New OB Nurses, Grads and Students, Please Feel Free to post your questions here:

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Mugwump had a great idea offering services to new grads as a mentor (thank you for that!)

So, I thought having a "sticky" for new grads, OB nurses, students, and others with questions who want to post these can do so here. We also seem to see many of the same questions over and over, so perhaps this would help serve as an ongoing discussion of common issues/questions we all seem to have on our minds. This could serve not just for those asking directly, but others who may be "lurking" and looking for information or considering a career in OB, newborn, GYN nursing, or midwifery, doula services, childbirth education, lactation consulting, or other related work.

So if any mod thinks this is a good idea, mind stickying this?

Let's give this a go and see how it works out. We have many potential "mentors" here among us who, I am sure, would LOVE to help a new nurse/midwife/doula or student on his or her way to a rewarding career. I know I would love to help out!

Specializes in neonatal, postpartum.

i am so thankful for this thread! i am an rn student graduating in june. i love ob, i am doing my preceptorship in labor/delivery and i love it! this is the reason that i went to nursing school, and i cannot see myself working anywhere else. i am also a med tech, and have worked at an area hospital in microbiology for 9 years. our hospital has an excellent and very competitive internship program for our birthing center, and i just found out today that i was selected for the internship program! since this is the only way that they will hire for ob, i am really excited! i would like some advice from experienced ld nurses. tell me what books you consider to be essential for ob nursing please! thanks:)

I have been an RN for about 8 years now. I am looking to get into L/D in NYC or Long Island. Should I have a problem?

Hi. I am starting an ADN program in the fall of 2006 & am interested in possibly working in M/B someday. What is the difference between M/B, PP, L&D, newborn/nursery and other simliar nurses? They all sound related but I'm sure are very different...can anybody clarify this for me:confused:

Thanks!!

Rachel

Hi. I am starting an ADN program in the fall of 2006 & am interested in possibly working in M/B someday. What is the difference between M/B, PP, L&D, newborn/nursery and other simliar nurses? They all sound related but I'm sure are very different...can anybody clarify this for me:confused:

Thanks!!

Rachel

Where I am starting, L&D and PP are on the same floor but the nurses are either L&D or PP nurses. So a pt comes in and has her baby w/ the L&D nurses, and then moves to the PP area and is cared for by the PP nurses. Mother/Baby is just another way to describe PP. Also, when I am a PP nurse, I will care for 4 couplets--4 pairs of mother/baby. So its really 8 patients. Unless someone has twins or triplets lol. I don't know what they do in that case!

I hope this helps! :)

Where I am starting, L&D and PP are on the same floor but the nurses are either L&D or PP nurses. So a pt comes in and has her baby w/ the L&D nurses, and then moves to the PP area and is cared for by the PP nurses. Mother/Baby is just another way to describe PP. Also, when I am a PP nurse, I will care for 4 couplets--4 pairs of mother/baby. So its really 8 patients. Unless someone has twins or triplets lol. I don't know what they do in that case!

I hope this helps! :)

Thanks so much for clearing that up! Congratulations on your new job!

Rachel

Thanks so much for clearing that up! Congratulations on your new job!

Rachel

Thanks! I just finished up nursing school...TODAY! :)

I am starting my last semester in August. I requested my preceptorship to be in OB, I think it is mainly just in PP. My question is, what can I do/study this summer to help me prepare for this? I am going to go over My OB chapters, notes, etc. Any of you precept students in PP? WHat do you want/expect from the student? Thanks for sharing ideas.

i am a new grad, having graduated in december. i started in l&d in march, and things are starting to fall into place nicely for the most part. my exams are pretty accurate for the most part, but i am still struggling with determining effacement. my preceptors do not seem particularly concerned about this, and they seem satisfied with my best guesstimate. does anyone have any tips for determining effacement? thanks in advance!

Specializes in tele, ICU.

i have a question.

how do you deal with those days when you're flip flopping between two patients and it's incredibly busy and one wants an epidural and the other is having decels? how do you prioritize? how do you keep track of everything going on? how do you remember everything you need to do?

i'm sure it's learned after a while but as a new grad situations like that are very intimidating. do you ask the charge nurse for help with one patient while you attend to the other?

thanks.

Specializes in Orthopedics/Med-Surg, LDRP.

I don't have a question per se other than looking for advice for newbies coming into the LDRP field. I just graduated and got an internship in the maternity department which was my first choice unit and at my first choice hospital. What would you recommend that I really know inside and out my first few weeks on the floor? What is it you guys need every single day that newbies take a while to learn? I want to start this prepared and knock their socks off so that they don't regret their choice in me. LDRP has been my dream job and the career choice I've wanted for years. I'd eventually like to be a nurse midwife.

I have a job interview at for a l&d position, can someone tell me what to look for in a good place to work in this specialty, and what are some good questions to ask. I'm totally new to this area, although it is why I entered nursing in the 1st place, so I know pretty much nothing. Any advice or heads ups will be greatly appreciated. also, I have one yr experience.

I have a job interview at for a l&d position, can someone tell me what to look for in a good place to work in this specialty, and what are some good questions to ask. I'm totally new to this area, although it is why I entered nursing in the 1st place, so I know pretty much nothing. Any advice or heads ups will be greatly appreciated. also, I have one yr experience.

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