LD to OBGYN Clinic

[brittany.brown333]

I have been in high risk labor and delivery for the last four years and need to make a change to have a better schedule for family life (no weekends, nights, call hours). Thinking of moving to an OBGYN clinic but worried about losing my skills, having less patient care, being bored. Anyone work in an OBGYN clinic? Pros and Cons?

[RunBabyRN]

I worked in telephone triage, and I covered OB/GYN frequently. I loved the clinic hours, and the OB/GYNs were always right there, which is great when you have a question or need an order ASAP. I would have liked more hands-on patient care, though. The only thing I really ever did, as far as hands-on patient care was injections that the MAs couldn't give like methotrexate or Rocephin. There is also the GYN aspect, like the atrophic issues, a lot of hormone replacement therapy issues, med refills, and the like.

We had 9 OB/GYNs and 3 APCs, and rarely were we bored. I really enjoyed thinking on my feet as much as I did, and it's certainly served me well working in L&D (high risk unit as well). I have to imagine your experience will help, but you'll definitely need to brush up on GYN. There are no IVs, caths, NSTs, anything like that, most likely, so you may lost those skills.

[klone, MSN, RN]

How much patient care you have depends completely upon the individual clinic. Where I work, the RNs have their own schedule of patients that they say, so they may see anywhere from 4-8 patients themselves, not including any of the providers' patients that may need injections, patient teaching, etc.

We do NSTs at our clinic. I've also straight-cathed patients a couple times, and depending on the clinic, you may draw blood, start IVs to administer fluids and anti-emetics, etc.

[jodyangel, RN]

A clinic job would be Perfect for me! I want normal hours and I'd love to be home : )