babyktchr BSN, RN

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    a rant (pts come to hospital for the littlest of things)

    babyktchr replied to babyktchr's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Well....after all of this...I truly have forgotten why I posted. I just wonder why folks now-a-days feel they aren't allowed to be sick anymore....pregnant women included. I hate to let the cat out...
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    a rant (pts come to hospital for the littlest of things)

    babyktchr replied to babyktchr's topic in Ob/Gyn

    No problem z's...I am the
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    a rant (pts come to hospital for the littlest of things)

    babyktchr replied to babyktchr's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Makes me think of a time I went to the ED for the migraine of all migraines. I lived right across the street from the hospital and I walked over there and announced my presence to the triage nurse...
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    a rant (pts come to hospital for the littlest of things)

    babyktchr replied to babyktchr's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Why why why do they call an ambulance for
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    a rant (pts come to hospital for the littlest of things)

    babyktchr replied to babyktchr's topic in Ob/Gyn

    You know...I posted cause I needed to vent frustations....with the "system", with patients...with everything. It distresses me to see that some take it so personally and feel the need to cut down any...
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    if only for one day......

    babyktchr posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    ......you were given the opportunity as a nurse..for only one day....to say whatever you wanted to a patient or a doctor....or anyone for that matter,during the course of your shift, with no penalty...
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    Perform CST on preterm pregnancy?

    babyktchr replied to SierraN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Well...with an AFI of 7 at 33 weeks....ok it is a borderline oligo at such an early gestation....but do we know why?? I mean were there further tests on the baby to see if all was well in the kidney...
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    Perform CST on preterm pregnancy?

    babyktchr replied to SierraN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Seems to me you had your CST if you had contractions and there were no decels. At 33 weeks, 10x10 accels may have been an ok thing. Was there circumstances for the patient that may have...
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    a rant (pts come to hospital for the littlest of things)

    babyktchr replied to babyktchr's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Where in Maryland...I too went to nursing school
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    if only for one day......

    babyktchr replied to babyktchr's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Personally...I have ALWAYS wanted to say to the person on the phone who calls and says...."I lost my mucus plug"....... WHERE DID YOU LEAVE IT
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    if only for one day......

    babyktchr replied to babyktchr's topic in Ob/Gyn

    perhaps we need more than one
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    Sun exposure during pregnancy

    babyktchr replied to ReinventingMyselfAgain's topic in Ob/Gyn

    AMEN
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    Sun exposure during pregnancy

    babyktchr replied to ReinventingMyselfAgain's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I work in a beach area community hospital, and the memorial day weekend begins our summer of out of town patients who just forget about health and well being while sunning and splashing. We get sooo...
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    top interview questions

    babyktchr replied to findingmywayRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    When I interviewed in L&D, I had absolutely no experience other than having a baby of my own...and nursing school. I had been waiting and waiting for a position to open up and when one finally...
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    Who mixes pitocin and mag?

    babyktchr replied to bbnurse's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Our mag has always been premixed by phamacy, and starting last year, so was our pit. We have 20 units in 1000cc NS or D5LR...and it too lives in our
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    Question about Bloody Amniotic Fluid?

    babyktchr replied to LnDNurse2Be's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We send all of our c/s placentas to pathology. The placenta is a record of the pregnancy. It can give a lot of information, but most basic or routine studies fall short. Any problems found in the...
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    PP Hemorrhage (long)

    babyktchr replied to NurseforPreggers's topic in Ob/Gyn

    The cynic in me wonders what the FOB would've done if the mom had died as a result of the PP events... or the baby had died subsequently to mec aspriation... I wonder if he would've sued? Where does...
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    Crack babies, need advice

    babyktchr replied to opalmRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I have only had one experience with a drug addicted baby and it was to methadone. He stayed with us for almost 4 months in the hospital. We kept him in our nursery as long as we could, but then it...
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    Question About New Nurses Starting Out in Antepartum

    babyktchr replied to LauraLou's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I really don't see how antepartum first would be a career ender by any means. When I precept new nurses. I like them to get as much strip interpretation time in as possible...really learn...
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    If you are a mother/baby nurse, please respond to this student's question.

    babyktchr replied to MommyJoy's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I don't do strictly mom/baby, I float between labor and delivery, mom/baby and women's health at times...although I do mostly labor. I like mom/baby because there is a lot of interaction with the new...
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    Intimidated by the thought of learning vag exams...help!

    babyktchr replied to onehusbandsevenkids's topic in Ob/Gyn

    This too shall pass honey. Practice practice practice. It takes time, but you will get it. The more you do it...the better it becomes. That is the only advice that I can give you. When I started...
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    transfer of active labor patient?

    babyktchr replied to obnursesteff's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I couldn't agree with you more. Tranport nursing in my neck of the woods is a labor nurse in the back of an ambulance with an ambulance crew...that is it. Our nearest tertiary center is an hour...
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    transfer of active labor patient?

    babyktchr replied to obnursesteff's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Our state has an "anti-dumping" law which prohibits transfer of care if in active labor, although there is no dilation pinned to it. Our facility does not have a NICU attached to it, and we do have...
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    certified in fetal monitering

    babyktchr replied to mugwump's topic in Ob/Gyn

    NCC's fetal monitoring is a certificate of added qualification, it demonstrates competency in fetal monitoring...meaning that you would already have to have knowledge of fetal monitoring, and advanced...
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    Question for L&D nurses

    babyktchr replied to eden's topic in General Nursing

    Oh honey, give yourself time. At this point..thick vs. thin is descriptive enough. As you examine more people, you will get the hang of effacement. If you put a piece of paper on a table and run...