Great question! I actually never intended to be a post-partum nurse-I thought I hated it! Ever since precepting in a Obstetric Emergency Department during my final semester of nursing school, I wanted...
Depends on what you most enjoy. I work LDRP at a small community hospital(30-40 births/month) so it makes sense to have cross-trained nurses for this role. I enjoy it for the variety, and being able...
Depends on your hospital. The one I work at PRN is a small community hospital that hires nightshift only, and the least experienced person in L&D on nights has 5 years with the unit(there are...
Hey allnurses, I just started a new grad job on a L&D floor which requires that I wear surgical green nursing scrubs. I can use the hospital provided scrubs, but I am 6'5" and they do not fit me...
Hey cw123! Congratulations on getting this far, and keep pushing;you are almost an RN!:) I am a new grad nurse who works on an L&D/Post-Partum floor. I got hired after I graduated right before I...
I also work at a community hospital in Labor and Delivery/Post-partum(30-40 deliveries a month), and I have been sent by my nurse manager to Med-Surg(I am supposed to return to my OB floor April 1st)...
I think you all certainly have some valid points! I am a male obstetrics nurse who precepted at an obstetrical emergency department and in Labor and delivery as a senior nursing student, and just...