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1. AWHONN GUIDELINES

   all alone replied to lawilk99's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Here are the Amerrican Acamdemy of Pediactrics and ACOG guidelines. Hope this helps. nurse/patient ratio care provided Intrapartum 1:2 pt. in labor 1:1 pt. in 2nd stage o...

2. AWHONN GUIDELINES

   all alone replied to lawilk99's topic in Ob/Gyn

3. Poor Pay Raises

   all alone posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   Our pay raises for the past 3 to 4 years have been horrible. They average 1% to 3% of our base pay. (Usually this equals out to 30 to 40 cents an hour). Is this a nationwide problem? Also, are any hospitals out there offering retention bonuses t...

4. Starting OB in one week

   all alone replied to reginariches's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I would recomend going to a good fetal monitoring seminar. Michelle Murray has a very good one which is offered by Professional Education Center. Also reading a current text book on OB nursing is a must. AWHONN publishes one entitled, "Perinatal N...

5. Staffing concerns

   all alone posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   I am a L&D nurse that works in a small rural hospital. We do about 35-45 deliveries a month and have a level II nursery. Our hospital and nurse manager is constantly putting pressure on us to work with the least amount of staff that is posible. ...

6. Misoprostol

   all alone replied to Nino's topic in Ob/Gyn

   When we first started using Cytotec, I really did not like it. I think it was a lack of control issue (with pitocin you can control the pump). However now we have been using it for about 2 years and I love it. Our policy states that if the patient...