Guest guest Posted June 18, 1999 Report Share Posted June 18, 1999 wrote: What role does the RN play in C-sections in your facilities? I'm out of the hospital now but 2 years ago RN's circulated and caught and were being phased into scrubbing. The trend seems to be that RNs are doing it all. Robin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 18, 1999 Report Share Posted June 18, 1999 At our facility the L & D RN does not circulate or " catch " . We record the fetal heart rate after the patient is on the OR table. The OR staff takes over from there. We have a Neonatal Resuscitation Team that " catches " and does the baby care. > >Reply-To: OBnursesonelist >To: <OBnursesonelist> >Subject: [OBnurses] Question for you all >Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 14:05:27 -0400 > > > > >Forgive me if you all have discussed this allready..i'm pretty new to the >list. >What role does the RN play in C-sections at your facilities? are you >scrubbing? circulating? catching? >Here we circulate and catch but i'm currently looking at other job >opportunities and wanted to know what everyone else is doing. > >Thanx > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >What do lizards and rock music have in common? >http://www.onelist.com >They both have communities at ONElist. Find yours today! >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Welcome to the OBnurses List at www.onelist.com > _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 18, 1999 Report Share Posted June 18, 1999 We circulate, catch and a few of us scrub. Nobody else wants to learn to scrub because it's not mandatory and you don't get paid more for doing it. We try to schedule a scrub-capable person each shift (days have LPN/scrub techs) but we end up having on-callsfor scrub. We usually have 5 or 6 nurses for the whole OB at night, and when 3 go back for a c/s it's not safe out on the floor, so the o/c is a better option when we can get them, esp when one of our OB's does a 90 min c/s....we dread that!!! Lori Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 19, 1999 Report Share Posted June 19, 1999 At our hospital the nurses mostly circulate but are required to scrub 2 times a year and 1st assist 1 time. We have a tech M-F on all shifts but none on the weekend so we have to know all of the aspects of it. In all of our c-sections emergent or not we have the Pediatrician there or the residents on call. We recover our C-sections right on our floor. This department has its own OR in the L+D suite. The nurses always have to be on their toes. [OBnurses] Question for you all > > > >Forgive me if you all have discussed this allready..i'm pretty new to the >list. >What role does the RN play in C-sections at your facilities? are you >scrubbing? circulating? catching? >Here we circulate and catch but i'm currently looking at other job >opportunities and wanted to know what everyone else is doing. > >Thanx > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >What do lizards and rock music have in common? >http://www.onelist.com >They both have communities at ONElist. Find yours today! >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Welcome to the OBnurses List at www.onelist.com > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 19, 1999 Report Share Posted June 19, 1999 In a message dated 6/17/99 1:58:49 PM Eastern Daylight Time, juliedeemer@... writes: << What role does the RN play in C-sections at your facilities? are you scrubbing? circulating? catching? We have Unit Assistants that scrub. Most of the time we have residents and med students that " assist " , if that's what you call it when they fumble around the field! A pediatric care provider must be present at all sections....for emergencies in the mid of the night usually a neonatologist will come from NICU so the ped doesnt have to get out of bed! One nurse circles, another does baby until in recovery (if staffing allows we have that second nurse until recovery is over...remember no well baby nursery in our dept.! Jan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 19, 1999 Report Share Posted June 19, 1999 In a message dated 6/18/99 10:27:12 AM Eastern Daylight Time, cindy196@... writes: << I think we jump over buildings in a single leap >> Look...faster than a precipitous delivery, able to leap over a million birth spectators in an LDRP, more powerful than a tetanic contraction...IT'S SUPER OB NURSE! Teehee, Jan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 19, 1999 Report Share Posted June 19, 1999 In a message dated 6/18/99 8:42:27 PM Eastern Daylight Time, ann_dudley@... writes: << At our facility the L & D RN does not circulate or " catch " . We record the fetal heart rate after the patient is on the OR table. The OR staff takes over from there. >> I used to work at a facility that did this...transfer care to OR team. But now that we do our own C/S in our own OR and recover in our own PACU...well I love the way we stay with out patient when a crisis arises. They need a fmiliar face they trust to stand by, hold hands and tell them they are OK. Yea, it's more work but I think its worth it. Jan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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