Any Antepartum travel nurses out there?

[kctx74]

Hello!!

I was just wondering if there any Antepartum travelers out there? I see a bunch of L&D jobs out there but not a lot when it comes to Antepartum.

I have 5 yrs experience. 2 yrs L&D, however we floated to Antepartum, did our own recoveries if our patients had a C/S, sometimes floated to Postpartum or Nursery to transition babies if the census was low. The last 3 yrs I have done strictly Antepartum, we do get a lot of higher acuity postpartum patients as well. Patients on Magnesium for PIH or pp patients that experience a PPH also stay on our unit. I'm interested in doing travel nurses and talked to a few different companies. I let them know that my most recent has been Ante/Post and not L&D. Could I still do Labor? Yes. That being said I would feel somewhat out of my comfort zone. All the stuff I have read about traveling is that you have to hit the ground running. After reading that I would definitely not have a problem as an Antepartum or Postpartum nurse, L&D not so much.

I would love to hear from others that have accepted travel assignment as an Antepartum nurse.

Thanks!!

[NedRN]

The advantage of L&D is the needs and pay are really high, and many hospitals would be willing to take you as you are knowing it wouldn't take long for you to become proficient again. I've seen offers of $90 an hour for L&D. But sure, you can do antepartum.