debbieburch

Tell it like it is girl, its one of those situations that you have to be in to know what one is talking about and when it happens to you its like 'okay' why do I keep putting myself through this and you really have to have one of those heart to heart talks with yourself and it is always the same answer......you have a love for the OB dept. and your heart is truly into the job we perform, the care we give and the joy of bringing life into the world...... if this was not the way I felt I would be out of this high risk, heartstopping and understaffed area in a heartbeat

I too am an OB nurse and this is an ongoing problem at my hosp. I have been in situations that would make anybodys hair stand on end and when an emergency comes up in ob you don't see anybody coming from the other floors to help, why...because it is such a high risk area that no one wants involved, their scared of ob and know nothing about this area because its a specialty area even though we are not paid as such....as far as calling help back from the floor that means precious time when your the only one and you have no help and no ob doc in the house and you have a FHR down and while you are trying to get the heart rate up you are suppose to get help back to the floor and get the doc beeped to come in...like I said precious secs can mean alot. When code blue is called and I'm not tied up I go and help but I never get the help in return....When we are not busy I go and relieve and help in other areas......This is by choice and I have learned alot by going to other areas....the other nurses are great about showing me things......even so they never come to the ob area.....I do have to admit I feel guilty when we are not busy and I will go help in other areas ......but the areas I keep going back to are the ones that treat me with respect and work togeather as a team and not to just do their dirty work.......for those that think we sit and do nothing let them come to ob and work and then see what they have to say when there is no help and your losing an innocent baby because there is no help and no doc inhouse and you feel like any minute the heart rate is going to be gone and then you get it up and get some intrauterine resusitation going on and get a doc there and then you worry if theres any neuro damage to the baby....you not only have the mom as a patient but you have a fetus and it can go bad with a blink of the eye....I know because it has happened

Am considering working for agencys doing prn work and keeping my present job. What I would like to know is if anybody can explain how exactly it works,the fine print of things, what I need to watch out for. My specialty area is L&D. I will be looking to work in areas close to home, w/i 1hr to 1 1/5hr. Any advise will be appreciated:

I'm new to this web site, therfore I don't know if this will come out right or not,....At our hosp. we have a protocol to go up to 20 and if not effective then we have recieved an order to go up to 30 then another to go to 40, usually by this time they have an IUPC