babyktchr BSN, RN

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    How to achieve OB RN Certification

    babyktchr replied to mombabynurse's topic in Ob/Gyn

    The NCC website will give you all the information on getting certified thru their company. They have many certifications....Impatient OB, NICU, nursery, women's health nurse practitioner...etc. That...
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    People Asking Questions About Adoption in L&D

    babyktchr replied to BabyRN2Be's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I have to say that I have been asked numerous times by fellow employees of my facility..."if anyone is giving their baby up for adoption, call me". I just basically stare at them and ask them if they...
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    How many deliveries do you have per month?

    babyktchr replied to RaeT,RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    100 deliveries a month 6 LDRP rooms 6 med/surg or PP beds 2 triage rooms (that double as delivery if needed) we don't do c/s on our unit, they go to OR one doctors call room (we have delivered there...
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    night shift - sleep dilemma

    babyktchr replied to mtnmom's topic in General Nursing

    I don't understand the scheduling process you have to put up with. If you are working 7p...why do you have so many shifts in one week? I only work 3 per week, anything over that is considered...
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    Is it true?

    babyktchr replied to NurseforPreggers's topic in Ob/Gyn

    There is no rhyme or reason to PIH. I have seen many different scenarios. My dear friend just had her second baby and had no PIH issues, depite the fact she had been sectioned at 36 weeks for PIH...
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    Transverse presentation - not vertex!

    babyktchr replied to RaeT,RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    AMEN
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    Transverse presentation - not vertex!

    babyktchr replied to RaeT,RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    AMEN to the leopolds. Not being sure of a presenting part and pitting them...yeesh. It sounds like an obvious transverse lie to me...just by what you described. Shame on the practitioner for not...
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    Bad Week...

    babyktchr replied to fourbirds4me's topic in Ob/Gyn

    You are right, it is a nightmare..for everyone involved. Glad you came here to decompress. You did everything right. No one could've anticipated a demise...seems the mom was getting sick very...
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    Sterile gloves for sterile spec???

    babyktchr replied to JaneyW's topic in Ob/Gyn

    What is the point of using a sterile speculum if you don't keep sterile yourself? There are times spec exams are not sterile. At our hosptial, we don't have non sterile specs, so we use sterile ones...
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    *rant* "Nurse" at office answering questions.

    babyktchr replied to FrumDoula's topic in Ob/Gyn

    YEESH....what the heck is this woman thinking??? Saying she is a nurse when she isn't? That is huge. You definitely should be calling the office and speaking to someone in charge. There is a whole...
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    Question for L&D RN's: Where to place patients?

    babyktchr replied to midwife2b's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Boy, I only wish our ED would keep overflow labors. We run into this problem a lot now. We only have 6 LDRP rooms, 2 triage rooms and 6 other beds. We get the non OB patients moved if we can, but...
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    My Results are back

    babyktchr replied to guest27716's topic in Ob/Gyn

    There are tons of women that are GBS+ and are treated with other antibiotics, such as clindamycin. It is approved for use when there is allergy to PCN. I know in my years in OB, I have never heard...
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    Future of CNMs

    babyktchr replied to studentnurserachel's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    The main thing I have noticed in my neck of the woods is that many docs cannot afford to carry insurance for a midwife. It is so outrageous that they don't hire them, though they want them in their...
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    Great Delivery / Bad Delivery

    babyktchr replied to SC RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Honey, some days just go like that. It sounds to me like you did everything right..for the circumstances that you had at hand. Of course in hindsight you can see things that should have been done,...
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    Charting- again

    babyktchr replied to amber1142's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I don't know where to start here. There is a need, in this day and age, to not have practice/care influenced totally with the fear of being sued. It is no way to live or care for a patient, but it...
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    Patients refusing Pitocin

    babyktchr replied to Minou's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I guess my first thought is...why was the patient admitted to begin with? Irregular contractions and 1cm and thick...sheesh. My inclination would've been to medicate her and send her
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    Precipitous Labor

    babyktchr replied to RaeT,RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I don't know about you all....but when I want a baby to deliver, I call for an epidural. Seems that just calling dilates that cervix and the baby comes flying out. The epidural effect one...
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    Rnc

    babyktchr replied to RaeT,RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Professional education center also has an impatient OB review course from time to time and it was a very nice review. I took it and found it was helpful on the test. I think there is a seminar coming...
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    Nurse's nasty attitude in L&D

    babyktchr replied to RaeT,RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We had TWO nurses on our unit that were miserable to be around. We allowed these women to ruin a 12 hour shift by letting them get away with such behavior. Fortunately we had a wonderful interim...
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    Retained placenta

    babyktchr replied to verock's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Sometimes when there is an early gestation loss...the placenta just hangs on in there depending on the circumstance of the demise. If the fetus was "dead" a while, the placenta more often comes out...
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    Charting

    babyktchr replied to amber1142's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Last month I reviewed a case for a lawsuit in which I had to go over nurses notes and charting. The ONE thing you MUST do is use your hospitals policy on charting strips. I have found that what is...
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    Applied for L&D again!!!!!!!!

    babyktchr replied to RNforLongTime's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I was a critical care nurse with a great itch for L&D. When a position finally opened up, I applied with the only experience in the area to my name was having a baby myself. I got the job and my...
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    IV Phenergan and Toradol "Push"

    babyktchr replied to CrohnieToo's topic in Emergency

    Many moons ago, there was a phenergan that was oil based and not for IV use...DEEP IM ONLY. Then, the IV version came out. We use it, but our hospital policy states that it must be diluted in at...
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    Obstetric fistula--an epidemic in Ethiopia

    babyktchr replied to stevierae's topic in Ob/Gyn

    A doc that worked at our hospital now goes to africa and donates time in clinics repairing fistulas. It is an amazing thing to read his
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    Community College vs University

    babyktchr replied to wanna-b-R.N.'s topic in General Nursing

    I had my choice of going to University or community college. It came down to who had the better passing rate on boards. I went to community college and am all the better for it. You can always get...