Advice

[Lizzie21]

Hello OB-GYN nurses,

I have been trying and working very hard to get into maternal/newborn nursing. I've been a nurse for 3 1/2 years on a very busy medical-surgical unit. I have great experience that I can bring to this field of nursing. I have been a charge nurse for 2 units on my unit, precept one-on-one and I also became a clinical scholar 1 1/2 years ago.

I have always wanted to be a maternal/newborn nurse. I did my senior practicum on a mother/baby unit and just fell in love with it. However, I have been trying ever since to get into that position. You would think med/surg nursing would help, but I feel that no one will even look at me. I've had interviews in the past for mom/baby and NICU, but all I got was you were great, but we hired someone with that specific experience.

Do I just give up on my dreams completely? Are there any other suggests or things that I could do to make me stand out?

[babyktchr, BSN, RN]

Be patient. If you can, wait it out. There are some that do take chances on hiring newbies to OB. Really, there are. There are priorities (in all parts of life) and sometimes hiring experience is what is needed at that specific moment. I watched for openings in OB for a year and a half, applied for a position when there was one and still didn't get an interview for another year. I did get a chance and 20 years later I am the manager. Timing and patience. If its your dream...why give up??

Best of luck to you..

[BSNbeauty, BSN, RN]

I could have written 7 months ago. I was patient and did not give up. I applied for every postpartum nurse position in my state! I landed several interviews but finally my dream job opened up. I practically had to stalk the NM to get it, but it worked!

[Lizzie21]

I email the nurse managers that I know on those units and hunt them down. I keep in constant contact with them to see if any positions will open up. I'm not going to give up, it's just hard not getting into the dream area that I want to be in. I keep applying and no luck so far. Hopefully soon

[fallonalexis7]

They are offering bonuses at my facility and we are encouraged to scout people out. We rank among the top 10 in the nation, if you want to move to Austin Tx, every huddle they talk of hiring, a lot of celebs deliver here too! St. Davids Women Center of Texas. And we are expanding the building as we speak, sometimes my pts complain about the jack hammers, look us up!

[Lizzie21]

I'm just going to keep applying. Thanks everyone for your advice. I'm not going to give up on my dream. I'll get it one day.