HappyNurse2005

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  1. How bad would it be to get pregnant while in nursing school?

    HappyNurse2005 replied to Soup Turtle's topic in General Nursing

    I did it. Had my baby one month to the day before graduating. my school was not friendly about it at all. Did not allow me to have any special circumstances-and i never asked. i scheduled all doc...

  2. POLL: How many births/yr and do you have in-house anesthesia / OB providers?

    HappyNurse2005 replied to mitchsmom's topic in Ob/Gyn

    kyrshamarks- where do you live? 40K in births is a darned lot.... i thought parkland in Texas did like, 16K a year and was the busiest....where would there be demand for double that? no use in having...

  3. Have you had a baby at your hospital??

    HappyNurse2005 replied to shortstuff31117's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I will be doing so in August. I wasn't a nurse with my other 3 deliveries, and I actually find that working on the L&D to be a benefit. I can see the personalities of all the docs, their working...

  4. Is it a JP or is it a Blake?

    HappyNurse2005 posted a topic in General Nursing

    When I was in school, they were called Jackson Pratt (JP) drains. On orientation, a pt had a drain, which my preceptor was calling a Blake. I was like, uhh, it looks like a JP drain. So, was there a...

  5. 9 months to plan this...buy a camera!

    HappyNurse2005 replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Well, we do use the FirstFoto. They wanted the pics of delivery, pics in delivery room,

  6. labor and delivery nurse-patient ratio

    HappyNurse2005 replied to magz53's topic in Ob/Gyn

    glad my ratios are better than this. 6 stable antepartum patients? Funny thing bout those ladies, you just never know when one is going to become unstable in a snap. and 2 pit pt's. here, pit pt's...

  7. Why do other floors think OB isn't real work?

    HappyNurse2005 replied to lannisz's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I work in L&D/antepartum-not mother/baby. I hate when people say stuff to me like I "just play with babies all day" or "get to hold babies all day". first of all, i hardly hold the babies, darn...

  8. labor and delivery nurse-patient ratio

    HappyNurse2005 replied to magz53's topic in Ob/Gyn

    For active labor, we attempt to do 1:1, though on days it has been 1:2 on occasion. we are good about watching patients for others, though. maybe 1:2 for cervidil inductions, or maybe 1 active labor...

  9. What type of epidurals on your unit?

    HappyNurse2005 replied to mitchsmom's topic in Ob/Gyn

    ps-the fentanyl/bupivicaine mix is by far the most popular one, followed by

  10. What type of epidurals on your unit?

    HappyNurse2005 replied to mitchsmom's topic in Ob/Gyn

    WE have 3 varieties of premixed epidural cassettes. 1. Fentanyl/Bupivicaine mix. 2. Sufenta/Bupivicaine mix. 3. Bupivicaine only. each one is premixed, each anesthesiologist (large group) has their...

  11. Nurse to patient ratio

    HappyNurse2005 replied to streetdoc's topic in General Nursing

    labor and delivery/high risk antepartum: active labor 1:1. maybe one labor and one cervidil induction. or 2 cervidils. antepartum side 1:2 to 1:4 at night. depends on staffing, census,

  12. Insurance: The Urban Legend.

    HappyNurse2005 replied to Zizka's topic in General Nursing

    I had a patient a while back, in for labor, ended up with chorio and got a c/sec. she told me after i had her in her room and comfy after the c/sec that she was surprised everyone was so nice to her,...

  13. Watchchild - again

    HappyNurse2005 replied to tntrn's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'm sorry its not working out well We have QS and i love it. It's really neat. I've used Meditech before, in nursing school (though for med/surg, not for OB) and it

  14. Adoption option?

    HappyNurse2005 replied to lannisz's topic in Ob/Gyn

    It's a standard part of our admissions questions, if there is an adoption plan. of course, by the time i get them, they've usually already

  15. Idiots Guide to Drugs...

    HappyNurse2005 replied to belabelisa's topic in General Nursing

    for me personally, its pitocin, fentanyl (for epidurals), magnesium sulfate, terbutaline, procardia, prenatal vitamins, penicillin, etc. doesn't reallly applly to med surg, though. For med surg...

  16. Spanish for L&D nurses

    HappyNurse2005 replied to livn4him11's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I studied spanish in high school for multiple years and was decent at it. then, lack of use made my spanish abilities tank. so i do remmeber a bit of it, and can read it better than i can speak it. i...

  17. Spanish for L&D nurses

    HappyNurse2005 replied to livn4him11's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Here is my most important question: how do you say cervix in spanish? ya know, "el doctor va a examinar tu cervix" "el cervix esta tres

  18. Should I just "go along", or possibly rock the boat?

    HappyNurse2005 replied to JohnBearPA's topic in General Nursing

    I'd be pissed if I asked for my meds and you didnt give it to me. now, if they are slurring their speech, have low bp, low resps,etc then i can see. but, pain is pain. who said you get to decide if...

  19. Getting an epidural (with fentayl) may hinder breastfeeding (new study)

    HappyNurse2005 replied to mitchsmom's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We have fentanyl/bupivicaine, sufenta/bupivicaine, and just bupivicaine epidurals. its per physician preference. i've not seen any breastfeeding problems yet after

  20. Any of your preggy patients crave toxic things like PineSol?

    HappyNurse2005 replied to Jo Dirt's topic in Ob/Gyn

    we had a pt in who ate

  21. OUCH!!!! Ampule issues. Anyone else have problems?

    HappyNurse2005 replied to notyourordinarymom's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, i thought about this thread as I opened a amp of Methergine this morning. I didnt cut myself, though. i use the "alcohol wipe and pray"

  22. Medication Reconciliation Are all hospitals doing this?

    HappyNurse2005 replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    We do

  23. HESI Exam Poll (Please Respond)

    HappyNurse2005 replied to boomer1's topic in General Nursing

    Our school didnt make us take the HESI at all,a nd we still had the second highest pass rate in the state on

  24. The Largest Student Loan Actually PAID OFF!

    HappyNurse2005 replied to BSNtobe2009's topic in General Nursing

    I think my ADN loans were 16-17K, maybe a little more. paying 190 a month. not that bad, b/c i can afford it now. cant imagine 60K in loans,

  25. Questionable delivery--mom with cardiac history

    HappyNurse2005 replied to Poochee's topic in Ob/Gyn

    really? if they are vertex/vertex our docs will. they all deliver in the OBOR though, just in case. one particular OBOR is set up for that, has the 2 baby warmers in it,e tc i suppose whether or not...