| Triplets 12 days ago by PRN Spent a long time trying to keep triplets on the monitors. I needed 3 unique heartbeats. Could get two on, but baby C was elusive, always a duplicate of A or B, even when guided by ultrasound. Finally I gave up thinking they'd be evenly spaced in their mom's belly. They were all lined up on her righ ... PRN - prnpainrelief.blogspot.com |
| Hospital Slang Dictionary, Second Installment 22 days ago by PRN BBOB: Big baby on board. We're not sure this one's coming out vaginally, everything's ready for any number of stickier scenarios. Decision-to-Incision: (I'm not sure if every hospital has this or just mine.) Refers to the amount of time between deciding to do an urgent C-section and the first cut in ... PRN - prnpainrelief.blogspot.com |
| Leftover baby weight 82 days ago by PRN I've been wanting to try meditation lately but I'm scared to see what will happen if I stop moving for just a minute. Instead, I run, even though it's 90 degrees by noon here. Sometimes I can get good and zen in a heat-stroked quiet mind. Today though, I just replayed yesterday at work over and over ... PRN - prnpainrelief.blogspot.com |
| On a Day Like Today 91 days ago by Crazy Oh my Jesus it’s been one of those days! My OB appointment was uneventful as expected. My weight hasn’t changed since three weeks ago which prompted my OB to finally measure my fundal height [Why does that sound dirty to me?] and lo and behold I’m measuring just fine - 1 week ahead to be moderately ... Taste Like Crazy - tastelikecrazy.com · Rank: 163,644 ·  51 references |
| Healthy hate of the OR 101 days ago by PRN Did I mention I hate the OR? I hate the OR. I hate for birth to be sterile when it's usually wet and messy and fun. I hate the blue drapes over everything that's usually dark and warm and tones of reds and browns. I hate the cold, how awful it must be for the baby to come out into the brightness and ... PRN - prnpainrelief.blogspot.com |
| Thoughts of squirrels 107 days ago by PRN I thought of squirrels. Whenever work terrified me, when I watched a patient's fetal heart tracing with consistent late decels, when I shaved and prepped another abdomen for a crash C-section, when I called for a Peds team to possibly resuscitate a neonate after the OB yanked it out with forceps or ... PRN - prnpainrelief.blogspot.com |
| Talk at the back desk 108 days ago by PRN I guess it's not really the nurse's station because everyone hangs out there, be they top attendings, residents, nurses, externs, nursing and medical students, anesthesiologists, pharmacists on runs, clinical instructors, or the occasional patient's family member. So we call it the 'back desk.' It's ... PRN - prnpainrelief.blogspot.com |
| On my own 146 days ago by PRN As my patient's fetal heart tracing looked so bad it was on the brink of C-sectionable, I got one of the best responses to my news that I am now out of orientation and on my own, coming from one of the residents, " Oh, so this means now you are legally accountable?" I paused to laugh amidst my terro ... PRN - prnpainrelief.blogspot.com |
| My dream job 156 days ago by PRN While everyone else is asleep, I'm and work, and when everyone else is at work, I'm dreaming of being there. It's the worst to fall asleep after a 12 hour shift only to continue toiling in my dreams. Once I dreamed I was my own nurse, carefully monitoring my own contraction pattern and fetal heart r ... PRN - prnpainrelief.blogspot.com |
| OR days 181 days ago by PRN I'm pretty far along through my 16 week orientation but I was still surprised to discover it already time for me to train in the operating room. Though I'd been through my share of C-sections before this, I'd only learned enough to know to be terrified when heading back to the OR. As a Labor & Deliv ... PRN - prnpainrelief.blogspot.com |
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