Sorry I never addressed your original post. I agree that the requirements are a bit harsh. I think your hospital missed the whole point of prns. Weekends and holidays aren't necessarily the times when...
That's how my hospital works too and it does get annoying when the regular staff gets asked to switch to another day because the per diem nurse works on a day where there are too many nurses on...
A great way to gain experience in OB is to try to get a student nurse extern position while your in school. I work in L&D and we have gone on to hire a few of our nurse externs right after they...
L&DRN03 replied to Iwannabeababynurse's topic in Ob/Gyn
At my hospital we have used LPN's as our scrub nurses for c/s. We mostly have surgical tech's in those positions but my manager actually prefers LPN's so they can help out with patient care during...
According to Employee Health the policy at my hospital you are not to come to work if you have a fever, vomiting and/or diarrhea. Of course the unwritten policy at my hospital is that if you call at...
L&DRN03 replied to cherokeesummer's topic in Ob/Gyn
Ok of course I exaggerate a bit but seriously the level of stress was tremendously less when I made the switch. There are plenty of crazy nights on L&D but for the most part I work with some...
L&DRN03 replied to cherokeesummer's topic in Ob/Gyn
Ok of course I exaggerate a bit but seriously the level of stress was tremendously less when I made the switch. There are plenty of crazy nights on L&D but for the most part I work with some...
L&DRN03 replied to cherokeesummer's topic in Ob/Gyn
Coming from a Neuro ICU, L&D was like a vacation to me! I'm strictly L&D but our unit is made up of laboring patients, unstable high risk antepartums and pp overflow (which happens more and...