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It's hard to say without getting a feel for how the unit as a whole runs but that seems like overkill to me too. Here, whoever has been laboring with the patient stays as the mom nurse. Our team lead comes as baby is crowning to transition baby. RT a...

Before I started in Labor and Delivery I pictured myself being the nurse who was an advocate for natural labors and not rushing to c/s. But reality is...different. Maybe my view is tainted by my work experience. I love where I work but it is a large...

I don't know what a STAN monitor is? Sorry,still relatively new to this specialty. :-) There always what ifs. I mean we have crashed a patient before and then had 9/9 APGARS, but obviously that's a whole lot better than "what if" we had done this sec...

We always keep at the bedside throughout the labor and delivery - 800mcg cytotec, 500cc of pitocin, terbutaline and lidocaine.

Why is this one hard to come around on? There are so many things that we have come around on. In my facility we have ended all elective inductions prior to 39 weeks, no longer no the pit to distress and many other things as well. I am new in Labor an...

I have been a nurse for a good while but 5 months ago I switched from the med-surg arena to L&D. I had 8 weeks of orientation and have been on my own for 3 months now. I have spoken many times over with nurses who have been around and the thing ...

I have been on nights almost 2 years. Started on 8's and changed to 12's in January. It seems so much easier on 12's - I am more tied when I come home so i get to sleep sooner and the fewer days at work seemed to help too. But since summer started my...

I definitely would not. A) I hate watches. I mean I like the way they look but I don't like the way they feel and I never remember to look at them anyway. I just use the clocks in the room - they show the seconds. B) 300 is expensive for a watch! I m...

I have been a nurse for 10 years and I can say that I am proud! I mean it is definitely "just a job" many days. I get tired of the BS and tired of being tired. But I worked really hard to get here, I am glad I went down this path. My job is interesti...

It seems they are most often planned sections. But if A) is head down they can attempt vaginally. They are required to push in the OR to expedite a c-section for baby B if they don't come head first. They are not allowed to try for vaginal for any m...

Thank you all! Every birth is different and a slightly new experience. But I feel a lot better about things. Sorry L&DRegisteredNurse! That was my morning yesterday too. :-(

Well that helps a little. I hadn't thought about that. That wasn't an issue, but obviously it COULD have become one.

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I think you can hate med-surg and yet do really well in L&D. However, in my experience you will need recent hospital experience before being considered for any L&D position. I applied for what felt like a thousand positions but it wasn't unti...

So glad you got on! I was going to pipe in and say there's really nothing special about PP. Except for the fact that it is low turnover so not as many openings. Plus, it's a fairly "desireable" unit so when the openings do come up there's lots of com...

I had my first twins experience and I have to say I didn't like it much. Once A was born everybody immediately were all over mom. Hands up inside feeling for presentation (mind you no epidural) pushing on her tummy to make baby "descend". Then when a...

They go to our antepartum wing til mag therapy is complete

I work at a big busy hospital in WA and we do not have nitrous. However, I just found out that a very small hospital in a rural part of the state HAS started using nitrous with positive feedback. They say it has to do with high Hispanic population an...

Absolutely true about epidurals. Which is why I like laboring down until hopefully getting some sensation back. I am supportive ofnatural birth if thats what the patient wants but that's not what I am getting at with this post. Everything I am hearin...

In my area there is a pay difference between nursing homes, home care, clinics and hospitals but if you are in the hospital it doesn't matter what unit you are on you make the same amount. I seem to be among the few (on a national scale) that feels I...

Thanks so much. I don't plan on going anywhere. I just really really can't wait for the day when everyone knows me and trusts my judgement. Heck for that matter I will be happy to trust my own judgement!

Interesting...Obviously since they are going into surgery it makes sense to place the foley after anesthesia. No need to make things any more uncomfortable then they have to be. That being said...although I work in L&D now I came from 9 years in...

I know this is an old thread but I just wanted to chime in. I just started on L&D (4 weeks in) and I just was in on my first C-section. There was a true knot plus a loose nuchal x1. Not known prior to delivery and mom/baby are fine. The cord was ...

I think the first year out of nursing school is always tough no matter what unit you are on. If L&D is what you have always wanted to do I would stick it out. Do not worry about how people will react to the pregnancy. You are not the first nor wi...

and January 13th I am there! L&D is what I have always wanted to do - long before ever starting nursing school. I graduated and had to take wherever I could get a job, then I spend 4 years in home health because it was flexible and easiest to acc...