Advice for a new mom/baby extern

Specialties Ob/Gyn

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I will be starting my externship next week in the mom/baby unit and would appreciate any advice, tips, or tricks of the trade. Thanks in advance! :redbeathe

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How did you get an externship?

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Just filled out an application and they called for an interview and hired me.

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What state are you in? Are you a student? How did you hear about it to apply? How long is it? What is pay range for externs? Thank you!!!

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I'm in OK. I am in my last year of an RN program. Our instructors told us a little about the programs and then different hospitals in the area put on lunchons at the school (recruiting sessons) to explain their extern programs. All of the local hospitals have websites and the info is on there. That is where I originally found about about the programs before I even started NS. The pay here is about $11/hr with shift diff. Different hospitals do it differently, but at mine I can work up to 40 hrs a week through the summer and then once schools starts i can work up to 12 hours a week.

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Specializes in Women's Services.

Congratulations on getting the externship. Make sure you know your normal ranges for infant HR, Resp, Temp and mother's normal range for HGB & HCT and vital signs. Brush up on how to do assessments on mom and baby. You may be doing tests on the baby like hearing, PKU, blood sugars, or transcutaneous bili's. Good luck!

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