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I have started my new position as clinical informatics coordinator in March, so I am a newbee as well and am interested

i will be in a couple weeks :)

so everyone i am working on a project and i am just curious when does eveyone complete their initial newborn bath???

so just a little devils advocate what is diffrent between a baby not getting a bath and you holding the hand of your patient who maybe has HSV that just was in the bathroom scratching a leison did not wash their hands and is now holding yours (i gues...

well, technically we have 24 LDR's, 4 OR suites, however we typically only use 3 (one of those being for cerclages mostly. we deliver about 450 a month, although a couple of years ago when I started (before the birthrate dropped yes I think it it did...

Just a question. out of everyone who gives bicitra prior to surgeries. Do you dilute it?

I learned and accepted when i started in labor and delivery that non-medicated births made me nervous i was scarred, I felt bad for the woman who was hurting and i wanted to try to make it better. Then one day I said to myself, this is HER birth expe...

I can't wait to read the update on what actually happens. Your birthplan sounds very reasonable. But keep this in mind birth is a fluid dance. Nothing happens by itself and everything affects everything else. I do NOT agree with the mandatory nursery...

well, first of all i would say as a new grad in this economy, don't excpect a labor and delivery job. I would however encourage you to get as close to it, as you could. for instance a hospital with a big labor and delivery unit and work where ever yo...

I work at Banner Desert so I don't really know any who go to scottsdale

Well as far as the AWHONN do you attend meetings, then you are a "active member" also I try to use the nurse job description in my resume instead of care for patients, you might right i formulate the nursing plan of care for my patients and assess, a...

Wow this is a tuff one, my first reactin when your old preceptor critisez you is to remind her that she was your preceptor and you are mirroring her behaviors. so basically when she is critisizing you she is critisizing herslef. i would also talk to ...

There is an article about this on cnn.com

I know this is in the speciatly area for OB I'm not sure that all the people posting are in OB so I want to remind everyone or educate everyone that yes all hospitals that do labor and delivery can do an emergency c/section. However the accepted stan...

Had a bad delivery the otherday but suprizingly baby is doing good, can we just way primip pushing for 2 hours, c/section baby got stuck (beyond stuck) took about 5 minuts, pushing from below (2 different people) 2 doctors, 2 surgical techs, extended...

The doctor did tell them the gestational age and it was not viable and it needed to stay with the mother. He was overrulled by the paramedics. And yes there was a reason that she was too unstable for transport. Transport was already called before she...

To make a long story short. Patient delivered a non-viable baby in the doctors office 18-20 weeks. Paramedics were called to transsport patient and baby to labor and delivery. Paramedics separated the two had two ambulences took mom to l and d attemp...

Good luck Halo 425 I wish the best for you and I hope you get in to Labor and Delivery, I LOVE what I do

I am new to instructing clinicals. I am doing them for labor and delivery, triage, post partum and antepartum. Any ideas for post confrences and learning experiences

You had me at no holiday's no weekends. I work in labor and delivery so i have no idea of the work your doing, i however work 6a-6p and love it. I love my 12's and yes 6am is early but traffic is usually great, i get home earlier as well i actually g...

I think the thought process is on the manufacture directions it says to dilute. I'll tell you if we start dilluting it, but i doubt we will

Thanks everyone, keep the info comming. Our pharmacy is saying that we have to dilute it in 240 cc water or juice.

I was wondering has anyone had a women declare safe haven for her baby while she was in labor and delivery or post partum (not just delivered at home and came in) but actually while she was a patient??? If so, how did you handle it

I am on a comitee to plan next years nurses day recognition. In your perfect world what would your ideas be

First of all the best resources would be to join a professional organization like AWHONN Also are you working in labor and delivery because your coworkers would be a wealth of knowlege. If you are still in school i wouldn't worry about specializing y...