Sometimes Nurses Say No

[Mishi]

@Blas: It's also a waste of a yummy meal. I don't know about anyone else, but I knew when I'd hit transition because everything came up. I had really wanted that Triple-Choc Mars bar too!

@Seshat: I have that on my chart too, along with something else positive (I don't know what) on my hospital charts that had the midwifes fighting over who would get to chill with me in birth suite while I was in labour.

[Teefies2]

Although I understand the hospital's reason for requiring an empty stomach due to a possible emergency Csection, I have to point out that when I had my miscarriage, I had eaten about an hour before it happened. When I told the hospital that, they gave me a shot of something (I don't remember now what it was) that allowed them to go ahead and put me under to clean out my womb (basically a D&C). Just saying.

[wolfie]

Me: Let me call your surgeon. If we reschedule your surgery I'll talk to dietary about getting some food sent up now.
Patient: You call whoever you want, but I'm having my damn surgery today, and I'm eating my damn chicken. This ain't no way to treat a paying customer!

Needless to say, the patient did not have surgery that day.

And if my guess is right, their chart for the day of their re-scheduled surgery said not only "NPO", but also "No Visitors".

[chainedbarista]

don't they have to sign paperwork that states they have been advised about procedure as a pre op requirement?

i know dumbass wouldn't have read it, but a sig says it all.

I thought you were supposed to help me, not keep knocking me back down!

they don't have to do that; he does a spectacular job on his own, and one day, he'll do it so well that he won't be getting back up.

good food is much like beauty-an eye of the beholder thing.

*no beholder jokes, pls*

[Lachrymose]

If the patient's medical staff say 'no', bring them flowers or balloons or pictures of family instead.

Well, they're not very tasty now, are they?

(Except maybe the flowers...)

[teh_blumchenkinder]

Okay, if I ever have a child and go to the hospital I'd have to eat-- hypoglycemia. What about people with other blood sugar/food problems, like diabetes? Ugh. Bad. Day.

[Andara Bledin]

Okay, if I ever have a child and go to the hospital I'd have to eat-- hypoglycemia. What about people with other blood sugar/food problems, like diabetes? Ugh. Bad. Day.

If you were in the hospital and scheduled for surgery that requires an empty stomach, they'd mostly likely have you on a drip to keep your blood sugar level in line.

There's more than one way to get sugar into a person, after all, and sometimes eating is just not an option.

^-.-^

[teh_blumchenkinder]

Makes sense. ... but isn't getting an iv a bit much? Well... maybe not; one would be squeezing a personal-sized watermelon thingy out of an area that is much too small, wouldn't they? :|
Gah. Childbirth is creepy. :shudders:

[Mishi]

Makes sense. ... but isn't getting an iv a bit much?

S.O.P if they're worried and since it's a stressful time it makes sense to have a line in already, especially if you're a 'hard stick'. I had an I.V when I had Bubbles, because the midwives wanted to be ready just in case I needed a transfusion. Made it easier when I needed the slight shot of hormones to keep everything on track.

[munchkinmama]

I had an IV anyway due to having an epidural when I had my son so they are used while in labor, but when I was in labor and pushing I puked up all the water from the ice chips that I had eaten

[Sapphire Silk]

Okay, if I ever have a child and go to the hospital I'd have to eat-- hypoglycemia. What about people with other blood sugar/food problems, like diabetes? Ugh. Bad. Day.

Usually they try to schedule those procedures first in the day, and monitor the blood sugar. The diabetic skips their meds for the day. They might get some dextrose in the iv if needed.

Makes sense. ... but isn't getting an iv a bit much? Well... maybe not; one would be squeezing a personal-sized watermelon thingy out of an area that is much too small, wouldn't they? :|
Gah. Childbirth is creepy. :shudders:

Getting an IV is SOP in childbirth in hospitals. If there's a problem during the delivery it is better to have IV access and not need it, than to need it and not have it.

Women in labor are usually a bit dehydrated (fluid leaves the circulatory system and pools in the extremeties) so an IV helps with fluid balance esp since we really want them to have ice chips and not much else. We can give nausea meds as well as pain meds through it, and a lot of women get nauseous during labor.

[Shalom]

Women in labor are usually a bit dehydrated (fluid leaves the circulatory system and pools in the extremeties) so an IV helps with fluid balance esp since we really want them to have ice chips and not much else..

When my wife was in hospital for our first child, she both had an IV and was catheterized. (I think this was because of the epidural; they were sure she was going to need a C-section, but she wound up delivering normally.) I had to point out to them that she was getting dehydrated, which was kind of obvious to me, because the urine collecting in the bag was almost brown. They turned up the IV after that. I don't think that's supposed to be my job, you know.

[Sapphire Silk]

When my wife was in hospital for our first child, she both had an IV and was catheterized. (I think this was because of the epidural; they were sure she was going to need a C-section, but she wound up delivering normally.) I had to point out to them that she was getting dehydrated, which was kind of obvious to me, because the urine collecting in the bag was almost brown. They turned up the IV after that. I don't think that's supposed to be my job, you know.

No, it wasn't supposed to be your job

We usually put a Foley cath in someone after an epidural; they usually can't walk or know when they need to go once the epidural is in. They have a new technique for epidurals that allows you to walk, but it's not available everywhere yet.