fayardj

fayardj has 4 years experience and specializes in L&D.

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1. New grad nights in birthing center

   fayardj replied to belle005's topic in Ob/Gyn

   we do cervidil and cytotec inductions starting between 8 and midnight at our facitility.

2. Nurse Family Partnership job

   fayardj posted a topic in Public/Community

   There are two public health jobs available in the area and I've always been interested in this sort of job but nervous about a job transfer. Anyone work or knows someone who works for Nurse Family Partnership (NFP)? It is a home visitor type of job r...

3. New grad nights in birthing center

   fayardj replied to belle005's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I was a new grad in L&D in 2007 and started on nights. You'll adjust fine. IV's and SVE's are done very frequently and practice makes perfect. Most inductions are done during the night so a lot of education takes place at that time as what to exp...

4. How to get into L&D??!!

   fayardj replied to Nurse4life09's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I was a CNA on a L&D unit in nursing school and was hired when I graduated. Some facilities hire if you've been a postpartum nurse for a while.

5. Excited!

   fayardj replied to violet_violet's topic in Ob/Gyn

   When i graduated nursing school, I got a job on L&D. Been here for 4 years now and love it! It was realllly rough the first month because I couldn't even start an IV on a pt much less a vag exam.Hope it went well.

6. Nightshift vs. Dayshift on an L&D Unit?

   fayardj replied to AvaRN22's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I rotate between the shifts. Two weeks of days and two weeks of nights. Day shift is EXTREMELY busy and most of the vaginal deliveries and c-sections occur during the day. As soon as you deliver one patient you get to breathe for a second and assume ...