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My hospital allows them, if the primary ob (or on call doc) is in house once active labor, and we have 24hr anesthesia coverage, we have ob residents in house 24hrs to assist and we have 3 or's on our unit. However, very few of the area doc's "allow"...

We do Labetalol gtt on L&D, we have one special room w/cardiac monitor available and if by chance two pt's need a gtt we have another portable monitor. vs are q5min during bolus and q15min while gtt runs. We try our hardest for these pt's to be 1...

My license reads Professional Nurse and that I have complied w/all things needed in order to practice as such

We are 2 units combined LDR and HRPU (high risk perinatal unit) and we keep all Mag pts till it is finished then they go to MBU until discharge.

Most nights one pt on pitocin and another pt of some sort (pp mag/pre-e, ptl on mag, induction w/cervidil, svd or c/s-recovery, just depends), a good night just that one pit pt, a bad night, 2 pit pt's

Can't help w/# of drapes, but when I worked Step-down we always called the leg incisions - vasoviews?

I calculate like Envy's post describes. At my hospital 180-240 is adequate. As for charting, if pt is on pit they get an exam page done q15min (including fhr and iupc/mvu).

We have an RN and a RRT that are NRP trained (both work in NICU) and a NNP or Neonatologist at every c/s delivery, of course they all come to the high-risk births and an RN and RRT come to all other deliveries. Also-all of our L&D RN's are NRP tr...

We have computerized charting and then when a pt is transferred from L&D to the MBU all the notes, etc are printed out and placed on the chart.

We have one OB who orders a shave and enema prep on every pt of his that is admitted for labor or induction, many refuse but some who have had several babies with him over the years are actually ok w/it b/c it is what they are used to having happen w...

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Hate to say it but my husband did go through labor and birth both times I did, he just didn't do the physical, but he was there at my side and emotionally (both of which can be exhausting d/t length of labor or emergency situations), I've never seen ...

Our CRNA's always remove the epidural catheters before leaving the OR and have "post epidural/spinal anesthesia orders" that they can check off, usually allowing for IV morphine, something for nausea, something for itching and toradol if the morphine...

#1 @ 20 #2 @ 24

I work in TN and the admission/registration papers cover labwork, vit K, eye ointment, hearing screen, once on the postpartum unit mom's sign a separate consent for HepB and circumcision.

When I had my c/s my doc told me that

---------------------ACID-------NORMAL RANGE-------BASE pH____________________________7.35-7.45_____________ PCO2 (resp)______________________45-35______________ HCO3 (metabolic)__________________22-26______________ PO2_____________________________80...

Never seen toradol used but Indomethacin is an NSAID used b/c it inhibits protaglandin synthesis and can be given to premies to help close a PDA?

Maybe Limited Metabolic Panel (like BMP)?

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Took care of a Espher last night.

Odd first names from the last 2 months: Latrina Zaida Teunna (Tuna?) Trewcci Duwane Jamaya Markaja Jace Saatris Jayvyan Journe Montserrat and Hracelx (Odd spellings, ethnic names????)

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New to my facility but it looks like about 200+/- a month not sure maybe more (only been here one month) without asking someone and I'm at home now. 4 triage rooms 3 ORs and a PACU Antepartum unit with 6 LDR possible rooms and 6 other rooms (1-2 of t...

Where I work the MDs have RN's that round with/for, write orders for, etc. and they or the doc pull all tubes/wires.