OB Rotation is Hell

[Cartman1532]

I am a male nursing student. I am doing well in school overall and acing my Med surg rotations--However, my OB rotation is pure hell! i feel useless and out of place. They tossed me out of a Birthing room today because I was in the way of the doctor and nurse! They make me feel like a jerk and like I dont belong there--I dont want to fail this rotation because --right now I feel like a incompetant idiot! What are your thoughts about OB and Male nurses?

[atrex]

just had my first two weeks of OB rotation. large N.NJ hospital i'd say 40 bed LD unit with high risk preg common.

let me preface this with my wife had a little girl 4 months ago so i'm not new to the whole experience. my daughter is fine c-sec (water broke @38 weeks/failure to progress after 32 hours of pit running...so yueaahhh) birth so i've seen a little of what is what.

taken care of 3 babies, taken care of 6 mothers

all but one mother was compliant with helping me further my education and palpate her fundus.

what really was most shocking was the attitude of one my fellow nursing students.

he was in LD and saw a lady partsl birth with epsitomy and turned so white i thought he was going to faint.

nurses are hit or miss. some younger one's were queen beeing me all night. other more experienced nurses smiled back when i said hi with a smile.

yeah. just thought i'd share that.

[algebra_demystified]

Secondly, EVERY patient has a right to ask for a different nurse if they want one. Just like they have a right to ask for a different doctor if they want to. They can ask for a different nurse on any basis. If they don't like the nurse because he/she is black, or if he/she is white, or if he/she is just not the right personality. It doesn't matter, when it comes to healthcare, the patient is king.

Hospital racist given jail term

Robertson went to the hospital to be treated for a head wound

An assault victim who said he did not want to be treated by a black doctor at Stirling Royal Infirmary has been jailed for three and a half months.

John Robertson, 29, came to the hospital with a head wound, after being attacked while he was drunk.

He was abusive to nurses, and when they told him he needed a doctor he made the racist comment.

Robertson pleaded guilty at Stirling Sheriff Court to racially-aggravated breach of the peace.

The court was told that Robertson, from Stirling, had been "considerably under the influence of alcohol" when the incident took place on 4 November.

Sheriff David Stewart told Robertson: "This was a doubly serious offence.

"The abuse of another race is a very serious matter, and the courts will not tolerate such behaviour.

"It took place in a hospital where people were trying to help you. Your response to that help was to shout and swear.

"Attention had to be paid to you, when there were no doubt more deserving cases in the hospital requiring treatment."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/7735971.stm

[Koyaanisqatsi-RN]

Secondly, EVERY patient has a right to ask for a different nurse if they want one.

They sure as hell don't have that right just because the nurse is black, a guy, gay, whatever.

We're not talking about buying cars or TVs here, this is healthcare. It'd be utterly ridiculous for a woman to refuse a black nurse, hiding behind the excuse that she was 'abused' by a black guy awhile back, and it's ridiculous here for the same reason, or any reason at all simply based on gender.

I understand if a nurse or doctor is doing something specifically to make you uncomfortable. By all means, ask for someone else. But just because of simply who they are? That is sexist, discriminatory, and there is no sugar-coating you can put on it to justify it, and if you feel that way, you are an embarrassment to us all.

[nardo808]

Before going into my L & D rotation and PP rotation i was slightly hesitant because I felt that I wasn't going to be able to do much or make the patient uncomfortable around me, being that I'm a 20 year old male nursing student. The 6 days on my PP rotation went actually well and I found it, like in med-surg, if I was comfortable and confident in my actions then the patient was also comfortable. I was able to carry-out all of my assessments successfully and they didn't seem uncomfortable while I was doing so. During my 2-day L&D rotation, I was able to start two foley catheters on patients, start a few IVs, watch 3 vag deliveries, and 2 C/S. All of the patients in L&D were welcoming and made conversation easily with me and made me feel comfortable around them. And most of the nurses and doctors were very helpful. It may be that I live in Hawaii and everyone is naturally helpful and nice; but that could go either way. But for the record, I like med-surg better but it was a good experience.

[suger56]

You need to do what I did. My first rotation in OB was the birth of my second son. I was a rock star during the rotation! Everyone knew me, treated me great and gave me enough diapers for a year! The rest of the rotation was fantastic and I got to see just about everything you could imagine. When I finished school I was a float and sometimes floated to OB and there was no problem (other than being bored).

Seriously, it is important to act professional and there should not be a problem.

[sharkdiver]

They sure as hell don't have that right just because the nurse is black, a guy, gay, whatever.

We're not talking about buying cars or TVs here, this is healthcare. It'd be utterly ridiculous for a woman to refuse a black nurse, hiding behind the excuse that she was 'abused' by a black guy awhile back, and it's ridiculous here for the same reason, or any reason at all simply based on gender.

I understand if a nurse or doctor is doing something specifically to make you uncomfortable. By all means, ask for someone else. But just because of simply who they are? That is sexist, discriminatory, and there is no sugar-coating you can put on it to justify it, and if you feel that way, you are an embarrassment to us all.

Sorry, but you are wrong. In the U.S. at least, a patient has the absolute legal right to refuse care by any provider for any reason they choose. At the point they do so, the facility has three options: a) Attempt to accommodate their request; b)discharge them if their condition permits; or c)arrange transfer to another facility if it does not.

[diane227, LPN, RN]

It is not just a guy thing. I HATED my OB rotation and could not wait for it to be over. Diane

[MaryAnn_RN]

It is not just a guy thing. I HATED my OB rotation and could not wait for it to be over. Diane

Me too, loved the babies but the madwives...arggghhhhhhhhhh.

[efraim23]

owww! sori wrong post duno how 2 delete 8... im a newbie

[groovy jeff, RN]

I am just finishing up my OB rotation now, THANK GOD!!!! L&D is OK; so is the nursery. Post partum is killing me. Don't get me wrong, all of the Mom's have been great. It is just that I feel like an intruder. I feel that I am intruding on a very special time in these peoples lives and I don't belong there. I go home feeling........not sure what I am feeling. I know for sure it isn't where I am suppose to be.

[fethahed]

I feel your pain brother, I just got done with peds and ob just gotta stick it out

[Bortaz, MSN, RN]

I just finished OB Wednesday. I watched a c/s, and was kicked out of all the SVD's. In postpartum, no patient would allow me to do lochia/peri assessments. We had 13 students at our hospital, and very seldom had as many patients as students, so it was majorly boring for the dudes.

There was a saving grace, though.

I spent a great deal of time in the newborn nursery (and less in the NICU) and absolutely loved it.