Working As A Scrub Nurse During Caesarean Section

She was diagnosed with hypothermia and pneumonia. She stayed for a week in hospital, when she came back from hospital she asked for the window to be closed at 3pm and put on more clothes while she was in

I noticed that Mrs. Lewis who was quiet when we entered her room upon seeing me approach her bed started to groan loudly and turn her head from side to side (this made me feel worried as it was obvious to me that she didn’t like me). The patient was also licking her lips and coughing up mucus and she appeared to me as if she were choking. My mentor informed me that this was normal for Mrs. Lewis but it added to my anxiety as I had not seen a patient in Mrs. Lewis’ condition before and it alarmed me.

Throughout my time on the Mother Baby Care Unit, I have faced many instances in which I have been able to reflect on both my patients and the care that I was providing them. One situation in particular that I found myself critically reflecting upon involved a new mother who was feeling slightly stressed about being discharged as her newborn son would not be going home with her. For confidentiality reasons, this patient will be given the pseudonym of Kayla for the remainder of this reflection.

A labor and delivery nurse is a nurse who cares for woman and newborns during antepartum, intraparetum, postpartum, and neonatal stages of birth. These nurses take vital signs to make sure the mother and her newborn are healthy. Labor and delivery nurses aren’t there for the medicine they are also there to provide support for the mother and the family. I would like to become a labor and delivery nurse because I love helping and taking care of others, especially when it comes to babies, I have always been interested in how the human reproduction systems works, and I love seeing others happy.

The nurse had been in the nursing profession for fifteen years and working on the NICU Unit for five years. She was of Caucasian background and a single mother of two young children. She first met the patient when she was admitted with complication during the sixth month of her pregnancy. The nurse had extensive training and experience working in the paediatric unit of the hospital where she was employed. Caring for children is her passion since she lost her first child due to birth complications and raised her two children alone while putting herself through university.

Becoming a labor and delivery nurse may be one of the most challenging things a person could go through. Having to learn how to balance personal life with great movements a person could do. Becoming a Labor and Delivery Nurse is the one thing that I have always wanted to be. Helping all the mothers to be, bring their newborn babies into the world. Bringing happiness to little families starting form. But, as all things, Labor and Delivery nurses need a good and proper education. There are many situations in which a nurse can be caught in. Also, there is a lot of training in which the nurses should accomplish. You see, there are many steps that a future RN should take to make all her dream come true.

* Personnel Issues: One of the key barriers to effective interaction for the pre-op nurses is that they are not getting any information from the registrar or the surgeon related to the patients unique circumstances. There is not a communication process in place for the pre-op nurse to actively communicate with the surgeon or his office regarding a patient’s care during their day of surgery. An additional factor in this situation was the pre-op nurse documented the mother’s contact information in her notepad, but not on the

After the recovery process was completed, the patient was placed in the care of the discharge nurse. She was given a report and was aware that the mother had not showed up to collect her child and several overhead pagers had been performed. While the interview was taking place the nurse stated that she was unsure how to proceed, with the mother not being located, the nurse stated that she was relieved when she was informed that the patient father was there, the discharge nurse stated that the

The patient claimed that she had mild depression before her visit. She said that she felt like her job was unfulfilling and that she was disappointed that she did not have a partner. Once she came and sat down with Dr. Santos, she would talk for about ten minutes and then interrupt herself by apologizing saying that the doctor was ‘bored or had better things to do than listen to her’. She told her that was not the case and to keep going. She interrupted herself again three times during her session. Dr. Santos payed an appropriate amount of attention to Mallory. She was careful with her body language, eye contact, and made sure to make Mallory feel that she was interested in what she was

This is a very interesting story and a victorious one too. Maternal-child nurses are faced with complex dilemma that requires careful consideration. This couple would have been disappointed if they wife had finally ended up getting epidural injection after laboring for hours. I am glad you used your critical thinking to advocate for this family. Our job is to do what is best for our patient.

Throughout most of the shift, my nurse preceptor and I were in the patient’s room either evaluating her and the fetus, performing exams, taking vital signs, administering medications and fluids, charting, or reading the fetal monitoring strips. We also kept in regular contact with the physician to keep him up to date on the patient’s status and to receive new orders. We also spent a lot of time talking to the patient, her mother, and her boyfriend. They were concerned for the status of the mother and the baby. We explained to them that both the mother and the baby’s heart rate was high and their goal was to decrease them both. In addition, my nurse preceptor explained how we were administering Tylenol and amoxicillin to reduce the fever and

I felt frustrated at times. Due to my past nursing experience I was used to dealing with emergency situations on a regular basis and I found it hard to sit back and let the other midwives decide what to do next. Even though my job of recording vital signs was important I sometimes felt that I could have done more to assist my colleagues. I also felt sad for Susan’s husband even though he was kept well informed throughout, it was a terrifying experience for him.

After the patients would wake up, the nurse would just explain to them where they were and ask them if there was any pain. I didn’t witness and patient teaching while I was there. After the patient has been stable, but are required to be monitored for more time, the nurse would call in the mom or family to see the patient and calm the patient if they were

1. Choose one patient (new mother, newborn, or pregnant/laboring woman) and identify the priority problem. What did you contribute toward resolving or easing the problem?

I was working night shift in a level 3 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit facility and my 10 days orientation was over. It was my first day working without my preceptor. Since I was a new staff, the charge nurse allocated two stable babies for me. One was Baby Zahra, a 33 weeks preemie, on room air, with nasogastric tube, with peripheral intravenous line to keep the vein open and feeding with expressed breast milk every 3 hours. I started my shift with a bit of nervousness knowing that I am on my own and wondering if I can remember everything that my preceptor had taught me during our orientation. I started my assessment and observed Baby Zahra to be pale, her skin was slightly mottled. I checked her vital signs. The cardiac monitor showed that she