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uh, I take mom's like that aside privately, and ask them if they were thinking about childbirth the last time THEY had intercourse!!!! After they get over the shock of the question, I suggest that lovingly educating their sexually active child in t...

sounds like a perfect night... now, tell me she is the perfect patient: educated married ( or commiteed long term relationship) and plans to raise her child w/ ethics, morals and knowledge! :-) haze

crazied charge nurse! we isolate pregnant, laboring women w/ chickenpox, pneumonia, scabies, HIV, etc, why not a cold? Duh! isn't this basic Nursing101 ??? Haze

There is some negativity here. Partly due to the tremendous NEED for more nurses. Partly due to high patient/nurse ratios in some areas of nursing. Partly as many of us are such indebted middle class that we probably are working too much overtime to ...

Please, oh please contact my boss, Lisa Holtzclaw, Perinatal Unit Manager at Sunrise Hospital in Las Vegas! Her phone number is 702-731-8297! You can also contact her my mail at 3186 S. Maryland Parkway, LV, NV 89109 at the hospital. Be sure to writ...

Check with University Medical Center, Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center, Valley Hospital, etc. on their 'on line' websites. There is a tremendous nursing shortage here! I don't know salaries, sorry. Good Luck! Haze PS I graduated from college and ...

St. George, Utah is located in the southernmost tip of Utah, about 2 hrs from Las Vegas. It is a medium to small town, with a small college, Dixie College located there. The town is very conservative due to a largely Mormon population with conservati...

can't handle Peds nursing! can't do treatments that hurt, etc on kids! haze

all in favor of "passive second stage" until vtx is +2 say Yeh! absolutely less work for mom and for me! I've got 20 more years to do this, so don't wear me out unnecessarily! Haze

OHMYGOSH! 9....yes, 9 pages of this thread! absolutely hysterical! Especially to one who was raised with the "vaginas are self-cleaning unless infected" directives from both her mother and nursing school! I seriously don't think I knew what a 'douch...

I must agree with this posting! Perhaps the unit was very busy, and very full so MD's were discharging pt's early to make more postpartum beds available? Not a very good practice. Suggest she let the state consumer protection folks and her insurance...

Uh, I remember being with my beagle when she had her littler of puppies. After several minutes of life, she knawed through the umbilical cord and ate the placenta (argh, it was so gross!). Maybe these "Lotus Birth" folks wanna try that next?? Haze...

we had a husband/wife "traveler" L&D RNs team that were great... actually, the guy was even better nurse than his wife! Very professional, knowledgeable, sensitive, caring...and, after the initial "my nurse is a GUY?" shock, the patients just LO...

charge the book fee and twice your hourly salary...should be about right! just a suggestion.

still using the birthing bed stirrups...argh! hhk

I read the article about the day of the ICU nurse...and knew exactly how she felt! I've copied the article, shared it with friends, family, and fellow nurses as the author documented very accurately how my typical day in L&D goes! The public rea...

OK, I know I've been out of nursing school for a long, long time, but what IS concept mapping??? educate an old nurse, please! Haze :-)

I use the knowledge I gained in A&P every day in my nursing practice of 30 years!!! Knowing the "how and why"s behind procedures and testing improved one's nursing skills and patient care! Doing well in A&P will be a good investment in your ...

Hmmmmmmm............. brethine....& its side effects........... OR preterm baby in NICU............ Hmmmmmmmmmmmm

also, cannot use Methergine w/ PIH.... and Hemabate causes severe "poopies".... so stick w/ pitocin 1st line.....cytotec for 2nd line of defense! haze

OURS: Vag delivery: q15" x 4... q30"x 4... q1'x2...q4' x4...qs CS deliveries: q15" x4...q30"x4...q1'x4...q4 x24 hrs...qid Since we do our own c/s in L&D, must agree with others that AORN standards should be followed! Hugs Haze :-)

1. How many deliveries? 450/month, low & high risk 2. Do you have a nursery/holding nursery/observation unit for babies who cannot be with their mothers 24 hours a day? What do you call it? How is it staffed? standard "regular nursery" staffed w...

1-2 % failure rate for BTL...slightly higher if done at time of delivery than when done at 6 weeks postparum! haze

You will have a better experience w/ your L&D orientation if you have one year's experience on postpartum or med/surg or ICU. I've been preceptoring L&D "newbies" for 20 years... I promise I am telling the truth! Haze

I don't..... I should! :imbar I will! :) Now, excuse me....I have to go shopping!:roll Haze