Happy Hour with Bundle Birth Nurses

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#15 How to: Check a Cervix Oct 17, 2022

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In this episode of Happy Hour with Bundle Birth Nurses, Sarah and Justine will go over their tips and tricks on how to check a cervix. Topics include anatomy, analogies, consent, and setting their patients up. If checking a cervix is something you are struggling with, take heart. It takes practice! You WILL get there.

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#14 On Being Charge Oct 10, 2022

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In this episode of Happy Hour with Bundle Birth Nurses, Sarah and Justine will talk about the qualities of a charge nurse. Sarah interviews Justine on what it's like to be in charge and what Justine normally does during a shift for herself and her nurses.

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#13 Speedy Inductions Oct 03, 2022

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In this episode, Sarah and Justine discuss inductions. Justine will share some tips she recently used, and Sarah will give you the method she uses for her clients. Topics include the Monica Novii, taking care of support people, massage and heat, the timing of AROM, when to get our patients upright, when to encourage our patients to be moving, epidurals, psyche, positions, and more. This is a long episode packed with so many nuggets!

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#12 The Right Way to do Things Sep 26, 2022

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Have you ever met a nurse that was determined their way was the only way to do things? Have you ever felt that your way was the best? In this episode, Sarah and Justine will discuss the ACTUAL right way to do things and how to interact with other nurses and colleagues around you.

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#11 Why Our Job Matters Sep 19, 2022

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You've probably heard before how much your job matters - you get to bring life into the world! That IS a big deal. In this episode Sarah offers fresh perspective on why what you do, how you do it, the intention behind every word and action matters so much and have the potential to impact the future of the world - yes, the WORLD.
She also introduces our #pauseatthedoor challenge to help us all be set up to give our best selves to each patient, no matter how different they are from you. Thanks for listening and subscribing!
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#10 The Newest Data on Cesarean Rates Sep 12, 2022

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As you may know, the United States has been on a mission to decrease the cesarean birth rate among nuliparious, term, singleton, vertex parents. Amoung first time parents cesarean births happen almost 3 out of 5 times on average. While cesareans can be live saving in some situations, there has actually been no data on improvise in the maternal or neonatal morbidity or mortality. What we do know is that cesarean births come with an increased risk of infection, blood clots, complications in later pregnancies, complications with anesthesia and more.
In this episode Sarah and Justine will discuss the current data on cesareans and what the trends have been over the last couple years.

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#9 What we are Learning Sep 05, 2022

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When you think about your life, are you still learning? Do you make an effort to develop new skills or learn about new things? Are you living your life with a growth mindset with the goal of always improving? Or do you stay with a fixed mindset, always feeling the need to prove what you know and comparing yourself to others? We can only grow if we continue to be lifelong learners.

Sarah and Justine believe we should always be learning and always trying to grow. Justine has told Sarah she has the biggest growth mindset of anyone she has ever met.

In this episode of Happy Hour with Bundle Birth Nurses, Sarah will introduce this new series, and she and Justine will go over what they are each learning during this phase of their lives.

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#8 Physiologic Coping Aug 29, 2022

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You may have heard of coping in labor or pain management techniques, but when we say physiologic coping, do you understand what we mean?
Physiologic birth has been all the rage the past few years, with everyone trying to get back to birth being a normal and physiologic process. It is an amazing movement in the right direction, but we realized something was missing. Coping. How can we help out patients' psyche to be able to progress in labor if we can't help them cope?
In this episode of Happy Hour with Bundle Birth Nurses, Sarah will walk you through what Physiologic Coping is and how she plans to teach it next year in Akumal, Mexico to 400 L&D nurses.
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#7 What NOT to do during a TOLAC Aug 22, 2022

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TOLAC patients that are attempting a VBAC are a special population. We as nurses can influence how they feel during their experience with as little as 3 words. In this episode, Sarah will share a where birth, she experienced healing in her patient and will give us tips on how we can facilitate that in ours.

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#6 A Non-Consented Episiotomy: Learn How to CUS Aug 15, 2022

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It can feel uncomfortable when we see things done or to our patients without consent. In nursing school, it is hammered into our heads that we need to advocate, but in the birth world, that can feel impossible sometimes. In this episode, Justine will share a story of an episiotomy that was done without consent and how she navigated that conversation. Sarah and Justine will discuss tips on talking to team members when it comes to these hard conversations, and they will also try to help you understand that we are not responsible for everyone’s response. Sarah will give you tips on how not to take on everyone’s response and how we can navigate hard conversations when someone reacts negatively. It all comes down to doing the right thing and doing the best we can on that given shift. That’s all we can be expected to do.

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