L and D Job Concerns

[zahryia]

I see recurring posts where people post that L and D can be stressful and physically demanding. Can you tell me exactly what you mean by that?

I have a job offer for postpartum and hopefully will have a job offer for L&D:bugeyes:

I'm in my mid-thirties and I'm kind of scurred. I'm wondering if I'll have the energy level or the coping skills to deal with the stress and physical requirements for the L&D position.

Am I overanalyzing?

[bagladyrn, RN]

NurseNora - That is the best description of our specialty I have ever read! I've been doing it for 20 years now (an absolute newbie next to you!) and can't imagine doing anything else.

Like you I am tending more toward the smaller units rather than the big "assembly line" L&Ds, though that now means I wear more hats - on my current contract there is one nurse for OB (ante,labor, pp and nsy) with a CNA (the ones here absolutely rock!).

One comment from another "old, fat" (and short) nurse - do the designers of these rooms think we all are 5'7", a size 4 at most and flexible??? Seems to be that way at every contract I do!