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You are doing just fine! There was no way you could have know a G1 P0 would deliver that quickly in those circumstances. only God knows, not us (doctors and nurses alike) when babies will be born, we can only give our best most most educated guess. The charge nurse you are working with also seems quite unreasonable and her demands in my opinion are unsafe ones. She should be the one who is written up for unsafe and improper assignments. A charge nurse must make decisions based on acuity as well as staff ability. What she was trying to assign wouldn't be safe for even the most experienced nurse on the unit. Would you be able to back to nights where at least the nursing staff was more supportive? While on nights you could maybe try to stay at least till 1 year then start looking for another position where there is a more collaborative and professional environment Hang in there and don't let these nurses, doctors, and this hospital steal your love of what you do.

In your last semester in Nursing school did you do a seionr preceptorship in L&D or Mother/Baby? If so start with talking with the hospital you were at. I got an L&D training position right out of nursing school at one of the hospitals I precepted at in my senior rotation. (I made it know to almost everyone I met that I wanted an L&D position. One of the social workers introduced me to the L&D nurse educator and I kept persisiting and got an interview and was hired) Another idea would be to try to get into a teaching hospital as they seem more willing to train new grads and re-entry nurses in specialty areas. Personally if I had to do it all over again I would have started off at a teaching hospital because it is important to have the best learning experience posssible and a teaching hospital is geared towards training physicians and nurses. In a smaller community hosptial (in my experience) most of the physician's are set in their ways and don't buy into training nurses in a specialty area and this creates a situation that is not as conducive to learning and you also may be the only new grad that they are training in that area and would miss out on new grad support groups where there are other new grads training in your specialty if you were at a larger teaching hospital. I hope this is helpful and good luck to you.

I understand where you are coming from as I am in a similar situation. I have been a nurse for 7 years. The first two years in the hospital as an OB nurse and the last 5 as a case managment/utilization review nurse with OB emphasis. I recently decided after having my first baby that I really miss working in the hospital and that my current work schedule is incompatible with being a parent to my son. To be proactive in getting bak to acute care nursing I got recertified in BLS and NRP, I renewed my fetal monitoring skills, I also am a member of a professional organization (AWHONN) for my nursing specialty. I had been looking for a hospital position for several months. Some places viewed me lower on the totum pole than a new grad while other didn't feel I was out of direct care long enought to warrent running me through a new grad program. I just recently had success and was offered a position in a teaching hospital. I think the teaching hospitals may be the way to go. Also if you need to renew any cetifications like BLS, ACLS, etc get that done now. Persistance pays off so don't get discouraged and keep trying!

At the first hospital I worked at there was no weekend diff (non-union facility) at the new hospital (union facility) I will be starting at there is a weekend diff and you would get both night shift and weekend diff but if you choose to work every weekend you waive your weekend diff.

I say just go for it. I went in to L&D straight out of nursing school. It's not necessary to have med-surg under your belt first. It helps but is not necessary.

I don't think it's less stressful, just a different kind of stress. L&D is more intense than mother baby but I think that because with L&D you can't physically see your 2nd pt (the baby) and the fetal monitoring strip is how you have to assess the baby and to me that was more stressful. I think the most important thing is to work in the area of nursing that you love. Anything is more stressful if you don't enjoy what you are doing.

Yes. Lucile Packard is the Children's Hospital on the Stanford Campus. I was under the impression that they are both affiliated but seperate.

I feel your pain. I am in the same boat as you. I worked for 2 years in L&D and PP after graduation and left to work as an RN in case managment/ utilization review with an OB focus (for health insurers). I have done this type of work for the last 5 years and have decided after having my baby I wanted to go back to OB nursing. It's as if I am wearing a scarlett letter in the eyes of some hospitals. Others seemed understanding but I still haven 't had any job offers. I have been looking since May. I think we both have to just stick it out and keep looking for that one person who will take a chance on us. It's really sad with a nursing shortage that nurses are treated like this if they do something non-traditional but still have been working as a nurse. The flexibility in nursing was one of the many aspects of nursing that made me choose this career. I wish I knew before that the nursing profession isn't as flexible as it would like to lead you to believe it is.

good afternoon! i recently applied for an antepartum/post-partum position at lpch. i was called by one of the assistant managers to interview and subsequently interviewed with them and another manager and at the end of the interview i was told that they would let candidates know 1-2 weeks later. 1-2 weeks came and went. i tried calling one of the managers several times but i keep getting a message that her vm box is full. i have also followed up with email and received no response. i was able to reach another manager about 2 weeks ago who advised me that i was still being considered and that they were trying to get some travelers up and running and they were finishing interviewing nurses. should i keep following up? does the lpch hiring/decision process usually take this long? is this just lpch not interested in me? also any input on anyone's experience working at lpch would be appreciated as well. i appreciate any input. thank you

Please remember though if you accept a new position you may not qualify for FMLA. Most employers require you to work a year full-time in order to be eligible for FMLA leave. You also have to work for a company that has 50 or greater employees. You are entitled to disability leave which will give you 6 week PP for vag delivery and 8 weeks for c/section. I know of some new nurses who take their FMLA later after the baby is born and they have 1 year full time service in and now qualify for the leave. With FMLA you can take it within the year your baby was born. Also you are not guaranteed your job after disability leave. Also if you take FMLA you are not entitled to get you exact shift you had previously, you are only entitled to return to a position of comprable pay, duties, etc.

What about the number of embryos a reprductive endocrinologist can transfer for IVF and FET( frozen embryo transfer) cycles?

Have you tried Dansko clogs? They make a clog with a closed back. These are the only shoes I could wear when I worked on the floor as my legs would not ache at the end of the shift when I wore these shoes.