FrumDoula

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  1. Stretching of Cervix

    FrumDoula replied to Dayray's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Um, if Mom had to go through pain and surgery, she most definitely was NOT fine. That is just so disgusting, and that doc should have been disciplined. What kind impatient *** of a doc has to...

  2. Nclex-pn

    FrumDoula replied to poon120's topic in General Nursing

    Are you asking about nursing steps to take while a Jew is dying (specific to Judaism), or after the death itself? Two different things. And just because an Internet site says something is allowed or...

  3. LVN's in Peds

    FrumDoula posted a topic in Pediatric

    Hi everyone - I'm getting ready to take my LVN test here in northern CA. (Bay Area) For those of you that are on the peds floor, do you see LVN's hired very often to work the floor? Obviously, I'm...

  4. Doulas?

    FrumDoula replied to asher315's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'm sorry it was such a frustrating experience for you with this doula. I'm grateful that the client wasn't part of the argument, either - it's not the best thing to help encourage a healthy labor...

  5. The Farm: Midwifery seminars

    FrumDoula replied to RNKitty's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    Thank you, SBE, for being the first to say this. I too am a little wary of that docs assertion. I'd like to see a little research and some case files before nixing water birth, myself. As far as Ina...

  6. Doulas?

    FrumDoula replied to asher315's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Speaking as a doula, I can say that I've also seen some great doulas and some doulas that I wouldn't hire if my life depended on it. I've rarely encountered a nurse who wasn't helpful and cool to...

  7. Nclex-pn

    FrumDoula replied to poon120's topic in General Nursing

    Just to clarify - I have NEVER once, in all the time I've been an Orthodox Jew, heard anything about the spirits from a dead Jewish body floating into a priest or any other such person. And I've done...

  8. What choices did you make for L&D?

    FrumDoula replied to ER1010's topic in Ob/Gyn

    First off, if a patient wants very minimal or no interventions at a hospital, it is well within their right to refuse any routine intervention. That's part of the patients bill of rights as I...

  9. My first (and hopefully last) eclampsia patient

    FrumDoula replied to beochicken's topic in Ob/Gyn

    From what I understand, eclampsia is one of those conditions that researchers are forver trying to understand. Apparently, there was a doctor named Thomas Brewer who was able to prevent pre-eclampsia...

  10. Why do we need the docs for delivery?

    FrumDoula replied to ER1010's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Are you talking about McRoberts or the Gaskin maneuver? I'm a little unclear ....

  11. Why do we need the docs for delivery?

    FrumDoula replied to ER1010's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Shoulder dystocias seem to frighten everyone. However, there are ways to educate yourself so you at least have a clue as to how to handle the problem. I figure that if something scares the piss out...

  12. What choices did you make for L&D?

    FrumDoula replied to ER1010's topic in Ob/Gyn

    As a doula and as someone about to take her LVN exam, I've had the oppurtunity to see many docs and nurses in action in the cities I've lived in. For this pregnancy, I ended up choosing a homebirth...

  13. Why do we need the docs for delivery?

    FrumDoula replied to ER1010's topic in Ob/Gyn

    And it must be noted that England has better outcomes than the US in terms of infant and maternal mortality and morbidity than the US. In countries where midwives handle the low risk births, and...

  14. What do you want your OB patients to get from childbirth class?

    FrumDoula replied to Mahnikuh's topic in Ob/Gyn

    As someone who is in the process of becoming a Lamaze-certified instructor, (though also not a nurse), I would first off like to applaud the first poster's comments. SBE, you are brilliant as always....

  15. Have I made a mistake?

    FrumDoula replied to tryingtomakeit's topic in Ob/Gyn

    BRAVO!!!!!!!!!!!!! And what is so scary and sad is that these women think they are in the safest possible environment to have their babies. Oy .... I have to admit, it still makes me nuts to...

  16. Hands-On L&D Nurses?

    FrumDoula replied to healingheart's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Your unit is following the current research regarding continuous labor support, and it's refreshing to see!!! Your nursing manager and medical team should be congratulated for demanding this standard...

  17. Hands-On L&D Nurses?

    FrumDoula replied to healingheart's topic in Ob/Gyn

    My understanding was that the technology was offered not to help with basic care of laboring patients, but to increase "safety". It has done neither, and has, if anything, reduced the amount of hands...

  18. Extraction of a retained placenta

    FrumDoula replied to Meloday's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Hey, here's a wild and crazy thought. How about training the doc to be a little more patient and not pull on cords and create problems?!?!? I can understand extraction if the placenta has separated...

  19. Frontier Midwifery School

    FrumDoula replied to Khadijah2's topic in General Nursing

    It does not necessarily make for a better midwife, though. And doula studies found that it was actually preferable to NOT have a medically trained doula attend a woman. (Though we admittedly have no...

  20. What happens in your NICU when you are short staffed?

    FrumDoula replied to sparkyRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    When nurses are given a ton of feeder growers, on the logic that they're not as much work as the truly sick babies, it saddens me. Babies grow not only through feeding, but through cuddling and...

  21. Preventing infection in post c-section patient

    FrumDoula replied to findingmywayRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I would echo previous posters about VBAC. It is most certainly a safe option, given that you're medically well supported and you yourself feel safe doing so. A couple of thoughts (like I ever have...

  22. Cervical exams

    FrumDoula replied to ryleikat's topic in Ob/Gyn

    In my doula bag, I have a dilation chart made of soft foam. One piece of foam with a circle cut for centimeters 1-10. It's slightly stretchy, which is a lot more accurate than those stupid plastic...

  23. Unhappy Nursing Student

    FrumDoula replied to Keyatte's topic in Ob/Gyn

    This depends on what state you're in. In some states, it is illegal (though the reasons for making it illegal, that of safety, is not upheld in the scientific literature and is more about politics...

  24. Unhappy Nursing Student

    FrumDoula replied to Keyatte's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Let me offer a different perspective. I disagree that being a direct entry midwife is self-limiting. I think it depends on what direction you want to head in. I would certainly not call direct...

  25. L&D 1st clinical rotation...help

    FrumDoula replied to crb613's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Let me share my thoughts what nursing students should know that they may not be able to always read in a textbook: 1. Please know that this day is one of the most enduring in a woman's memory. She...