Pros and Cons of L & D Nursing

Specialties Ob/Gyn

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Since I am still looking into many areas rather than just sticking to my original plan of becoming a midwife, I am asking a ton of questions...if you wouldn't mind giving me some of your time could you please tell me what some of the pros and cons (your opinions of course) of your specialty are? I would love to hear any and all, long and short answers. I really want to delve deep!

CardioTrans..congrats on the job!

BabyRN2BE...doulas are very, very, very rarely used around here! I had looked into it in the past but it's just not something that our area really supports. I am thinking that once school starts, if I can find any additional time that I could possibly work out a night or two of volunteer work on the unit, that would help me to see what it's really like. We are in such a rural sort of area that there isn't a lot of opportunity here. I soooo can't wait to get out of school and move away from here! LOL!

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1. Birth itself, as an experience.

2. OB is a happy place, generally.

3. Love my coworkers

4. Autonomy.

5. The chance to experience natural, low risk cases, but also gain more experience with high risk cases.

6. the feeling of confidence in my assessment and clinical skills

Cons, hmmm?

1. Loss of pts, as on any unit.

2. Unruly visitors

3. Sometimes having to perform orders you don't neccesarily agree with

4. Having to take extra call

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