Cardiac to OB??

I went from ER to OB. My skills from ER have helped esp. foley caths and IV starts.

Having moved right after nursing school, I also missed the opportunity to get a LD residency so I took the ER one. Then I moved again. I got lucky to find a hospital that was training new nurses in OB.

Good Luck!

My thougths are that the first year in nursing is really just figuring out your nursing practice. I spent 10 months on a telelmetry unit fulltime & PRN in a little county ER then I went to L&D. The experience was invaluable, I felt I was able to concentrate on the OB part since I wasn't learning the nursing part in conjunction with it. I'm also more comfortable with out of the ordinary situations than the nurses who came straight to L&D with me (this is based on conversations with those nurses and other coworkers.) I know it is so cliche and you here it from everywhere but that time really was valuable. I had wanted to go to a hospital with lots of high risk and sick OB patients so I could learn both at the same time but I didn't even get an interview there so I didn't dwell on it and decided to keep my eyes open for other opportunities.

Kathy

I went straight into PP after graduation and now I have been doing L&D. Experience in med/surg, cardiac, ER is great experience. But I like what I like and don't want to work anywhere else, even if it would be good for me. I feel I get to brush up on my skills when I get pulled to the other floors. Once in a blue moon is enough for me. And I will also say nurses who work on the other floors can whoop my butt any day of the week, I can catch a baby without getting any baby goo on my scrubs.