Katmat

Are you kidding me? Yes, you made mistakes, but where is the charge nurse that set up this schedule? Was she reprimanded or docked pay? I have to agree with the other posts, GET OUT OF THERE!

Hey, GOOD LUCK!!! Wow, that's an unbelievable work load!!! Sounds like what I've experienced. I worked labor/delivery, postpartum, and nursery for 5 years. Our OB unit was stretched to the limit. We had no CNA's, ward clerks, or any help. We had to not only do one on one labor/delivery, but we had to admit the pt., set up the charts, place all the orders, set up the delivery table, deliver, then take care of the NB, plus take care of the Mom. Oh yeah, we also had other pts. on the floor that we had to do VS and meds for. Then after we were finished, we had to clean our room, including the trash, change bedding, mop and set up for the next delivery. After all of this, or during, we had to move our mom to another room for postpartum. Then make sure they had time to bond with the baby and that breastfeeding was going well, then pass meds to the other pts. you had on the floor. Then, we got to catch up on all of the charting. After 5 years, you make it a point to be charting all the time you're working with the pt. You just pray that everything goes well and you don't have a bad baby, because then you get to ship it to another hospital, and then do 2 more hours of charting. All of this sounds crazy, IF you only have one delivery per shift. But I've had as many as three per shift. We had one night when we had 5 c-sections back to back and 2 vag deliveries. Yes, we had to clean the room between each surgery. This was with 2 RN's and an aid in the nursery. Needless to say, after a 12 hr night shift, I didn't get out of there until 1pm. the next afternoon just catching up on all of the charting. Excuse my language, but nights like that, SUCKED THE BIG ONE!!!

I recently got married and my husband works in Kansas City. Before my divorce, I worked for 5 years as a labor/delivery RN in a small hospital in southeast Kansas. I moved to Joplin, Mo. to be near my daughter and her son. During this 2 year period, I've not been working. Now that I've remarried, I will soon be moving to the KC area and would like to go back to work. Does anyone have any idea where would be the best place to look for a similar job? I'm also trained in postpartum and nursery. I've just had a difficult time finding anything. Any opinions on what hospitals are the best or any opinions at all, please let me know. Thanks so much! I would be sooooo grateful for any responses!