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  1. Transverse presentation - not vertex!

    RaeT,RN replied to RaeT,RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Deb and Peg - thanks for your words of encouragement. And yes, I wait patiently for the day that I am not afraid of doctors anymore. Well, afraid of talking to them, at least. Slowly I get more...

  2. Transverse presentation - not vertex!

    RaeT,RN replied to RaeT,RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Lesson learned. There was something they said to me in school . . . and I've heard it before . . . it's tickling my brain . . . oh, yes! It was simply this: TRUST YOUR JUDGEMENT. I am still...

  3. Pitocin to control bleeding of laceration

    RaeT,RN replied to susi's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Deb- Thanks so much for sharing your story. I was confused when you said that her bleeding was dark red . . . couldn't figure out why it wasn't bright red . . . thank you so much for that. Now, if I...

  4. Saw a Spina Bifida baby born today

    RaeT,RN posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    I was lucky (I feel slightly horrible to consider myself lucky to have seen this, but you all understand) to see a baby born today by c/s of course, with spina bifida. There was a meningocele and...

  5. An update about the doc with the fundal pressure

    RaeT,RN posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Ok, so today I talked to our Clinical Nurse Specialist about the fundal pressure and current guidelines, etc., and she was very emphatic that he should NOT be doing that and it had already been an...

  6. Saw a Spina Bifida baby born today

    RaeT,RN replied to RaeT,RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I will admit that I got a little defensive because in no way did I mean to come off in a flippant manner about something that is not a light matter whatsoever. Sorry about

  7. Saw a Spina Bifida baby born today

    RaeT,RN replied to RaeT,RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Of course I would NEVER say I was lucky to have seen a baby with spina bifida to anyone BUT another nurse, and I am upset that I came off the way I apparently did. I had hoped that you all would...

  8. What on earth could have caused this?

    RaeT,RN posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Ok, so we have this pt yesterday who has spent at least a month on Antepartum High Risk with elevated liver enzymes. She is really, really sick. They did a PIH workup on her, and determined she was...

  9. This doc makes me very uncomfortable . . .

    RaeT,RN replied to RaeT,RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Well, ladies, what I've decided to do first is to go to our clinical nurse specialist, who is very well published within AWHONN and get her behind me so to speak. I want to know if something has been...

  10. This doc makes me very uncomfortable . . .

    RaeT,RN replied to RaeT,RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Any suggestions as to where I can find lit on it? Not that I think they will blow me off, but I just want to make sure I really know what I am talking about. .

  11. This doc makes me very uncomfortable . . .

    RaeT,RN replied to RaeT,RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Blu, and everyone else, thank you so much for your responses. Yes, I am a new nurse, but that fundal pressure did NOT look right to me - maybe this is one of those gut things that I didn't think I...

  12. What on earth could have caused this?

    RaeT,RN replied to RaeT,RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    sorry to only give you half the story - I hate that I don't know more about her; I never actually took care of her myself. The AP nurses were not much help when I asked them about her history. They...

  13. Doc tells me pt killed her baby

    RaeT,RN replied to ragingmomster's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I had a (female) Anesthesiologist make a similar comment to me about a pt's previous TAB while we were in the OR doing a cerclage. Coincidently, this Anes. is also very soap boxish about DM, too....

  14. New Grad L&D Nurse! Any others out there?

    RaeT,RN posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Hello out there! I'm a new grad RN excited to start in L&D this week. Any other new grads in L&D out there? Love to talk with

  15. What on earth could have caused this?

    RaeT,RN replied to RaeT,RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Unfortunately, I really could not find anything more out on this pt except that she came in jaundiced as hell with a temp of 104.8 initially. The nurses said that they thought the docs had decided...

  16. What on earth could have caused this?

    RaeT,RN replied to RaeT,RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I figured that you girls would like a brain teaser like that. Unfortunately, I don't know the pt's complete hx; we've had several very sick pts over the last few weeks, so I don't want to tell you...

  17. What on earth could have caused this?

    RaeT,RN replied to RaeT,RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    no s/s of uterine rupture. I had an NRP class today (how appropriate - at least I could apply what I saw yesterday!) and was not on the floor; I work 7a-7p tomorrow and will try to check on mom and...

  18. Starting IVs

    RaeT,RN replied to amber1142's topic in First Year After Licensure

    One nurse told me to hold the skin tight before you stick them bcuz it keeps them from rolling - that seems to be my major

  19. What is good orientation/preceptorship?

    RaeT,RN replied to megan mahal's topic in First Year After Licensure

    As a new grad who chose to go the specialty route into L&D, DO NOT WORRY. All of the specialty areas pretty much have their own internships that you go through. They know that you only brush on...

  20. Precipitous Labor

    RaeT,RN replied to RaeT,RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Since I have a fantastic preceptor, she has taught me from Day One to always check EVERYTHING in your room the first thing (unless a pt is in there, and of course, assess the pt first!) so you know...

  21. Birthing Beds

    RaeT,RN replied to midwife2b's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We have these beds too and I have a hard time figuring out the stirrups. I don't like that they rotate in to the center of the bed in order to get them up. You've got to squish your pt's legs to...

  22. New Grad L&D Nurse! Any others out there?

    RaeT,RN replied to RaeT,RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    LILYBUG!!!!!! It sounds like we started about the same time. It does seem somewhat overwhelming at times. This thought comforted me the other day, though: I still have 10 weeks of orientation left...

  23. Nurse's nasty attitude in L&D

    RaeT,RN posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    There is this older nurse that works on our unit - not sure how long she's been a nurse, but it's probably close to how long I've been alive - and she just has the nastiest attitude. She grumbles...

  24. AAARRRGGGHHHH! My paycheck was wrong!

    RaeT,RN posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    So you know you get excited about your first paycheck, maybe even decide to treat yourself to something, or breathe a sigh of relief because now you can pay your credit card that you ran up in school...

  25. Nurse's nasty attitude in L&D

    RaeT,RN replied to RaeT,RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Thanks, BluEyes. I guess I will learn this thru experience here after a while. .