CrazyBlondesRock replied to chel2thec's topic in Ob/Gyn
When I worked labor and delivery I didn't spend much time with the newborn. We were supposed to take the newborns to the newborn nursery for admission about 1 hour after delivery. As you can imagine...
CrazyBlondesRock replied to Still Riding's topic in General Nursing
I used to be an OB nurse and during orientation had a pt. throw a suspected AFE. We had to do a case study as new OB nurses and everyone was amazed by the labs and fetal heart monitor strips. I...
I've been a labor and delivery nurse since I graduated in May, 2004, however; some political situations at my hospital arose and I decided to take a job elsewhere and give the OR a try (I've always...
CrazyBlondesRock replied to LD123's topic in Ob/Gyn
I used to work in a high-volume OB unit (around 600/month) and we used OB techs (I don't think they were certified scrub techs) as scrubs - we usually had 2-3 at night. When these OB techs weren't...
CrazyBlondesRock replied to ER1010's topic in Ob/Gyn
My hospital offers fellowships for new grad and new-to-LDR nurses in June and Jan. Definately make sure you will be getting a 1:1 orientation because most of us didn't get a lot of experience with...
CrazyBlondesRock replied to WhisperingEchos's topic in Ob/Gyn
Gompers is right that in OB/GYN (I'm in L & D) you spend most of your time working with moms. I can tell you that as a L+D nurse at most hospitals you will get a variety of different experiences:...