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I see this has been brought up a few times, and we are in a similar situation. I work a weekend shift and there are times when there is only one nurse staffed. We have 2 people on call, but are expected to use the OR RN as the second nurse. If I know enough ahead of time, I always call my call person in to be my second. But, there are times when something happens and for whatever reason I can't get my second PACU nurse there in time. The OR nurse stays for a bit and then leaves. In my opinion, I should never be alone with a patient because we all know things can change quickly. No one supports the 2 nurses at all times thing. I've looked at the ASPAN standards, you can use the OR as second, but they can't provide care because they aren't a PACU nurse/not ACLS trained. My question is, how did you convince management that two nurses should be followed? I can show them the standards, but it seems to be a bit of a gray area. What did you use to present a strong case for always having two pacu rns?? Thanks!

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I am currently not an L&D nurse, but since experiencing the loss of my son at 25 weeks, I have wanted to get into some kind of perinatal bereavement nursing. I know it isn't a "thing" in all hospitals (it's not in our small hospital). I have no idea how to get into it or what qualifications I need. I would not want to do L&D in general, but would want to be more of a resource person (carry out a program, give resources, just support in general, follow up stuff etc) for families who have experienced or know they will experience a loss. I think it would also be cool to work in more than just L&D, maybe carry over into ER if needed or even OB offices. If you are doing this or something similar, how did you get into it? What if there is no specific position for this? Help!