Brandy0331

I am very interested in perinatal nursing and was just wondering what your different schedules are like. I realize that every place will be different, but I am just curious. Do you work 8 or 12H shifts? Do you rotate weekends and/or nights? How do you schedule holidays? Any info would be appreciated.

babyshark, Thanks so much for your reply. Nursing will be a second career for me. I started off the Marine Corps for four years. I got out and have worked on computers ever since. I think I am just eager to "find my niche" so to speak, so I can throw myself into it. I am such a perfectionist and, whatever I do, I want to be the best at it. Thank You!

I think they do their own c-sections, but I will try to find out for sure. Thanks so much for your reply! I also am friends with one of the weekend scrub techs and she calls me when she thinks the surgeon will allow me to observe. We both work weekends together and I often have very little to do.

Hi! I am new to these boards. I graduate as an RN in December. I went to nursing school with the intention of working in the OR. I work at a hospital now, but in th Information Systems department. I went in there to fix there PC for the first time and I knew I just had to work there one day. Anyhow, during nursing school, I have also become kind of interested in Labor & Delivery. Our hospital has a summer externship program this summer, but not for the OR. So, I was offered the externship for Labor & Delivery. My question is if I finish the L& D externship after 8 weeks and still think I want to work in the OR, will the externship be an asset or a liability as far as getting a new grad position in the OR. I could have taken the externship in Same Day Surgery, but the Externship Coordinator said that many of the previous externs did not have a good experience. I figured that I would at least get to go to the OR for C-Sections. Plus, I get 3 days at the end of the 8 weeks to observe in any department, so I can choose the OR then. I just don't know which area to pursue yet. Sometimes I feel like if I don't at least try to work in the OR that I will always regret it. Well, thanks for letting me vent!