questions about things pct can do

oh and a few more things . i went into the nursery to get a chart, a pct was doing vitals on a baby, i said hows the baby she said fine doing great from where i was at i saw the baby just wasnt right so i got closer, the color was fine, but baby had nasal flaring and retractions so i call the rn "taking care" of baby and showed her, she said oh he's just going through transition, i said it's been 8 hours. the pct said he's been doing this all day he's fine, i said someone needs to get a pulse ox on this baby and call the pediatrician well i was told i was being parranoid i would accept that so i called resp therapist down who took one look at the baby and said this baby needs shipped out. he called the bigger hospital and let them know what was going on they were there within the hour pulse ox done on baby was 88. baby is in other hospital still. just little things like that a pct doesn't pay attention too, i'm so paranoid leaving them in charge of newborns. maybe i'm wrong maybe i need to just back off, but if i would have would that baby have lived? we've shipped probably 8 babies in the last two weeks to a bigger hospital because we don't have an advanced nursery. one of them even had ecoli and staph. and that wasn't caught until almost too late. i just don't feel like enough attention is being payed to the newborns ugggh what to do what to do

oh and a few more things . i went into the nursery to get a chart, a pct was doing vitals on a baby, i said hows the baby she said fine doing great from where i was at i saw the baby just wasnt right so i got closer, the color was fine, but baby had nasal flaring and retractions so i call the rn "taking care" of baby and showed her, she said oh he's just going through transition, i said it's been 8 hours. the pct said he's been doing this all day he's fine, i said someone needs to get a pulse ox on this baby and call the pediatrician well i was told i was being parranoid i would accept that so i called resp therapist down who took one look at the baby and said this baby needs shipped out. he called the bigger hospital and let them know what was going on they were there within the hour pulse ox done on baby was 88. baby is in other hospital still. just little things like that a pct doesn't pay attention too, i'm so paranoid leaving them in charge of newborns. maybe i'm wrong maybe i need to just back off, but if i would have would that baby have lived? we've shipped probably 8 babies in the last two weeks to a bigger hospital because we don't have an advanced nursery. one of them even had ecoli and staph. and that wasn't caught until almost too late. i just don't feel like enough attention is being payed to the newborns ugggh what to do what to do

I have not work in OB in years. In fact I haven't worked since November 28, 1988. But here is my advice:

Get the HECK out of there!!!!!!

Woody:balloons:

LOL ok then hehehe

LOL ok then hehehe

I am serious. If the nursing staff thinks it knows that much or cares that little, you are putting your license and your assessts on the line everytime you go into work. You can be sued and your employer might not necessarily back you up. What you discribed makes me shutter, for you, for the moms and dads and the babies. And I am surprised that none of the doctors have made a complaint. They can be held liable as well.

Woody:balloons: