would you recommend l/d nursing?

L&D is an excellent choice. I've been doing it for 3 1/2 years and I love it!! I had no med-surg experience before entering L&D, mattter of fact, was straight out of nursing school. L&D was not my choice, but the Navy felt it was.....am so grateful they placed me there. As for suggestions, many new nurses enter L&D by just applying. Go for it!

Babylove, I have done L&D for five years now. There have been astronomical changes in this field since I have entered. I had two years of med surg before I entered into this field. That was by choice and I am very glad that I did. I am the nurse that my peers go to when we have a sick patient because I have that background knowledge. With the liability being placed on nurses these days, it is imperitive that you know all that you can. L&D is changing due to cut backs and shortages. The reason why people can now get hired right out of school is because there is a national shortage of ciritcal area nurses. I don't know if you are recieving your BSN, but I just finished at FSU. It was amazing to learn how liable I am in my everyday life. It is an AWESOME job and I love it very much, however, it is very stressful, demanding and requires a very high level of committment and reliability. I am the mother of two, also 27, and I feel pressure with this job more that I ever did. Good luck with your decision, but think about it long and hard, because once you're in, it's almost impossible to get out.

I have been a L&D nurse for 3 years and love it. I knew before I was in school that this is what I wanted to do and cannot imagine myself in any other area of nursing. Due to a major lay-off of nurses just before I graduated, jobs were hard to find. I started on a med-surg floor and worked there for 7 months. That experience, even though brief, was invaluable. There have been many times when other nurses have come to me for help hanging blood, or setting up a pca pump, etc. I have also worked with RNs who have only done L&D and have been wonderful. Study hard and learn something from each nurse you work with.