WOW

well I think I finally figured out where to blog in the right place. So let me catch up. My first week was in the lab it was alot of fun and I thought it was very beneficial in that it prepared us for caring for the mother and infant in emergency situations. It was good experience in calling the MD and carrying out orders.I hope everyone has as good of an experience as I felt our group did!!!
Week 2 was great also. Wednesday I observed at the SPA that was interesting. I was able to get a feel for nursing in a different type setting other than hospitals and nursing homes. Everyone there was very friendly and willing to answer all questions. I observed the nurses taking vitals and carrying out the md's orders such as shots(allergy) and vaccinations. Also i was able to sit in on a couple well visit physicals. I enjoyed my visit. Day 2 was spent in labor and delivery observing. I was able to follow the nurse as she set up fetal monitors, started IV's, tracked contractions, set up sterile fields for delivery and report to MD. watched MD do internal checks for station, dilation, effacement etc. He put an internal fetal monitor on the babies head and ruptured the membranes. While we were cleaning her up another patient was giving birth on her own and by the time we all got there the baby was already in the bed!!(If only all deliveries happened that fast....) I also got to sit in on a 17 year old giving birth. She had a little too much epidural and had alot of trouble pushing because she couln't feel anything. She pushed for almost 2 hours and the doctor had to cut the epidural down and eventually turn it completely off to speed up progress. MD used the vacuum 3 times before getting the head out only to find the cord wrapped around the babies neck. Things turned really scary at that point the baby was white and unresponsive,they could not get the baby to cry, the mother was crying it was really intense. Everyone worked very well to not let on that anything was seriously wrong and with alot of effort the baby began to respond enough to let the mother see and hold her before taking her away for further treatment. I checked on the baby before I left they were still working on her. Her color was alot better but her cry was still pretty weak. Maybe OB is not for me after all because that was so hard, it took alot for me not to break down and cry with the mother.