Canadian_Nurse

Hi, I was born, raised, and still live (and work) in the Halifax area! Can't imagine living anywhere else...except maybe the Caribbean after I win the lottery, LOL. It seems that jobs in some areas are a bit scarce, but if you work adult emerg, you'r...

I work in a 13 bed LDR with 4 triage beds (can expand to 6 if necessary), 2 ORs, and a 3 bed PACU. We scrub, circulate, and recover our sections, and unless the babes have to go to NICU, always recover with their moms, whether it be in the PACU or th...

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This is the best birth plan ever!

I'm in Canada, and at the hospital I work at, we have a huge problem with overtime, as does the unit I work for. Mandatory OT doesn't happen every day, but it certainly is a too common occurence. My five year old recognizes "blocked call" on our phon...

I never knew the word, but did know about the ice cravings and its association with anemia. I work L&D, and I've noted a lot of women that crave ice will have low hemoglobin.

I work L&D, and we recover our patients post C-section (also scrub and circulate in the OR), until they are ready for transfer to postpartum. For sections, we do fundal checks, vitals, etc. q15 min while they are in PACU, then on PP I believe it ...

OMG...is this for real? May I suggest getting a life, getting a job that you might be good at, getting some English and spelling lessons, and get out of the area of nursing...please!

No...I've never heard of something so foolish! At my hospital, patients with ruptured membranes with no complications (no mec, no GBS+ status) and in no labor go home to await induction or labor, as long as they are cephalic.

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I would love to hear more about this peanut ball! Looking forward to your post with more info.

We cover our warmer with a sterile disposable drape, warm blankets underneath, and resus equipment under to one side or on the shelf above. A doc closest to the warmer brings the babe over to the warmer, places them on the sterile drape, and goes bac...

Not only have I seen this a ton in ten years of obs nursing, I also had a primary section for this reason! I rocked myself on hands and knees from 7-10 cm to no avail, then pushed for 2 1/2 hours...no go. What I have seen work in the past is lying i...

I'd say your attending needs to get a grip...multips tend to deliver quickly! I like the previous reply. If the doc wants to ensure they're there for a multip delivery, then they can get their butts to the room when she is fully dilated, epi or not. ...

A problem finding an RN job in Canada? I don't think so...there is a major shortage now, and it is only going to get worse. This is copied from the CNA (Canadian Nurses Association) website. They do have an area dedicated to the nursing shortage (www...

At the hospital where I work, all of the LPNs were phased out about 16 years ago...now they're being phased back in...go figure. Their training and scope of practice has expanded is my understanding, and with the massive shortage of RNs...that and th...

My obs pet peeve is EPIDERMAL for epidural...as in "we're at the hospital now, she got an epidermal and is comfortable". Yes...got the epidermal. I hear this all the time!

I agree with this 110%. The nurses at the hospital do need to hear this. Thank you for sharing this story with all of us. So sorry for your loss.

Hello! After ten years in OBS, I'm moving to a pediatric OR job in September. I have some OR experience in that we scrub and circulate for our operative deliveries, but I know that this will be much different. I will be scrubbing and circulating ther...

Wow...beautiful. Thank you for sharing.

In a word, no.

If all is well (term, GBS negative, etc.) we book an induction and get them in within 24 hours of the SRM.

This thread is great...anal nurses unite! I can't stand when other people write in the times on my partogram or anywhere on my patient's delivery record...I'm a handwriting freak! Most of my coworkers are aware of this and know not to do it! I must ...

We will have some new grads on our unit soon...I'll print this off and give it to them! I remember being a new grad and I want them to feel more welcomed than some of the (former) staff in the unit made me feel 10 years ago! Thanks for a great arti...