In a message dated 9/22/00 9:19:56 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [log in to unmask]
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<< What are OB nurses required to do that keeps them from doing BF support? >>


In the hospitals I've been in , the OB nurses tasks are basically  *labor and
delivery* related only.  They may be there to help get the baby latched on
for the first time, but that's it.  After that point, the OB nurses are
done...then there is a nurse for mom and a nurse for baby, they're so busy
doing all of the paperwork for the mom's a baby's in their care that it's
tough for them to do the most basic of things - such as help a mom to the
bathroom......or answer a call from the mom who's requesting that her baby be
brought back from the nursery.

They are busy busy busy with waaaaay to many tasks....lots of them paperwork
related.

katherine in atl

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