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  1. Worst information given in shift report!!!

    mugwump replied to AMARTIN1's topic in General Nursing

    I can't stand stories and non-pertinent info. I wrk at an antepartum unit and one day it took someone 10 minutes to describe the red colored smear someone had when wiping. (not important) are they...

  2. Holidays

    mugwump replied to Sweetiepie1497's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing especially hospital nursing is a 24 hour a day 365 day a year job. Most people rotate major holidays. For instance if I work Thanksgiving I get christmas off but that means next year I have...

  3. Reviewing stillbirth strips

    mugwump replied to Zhlake's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I think it is an invaluable learning experience. I remember one we reviewed. Happend in our state (not at my hospital) but one of the smaller ones. Women came in lets say 8 months pregnant (really...

  4. When a baby is born....what does your hospital do?

    mugwump replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Just another little side of this. Even though I think it is a cut idea and I can understand the emotional down side of opeining up old or fresh wounds. The shear number of deliveries we do at our...

  5. Position for taking BP in preecclamptics

    mugwump replied to babynurse2001's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Actually the position of the arm related to the heart is as important. The arm should be level to the heart. If the arm is positioned lower than the heart you get an incorrect high reading and if it...

  6. How many deliveries do you have per month?

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

    700+ deliveries per month (our highest was 750 something) 30 ante rooms 60 post partum rooms (I think) 26 l&d rooms and I belive 10-15 (gyne, overflow post partum (usually nicu moms) 10 bed triage...

  7. Sterile gloves for sterile spec???

    mugwump replied to JaneyW's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I asked the docs about this once and their reply was it is truely not a sterile procedure it is a clean procedure. Do we betadine the area before introducing the steril spec no, we are using a steril...

  8. Sterile gloves for sterile spec???

    mugwump replied to JaneyW's topic in Ob/Gyn

    most of the docs at my hospital a tertiary non-teaching facility just use regular gloves not

  9. Volunteer Nurses Needed for Hurricane Emergency!

    mugwump replied to glascow's topic in General Nursing

    Well some of the evacuees arived in phoenix today. I guess the hospitals are manning the colluseum in shifts. Our hospital is doing today and tomorrow. I work tomorrow so maybe I can volunteer another...

  10. When did you take off for maternity leave?

    mugwump replied to MSMCnurse2004's topic in General Nursing

    Well I worked right up until I was die. I was due on a sunday (we work 12 hour shifts and have self scheduling) I scheduled my last day on a tuesday. I also worked in an antepartum so I was actually...

  11. nervous any words of advice

    mugwump posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Well I am finally going to L&D I have been an antepartum nurse in a tertiary care center for 5 years and my transfer number finally came up. I'll be working 12 hour days any advice from anyone...

  12. nervous any words of advice

    mugwump replied to mugwump's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Electric fetal monitoring nothing new. I do it all the time. The problem is seeing contractions and not wanting to do something to stop them! They are allowed to contract. Well it will take a little...

  13. Real nurse vs. TV nurse.

    mugwump replied to MyBlueSky's topic in General Nursing

    Shows in general bother me when they are not acurate. Not necessarily the way they portrey nurses. For instance I was watchin ER the other day and they were "working on" aka coding a 7 month pregnant...

  14. Question: Is it too late for me to go to nursing school in my mid 40s?

    mugwump replied to Charity1230's topic in General Nursing

    OK to be honest I didn't read any of the post but when I was in nursing school we had a 20 something daughter and her mom in our nursing school class and a 60 something year old engineer who had...

  15. OB Emergencies

    mugwump replied to ERNURSE4MS's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I briefly read through the notes but I think two things are getting lost. 1. First, RN's don't diagnose medical conditions (abruption) they can have their suspicians they also can't treat it (do...

  16. How do you handle a weak stomach?

    mugwump replied to RNpandoraRN's topic in General Nursing

    Keep in mind I was the little girl that threw up when I got mud on my shoes growing up (reminded me of poop) and yes I became a nurse. I was a cna for 10 years (cleaned up poop all the time. Yes I got...

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

    mugwump replied to SmilingBluEyes's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Well a few questions come to mind yes I agree with Betamethasone. My questions, are you on bed rest. How short is very short. 6mm, 1cm, 2mm. Also is your doctor a high risk perinatologist or a normal...

  18. Looking for info on antepartum units

    mugwump replied to rn/writer's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I've work on an antepartum unit for 5 years separate from L&D. We have 16 (monitered beds) beds with centralized EFM and 14 non-monitered beds (beds we can wheel around a moniter for NST's and...

  19. Tom Cruise on Postpartum depression

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

    Hey I have an idea (granted keep in mind I'm very nice and you catch more fly[s with honey type) and weird I guess,. But I bet Tom would change his tune if every post partum women who had PPD showed...

  20. Britney demanding background checks for her L&D nurses..

    mugwump replied to Peachy720's topic in Ob/Gyn

    OK first of all I live in arizona YES Britnany has been seen once in scottsdale leaving a spa. Scottsdale healthcare denies the rumors (article in last sundays paper) I worked at scottsdale healthcare...

  21. How many deliveries a day?

    mugwump replied to Marissa22's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I work at a tertiary center we say on the average we deliver a kindergarden class per day. We had over 8000 deliveries last year and our biggest month I belive was september where we had 843...

  22. MedError/Dismissal...What2Do

    mugwump replied to brotherbear's topic in General Nursing

    I know I am out of line here but giving a patient a blook pressure med that is 90's over 60's depending on the patient I do it all the time. Granted i work on an antepartum floor and we give...

  23. Perform CST on preterm pregnancy?

    mugwump replied to SierraN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I work in a high risk antepartum unit and We have done 1 CST on a patient. With nipple stimulation. I can't even remember why. I do remember if she passed she could go home. I belive it was a mom we...

  24. Perform CST on preterm pregnancy?

    mugwump replied to SierraN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    you could do a CST but definatly nipple stim. But I agree whats the point. If she was a preterm labor patient anyway definatly not. I'm curious why was she getting the NST anyway did you Aucoutsic...

  25. Positions of taking blood pressure in PIH patients

    mugwump posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    I am curious what position do you p ut your moms in when taking their blood pressure expecially in PIH patients and your rational behind it. Sitting up or lying down on their left