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University of Cincinnati does.....it is one more class I believe, and will do online education with no university visit requirements.

Mandatory? Probably not. But as health care workers we should be offered it first, before widespread public vaccine clinics.....because if the health care workers are all sick, who is going to take care of all the patients????/

I have been working in labor and delivery for over 10 years, and am now in grad school to be a nurse midwife. I have loved my decision since the first day I stepped into the class room for my labor and delivery internship! As far as getting into this field.....it can be tough. Most labor and delivery jobs want at least a year of experience.....but you can not get a job!!! I live in the Dallas area, and see it every year, usually in the beginning of the year.....many of the larger hospitals hire nurses for their specialty departments, with the intention of putting them through their own preceptorship programs. Usually labor and delivery is about 6 months of classes and precepted clinical days. You get paid by the hospital to go to their classes, and are precepted by the nurses on the floor you will be working with. usually they will want you to sign a contract to stay at that facility for 2 years or so, but you will WANT the job! You can check with the hospitals in your area so see if they also offer some of these types of programs. Check with the larger, busier facilities first, as the small community hospitals are less likely to have the funds and staff for such an endeavor. Also, get your resume in line. A well worded cover letter is a must. Good luck!:redbeathe

You will learn how to really be a nurse when you graduate. We all did. Time management is the one thing we ALL needed when we graduated, and you, too, will get that with experience. Done stress over it. It does eventually come. You will get a job as a new grad and your manager will place you with a preceptor and he/she will teach you more than you learned in the 8 semesters of nursing school. The other thing....you may have stumbled with the yank and suction thing....we have all done that....don't sweat it. I give you HUGE kudos that you went to the instructor afterwards and went over the equipment. That says a lot about you as a person and a nurse. The one thing someone told me years ago, was to "always know what you don't know".....the only thing I add to that is "and once you know you don't know it, learn it!!" Always strive to learn something new, and when you find something you don't know, go home a look it up. The internet is a wonderful source, or your co-workers are awesome too! Good luck.....and don;t beat yourself up. You are not supposed to be able to keep up with seasoned nurses yet.....or the nursing program would not be 8 semesters long.....it would stop at 5!!!!