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  1. Meds you hate to give....

    midwife2b replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    Carboprost (Hemabate). Especially during a C-Section. I know that 99% of the time I will have to clean up a HUGE amount of

  2. triage

    midwife2b replied to acuteobrn's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Our hospitals L&D triage unit is staffed only with experienced RN's who have at least one year experience at the hospital. It is a 3 bed unit where we evaluate most anything from R/O labor, PTL,...

  3. Can you believe this? 13yo and mom both pregnant

    midwife2b replied to seanymph's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Once upon a time our hospital gave away a lot of wonderful baby gifts to the "New Years Baby" and the parents. Included were a weekend at an inn in a city of their choosing, baby clothes, gift...

  4. Winston-Salem relocation!

    midwife2b replied to RNWannaBe724's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    My daughters live in Winston Salem. Very nice city! You are about 4 hours from the beach and 2 to 2.5 hours from the mountains. It snows occasionally, there is a definate season change. Very hot and...

  5. Newborn PKU: Heelstick vs Venipuncture?

    midwife2b replied to Krojas21's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We use the pampers. Wet with warm water, wrap up the foot and tape it. It works! It actually is better to warm both feet, I have found... but not many babies tolerate having their feet "bound"

  6. Money Hungry Patients

    midwife2b replied to OliveVinesRN's topic in General Nursing

    My question to you all is this: Should I inform my supervisors of this man's intentions to sue the doctors and the involvement of the relative-employee's encouragement to do so? Should I inform the...

  7. More questions

    midwife2b replied to OB_or_NICU_hopeful's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Where I live, an externship is offered to nursing students during the second half of their education. They pair up with an RN, learn about the role, attend classes on role development/delegation/etc....

  8. I need OB/GYN information...

    midwife2b replied to JNH's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Are there free clinics in your community? If there are, start there. It may not be gynecology but you could get some experience working with people. Often the actual care has to be done by people who...

  9. Ultrasound-free sex predictor

    midwife2b replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in Ob/Gyn

    My mom is a retired L&D RN; she would feel the abdomen if someone asked her to "guess". If the abdomen was warm, it was a boy. If cool, it was a girl. These were not women in labor... and she...

  10. RNFAs in C-Sections - Pro/Con

    midwife2b replied to BELCJ's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I once worked in a small hospital that used RNFA's as part of the OR team for certain surgeries, but not all. There were a dozen or so procedures that the hospital required a second surgeon for (I...

  11. advice on nursing school please

    midwife2b replied to OB_or_NICU_hopeful's topic in Ob/Gyn

  12. Vaginal birth not linked to urinary incontinence

    midwife2b replied to mitchsmom's topic in Ob/Gyn

  13. Suctioning with mec at delivery

    midwife2b posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Thought I would post this here, because NICU nurses are THE BEST and always know "the answer".:balloons: I'm a new midwife. When I did my integration, the Chief of Pediatrics told me that the NRP...

  14. Suctioning with mec at delivery

    midwife2b replied to midwife2b's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

  15. Age when you had your first child?

    midwife2b replied to sugabuga's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I was pretty young... 21... but we all survived. I was already a nurse with 1 1/2 years experience when she was born. Where I grew up that was pretty "normal" at the time. Timing is a tradeoff. My...

  16. Ortho Tri Cyclen Lo Vs. Yasmin

    midwife2b replied to Newbie Nurse SMP's topic in Ob/Gyn

    There is more estrogen in the patch than in OrthoTriCyclen Lo which may be why you are having breakthrough bleeding. Keeping track of your bleeding days is important info to give to your provider....

  17. Pervasive Developmental Disorder

    midwife2b replied to kea6783's topic in Developmental Disabilities

    I have a niece who has always been "different". She's had MANY diagnoses in her short life, (ADHD, ADD, bipolar, OCD, schizophrenia, schizo-affective, forget all of the others) with the most recent...

  18. permitted to work as RN nurse on other States w/o taking their NCLEX?

    midwife2b replied to Mikelsperez's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    There is also Compact Licensure, available to a few states, where you can work in the Compact states with a current license. Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Idaho, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Mississippi,...

  19. Torn between L&D and NICU

    midwife2b replied to 4bears's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Gosh! What group do you like better-- babies or grownups? I think that would help me decide. If you like babies better you can do NICU, Peds, NBN, Grower type nurseries... If you like grownups better...

  20. Please tell me how this is right?!?!

    midwife2b replied to L&DRNJenn's topic in General Nursing

    Oh and by the way, these methods come from Quint Studer, who is the guru of service excellence for hospitals. He doesn't recommend customer service at the expense of employee satisfaction, in fact he...

  21. When circ's go bad...

    midwife2b replied to newgrad2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

    :chuckle My dh was peeking over my shoulder yesterday and read some of these posts. He made a comment that while he couldn't change anything, he would have liked to be the one to decide about having a...

  22. I'm a WannaBe....

    midwife2b replied to hippienurse's topic in Ob/Gyn

    If you work in a setting that is low risk and/or has midwives, you definately would be an asset! Here are some things to ponder... In my Level III unit there has been a slow trend to get the nurses to...

  23. can nurses intubate?

    midwife2b replied to mommy2BCD's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    As an L&D nurse, I learned to intubate in the 1980's. I don't think I did it enough after the first year to keep my skills up. Back then, I did it for emergency C-sections where the ped was not...

  24. getting fired because Im going to school.That sux!!

    midwife2b replied to mynameizjim's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Maybe you can offer to be flexible? Work hours that are not the favorite hours? SO SORRY FOR YOU!!! I got "released" from a position when I was 18 and just starting nursing school. Several years later...

  25. why would you want to check the fundus of they eye druing antihypertensive treatment?

    midwife2b replied to hotdog19d's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    When I took my physical assessment course years ago, I practiced fundiscopic exams on any willing victim... er.. volunteer. I saw changes in my mom's eyes and told her she needed to have her BP...