Taking Heart

RNKitty has made good points. Chin up... after you experience traumatic events, you will learn... we have to pass tests along the way to lay down a good foundation. I promise you'll make mistakes, but you take them and learn from them... move forward and you will be better for it.

I would absolutely recommend 1-2 years of med surg nursing... as an OB nurse, I find it very difficult to get new grads to look outside of the OB box when it comes to nursing... it's not that they can't, it just takes a lot more time to get there with organization and assessment skills. 6 months to 1 year would be better than nothing. Good luck.

I wonder how we can do a better job educating our non-compliant gestational diabetic moms to be more strict with their prenatal care/diet in order to prevent this problem? We can do only so much teaching, but the patient still goes home and eats whatever she wants.