babyktchr BSN, RN

Nurse Manager, Labor and Delivery

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    pulling ob nurses to other floors

    babyktchr replied to mamaofsix's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Floating to ICU? Holy cow. How dangerous is that. Perhaps you should pull that same nurse to labor and delivery and tell her she is laboring a patient. When she resists, simply ask.....you are a...
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    Antepartums, Term pregnancies and flu

    babyktchr replied to NoSocks4You's topic in Ob/Gyn

    It would be prudent to staff so that your infected moms are taken care of by the same nurse/nurses when that is possible. You are just going to have to creatively staff, especially if you are hit...
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    Is Doula/CBE experiance an advantage or frowned upon when pursueing OB/GYN nursing?

    babyktchr replied to SiennaGreen's topic in Ob/Gyn

    You may be disappointed in your search that you may not find your utopia for natural childbirth in a hosptial setting. While there are still those who hold on to allowing a woman's body to do what...
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    breastfeeding gone wrong

    babyktchr replied to adpiRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I had the same thing happen. Mom had baby on breast, left the room. Call light on, went in, dad holding baby and said, "is this color ok?". Ok, so you know the color of a fetal demise....this is...
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    LPNs in OB - do they have them where you work?

    babyktchr replied to CandyGyrl1985's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We do not have LPN's in L&D. Interestingly, I had a LPN as my labor nurse on the night shift while in labor and she was the main reason why I wanted to get into labor and delivery. I admired her...
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    Not "qualified"

    babyktchr replied to what2donow's topic in Ob/Gyn

    15 years ago, I applied for a position in labor and delivery that finally had been posted. The only experience I had was in CCU and the fact that I had a baby of my own. 6 months later I was called...
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    Know of any new grad L&D/Mother-Baby programs?

    babyktchr replied to tolagyal's topic in Ob/Gyn

    In this economic climate, you will be hard pressed to find a job in any arena, let alone OB....which is a shame. I have not hired new grads for 3 years now..not that I haven't had applicants, I just...
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    PBDS Assessment

    babyktchr replied to babynurse09's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I am not familiar...what is PBDS
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    Inpatient OB RNC...what to study???

    babyktchr replied to OBRN2001's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I highly recommend a review course. I took the exam 10 years ago (and it was really like taking boards all over again) and thought that was a better route than reading a textbook (although a great...
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    Lone RN in L&D

    babyktchr replied to RNBelle's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Holy
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    Lone RN in L&D

    babyktchr replied to RNBelle's topic in Ob/Gyn

    You do 75-100 births a MONTH and only staff one RN at night??? OMG. My unit does that and I staff 3 with NOT A SOLE on the floor. WOW. We used to cut down to 2, but had some scary stuff happen and...
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    Lone RN in L&D

    babyktchr replied to RNBelle's topic in Ob/Gyn

    This is unsafe. It is always a good thing to use the "if your loved one came to the hospital in labor and there was only one nurse to take care of them, how safe would you feel" route. No one would...
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    Interview

    babyktchr replied to nursecher's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Seems like they are still keeping you in mind as they continue to accept
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    Post-partum/newborn overflow to med surg

    babyktchr replied to obnursesteff's topic in Ob/Gyn

    What about infant secuirty on the med/surg floor. How do you handle
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    DVT protocols

    babyktchr replied to lleamon's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We do what everyone else is doing. I think to accomodate the ambulating patient, TED's could certainly be used, instead of putting those compression things on them again while in
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    Infant Hearing Screening Tech

    babyktchr replied to stinatiny's topic in Ob/Gyn

    It would make sense for a high volume hospital to have a tech to do the screens. It would definitely be a big help in that arena. We have all of our techs trained to do them but that is not their...
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    Infant Hearing Screening Tech

    babyktchr replied to stinatiny's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I can't imagine this postion. Wow. I would be interested to see if anyone has hired into this kind of
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    Bicitra

    babyktchr replied to mugwump's topic in Ob/Gyn

    WHY? That is an awful lot of fluid for an NPO status. I would think anesthesia would have a cow. I wonder what the thought process is for
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    Bicitra

    babyktchr replied to mugwump's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I was thinking that same exact thing. Why would you give 500ml of PO fluid before
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    Need input from other postpartum/mother-baby nurses!

    babyktchr replied to BarbNY's topic in Ob/Gyn

    2 hour NAP BREAKS???? are you kidding
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    Plastic card for fetal heart monitoring strips

    babyktchr replied to OhioMTCRN07's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Lisa Miller's tool is fantastic. You can order them from her company website listed by the above
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    Needing advice

    babyktchr replied to Momto4RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I kinda know what the OP meant. I felt the same way after I had my baby. I wanted to be L&D all the way. I waited for someone to die and took the chance on applying for the position in our...
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    How often do you chart while a women is in labor?

    babyktchr replied to RNTX2002's topic in Ob/Gyn

    The published guidelines from AWHONN are very clear. Low risk labor, q30 mins then q15 in second stage. High risk q15 mins then q 5 in second stage. At anytime a low risk can go to high risk, so...
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    How often do you chart while a women is in labor?

    babyktchr replied to RNTX2002's topic in Ob/Gyn

    see
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    Additional education to get the job?????

    babyktchr replied to javawren_23's topic in Ob/Gyn

    You are quite welcome. Believe me, I don't have anything against new grads. We all have to start somewhere. It is very expensive to orient someone, and though grads profess that OB is their...