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  1. What really causes labor??????

    mugwump replied to SerenityR.N.'s topic in Ob/Gyn

    Yes that my friend is the million dollar

  2. Really bumbed no baby in uterus (yet???)

    mugwump posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Well I have been on this board I recently transfered from APU to L&D this post is personal though since I don't have too much experience with really early pregnancies. I had my period sometime in...

  3. Really bumbed no baby in uterus (yet???)

    mugwump replied to mugwump's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Well it is in the uterus now, I saw the little hearbeat today. I am 5 6/7 My due date is Sept 12th thank you for all your prayers and support it is much

  4. Really bumbed no baby in uterus (yet???)

    mugwump replied to mugwump's topic in Ob/Gyn

    well my level was over 5000 (yeah) it should be in the right place based on levels doubling. I go for another ultrasound in a week or so. Wish me luck (I'm

  5. I don't know what to do

    mugwump replied to asilmk's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't worry about it so much. I understand you want to stand up for yourself that you didn't do it, but it sounds like you, you didn't do it once and that would have been that, but you kept...

  6. How do you deal with anti-OB people?

    mugwump replied to ParasMom's topic in General Nursing

    All we can do is give people the information (document our butt off) and hope for the best. Eveyone has diffrent belifes and views. We as nurses don't have to agree but have to respect everyones...

  7. Really bumbed no baby in uterus (yet???)

    mugwump replied to mugwump's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Thats what they are worried about. He said if this was an unwanted pregnancy (Its not) It would be totally appropriate to treat as if it is an ectopic. But since he knows it is a wanted pregancy he is...

  8. Really bumbed no baby in uterus (yet???)

    mugwump replied to mugwump's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Well I spipke to my doctor this morning. My HCG levels are 2200 with those levels you "should" be able to see at least a sac in the uters (he did not) he even went to look at my US. Although he/they...

  9. Help understand Betamethasone

    mugwump replied to Tiny1Nisolet's topic in Ob/Gyn

    From what I understnad and what i tell my patients. Are that Beta is helpful it sort of artificially makes the lungs better than they were before. (will a 24 wekker come out breathing on their own and...

  10. Floating to diffrent units in your hospital

    mugwump posted a topic in General Nursing

    I was just wondering what are the policys for floating in your

  11. How do you learn anticipation

    mugwump posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    As many of you know I am a APU nurse who has transfered to L&D did a delivery today. (not great) actually given the circumstances i think it went fine, Hindsight is 20/20 multip no epidural doctor...

  12. In memory of my friend

    mugwump posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am just having a hard day. One of my friends from where I work was found dead in her bed yesterday after not showing up for her night shift. She was 27 years old and it looks like she died in her...

  13. In memory of my friend

    mugwump replied to mugwump's topic in General Nursing

    We are going to be doing a memorial at work in a couple of days it is just so hard for all of us. I mean if she had died in a car accident we would still all be sad but there would be a reason. 27...

  14. working on Christmas?

    mugwump replied to scrmblr's topic in General Nursing

    I have to give my two cents what i have to say sounds sort of rude but it is not meant to be that way. This is what i tell myself when I ask myself the same question. "Because I am a nurse and I...

  15. We lost a mom to HELLP!!!

    mugwump replied to LizzyL&DRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    All I can say is Labor and delivery is supposed to be a happy place. It usually is. But when it is bad. (usually very far and few between) It is the WORST. Big

  16. Test for ROM

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

    Actually where I work we do the "smurf" test quite frequently I would say a couple times a month. Granted we might do 4 in one week and none for another couple. Usually it is on a "ruptured" patient...

  17. How do you remember everything

    mugwump posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    I have only done 4 deliveries on orientation but I am starting to fel overwhelmed with the paperwork. I feel like I am double charting vitals, writing one thing 4 places, not remembering what times I...

  18. New OB Nurses, Grads and Students, Please Feel Free to post your questions here:

    mugwump replied to SmilingBluEyes's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Alright new to L&D feel like I need to be more "anal" in my writing down. I hate to feel like I'm "going to mommy" when I go to my preceptor to see if what I've written is OK (I know thats her job...

  19. This is insanity

    mugwump replied to futureTMA's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I might get a little flack from this post but I mean it from the heart. I feel that us as nurses have the right and authority to be nosey. We See things. We hear things. we are privy to information....

  20. I survived

    mugwump posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Well I survived my first 8 hour shift on orientation. 2 delivers down. one baby to nursery and one almost all recovered (except for the bath) I'm calling everyone I know, You would have think I'm the...

  21. I survived

    mugwump replied to mugwump's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Well my three yoear old was better. hadn't throuwn up since monday hadn't spiked a temp since tuesday. I cam home from work and she threw up 6 times. But My usbby watched her today and said she was...

  22. frustrated but it happens

    mugwump posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Well as some of you may or may not know I have 5 years high risk antepartum experience and today was/is my first day in labor and delivery. The day care called 2.5 hours into my shift and i had to...

  23. New OB Nurses, Grads and Students, Please Feel Free to post your questions here:

    mugwump replied to SmilingBluEyes's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I was wondering. I have posted here before. I am a very experienced Antepartum nurse now going into labor and delivery (don't have a clue) anyway I know that during labor rocking on a chair or a...

  24. Does anyone have a walk in my shoes program

    mugwump posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am interested in creating a walk in my shoes program for our hospital can anyone tell me about

  25. Staffing ratio for this patient

    mugwump replied to fourbirds4me's topic in Ob/Gyn

    OK I feel like I'm going to burst your bubble. But I am in a levl three facility but we usd to be a level 2.5 and I would have her and 2 other patients. First of all We do not do mg levels q 2...