nono5784

I may be crazy, but I think the worrying and crying I have done over my patients in the past has made me a better nurse. There will be tragedies in any nursing field, but the ones that have happened in my OB career have always hit harder. I think that's why it's my calling. You will start to become less sensitive, but never immune. And you have to learn what kind of compassion and support each family needs at each moment. Sometimes I cry with patients; sometimes I cry out to God later in the car or at home. Having a strong concern for the well-being of each family's baby is our business. The 98% of the time when there is joy is worth experiencing sadness and terror at times. If you want to experience that joy most of the time, you figure out how to cope.

I have worked in a couple small OB units in community hospitals in the Army. We use LPNs in OB mainly for baby transitioning whether it's lady partsl or scrubbing in for a c section. Our LPN's will also help with general nursing duties like starting IV's. There is usually one on per shift.