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Frankly, RutgersFlowers2016, as an orthodox Jewish woman who wears a hat in the workplace, I wouldn't have answered any different than your friend! If you want to ask me why I wear a hat, , just ask me straight out, not this evasive nonsense. Over the years, I've been asked many times about the hat (your friend better get used to it!) but it's never been a work issue for me (acute care, primary care or public health). People (coworkers, management) are curious, naturally, but in my experience, always very respectful. Best of luck to your friend!

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I had 2 miscarriages during nursing school and 2 since starting in L&D/PP. What works for me is: 1) I never count chickens anymore - after 4 miscarriages, I know better than to think I'm going to win the lottery each time. 2) I'm very lucky, I have 2 healthy children (thank G-d), so it could be much much worse. 3) When I see what some people go through go through to have kids, and the heartbreak they have to deal with, I KNOW I've been incredibly fortunate. In a way, at work, I've become the miscarriage info lady, and I'm often assigned to people waiting for their D&C for missed abortions, since I've been in that situation a numer of times. While I wish none of my losses ever happened, I know I've learned a lot from them and I've been able to help others through it as a result.

I did some L&D right out of school, and I'm in PP now and I'm enjoying it. It can be boring and repetitive, but I love teaching moms about their babies and I'm a huge sucker for babies. L&D was exciting, and I miss the skill I used to use there, but I found it stressful, and I prefer the coaching/teaching role in PP.

How bizarre! I'm leaving postpartum for the OR also! Don't get me wrong, I love postpartum and I always plan on being casual in my unit. I loved scrubbing when I was doing L&D. Also, all the nights are killing me and I want something with more regular hours in general. Any advice?

Hi people, Long time lurker here! I work on a postpartum unit at the moment, and lately I've been tossing around the idea of OR nursing. One of my major issues with hospital nursing in general is that I have problems working on Fridays (evening, anyway) and Saturdays, which makes it difficult doing more than casual work. I've got a touch of OR experience - scrubbing for c-sections - and I've been tossing around the idea of OR nursing, not only because I enjoyed the OR stuff I have done, but I'm also hoping that the schedule is more of a Monday to Friday thing. Don't get me wrong - I love nights and I work all the weekends I can - Saturday night is my specialty - but due to religious issues, working Friday nights and Saturday days for emergencies is more permissible than just general duty, 'let me help you latch that baby' type stuff. Anyway, after that long winded intro, I was wondering one can just go straight into OR nursing, or if post-diploma special OR courses are needed. Thanks for your help!

It never even occured to me to ask the guys on the floor to cath my male patients. Maybe it's because I'm still a student and have only done caths 4 or 5 times (all on males, of course). I just figure that getting a cath is kind of yucky no matter who is doing it, male or female, and just being businesslike about the whole thing makes it easier on everyone. I feel kind of bad now that I never gave my patients the option.

I'm going to be 29 by the time I start my two year BSN this fall. You know, at first when I realized I wanted to be a nurse, I was mad at myself that I didn't think of nursing when I first did my BSc. I realize now, though, that it's all for the best - I don't think I personally was mature enough at 19 to pursue nursing. Now that I've worked for a number of years and have a child, I feel I have more of an idea of what is important to me and what I feel I can contribute. I can't wait to get started!!