Re: FFN blind testing
From: Andrew Folley (agfolley@hotmail.com)
Fri Apr 8 15:46:30 2005
I am not sure if it is just our level three hospital or the state of Ohio
but the nurses are not allowed to AROM or to do steile speculum exams???
Beats me as to why they can not. andy
>From: "Seele, Mona" <Mseele@tmh.tmc.edu>
>Reply-To: ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net
>To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L <ob-gyn-l@dns.obgyn.net>
>Subject: RE: FFN blind testing
>Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2005 14:35:17 -0500
>
>Nurses do speculum exams to r/o ROM and to get a slide for ferning. What
>is
>different?
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net [mailto:ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net]On Behalf Of Andrew
>Folley
>Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 2:26 PM
>To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L
>Subject: RE: FFN blind testing
>
>I agree Ron, but I do not think that our nursing staff has "priveledges" to
>do spec exams? the midwives can. At the present time our nurses do the
>triage of OB patients. andy
>
> >From: "ainsron" <ainsron@sbcglobal.net>
> >Reply-To: ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net
> >To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L <ob-gyn-l@dns.obgyn.net>
> >Subject: RE: FFN blind testing
> >Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2005 08:30:31 -0500
> >
> >What is so difficult about doing a sterile speculum exam on a patient who
> >presents with uterine contractions?? The only difficulty I've seen is
>for
> >staff to remember to do it before they digitally examine the patient!
> >
> >Ronald E. Ainsworth
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Fisher, Allan [mailto:ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net] On Behalf Of Fisher,
>Allan
> >Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2005 5:44 AM
> >To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L
> >Subject: RE: FFN blind testing
> >
> >There was also an abstract at SMFM this year, with the same conclusions.
> >Therefore, I am actually thinking that we may get away with having nurses
> >do
> >this at a Level I where they don't have much ancillary support.
> >AF
> >
> > _____
> >
> >From: ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net on behalf of Efrain Ramirez
> >Sent: Thu 4/7/2005 12:06 AM
> >To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L
> >Subject: Re: FFN blind testing
> >
> >Where?
> >
> > >At Wed, 6 Apr 2005, ATB28@aol.com wrote:
> > >
> > >In a message dated 4/6/2005 8:13:21 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> > >agfolley@hotmail.com writes:
> > >
> > >Has anyone had experience in doing FFN testing without sterile
>speculum
> > >exam. I am trying to see if we can get our OB traige nurses to do a
>FFN
> > >swab on pts with PTL symptoms by placing the swab in the posterior
> >fornix
> > >for 10 seconds without doing the spec exam. Any thoughts or other
> >ideas?
> > >Andy
> > >
> > >Andy,
> > >
> > >There is an article in last month's gray journal detailing the efficacy
> >of
> > >this (it works).
> > >
> > >Allan
> > >
> > >Allan T Bombard, MD
> > >Chief Medical Officer
> > >Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women
> > >3003 Health Center Drive
> > >San Diego, CA 92123
> > >858.939.4167 (tel)
> > >858.939.4165 (fax)
> > >
> > >_allan.bombard@sharp.com_ (mailto:allan.bombard@sharp.com)
> >
> >--
> > I think I will do nothing for a long time but listen,
> > And accrue what I hear into myself...and let sounds
> > contribute toward me.
> >
> > ~walt whitman~
> >
>
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