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Hello, I have question for you L&D RNs out there. I had a 2100 scheduled cervidil induction come in who I had prenatals for but no H&P. I assessed her, did an SVE and called the MD for orders. I also told the MD that I had no H&P and t...

Hello all, I'm a new RN working in So Cal in a high risk, high delivery (>8k births/yr) L&D. My family and I are thinking of moving to GA. We have friends that have moved there from other parts of the country and really like it. Some live e...

Hello all, I'm curious...how many of your hospitals have an OB in house? How many deliveries do you have? I ask because we do not and we have around 200 deliveries a month. It makes me uncomfortable that many times there is no OB in house for emerg...

Hi and welcome! Here's what we do: 1. We wear our own scrubs or hospital scrubs to circulate. 2. Our docs don't prep, ever. 3. Our delivery tables are made up in the hall or in closets between rooms and only brought in the room for delivery. We don...

WOW! Amazing!

I don't know about their residency program but I do know that they just closed their L&D unit at Hillendale, releasing 40 of 50 employees on that floor. But, I do work with RNs who used to work there and they liked it. They only left because of...

I know this is true at three hospitals in my area (greater Atlanta) including the one I work at.

Check out http://www.watchtower.org. That is their official website. - N

At our hospital we are no longer getting call back unless you work >40h week. We are not getting raises this year, which sucks for me cuz I'm at the bottom of the pay scale. Our on call pay is being cut from $4/hr to $2/hr. If you work 7a-7p yo...

I am an RN extern on an L&D floor. Today was my 4th day on the floor (I had been in High risk OB for the last 6mos prior). At 15mins to 7p (end of shift) we get a pt coming up from triage...15yo, no heart tones. The charge nurse was taking her...

Make sure your epiduralized pt has been cathed recently before she pushes. Along with that, make sure your face isn't near her perineum. I've been sprayed with urine when a pt pushed and I've had my arm covered with urine when I've had a pt push pa...

That was awesome!

I am an L&D RN who has had both a hospital birth and a homebirth, both before I became an RN. I was very pro-natural birth, anti-intervention, etc before I really understood the reasons why these interventions were done. Now I understand the re...

In other words, when is your first year over? Is it the day of graduating from nursing school? Is it the day you got your license? Is it the day you started your job after graduation? I'd like to know because I can't wait for it! If its the date...

That's very true!!! I had to look up the license date as it is.:)

I moved across country and got a job in a smaller unit than what I came from working nights (L&D). I worked nights at my last job. Granted, I am still a new grad, but I am tired of being treated like crap. I hate this new unit. There are peop...

At my last job we just had a sterile drape over our arms like a big napkin (as someone else described) and the doc handed the baby over. Now we have a "baby nurse" who scrubs, gowns and gloves to catch the baby. I think its overkill. Why not just ...

First of all, I'd like to thank everyone of you for responding to my vent. I was still really upset when I wrote my post. I have taken everyone's words to heart. I do need to give this place more time. I'm still getting used to their routines. I...

You must be in north county. You will have to go south if you are. PPH is very difficult to get a job as a new grad and Tri-City has the hiring freeze. Sharp usually starts listing their new grad positions around now, keep checking daily. Scripps...

What floor? I did a clinical rotation second semester of RN school there. Its a small hospital. What information are you exactly looking for? -N

I externed for a year before being hired into L&D. I was allowed to do everything along with my RN. I started IVs, I gave meds, I interpreted FHT tracings, I did VEs, I helped with deliveries, I did baby assessments, I inserted foleys, I placed...

Nope, no mandatory on call time here. You can sign up for voluntary call. You can also sign up to stay home and if you get called to stay home, you get on call pay then time and a half to come in. We get $6/hr for on call. Seems like that's pretty...

Well, they were on a hiring freeze for one. Second they were unable to get funding for their earthquake retrofitting that is government mandated. If they don't get it done, they are at risk of being shut down. I didn't mean they weren't doing well...

I would look into other hospital systems if I were you. I'm in SD County and Tri-City is not doing well, as you know. If you like hospice, look into private hospice companies like Elizabeth Hospice. Otherwise, look to Scripps, Palomar, or Sharp fo...

My favorite is the crash c/s at 0700 or the time when the MD kept saying the pt needed a c/s but just let her labor, with lates!, all night long and then took her for c/s at 0658. And I was NOT happy! She decided so suddenly that I didn't have time...