New job - Finding it so Weird!

Specialties Ob/Gyn

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Ok I couldn't come up with a title that described what I'm feeling.

I left a large (over 7200 deliveries a year) to take a job in a small hospital and I'm finding myself shaking my head inside as I'm being oriented.

I'm on day 3. I went into my first csection yesterday and was shocked at some of the practices...like looking at the clock on the wall for birth time to not keeping a white board with the count listed to taking the newborn Out of the OR to the.."nursery?" before moms section was done. Oh yeah they only keep the newborn with mom for a bit..then take them away to the nursery. And they don't have the RN's doing lady partsl checks as they assess their pts in labor..the residents do ALL the checks.

I could go on and on..but I wondered if anyone else ever felt this way after changing facilities..and will it go away? I am constantly holding back from saying.."well we did it This way at ..." because thats so annoying lol.

But I feel like things are done so strangely..and I am not feeling a bond with the job yet.

Anyone else ever feel like this when they shifted jobs??

See when you apply for a job you have no idea how things are done..you just get the nice little tour and thats that. Unless you have a friend working somewhere you really don't know how things are done. And most of the nurses Im working with, have been there for 25-35 yrs..so maybe they don't even Know its messed up lol.

It's only been 3 days. Of course it 's gonna seem weird.

You are wise to bite your tongue instead of comparing practices from your previous facility.

Earn your respect... that takes time.( I know it well, I do agency work and travel nursing).

When the time is right, your experience will be a great asset to your new facility.

I can totally relate. I am at a new facility and find some policies they have "weird" too. I find it hard not to state "Really? Where I was we did... " so I have to make a conscious effort to bite my tongue.

If I catch myself saying something like that I try to finish by saying something positive that I like about the new facilities way so it doesn't come off like I am criticizing. Good luck in your new job!

Specializes in NICU,MB,Lact.Consultant, L/D.

I understand perfectly what you are saying - new job small hospital: still mixing pit, using "hot packs" made of hot towel and chux being reheated in the microwave, not labeling IV tubing, not discharging pts out of the monitoring system before putting another pt on the monitor thus the new strip is under the old patient, PAPER charting. Throwing a sheet over a bed to triage a pt on and not changing it after all the way down to the mattress, on and on. I am trying to be patient.

The second day I was being told by the new boss - dont shoot yourself in the foot, they are already c/o you are asking too many questions.

Specializes in L&D.

Wow!!!!

Specializes in OB-Gyn/Primary Care/Ambulatory Leadership.
I understand perfectly what you are saying - new job small hospital: still mixing pit, using "hot packs" made of hot towel and chux being reheated in the microwave, not labeling IV tubing, not discharging pts out of the monitoring system before putting another pt on the monitor thus the new strip is under the old patient, PAPER charting. Throwing a sheet over a bed to triage a pt on and not changing it after all the way down to the mattress, on and on. I am trying to be patient..

That sounds just like where I used to work in AZ. Now I'm feeling nostalgic...sniff. The chux hot packs were the best.

Specializes in L&D.

Why did you heat chux??

We still mix pit at my 7000/year hospital! And use paper charting.... :) no chux hot pads--but my 1200/year hospital didn't even use those :) it's amazing how every place is so different!

Specializes in OB-Gyn/Primary Care/Ambulatory Leadership.
Why did you heat chux??

Good for back labor

Specializes in OB-Gyn/Primary Care/Ambulatory Leadership.
Why did you heat chux??

It's good for back labor

We make heat pads with chux too, still paper chart many things (and computer chart the same stuff- so its redundant), do the same with sheets in triage unless soiled. I'm glad we don't use frozen diapers for ice packs at my new facility- that was just embarrassing. :/

Specializes in L&D.

wow they don't let us heat Anything that will touch pts skin in the microwave lol. It Is so interesting to see the differances in practices.

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