who are pregnant. sickle cell crisis, pneumonia, dka,...