Hi....New Here

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Hi! My name is Beth and I just found this board. I have been a RN for 11 years and been working L&D for the past 8+ years. I have a son, who is 8. Hopefully I can get to know everyone.:nurse: :)

Some L&Ds take new grads, some don't. Some want you to have med/surg first. I personally have never worked med/surg. I started as a new grad in icu. If you want to be in L&D, go to a big hospital. I originally oriented to L&D at a level III hospital. I usually had at least one delivery per shift. Right now I work at a very small LDRP unit. We do only 300 deliveries per year. It is very hard for our new people, especially new grads to get the labor experience needed to be independent. I worked 3 years in big hospitals before going to my little hospital. I could never imagine starting out here and feeling comfortable with labor.

Good luck!

Beth

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