When I got to work last night I saw that they only had two of us working night shift. Then I saw 4 charts off to the side with names on them. I instantly thought "hmmm... there are 4 babies to catch and only 2 of us with other babies already here including 2 in the unit"
Dayshift says "oh don't worry... none of those inductions are doing anything, they won't deliver tonight" I give a sigh of relief and then the phone rings.
It's labor and delivery and they say "are you guys ready for this baby?" I'm like "what baby?" Apparently one of the 4 delivered just before I got there.
So... no big deal.. I'll do my assessments on the babies I already had and then catch this new one in a little bit. Well..... that was wishful thinking.
I no sooner get one assessment done and they bring this new baby. I catch that one and and find out they're about to deliver 3 more one right after the other. I think "oh crap"
I get that one admitted and try and get my other babies done.... only to get another call from labor and delivery "we need you now in 402 for decels and prematurity" So, off I go running to that delivery.
I'm walking out of that delivery after the baby is born and ends up doing fine and they stop me as I walked by and said "oh, by the way... we're gonna section 403 in a little bit for failure to progress"
Now I'm thinking "somebody better get me a float because I'm drowning" I run back to the nursery and tell my co worker what's happening and then have to run to this c-section as my preemie baby has to wait to be admitted (but he was fine) I'm trying to prioritize my time when they bursted my bubble and told me they had another one pushing.... and that we had to attend that delivery first ... for narcotics that the mother had as well as being premature. That one delivers minutes later and they're already setting up in the OR for the c-section.
I barely have enough time to run to the nursery to give my co worker an update and get back to labor and delivery and they're like "you better hurry.. she's already on the table and they're already cutting!" I haven't even gotten my OR attire on yet...lol. I just barely made it in time. They already made the incision through the abdomen and were at the uterus ready to cut when I walked in with the clinician.
I come back from the section with that baby about 20 minutes later to find they had already brought my first preemie in and my coworker was trying to start that admission for me. Then as I am trying to admit the new c-section baby, they call and tell me they are bringing the other preemie to the nursery. I begged them for a few more minutes so I could catch my breath and get organized.
So... we busted our humps catching all these deliveries. They all delivered in the first 2 1/2 hours into the shift. Then we had to do all the paper work and charting for all those babies.
The night sure did fly by. We really didn't have time to take a dinner break. I was so glad one of the girls came in to help us that they had flexed in the beginning of the shift. At least all the babies that were born were doing fine. And they were all soooooo cute! It was a real busy night, but it wasn't a bad night. We are averaging about 100 babies a month at our little community hospital... lol. That's a lot for us... we were used to 50 to 70 a month.
Dayshift says "oh don't worry... none of those inductions are doing anything, they won't deliver tonight" I give a sigh of relief and then the phone rings.
It's labor and delivery and they say "are you guys ready for this baby?" I'm like "what baby?" Apparently one of the 4 delivered just before I got there.
So... no big deal.. I'll do my assessments on the babies I already had and then catch this new one in a little bit. Well..... that was wishful thinking.
I no sooner get one assessment done and they bring this new baby. I catch that one and and find out they're about to deliver 3 more one right after the other. I think "oh crap"
I get that one admitted and try and get my other babies done.... only to get another call from labor and delivery "we need you now in 402 for decels and prematurity" So, off I go running to that delivery.
I'm walking out of that delivery after the baby is born and ends up doing fine and they stop me as I walked by and said "oh, by the way... we're gonna section 403 in a little bit for failure to progress"
Now I'm thinking "somebody better get me a float because I'm drowning" I run back to the nursery and tell my co worker what's happening and then have to run to this c-section as my preemie baby has to wait to be admitted (but he was fine) I'm trying to prioritize my time when they bursted my bubble and told me they had another one pushing.... and that we had to attend that delivery first ... for narcotics that the mother had as well as being premature. That one delivers minutes later and they're already setting up in the OR for the c-section.
I barely have enough time to run to the nursery to give my co worker an update and get back to labor and delivery and they're like "you better hurry.. she's already on the table and they're already cutting!" I haven't even gotten my OR attire on yet...lol. I just barely made it in time. They already made the incision through the abdomen and were at the uterus ready to cut when I walked in with the clinician.
I come back from the section with that baby about 20 minutes later to find they had already brought my first preemie in and my coworker was trying to start that admission for me. Then as I am trying to admit the new c-section baby, they call and tell me they are bringing the other preemie to the nursery. I begged them for a few more minutes so I could catch my breath and get organized.
So... we busted our humps catching all these deliveries. They all delivered in the first 2 1/2 hours into the shift. Then we had to do all the paper work and charting for all those babies.
The night sure did fly by. We really didn't have time to take a dinner break. I was so glad one of the girls came in to help us that they had flexed in the beginning of the shift. At least all the babies that were born were doing fine. And they were all soooooo cute! It was a real busy night, but it wasn't a bad night. We are averaging about 100 babies a month at our little community hospital... lol. That's a lot for us... we were used to 50 to 70 a month.
