Mrs.S

Mrs.S

postpartum, nursery, high risk L&D

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  1. Scary new OB manager

    Mrs.S posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    hello all. I'm looking for your thoughts on the current situation on my unit. here goes... I have worked at this hospital for about 18 months, and I was new to L&D when I started. I love the...

  2. They did a c-section without anesthesia

    Mrs.S posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    The pt had an epidural, but it didn't do the trick. We don't have in-house anesthesia, and it took 20 minutes to get to the hospital. meanwhile there were heart tones in the toilet and the baby...

  3. Newborn blood glucose sticks

    Mrs.S replied to queenjean's topic in Ob/Gyn

    we do sugars on admission, at 1hr & 4hrs for

  4. NRP certification?

    Mrs.S replied to cherokeesummer's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I teach NRP; it's a fun class. The algorithm is straightforward. If you read the book and do the practice quizzes at the ends of the chapters, you will be in good

  5. How many are PP nurses? LD nurses?

    Mrs.S replied to cherokeesummer's topic in Ob/Gyn

    seriously??

  6. How many are PP nurses? LD nurses?

    Mrs.S replied to cherokeesummer's topic in Ob/Gyn

    LDRP...I love

  7. amniotic fluid embolism

    Mrs.S replied to Almabella's topic in Ob/Gyn

    oh my gosh I'm getting gray hairs just reading this

  8. Seriously considering

    Mrs.S replied to septoct7401's topic in Ob/Gyn

    yeah, I think we've all had a nurse taking care of us at one time or another who didn't seem to give a crap about taking care of us. I think they kinda

  9. twin delivery...vaginal or c-section???

    Mrs.S replied to samsmom95's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Most of our docs will try for a vag delivery if baby A is vertex even if B isn't, and will attempt to flip baby B after A is delivered. But only a couple will deliver baby B breech, the rest will...

  10. ED sending patients to L&D

    Mrs.S replied to PattonD's topic in Ob/Gyn

    EXACTLY. that has happened to me more than once too, it's always a hair-raising

  11. IUPC and Fetal Spiral Electrode Placement

    Mrs.S replied to nurse79's topic in Ob/Gyn

    why aren't you supposed to pull the wires

  12. ED sending patients to L&D

    Mrs.S replied to PattonD's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I wish we could come down to the ER to monitor patients. it just seems like much less of a hassle, for

  13. 02 sat and duramorph

    Mrs.S replied to lmc512's topic in Ob/Gyn

    that's exactly how it goes at my hosp

  14. Central Fetal Monitoring

    Mrs.S replied to rnWinn's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I should mention that our is an LDRP too...harder to keep labor patients 1:1 when all you have is labor patients, I suppose. And our hard copy of the strip still prints out in the room off the...

  15. Refusing "Hospital Protocal"

    Mrs.S replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in Ob/Gyn

    One of the experinced labor nurses I work with (our labor guru) recently gave me a tip for working with those unmotivated moms. She said if you present it simply like this: "your baby needs you...

  16. G's and P's question-mom has had twins

    Mrs.S replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

    no it's not really a big deal, it's just one of those things that get under my skin. like when people say

  17. Refusing "Hospital Protocal"

    Mrs.S replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Sorta OT, but modified Sims' position works just awesome to turn an OP

  18. Central Fetal Monitoring

    Mrs.S replied to rnWinn's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I am in WI, and from what I hear that is the norm at the other hospitals in the area as

  19. Central Fetal Monitoring

    Mrs.S replied to rnWinn's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We have central monitoring, and anyone on continuous is still 1:1 unless there are extenuating circumstances, in which case we watch each other's strips. To be honest, I've always been curious what...

  20. G's and P's question-mom has had twins

    Mrs.S replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I don't know why but it drives me up a tree when I get report and the nurse says (of a twin mom) "she's a G2 P3

  21. ED sending patients to L&D

    Mrs.S replied to PattonD's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We had a pregnant lady not too long ago come up from ER who, when we started getting her OB history, was like, "Um, I just sprained my ankle..." Got a quick NST and sent her right back down to ER....

  22. Refusing "Hospital Protocal"

    Mrs.S replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in Ob/Gyn

    As far as I know, AWHONN doesn't support continuous fetal monitoring in labor for women who are low risk. Policy for normal labor patients at my hospital includes neither continuous EFM nor saline...

  23. Relocating...need advice

    Mrs.S posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    My husband will be graduating this winter and has a few job opportunities we are considering. All of them involve moving a significant distance from where we live now. I would really like to find...

  24. A Day in the Life on L&D - Please Respond!

    Mrs.S replied to rnWinn's topic in Ob/Gyn

    actually, the assignments where you work sound pretty much the same as the assignments where I work, except my unit is LDRP, and we do have central monitoring. Anyone in active labor, and/or on Pit,...

  25. What have I gotten myself into!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Mrs.S replied to lmc512's topic in Ob/Gyn

    ((HUGS)) I do hear you. I went from postpartum to an LDRP unit and felt totally overwhelmed at first too. There is so much to learn in a short period of time. After a year or so I finally got to...