Lauraingalls BSN, RN

I am currently an OB nurse who works in an LDRP. I do both Labor and Post partum. While I don't love PP I do like the simplicity and low stress. Especially compared to a step down unit. I enjoy the teaching and helping first time parents. It is usual...

We have 24 hrs of call in a 6 week shift. We have to do 6 or 12 hr increments. I get called in for almost every shift I do. I HATE IT!!!!!

Well it can be some sort of nerve issue. I for one have carpal tunnel and experience numbness and tingling every day. Think of other degenerative nerve issues and you will find numbness and tingling as a symptom

Sorry your doc is making you feel guilty. As a. Labor nurse, I reassure lots of patients who come in to our triage wondering if it's labor. We would rather you keep bothering us then showing up crowning. Generally if you are having cx 2-3 minutes ap...

I started out on labor and delivery. No med surg experience here.

Hi, I am set to graduate in 2 weeks. I am having a hard time getting into the L and 😉 market as a new grad. I will have two interviews set up. One is for a Step Down Unit and the other is Mom Baby. I am expecting to work for a year and then try a...

I refuse to chart meds that I dont give.

Our unit is a rural OB with Postpartum and triage included. Labor- 1-2 mostly 1. Postpartum - up to 6 patients or 3 couplets. Triage- 3 patients at a time usually is my max.

As a new nurse, I have had a great experience learning from the amazing experienced nurses on my unit. I am grateful for them.

I have never pulled back for a blood return when giving an IVP med... I make sure it flushes but didnt pull back for blood return. Not done on our OB unit

I massaged a patient's fundus so hard that I made her poop!

I feel like all I do is take phone orders. But we still do some paper charting along with computer charting..... Because charting in only one system is way too easy!

We have a schedule buddy and we self schedule. I like to work my 3 shifts in a row. Luckily so does my schedule buddy.

no words. Just offering a hug.

Congrats!! Now the real learning begins!! I graduated 6 mo before you and I feel like nursing school just is the beginning of all the things you need to learn nursing wise. Hope you love your job!

If I have a shift change delivery or c-section I will be there an hour late. I would say that I stay late at least 1 out of my 3 shifts. Labor nurses have an insane amount of charting and I chart by hand and on 2 different EMR systems. It is crazy bu...

Great post! I wish doctors and administration could spend even 15 min in our shoes trying to manage all the things we do.

I am sitting here on call right now. We go by dates of last call. Our numbers have slowed recently and I am getting put on call at least one a pay period. I honestly dont mind because like another poster said, I am not hurting for money. But if I was...

I am an L and D nurse. I do have those patients that crawl up the bed or clamp their legs. I never force an exam on them but calmly explain what I need to do. I also dont agree with the birth rape phrase. And yes the woman is on display especially w...

You know, a nurse should not have to deal with this yelling. I get that the doctor wants better treatment for his mother but don't we all? He is yelling at the wrong person. I bet administration never heard from him.

I am looking forward to the new ideas that this administration is trying to implement. Regardless of my conservative ideals, people will keep having babies and that keeps me employed. The majority of my patients are medicaid or undocumented since I a...

I am a newish nurse. I have been working on my unit since last summer and on my own since the fall. I pretty much get along with most of my co-workers. I love my unit and the teamwork atmosphere. It is a busy L and D unit. I work nights. Nights are ...

I work nights in L and D. There are nights I never get to eat and nights I never have a patient. It truly is feast or famine.

Thank you for your input. We had another situation in which I was left alone handling a complicated C-section and I felt patient safety was an issue and I directly addressed it with her. It didnt go over very well but I said that patient safety was a...

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