babynurse93

I think OB is great!!! I have been an OB Nurse Educator, and my best advice, to make L & D a little easier, is to get at least a year of med/surg experience under your belt. Most, not all, of the new grads I have oriented or worked with have struggled a little at first. My hosptial now does not allow new grads in L & D. Our new grads are required to get at least one year of postpartum experience first. The best experience is on a med/surg floor for one year, for the good range of experience it can offer. I hope this helps.

I have worked where they have given PO cytotec. The major problem with this is that once it is given, you can't remove it. If it is given lady partslly and the patient has severe hyperstimulation or fetal distress you can do a "lady partsl wash" to remove what is left of the pill. With a PO dose, you cannot do this, only give terbutaline and hope it works. (It usually requires multiple terb. doses).

A good project, considering your field, might be domestic violence.