Know exactly what you mean! After 11 years in supervision, I moved to the ER at the end of November. I just couldn't take another winter of too many patients and never enough help to go around. I actually like to go to work now! I'd forgotten how much I enjoy actually taking care of people. After 20 yrs in nursing, this is exactly where I want to be!
Glad, at our hospital, the surgery dept comes for the c-section and they do the circulating. We are there to receive the baby and like you, we care for mom pre and post op.
Our bld transfusion policy states that blood must be checked in the patient's room by 2 nurses. A full set of vitals are done before, 15 minutes into, and post transfusion. RNs are the only ones allowed to hang blood at our facility. I work at a 95 bed hospital in Illinois.