It seems like most NS have the basic Med/Surg and then they throw in OB/Peds. OB/Peds is a specialty area, right? Why do they include one specialty and not any others? How come you don't see an ED rotation, or a critical care rotation? We only get one 10-hr day in surgery. That's a specialty area that I'd really enjoy more of.
With more guys jumping into nursing you'd think they'd be given a choice about whether they did an OB/Peds rotation or another specialty area.
After all, our instructors already told the guys in our group that they'd probably spend the entire OB rotation answering phones and emptying trash because there aren't usually any patients or husbands willing to have a male student around. That makes for a long, boring rotation for the guys!
Our school doesn't have OB/Peds for the LPN program anymore. Instead, they have a Geriatrics rotation. I think I'd like that better than OB!
Any ideas? Would anyone else like to see other specialties besides OB/Peds during NS?
OB Peds questions galore on the NCLEX. Pay attention to what you see. I had 2 questions on the NCLEX that I would have NEVER known had it not been for my L&D rotation.
There is opportunity in everything. Keep an open mind. And brain.
I think it really probably boils down to making sure you get experience with many different types of patients. A laboring mom is a unique patient - you have two patients to care for, one of whom is living inside the other, and it's a very unique place to work. I think you learn a lot of time management and delegation in l&d in addition to the physiology that is very different from a med-surg floor. Peds is also different from adult med-surg for obvious reasons, but you also get to learn pediatric dosage for medications and a lot of family-centered care in peds, which is great knowledge to have.
I would jump in as best you can, ask for the experiences you need and want. Being male doesn't have to hold anyone back in OB, it didn't seem to be a problem with the men in my graduating class.
That's a specialty area that I'd really enjoy more of.
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OB Peds questions galore on the NCLEX. Pay attention to what you see. I had 2 questions on the NCLEX that I would have NEVER known had it not been for my L&D rotation.
There is opportunity in everything. Keep an open mind. And brain.