Thanks for all your responses to my last post. I think I'm in my 6th week on GYN/PP and love it. I haven't had any complaints from patients and have even gotten a few cards and some nice calls on the customer service line. I don't think I could be any happier with my choice to go into this area. I love the fact that I get to help people make the birth of their baby more comfortable. My favorite is post pardum I love teaching and have gotten pretty good at it. I also enjoy post C-sections they always come out of recovery feeling pretty bad but by the end of the second day are feeling so much better (with my help).
I've heard a few negative things from other OB/GYN nurses but nothing I can't handle. Mostly I get asked "don't you feel out numbered here?" Or sometimes I hear them talking about how patients don't seem to mind my being male at all.
The best part is the reactions I get from people working in other areas here are a few examples:
On my first day I called Pharmacy because my code wasn't in the Pixis here is how it went.
"My code isn't working in the Pixis, do I need to go up there or fill anything out?"
(Pharmacist): "No all I need to do is change something in the computer, what floor are you working on?"
"GYN"
"Wha?"
"GYN"
"Wha? I thought you said GYN"
"I did I work on GYN"
"Oh you mean float pool?"
"No my home unit is GYN"
"(Gasp) I'm going to have to call the director"
"Hmm ok"
Click
Meeting a nurse in the hall (who I haven't seen for a few months)
"Hey where are you working these days?"
"On 5"
"Oh med. surge?" (Which is on 5 but is never referred to as 5)
"No GYN"
"(Gak) oh you take medical overflow?"
"No mostly post pardum and some surgeries"
Silence....
Smile
Silence...
Smile
"You mean they let you do that?"
"Um yeah"
"How err um ahh........... ok"
Smile
It gets funnier and funnier to me because I've gotten over the initial uneasiness I had about being the first male on the floor. It tends to catch me off guard when people get so surprised
Anyway thanks again for all the nice things you said to me last time. Talk to you soon =)
You guys can offer a special viewpoint and empathy that even we ladies can't. We are not only happy but proud to have you....Thanks for YOUR perspective on the matter....Its all about change and relearning. Thats all...Have fun with it AND maybe get the new dads more into learning than they might otherwise have been...
mother/babyRN, RN
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You guys can offer a special viewpoint and empathy that even we ladies can't. We are not only happy but proud to have you....Thanks for YOUR perspective on the matter....Its all about change and relearning. Thats all...Have fun with it AND maybe get the new dads more into learning than they might otherwise have been...