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I am not. That is why I am curious as to what are exactly do you do on a Stem Cell Unit? What is the population: peds, adult, geriatric, all? Is this a branch of Oncology, and do you explicitly need to have an Onc background? I am assuming to expect ltransfusions and transplants, and hence isolation areas. I tried google and it seems to allude that this is mostly Ped-Onc floor. It is different hearing and reading about first-hand experience though. I would love to hear more if anyone out there works here :)

rnmeg - hrmm i haven't thought of that. my hospital had a women's sx floor but they closed that down. we have an onc floor, onc peds and cancer center. there is antepartum and nicu (who aren't hiring at the moment) and l&d (though not my personal option) if i choose to stick with obstetrics. thank you for your time! tait - you're right. thank you. i need to take a leap of faith. nurselovejoy88 - thank you and please do not let me discourage you. i believe in doing what you are passionate about (yes a bit hypocritical of me...hence my dilemma). i liked m/b...but i was never in love with it. i just happened to be extremely extremely fortunate to be a new grad hired. ob is quite interesting and in m/b you get to take care of mom, baby--and the rest of the family (depending on what shift you work lol). there is a lot of teaching. and if you so choose you can continue on as a lactation consultant. on occasion, you might get a pt who is hemorrhaging on admission, on isolation, htn, etc...sometimes you have to send babies to nicu...it's not entirely "lacking." skillwise - know how to insert and d/c foley cathether. iv's get pulled out once the pt voided (c/s 1) or pitocin is finished, and are voiding (vag 0) --- all depending on your hospital policy. i have never until now inserted an iv which i kind of resent, but that's just me. watch out for homan's sign. anyhow, good luck and all the best to you! nurse netty - thank you and yes, that is true lpnva2ny - thank you. i have to trust my heart and not be insecure. afterall, ive done the schooling. i've earned my license. i can learn.

Hello everyone! I would like to seek some advice. I am currently a Mother-Baby nurse. This is however my very first job as I've only been an RN for a year (graduated and got licensed last year). M/B unit is a wonderful place but I feel that I am not learning anything in terms of skills. Most of my coworkers have 5-10yrs of other nursing experience (ICU, Med-Surg, ER, etc..) under their belts and often kid how "this is the unit to go to when you want to retire." I love my job but I also feel that I am cheating myself out of experience. What's worst is that I am starting to feel comfortable - relatively easy patients and the only thing I have to deal with is the high turn-over rates (employed at a large hospital). Also, the more I think about transferring out tthe more I doubt myself (since now I am starting to get used to "easy" patients). Now the question is where do I go from here? When I was doing clinicals back in nursing school, I remember thoroughly loving my oncology rotation. But am I being delusional to think I can go from M/B to Oncology? Or should I just stay where I am?