babyktchr BSN, RN

Nurse Manager, Labor and Delivery

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About babyktchr

babyktchr is a BSN, RN and specializes in Nurse Manager, Labor and Delivery.


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  1. babyktchr

    Week 11 of orientation... Lack of confidence :(

    Unfortunately, you are not alone. It makes me sad that your clinical management/educators came at you like they did. Perhaps the better question would have been HOW CAN WE HELP YOU SUCCEED?? It's very hard to be a preceptor. It's hard not to jump i...
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    Laboring Morbidly Obese Women

    Unfortunately this is going to be a norm or us and will continue to be problematic as acog stacks more and more "Guidelines for induction" onto the already monstrous list. Most morbidly obese women have comorbidities attached (htn, gd, iugr) and are ...
  3. Wow. There was no intention on my part in implying that you were naive. I was just giving you and opinion based on my managment style. When looking at a resume of an experienced nurse, a list of certifications is always welcomed. A new grad, not...
  4. here's the thing about certifications and such for a newbie. as a hiring manager, i wouldn't hire you over someone else if you had all that stuff if i didn't believe you could do the job. i would have no expectation you would have any of these thin...
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    On-line advanced EFM course & test?

    awhonn has online competency assessments. there is no online intermediate or advanced classes.
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    Certification before applying for L&D?

    I would not expect you to have any kind of certifications if I were interviewing you.. I am looking for someone who can think and act on the fly, stay calm when all you want to do is run and realize that labor land is not just about birthing babies....
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    Ob call requirements

    I said that because I have 12 LDR beds and have 200+ deliveries a month. Seems to me that your core goal is a good thing. You need to hire to meet that instead of all that overtime. Thats a budget buster right there. The just in case is always goi...
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    Ob call requirements

    Hmmm. You have a lot of space for your deliveries/month. Why is that? Are your labor nurses and M/B nurses crosstrained to both units and can flip flop as needed? Do you have call for a just in case kind of scenario? Are your call days above an...
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    Terbutaline protocol

    we don't use it. the MFM gods took it away.
  10. Congratulations. I am not a by the book interviewer, so I don't know if my advice will be helpful or not. EVERYONE comes in and says OB is their dream job. Unless you have worked OB before, or have been a CNA, or intern, or extern, or volunteered ...
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    Please tell me they are not all like this...

    oh, I forgot. The OB or CNM is the provider. Its their job to do vaginal exams. In the absence of the provider, the nurse CAN examine the patient. Certainly nursing doesn't 'let' them do the exams. In most teaching facilites, everyone but the nu...
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    Please tell me they are not all like this...

    I am sitting here struggling to collect my thoughts enough to repsond to this rationally and intelligently. Ok. So, here goes... What you describe is probably every "born to be a labor nurse" nurse dreams of OB being. There are some places that a...
  13. what preciptatied this? was there an incident?
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    EEK what would you do?

    i find it interesting that she sought you out despite the fact you had nothing to do with her care. why you? direct her to hospital compliance, or administration, or joint commission.
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    Introduction to fetal heart monitoring course. Resume

    I would write completed AWHONN introduction to fetal monitoring. AWHONN has an intermediate course and an advanced course. You really want to distinguish which you completed, at least that is what I would clarify if I looked at your resume.