NellieRN10

So, I was very excited about the Grey's Anatomy scrubs that came out. Flattering and nicely made. Lately though, I've noticed an ugly trend. Every nurse and student nurse I see wearing them is wearing the top as tight as humanly possible! It drives me crazy, it looks so unprofessional! I understand wanting to look like you have a shape, but your breasts should not be on display in a healthcare setting. Just saying....

We give a celebration meal too. We also give a water jug with logo and a bag of toiletries (lotion, shampoo, hand sanitizer, kleenex). We give hand made pillows to the c-sections and stockings out at Christmas. The old hospital I worked at gave beautiful knit newborn caps to all babies-loved them!

Thanks Jean Marie46514 on helping me view it a different way. I try very hard to be non-judgemental, but lately, it has been very hard sending these babies home fearing you may see them as the next shaken baby in the news. We've also had many psych patients lately that have been making some of the nurses on our unit cry and refuse to have them again-this never seemed to happen before. I guess I do just need to focus on the present, and remember what a privilege it is to be a part of such a momentous occasion, no matter who they are! Maybe I just needed to take a big breath and have some help to see it differently. Thanks for the differing perspectives!

LDRP is the only nursing I have ever done. I used to love everything about it. Over the last 5 years it seems as though the patients are different. Perhaps I really am jaded, but the trends of more drug use, 5th baby daddy, teen pregnancy, and psych issues have made for a more difficult time of enjoying my job and bonding with patient. It seems like 1 out of 10 patients is a happy couple, ready to love a child! I no longer have the passion that I had when I started, and I feel lost without it, because this was the only aspect of nursing I ever wanted to do:unsure:. Is this burnout? Is there something I can do to feel better, or should I look to other aspects of the nursing profession?

I was hired to Maternal Child Health as a new grad. When I was hired, I specifically asked if they thought I needed to have some time on med/surg first. They said they needed me directly in L and D. I had no extra classes or training, and it all worked out for the best, since I too wanted to avoid med/surg.

I was thinking of all the skills we have that allow for easy "catching". Years of fetal monitoring, skills fairs for complications, training for c-sections, BLS, NRP, comfort techniques for moms, even training to prevent tearing in cases of nurse delivery(just mentioning the basics). I don't think that just "anyone" has this training. I find it insulting that this is all condensed down to "catching". No, I'm sorry, I am a skilled professional with years of training and experience in a specialty area of nursing, don't patronize me with simplification of what I do.

sorry, but the smock looks like Dr. Evil's smock in Austin Powers. You should probably check with your dress code policy about the tie- we have a very particular dress code and cannot even have colored piping on the scrubs.

Thanks everyone. I didn't let it change anything in my interview, I just thought it was a very flippant thing to say about someone's specialty. Nevertheless, I didn't get the job, which I am glad for because it would have been spearheading a whole new direction for the clinic etc...not quite ready for that responsibility! I would not hold her comment against her, just thought it was a little rude. She is not Australian, just your average middle aged american woman.

Not quite sure what you are asking, could you be more specific about what you are looking for?

So, I was applying for a clinic position in Occ Med after doing years of labor and delivery... The supervisor interviewing me asked me if I "catch babies" and said she "always wanted to catch a baby" and tried to convince the prego nurses under her to let her "catch their babies because it wouldn't be too hard". I found this comment to be very insulting and dismissive of all the skills we in labor and delivery have! I felt like she was saying that anyone could do it! Uh, am I being oversensitive? Is this what people really think we do?

Just wanting your opinions: I know an RN who has recently become a CNM, but she only works at her hospital in the capacity of a labor and delivery RN. Lately, she has been using the portable ultrasound on labor patients to check for breech positioning. She does this without first discussing with the doctors, basically of her own accord. Is this within her scope of practice as an RN because she is a CNM?

I've done nights in LDRP for 10 years. I have 3 kids, the youngest is a baby...I have always preferred night shift. This is where you will find the best teamwork and teamplayers! With your schedule (12 hour shifts) you will be able to have ample days off to transition back and forth. It isn't ideal for family life, but I don't find it to be all that difficult. I actually need less sleep on a night schedule versus a day schedule!