mamawof2

Need some input as to what others are doing ....most of our patients have epidurals and we hold legs while pushing, sometime for 2 hours or more...!! we try to labor down as much as possible but sometimes the physician wants us to push as soon as the patient is complete. a couple of nurses that have worked at other facilities have said that until they came to my facility they did not hold legs until the physician was in the room and the baby was almost delivered! we have new beds that have stirrups attached so we don't have to go hunting for them but we never use them. we have several people on workers comp and others complaining of various aches and pains. need some info to take to staff and get them to stop this practice. thanks