Starting OB clinical without having OB lecture yet! Nervous.

SlightlyMental_RN · Jun 14, 2009

Would your clinical instructor be willing to give you access to a powerpoint or other lecture material? That helped me quite a bit--that, and my clinical instructor gave us some summary sheets on what we would be assessing, along with a brief explanation. I, personally, would email your instructor and let her know that you would like some prep material--they generally like to see students that take an initiative to learn. Hope that helps! I loved my OB rotation, btw--just graduated in May, and I am now an RN. :)

cursedandblessed · Jun 14, 2009

placenta is disgusting. if your patient has an amnioinfusion back up when the baby comes out, my shoes were soaked. babies are really cute and tiny and they go into the warmer (axillary temperatures on newborns--that was a huge relief). if you get a chance to watch the circumcision do it.

after birth they have lochia rubra small clots of a quarter size or less are okay, larger ones need to be reported

ice pads on the perineum if the patient wants, or it's bruised. there are actually female pads with an ice pack built right in. lol

two drugs to know: anaprox (understand it's a prostaglandin inhibitor and what that does in relationship to the post partum woman) and oxytocin

women have diuresis after giving birth, they also get very cold(warm blanket)

tell patient to ask for assistance during her first trip out of bed to the restroom.

that's all i can think of right now.