Nurse4Moms

I'm interested to know how many nurses are doing sponge counts for vaginal deliveries... and... 1) what your SOP for this is based on 2) do you use radiographic sponges exclusively now so that if your count's off & you have to do an Xray somethin...

Thank you everyone for posting your replies on the sponge count in vag. deliveries thing. I've been an OB nurse since 1985 & have never done this; have not (thankfully) seen any patients with retained vaginal sponges, either (in any of the 11 fac...

Greetings, everyone. I am an AWHONN Certified Inpatient OB nurse working in a small hospital in the south. At the time I was hired, I was told that our service does involve care of pediatric patients. Then I was told that "you probably won't do much...

it would be a hoot to tell the powers that be that ob docs have to see/tend to peds patients! i was hired here as an l&d nurse specialist; nothin' to do with peds. we do not even have a pediatric rn here. we have the "women's & children's c...

Hello, everyone! I'm an RN in a small hospital in the south which has a maternal/child service. I was hired for my long experience in OB nursing. I knew that there were pediatric patients cared for here, but during my interview & tour, was told...

Thanks for sharing your story! I'm not a mom (at least not of human kids), but I do think I would have a clue on how to be the parent. My ex-sister in law had a hideous little 2 yr old when she lived with my ex-husband & I... back in 1991. He cu...

Let's see: all the docs I work with wear scrub hats with different patterns, some are cartoons. The midwife I work with has lab coats with different little characters embroidered over her name. The 'ologists & CRNA's also have fun scrub hats. ...

yes, please!!! thank you for saying that. at my last job (oops, here we go!) someone always had to say "you don't want to be here today" or "boy are y'all in for it today." i finally actually brought it up in a staff meeting - that there is absolu...

So, someone being THAT demanding about getting pain meds can't wait 5 minutes to get them? I just can't see it! Another 2cents on that...

Oh, I do hear you on this one! Our unit recently had a FF flyer OB patient - very large woman who was gestational diabetic (obviously not "diet controlled"!), with a clomid pregnancy.. she started coming in for triage visits at 32 weeks. By the time...

Well, I've already made my reply to that "orientate" thing... I had a nursing instructor for med/surg who insisted on saying "Lar-NIX" and "phar-NIX." Oh, I just cringed every time! And coworkers in the south who think it's cute or OK to use terribl...

and...... just about hating to work on certain days when you know that the heavy smokers will be on - then you know you'll be doing twice your regular work! some of my friends & i started taking "fresh air" breaks... the smokers were floored! h...

I am very very weary of hearing the "racist" or "racial thing" comments by coworkers. I am sick to death of having people fear hearing it because they know they'll be the ones called to the floor for having reprimanded someone who always uses this a...

Oh, you got those things soooooooo right, labor sister! heehee I'm an L&D nurse, too... don't ya just get so bugged when they come in to see you all bright & smiley because they lost their mucus plug & they're "ready to have their baby....

Main Entry: ori-ent-ed Pronunciation: 'Or-E-"en-t&d, 'or- Function: adjective Date: 1944 : intellectually, emotionally, or functionally directed This is the word that means to be oriented in your unit... it's a very common mistake that everyone...

I guess I am an "old bitty nurse (should be spelled biddy, actually)... no kids, ... certainly not a Christian." What the heck has anyone's religion got to do with it? I, for one, can't STAND nurses who have a captive audience in their patients and ...

wow, i really hear you, celtic! i'm 46 and have been diagnosed (at different times) as having depression, dysthymia, bipolar disease, and personality disorder. i think that bipolar probably "fits" best. i've been on prozac, zoloft, effexor, and now ...

I've heard most of the submitted words for genitalia. Our patients do make our worklives interesting, yes?! Here are some I've encountered: breasts: hoohoo's, hoho's, tooties, bonkers, shelf, twins, 'loons (as in balloons?), vulva/vagina: tooty, ...

I have been doing L&D nursing since October 1985! Well, had a couple of breaks (short ones) doing med/surg & clinical coordinator for a research program. Anyway, I have been talking about this for months to supervisors, and refusing to take...

I actually work in a small navy hospital on the Gulf Coast! Interestingly enough, one of the senior pediatricians here is someone I worked with almost 20 years ago when I was active in the army - at Ft. Lewis, WA! He knows it's important for us to b...

:angryfire i understand about that adoption question. people just let it fly glibly out of their mouths, obviously not knowing what a long, expensive, and harrowing sojourn it can be to try to adopt a child. grrr!!! i like your answer, too. :ro...

That would be so awesome! I wish, too, that with all this fancy monitoring stuff they would make it possible for the monitor to figure out when there are 15 X 15 accels & stop the NST's when they're at the 20 minutes and reactive! Good thoughts...

I have to tell you that most civilian hospitals do not have LPN's working in their L&D departments. You might have luck getting a position on mother/baby/postpartum in a larger hospital that doesn't have the LDRP's going on. Wishing you luck! h...

I've been asked by almost every laboring mom about how many children I have. I answer that I don't have human kids, I have furkids. They usually smile at this. A couple of moms have continued their questioning - and I tell them the truth: I'm a su...

I love working with OB triage patients and moms in labor. I truly enjoy teaching them during outpatient visits, and coaching in L&D. It's always interesting to see how family dynamics differ from couple to couple. Having the privelege of seei...