HazeK

HazeK

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  1. IV meds for Labor, what do you use?

    HazeK replied to OBNurseShelley's topic in Ob/Gyn

    PLEASE tell be you do NOT give Motrin during labor, but this post is only about postpartum

  2. CNA's in labor and delivery units

    HazeK replied to daisy16's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Our L&D CNAs are very busy folks! Can you imagine have 14 'bosses' telling you what to do x 12 hours? LOL! Our CNAs set up delivery tables, assist in transporting patients, do stocking, help w/...

  3. fetal scalp electrodes and groupBstrep

    HazeK replied to mark_LD_RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    we use them on B Strep patients....but also work very hard to be sure 2 doses of antibiotics are into mom prior to

  4. AROM- do you do it?

    HazeK replied to mark_LD_RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    AROM per RNs is the standard here in Las Vegas... and is OK'd by our Board of Nursing & our Practice Act! We have parameters like "vertex well applied to cervix", etc. too. ***...

  5. For those of you who use computer charting....

    HazeK replied to deespoohbear's topic in General Nursing

    DON'T use Meditech.....not user-friendly at all! DO use a nurse-friendly system your facillity can customize and adapt! It is worth every extra penny! (I use a system in L&D called QMI that is...

  6. Can Someone Be a Nurse Without Jean Watson??

    HazeK replied to Q.'s topic in General Nursing

    I think Stargazer is on the right track! Some of us are more 'technically oriented', completing assessments and tasks competently, and professionally...others of us are more 'pillow-fluffers', "aw,...

  7. Becoming a Certified Breastfeeding Educator

    HazeK replied to NICU_Nurse's topic in Ob/Gyn

    The certification is called "Certified Lactation Consultant"... try searching around with that title! Also check out the AWHONN website Try calling a BIG hospital in a city and check with the nursery...

  8. LDRP or LDR? What are the pros and cons?

    HazeK replied to teresab_2000's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I work in a 450 del/month LDR system... we have to 'turn over' the rooms quickly to get ready for the next patient, so LDRPs wouldn't work due to physical space limitations. Also, our LDR staff are...

  9. OB TraceVue

    HazeK replied to Caseyrnbsn's topic in Ob/Gyn

    have not heard of it before... currently use a computerized system but still run 'paper strips' for backup and that "looking thru the strip" ability! also, unfortunately, found that the paper strip...

  10. OB Physician Core Privileging: How many deliveries per year, per doctor??

    HazeK replied to layna's topic in Ob/Gyn

    number of deliveries? NO credentialing and cont. ed? Yes activity in comittees? Yes taking ER-OB on call?

  11. pitocin protocol

    HazeK replied to mommanurse's topic in Ob/Gyn

    30 Units pitocin to 1 L D5/LR most docs write to start at 1-2 mU, and increase by 1-2mU q15"... max 20mU for about 50% of our mds... max 32mU for most others... a few don't believe in a max amt. most...

  12. ob superstitions

    HazeK replied to moz's topic in Ob/Gyn

    birth plan = c/s putting c/s paperwork on chart decreases likelyhood of a c/s children tend to be very inconvenient... they all seem to deliver at shift changes or at mealtimes! if they show up for...

  13. Pain scale (Rated R)!!!

    HazeK replied to nurseyperson's topic in Nursing Humor

    we just laugh & laugh in L&D over the new JACHO requirement for using a pain scale! For years we've used documentations like "breathing thru UCs" "crying" "writhing in pain" along w/ mental...

  14. Forced to float?

    HazeK replied to rn500's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I do float from L&D to NICU, Nsy, Postpartum, Antepartum units. Period. I have never worked med/surg (which I really think should be a specialty all its own!) so am not skilled in passing meds on...

  15. call bell responses

    HazeK replied to john privett's topic in Nursing Humor

    In Labor & Delivery, our patients often push the call light by accident, as the button to call the nurse is next to the TV channel-changer button (No, the call system company did NOT ask for...

  16. more fun things to do, by my bro. nurse matt

    HazeK replied to john privett's topic in Nursing Humor

    In Labor & Delivery, when the nurse goes to hand the newborn to the nervous new daddy, holler, "Here! Catch!" as you hand him the

  17. Funny Names for Nurses

    HazeK replied to randomnamees's topic in Nursing Humor

    one of our female OBs is Dr Goodhead.... since she is married & uses her maiden name, all the new staff ask "why doesn't she use her married name?" Would you, if your husband's last name was...

  18. 10 things you say at work lay people could get arrested for

    HazeK replied to sharann's topic in Nursing Humor

    isn't it great all the material incentive spirometers give for misquotes? will share w/ my peers at work!

  19. Orientation time in Labor and Delivery

    HazeK replied to ShannonB25's topic in Ob/Gyn

    OK, you all need to come to Las Vegas! My L&D unit gives a 12 week preceptorship course to experienced nurses and also to new grads, to help them learn the ropes in L&D! We've had some...

  20. IS THIS YOU?

    HazeK replied to SUBQ's topic in General Nursing

    Once upon a time, 30 years ago, I began my clinicals in nursing school at a small midwestern college.... The first day was a discussion of professionalism in one's appearance as a nursing...

  21. Amniotomy quickens cerival dilation?

    HazeK replied to MQ Edna's topic in Ob/Gyn

    advantage of AROM: -direct FSE/IUPC monitoring -able to assess color of fluid (making preparations if mec stained, rather than rude last-minute surprises) -increased release of...

  22. When to push with epidural?

    HazeK replied to MQ Edna's topic in Ob/Gyn

    with a heavy motor blockage from an epidural, about 75% of our docs prefer a "passive 2nd stage" until +2 station....on dayshift, while they are so busy in the offices! About 25% are still "old...

  23. order needed for EFM?

    HazeK replied to canoehead's topic in Ob/Gyn

    where are you working? what state? In Nevada, Standard of Care is EFM...w/ "aulscultation" being only by special Rx. (we have a high number of lawyers per capita... therefore, everyone likes having...

  24. Fetal Scalp Electrodes Policy

    HazeK replied to nantotten's topic in Ob/Gyn

    double-check w/ your board of Nursing... Here in Nevada, we can AROM, IUPC & also place FSE's w/ MD orders....***BUT *** the statement by the BON specifically is worded "Fetal Scalp Electrode",...

  25. PERSONALITY DISORDER/SELF ABUSE

    HazeK replied to BarbRPN's topic in Psychiatric

    I went to my favorite search engine: Dogpile.com....and entered "cutting" and then "self-mutilation"....large reponse to each inquiry ranging from professional sites to sites BY cutters FOR...