HappyNurse2005

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  1. Recovering newborn in OB PACU???

    HappyNurse2005 replied to KimEveRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We have 2 obor's and a pacu, too. Baby is evaluated by nicu/nursery staff in OR while section finished, and if stable, comes to pacu with mom. Yes, I recover them both. We do have guidelines, though....

  2. Skin to skin contact

    HappyNurse2005 replied to at your cervix's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Many of our docs are coming around and are willing to put the baby up on the belly. Most will, if you ask them to. Some do it without asking first-they just assume thats what mom wants. One doc, when...

  3. Opinions on "Therapeutic Sleep"

    HappyNurse2005 replied to bee1006's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Yeah, we do it, but we send them home! They come in, latent labor, not changing over 1-2 hours, they are sometimes offered therapeutic rest. (sometimes b/c some docs give it, some don't. ) Usually its...

  4. How do you keep your Med/Surg Skills Fresh?

    HappyNurse2005 replied to zahryia's topic in Ob/Gyn

    And, for what its worth, I worked post op cardiac surgery for 15 months after graduation before moving to labor and delivery. Not because i thought it'd be better that way, but h/c there weren't any...

  5. How do you keep your Med/Surg Skills Fresh?

    HappyNurse2005 replied to zahryia's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Our antepartum unit feels like med surg some days! Hypertension, diabetes (some with frequent accuchecks and insulin drips), seizure disorders, pyelo, abdominal pain of unknown origin,fever of unknown...

  6. How long did you work while pregnant?

    HappyNurse2005 replied to eden's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Until the morning of 40w3d. I worked a night shift on the nights of being 40w1d and 40w2d. i would have worked more, but I think they didnt want to put me on the schedule for fear of me going out and...

  7. have you delivered a baby on the ob unit you work on?

    HappyNurse2005 posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    while you worked there? i delivered my 3 on the same unit i now work on-but i wasn't a nurse then. it is interesting, knowing what i know now, to look back on my situations. and one of the nurses who...

  8. Discovered a breech baby for 1st time

    HappyNurse2005 posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    g1, 39 weeks. To triage for r/o SROM and labor. Hooked her up, ctx q2-3min. Nitrazine swab of perineum equivocal, but ferns seen and then large amounts of fluid. All good. SO we know she'll be an...

  9. Discovered a breech baby for 1st time

    HappyNurse2005 replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Okay, my breech lady partsl stories. We have had IUFD's early on deliver breech. THis pt I was not here for, but heard about, from the nurse and teh MD in question. Pt came in , 5th baby, term....

  10. Do birth plans grate on your nerves?

    HappyNurse2005 replied to cradlecrewer's topic in Ob/Gyn

  11. Do birth plans grate on your nerves?

    HappyNurse2005 replied to cradlecrewer's topic in Ob/Gyn

    This sounds like a legal/courts/ jury issue than a doctor issue. If they are rendering a verdict against someone who they don't believe was at

  12. Do birth plans grate on your nerves?

    HappyNurse2005 replied to cradlecrewer's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Because a MI, CVA, and meningitis are illnesses. Childbirth is not an illness. MI, CVA, and meningitis need medications and interventions for the patient to get better. Childbirth needs no medications...

  13. Do birth plans grate on your nerves?

    HappyNurse2005 replied to cradlecrewer's topic in Ob/Gyn

    So the patients should be flexible-well, we shoudl too. If you chart appropriately, then, you should be covered no matter what. If you act appropriately, then, great! Chart what is done and what is...

  14. Do birth plans grate on your nerves?

    HappyNurse2005 replied to cradlecrewer's topic in Ob/Gyn

    What a poor attitude. This isn't just a medical procedure they are undergoing, this is the birth of their child! A life changing all important day. Who can blame them for wanting it to go a certain...

  15. Common wives tales

    HappyNurse2005 replied to CoffeeRTC's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I've heard the baby's heartbeat means it is a boy/girl thing Or "my mother/sister/aunt/whole family's water doesn't break on its own, so mine won't either" (said the girl who came in

  16. Nurse manager says you can't refuse iv

    HappyNurse2005 replied to paintedbison's topic in Ob/Gyn

    OB is different than any other part of the hospital as far as refusing IV's. In most other parts of the hospital, the patient is actually sick and needs meds/fluids/etc. In OB, most women aren't sick...

  17. Code Red/Code Blue/Code whatever....what do you have/what are they for?

    HappyNurse2005 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Seeing the thread about Code Pink's for rude docs, and others mentioning Code Pink meaning peds cardiac arrest, made me think about the diff Codes we have. Different Codes: Code Blue-adult cardiac or...

  18. Admission during labor

    HappyNurse2005 replied to short1978's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I mean in the sense that a multip can be 4 and not be in labor. if she's contracting, actually laboring and 4cm, then I agree. I personally was 4-5cm 2.5 days before I actually went into

  19. Admission during labor

    HappyNurse2005 replied to short1978's topic in Ob/Gyn

    SROM=admitted there is no "minimum" cervical dilation official requirement, though i personally think it should be 5cm :) In theory, your cervix gets checked-5 or more you stay. 1-3 you walk, get...

  20. staffing in ob triage

    HappyNurse2005 replied to emmborn2trek's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Our unit sounds similar to yours, in the high risk-low risk everything in between. Except that if its anything acute and non pg related, they get seen in ED first, or we'll ahve to go down to monitor....

  21. Laboring down

    HappyNurse2005 replied to nurse79's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Labor down til you see the

  22. I just saw the most amazing delivery

    HappyNurse2005 replied to eden's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Oh I have a few: the lady 18 weeks pregnant with twins, twin a had pprom then a prolapsed cord. delivered and passed away. they did a cerclage, then baby b stayed in for 16 more weeks,she came back...

  23. true or false?

    HappyNurse2005 replied to lmc512's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Granted, i work in labor/delivery and can only speak for my own unit, but in august we had a record number of deliveries, which would mean quite hte high census for both us and mother/baby. Hiring new...

  24. IV policy

    HappyNurse2005 replied to 2curlygirls's topic in Ob/Gyn

    The patients MOTHER gave consent for her? Was the patient not married?

  25. IV policy

    HappyNurse2005 replied to 2curlygirls's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We do require 18 gauges. Techincally, i think the orders say LR at 150ml/hr for labor, but, i've routinely told people they can have only a heplock, esp if they are going