Our NICU is SLOW right now, so I was oriented to post-partum. I only cared for the babies. The nurse I was with cared for the moms. The refreshing thing about this experience was the patients weren't really sick! Does that make sense? I don't look at post-partum women as being "sick"...so it was a laid-back nice shift for me. The babies looked so good and healthy! I liked it so much I'm thinking about cross-training there and picking up extra hours. Has anyone ever worked PP and like it? do you have any advice to give me? the pros and cons of it all?
Just wanting to hear your experiences...I've never worked PP since nursing school! And was only there after my own deliveries.
Anyway, it seems like a pretty stress-free environment, which was nice for a change! No monitors, etc. They even had a CNA to do mom's vitals and pass trays.
Sorry, no I didn't mean that. I am just always surprised at the lack of responses on the NICU forum when I post there. I'm on other kinds of message boards that respond a lotmore, so I guess I'm not used to having very little response.
Sorry about my frustration, and thanks for your reply.
Well Kim, I am a NICU nurse also and the only experience I ever got in PP was during school and hated every minute of it. I am sort of an adrenaline junkie and like the pace of the NICU.
Well Kim, I am a NICU nurse also and the only experience I ever got in PP was during school and hated every minute of it. I am sort of an adrenaline junkie and like the pace of the NICU.
I get tired of the adrenalin rush. i'm also tired of sad and crying parents, and sick babies. I guess after 17 years of NICU, the post partum floor was nice because I saw happy parents and healthy babies. It may be slow, but not mentally draining.
I went the other way. I liked post partum, but I did find it to get boring day in and day out. I felt like I was reading a script sometimes because I was telling different moms the same thing every shift. NICU has a lot more variety.
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