SueBe40

To read what each of you has written is enlightening. I read this BB because I wanted to see if Maternal Child nurses were as frustrated with floating into Med/Surg as I am at having to float into their field. At the institution where I work -- our general surgery unit (Med/Surg) handles all of the gyne surgeries. A previous director said "Hey these are the same MD's -- so our nurses can 'orient' to post-partum and take care of the moms and babies." It sounded like a good idea at the time -- but is it? Most of us are so uncomfortable there. The only patients we feel even remotely at ease caring for are the C-sections. Recently our dilemma came to a head when a nurse with more than 5 years experience QUIT rather than being floated to that unit. My question to you is -- do you want me, with 14 years of experience caring for med/surg patients caring for your post-partum patients? I have only tried to reinforce my own field in my continuing education focus.