broncopooh

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1. Circ Rates by Region

   broncopooh replied to Elvish's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I'm also in the west and we have a pretty large hispanic population who rarely have their babies circumcised. Our rate is around 60%. If u don't count hispanics I'd say our circ rate would be around 95% so that's probably a lot of the difference.

2. Bizzare

   broncopooh replied to magz53's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Many years ago we had a mom (4th baby) who came in and said if Mrs. *** comes in don't let her know I'm here. She told us Mrs ***'s husband is the father of her baby. It was Mrs***'s 5th baby and she had a reputation for being quite onery. They wer...

3. Newborn nursery Log

   broncopooh posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   I work in a for profit small 75 bed rural hospital. We average 55 to 60 deliveries a month. We are all trained for l&d, pp and nsy. Our unit has a new manager who is adding lots of extra paperwork and logs for everything. We have always had a...

4. Excuses for Missing Work

   broncopooh replied to kmchugh's topic in Humor

   We had a nurse call in sick with the flu (she's also a friend). We called her that afternoon to see how she was feeling and she told us better. I asked if she thought she would work the next day and she told me she had to ask her husband. She seri...

5. Staffing question

   broncopooh replied to broncopooh's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I guess I shouldn't have said I am okay with the only experienced L & D nurse in the unit, I'm comfortable with it, but would love to have another experienced OB nurse in house and can see the risks. I've worked at the same hospital for 15 years...

6. Staffing question

   broncopooh posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   I work in a small rural hospital where we have approx 50 deliveries a month. Ocassionally we have no patients. My question is about staffing when there are no patients as it has become a big debate in our department. Some nurses don't mind sittin...

7. What do patients say that irks you?

   broncopooh replied to NurseforPreggers's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Recently we delivered a 32 weeker by stat CS for a ruptured uterus. Apgars are 1-4-7. We have the baby intubated and are bagging it when the dad comes in and says "Oh cool a boy, when are you going to circumcise him."