Elisel

Hello all! I am currently enrolled in a LPN program and will be graduating November. I of course plan on continuing to the next step in the nursing ladder and obtaining my RN/BSN. My goal is to ultimately work labor & Delivery, I have done enough research to know that this is a typical "dream job" for a nurse and one of my instructors in my current nursing program has many years of experience working in all areas of L&D in the hospital and was also a manager for an L&D unit at one of our local hospitals, so I know I have heard many stories and I know it's not always a piece of cake. So please save the negativity because I already know. What I am wondering is for those of you who are current L&D nurses or are aspiring L&D nurses like myself, what are some of the things you did/are doing to make yourself more marketable? other than the obvious BSN thing. One of the reasons I decided to do an LPN program first is because I know how hard even as an RN it is to get jobs in the areas you want, so I figured working as an LPN would help get my foot in the door. I know as an LPN the chances of landing a job in an L&D unit are like 0 , especially in Florida...but if I were to work in an OB/GYN clinic would that make me more marketable? Or getting licensed as a doula? Or a midwife? **I do plan on asking my instructor for advice on this as well, but I would like many insights!